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Texas Tornados

Album of the Week 2-7-26

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 02/07/2026 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

It's a stylistic smorgasbord of blues this week starting out with an album from Syl Johnson, a Chicago blues and soul artist backed by the Hi (records) rhythm section as he was at the height of his commercial output, reprising some of his hits along with some other cool material. After that we move to New Orleans for a compilation album of two great singer/piano players, labelmates Tommy Ridgely and Bobby Mitchell. Following that is another compilation album of artists from the Trumpet label in the early 50's, including harmonica player Jerry McCain and then it's on to a more modern band and a live album from Little Charlie and the Nightcats a fun, talented band worth a serious listen. We finish off with an album from The Texas Tornados who are difficult to fit into a specific stylistic category, but maybe you could call it Texas music.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!

Album of the Week 1-10-26

Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 01/10/2026 - 3:00pm

Afternoon folks!

More great stuff this week (surprise!) Anyway, starting off we've got an album from the great Chicago blues harmonica player, James Cotton, followed by a compilation album from a talented fellow that far too few people know about, Eugene Church. After that we've got an album of tunes from a bunch of Delta blues musicians. Big Joe Williams, Luther Huff and Willie Love. Moving on to more modern bluesy music we've got a live album from the Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm and Gene Taylor Band, followed by a blues rock album from Dave Alvin. We finish up in the diversity department with an album from the Texas Tornados a band that's stylistically a little hard to pin down but well worth a listen.

Enjoy the tunes and have a great weekend!