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Blues, Off The Record

Jun 6, 2022 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

With Sonny Boy Williamson III

Blues, Off The Record
9:58 AM
Mississippi Jook Band - Hittin' the Bottle Stomp
Mississippi Jook Band Hittin' the Bottle Stomp
Blind Roosevelt Graves
10:02 AM
Joe Venuti, Eldon Shamblin, Curley Chalker, and Jethro Burns - Caravan
Joe Venuti, Eldon Shamblin, Curley Chalker, and Jethro Burns Caravan
S'Wonderful: 4 Giants of Swing
Tizol and Ellington composition
10:07 AM
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra - On a Slow Boat to China
Kay Kyser and His Orchestra On a Slow Boat to China
Big Bands' Greatest Hits Vol. 2
vox Harry Babbit and Gloria Wood; composer Frank Loesser
10:10 AM
Alberta Hunter - Somebody Told Me So
Alberta Hunter Somebody Told Me So
Look for the Silver Lining
10:13 AM
Victoria Spivey - Go Tell My Other Man
Victoria Spivey Go Tell My Other Man
Kings and the Queen
Louis Metcalf, second vox
10:17 AM
Big Maybelle - Say It Isn't So
Big Maybelle Say It Isn't So
Big Maybelle
10:21 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:21 AM
Professor Longhair - Hey Little Girl
Professor Longhair Hey Little Girl
Atlantic R & B vol. 1
10:24 AM
Willis Jackson - Gator's Groove
Willis Jackson Gator's Groove
Atlantic R & B vol. 1
10:26 AM
Guitar Crusher - I Got to Know
Guitar Crusher I Got to Know
Black Rock N Roll vol 2
10:28 AM
Icky Renrut - The Rooster
Icky Renrut The Rooster
Black Rock n' Roll vol 1
10:32 AM
Chris Kenner - I Like It Like That (Pt 1)
Chris Kenner I Like It Like That (Pt 1)
New Orleans Rhythm and Blues Vol. 2
10:34 AM
Clifton Chenier - Trouble In Mind
Clifton Chenier Trouble In Mind
Sings the Blues Arhoolie Records 1992
10:39 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
10:39 AM
Carolina Slim - Blues Knocking At My Door
Carolina Slim Blues Knocking At My Door
Carolina Slim (1950-1952) Document Records 1993
10:42 AM
Yank Rachell - My Baby's Gone
Yank Rachell My Baby's Gone
Blues Mandolin Man Blind Pig Records 2011
10:48 AM
Weaver and Beasley - St. Louis Blues
Weaver and Beasley St. Louis Blues
The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives, and Steel
10:50 AM
Tommy Johnson - Lonesome Home Blues
Tommy Johnson Lonesome Home Blues
Canned Heat Blues: Masters of the Delta Blues
10:54 AM
Ma Rainey - Stack O' Lee Blues
Ma Rainey Stack O' Lee Blues
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
10:57 AM
Blind Blake - Georgia Bound
Blind Blake Georgia Bound
The Best of Blind Blake Yazoo 2000
11:00 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:04 AM
Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
Blind Willie McTell Statesboro Blues
The Best of Blind Willie McTell Yazoo 2004
11:06 AM
Charlie Patton - Shake It and Break It
Charlie Patton Shake It and Break It
Founder of the Delta Blues
11:09 AM
Lillian Glinn - Shreveport Blues
Lillian Glinn Shreveport Blues
Lillian Glinn Mae Glover
11:13 AM
Mississippi Sheiks - The World Is Going Wrong
Mississippi Sheiks The World Is Going Wrong
Stop and Listen Yazoo 1992
11:16 AM
Lightnin' Hopkins - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lightnin' Hopkins See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Lightnin' Hopkins Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 2018
11:18 AM
Mississippi Matilda - Hard Working Woman
Mississippi Matilda Hard Working Woman
Rough Guide to the Best Country Blues You've Never Heard World Music Network 2018
11:22 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:23 AM
John Lee Hooker - Meet Me In the Bottom
John Lee Hooker Meet Me In the Bottom
Hooker 'N Heat EMI/EMI Records (USA) 1971
11:26 AM
Jimmy Reed - The Sun Is Shining
Jimmy Reed The Sun Is Shining
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Tomato Records 2003
11:29 AM
Otis Spann - My Home is On the Delta
Otis Spann My Home is On the Delta
Heart Loaded with Trouble
11:33 AM
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
Cleanhead's Back in Town Bethlehem Records 2015
11:35 AM
Little Milton - Fever
Little Milton Fever
Sings Big Blues Geffen 2021
11:38 AM
Etta James - Tell Mama
Etta James Tell Mama
Her Greatest Sides Vol 1
11:42 AM
Set Break: ----------------------------------------------------
11:42 AM
Josh White - John Henry
Josh White John Henry
Josh White
11:45 AM
Robert Johnson - Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
Robert Johnson Preachin' Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
King of the Delta Blues Singers Columbia/Legacy 1937
11:48 AM
Black Ace - I Am the Black Ace
Black Ace I Am the Black Ace
Black Ace
11:52 AM
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Last Night
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Last Night
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band Elektra Asylum 1965
