Afternoon folks!

Here's some great blues to anticipate snowmageddon with, or not if you're not in its sights. Starting off, we've got a bunch of fine delta blues musicians (Big Jack Johnson, Frank Frost and Sam Carr) collectively known as The Jelly Roll Kings, after which we move up to Detroit for an album from Eddie Burns, an early sideman with John Lee Hooker. On to Chicago, there's an album from Willie Mabon with some great Chicago sidemen on the session. Following that we have Johnny Shines a running partner of Robert Johnson and later a Chicago blues staple with an acoustic album. Switching up genres is an album of zydeco music with Nathan and the Zydeco Cha Chas, featuring cajun fiddler Michael Doucet. Finishing out from the diversity department is an album from an original member of Pink Floyd and an interesting songwriter, Syd Barrett.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

This week we've got blues in big portions starting off with an album from Muddy Waters in the early 70's and followed up with some serious Detroit blues from the 50's with Eddie Burns and John Lee Hooker. After that there's a compilation album of Piedmont blues from Blind Boy Fuller and Sonny Terry and another comp from Taj Mahal. Then there's a live album from Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady before they became Hot Tuna and we finish up with a talented guitarist in the folkish category, John Renbourn.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Afternoon folks!

We've got piano great Otis Spann this week and a compilation of earlyish Detroit Blues featuring John Lee Hooker, Eddie Kirkland, Eddie Burns and Sylvester Cotton. Following that, on the harmonica we've got a great album by James Harman. Then there's a boatload of blues rock with Foghat, The J. Geils Band and Chris Youlden (formerly of Savoy Brown). After that there's one of my favorite Van Morrison albums, one by piano pounder Marcia Ball and we finish up with a later album by Steeleye Span.

Enjoy!