11:55 AM
Joseph Spence - I'm Going to Live That Life
Joseph Spence I'm Going to Live That Life
The Complete Folkways Recordings Smithsonian Folkways Recordings 1992
Chat is archived.
Richard from Rocky Hill 10:05:51 AM
Starting off with Joe Venuti AND Jethro Burns (plus Eldon Shamblin & Curley Chalker)! Happy Monday, indeed! I had this album on vinyl when it came out (in the mid 1970s, if aging memory serves ...) Myohmyoh ,,,
Joe 10:11:42 AM
Swingin' show this am SBWIII .. diggin it .
Sonny Boy III (host) 10:11:59 AM
Thanks both!
Richard from Rocky Hill 10:48:18 AM
@ Sonny Boy III (host) Yeah, ratchet up the Yank Rachell! I think I like his electric mandolin playing on this album as well or even better than his acoustic recordings.
Sonny Boy III (host) 10:49:18 AM
Sounds great I agree!
esoterica! 11:06:48 AM
Walking my dog, and listening. Good stuff, SBWIII
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:08:06 AM
Thanks Esoterica! Hope the dog likes it too ;)
Li Maria 11:08:13 AM
Hello, Sonny Boy III. Enjoying the show! Could you please leave in the chat the name of the blues book you recommended? It sounded intriguing but I was on a call so I missed the title/author
Richard from Rocky Hill 11:10:06 AM
@ esoterica! Hi, Esoterica! To paraphrase the old R&B song: If we don't know how to do it, you can show us how to walk the dog ...
Li Maria 11:10:18 AM
This is so funny--as kids we used to sing a version of this as a rhyme in the schoolyard--love it!
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:10:28 AM
That's Angela Davis, Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday
Li Maria 11:10:44 AM
(shake it and brake it i mean)
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:11:14 AM
Didn't know it was a kid's rhyme!
Li Maria 11:11:25 AM
Thank you--will look up at the library!
Li Maria 11:11:58 AM
I'm not sure if it officially was or if some of the kids were just familiar w it
Li Maria 11:12:09 AM
fun to sing though
Li Maria 11:20:17 AM
We might have used it in a hand-clap or double-dutch. wish my memory was better
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:26:18 AM
Interesting to know anyway! Where did you grow up?
Li Maria 11:32:55 AM
Chester (city) in PA. A little south down 95 from Philly
esoterica! 11:40:04 AM
Nice version of Fever.:) btw pollens are high out here! Fyi
Brian D 11:40:19 AM
Etta did great version of this with the Grateful Dead and Tower of Power Horns on New Year's early 1980s
Brian D 11:40:44 AM
Turn on Your Love Light as well
esoterica! 11:41:43 AM
Yes Richard! I thought of that song too! I’m this case, my dog is Dolly Sue and she came from NC. She’s a rescue and we just kept the name!
esoterica! 11:42:23 AM
True
esoterica! 11:42:32 AM
Walking and sneezing
Li Maria 11:43:53 AM
Hi, Eso! Dolly Sue is an excellent name for a dog--love it :)
esoterica! 11:44:07 AM
Aw thx li
esoterica! 11:44:28 AM
I agree
esoterica! 11:45:32 AM
15 pounds of mighty terrier mix with a little sir Francis drake beard. Smart as a whip!
Richard from Rocky Hill 11:45:50 AM
@ esoterica! Yes, I've noticed last few days being a bit wheezy in my breathing. And pollen reports on weather sire show high grass pollens today.
Richard from Rocky Hill 11:47:46 AM
@ Li Maria I agree about the name of Esoterica's dog. And Dolly Sue could be -- indeed, SHOULD be -- the name of the heroine in a classic roots music song.
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:48:30 AM
I'm hearing Buddy Holly - Dolly Sue, Dolly Sue, Dolly Dolly Dolly Dolly Sue
esoterica! 11:48:48 AM
Peggy sue too?
esoterica! 11:49:02 AM
Love it Sonny boy!
Li Maria 11:49:55 AM
@Richard from Rocky Hill, haha, yes!
Li Maria 11:51:46 AM
@Sonny Boy III--ha-now I'm going to have "Dolly Sue" to the tune of "Peggy Sue" stuck in my head all day, lol
esoterica! 11:51:47 AM
Richard yes you are on to something!
Richard from Rocky Hill 11:53:04 AM
@ Sonny Boy III (host) ... and I can totally hear a Buddy Holly-esque quick falsetto "uh oh!" punctu-izing at the end of a line of "Dolly Sues" ... solid!
StitchingPink 11:53:14 AM
Excited to share a timeslot w you this summer!
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:53:51 AM
Likewise!
StitchingPink 11:54:32 AM
Have a great week and thanks for the great mix today
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:55:05 AM
You too! Am I right in thinking I'll be on next week?
Paul Nolan 11:57:08 AM
Yes, great show, thank you SBWIII
Richard from Rocky Hill 11:57:15 AM
We've created the "Dolly Sue" instant blues classic! You 're all culpable, there's enough blame ... er, I mean credit ... to go 'round ...
Li Maria 11:57:17 AM
Excellent show--thanks, Sonny BoyIII!
esoterica! 11:57:44 AM
Wonderful show Sonny
StitchingPink 11:57:51 AM
Correct
Sonny Boy III (host) 11:58:59 AM
Thanks everyone!