Showing posts with label 1950s Blues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1950s Blues. Show all posts

10 December 2018

The Blues Room #670 :: Darcy Perry with The Flaming Mudcats :: 2-hours of Blues Power, 5 December 2018


Darcy Perry brings his friends, The Flaming Mudcats, on air The Blues Room to have one last jam session before taking his leave as co-host. What a night it was! Old classics, old band favorites, and new tunes from The Flaming Mudcats were on the playlist. Great job guys. And thanks to PW Fenton for a special shout out in his episode of On This Day In Blues History. If you'd like to go in the draw to win a copy of The Flaming Mudcats new album, 'CUT LOOSE,' then head over to our Facebookpage @TheBluesRoomNZ and enter the draw.

Thank you Darcy, you've done a great job, and made a great contribution to The Blues Room, Free FM and everyone's Wednesday evening over the past years. Don't be a stranger brother, come back soon.

For more info about The Flaming Mudcats, please visit: https://theflamingmudcats.com/




17 November 2018

#667 :: Rhythm Bomb Records & Koko Mojo Records Mix (14 Nov 2018)


Rhythm Bomb Records (RBR) is known internationally as one of the most innovative brands in "Rockin Roots" music. After over a decade in the music business, they are known for their passion for quality 1950s style music and their close connection with the rockin szene. 

Rhythm Bomb Records was founded 2003 in Hamburg, Germany and very soon after that established its first vintage recording studio in Berlin, Germany.

Quickly developing a fan base in the rockin szene, the label became synonymous for authentic Rockabilly music. Rhythm Bomb Records rapidly grew into an internationally known brand and opened subsidiaries in London and Los Angeles.

Most recently, they have developed from a traditional record company to a music marketing and promotion agency.

They also have another side, Koko Mojo Records, it's called, "the dark side of Rhythm Bomb Records. The approach of Koko Mojo Records is very simple: to release danceable 1950s Blues/Rhythm & Blues music on vinyl! Its compiled by DJs and their main goal is to make you dance!

Here's an ALL-MUSIC episode featuring some sizzling tracks from very hip bands on the szene, and then some *classics from the groovers and shakers from yesteryears.

Tracklist
The Red Hot Serenaders - Me & My Cauffeur Blues
Andi's Blues Orchester - Statesboro Blues
Gone Hepsville - Show Me That You Can Rock
The Nut Jumpers - Blow Your Top
Nico Duportals Rhythm Dudes feat. Jai Milano - Rocket Girl
The Hoodoo Tones - Do It For The Road
The Railbones - If You Want My Love
Shakedown Tim & The Rhythm Revue - Icepick's Shakedown Th'owdown
Rob Ryan Roadshow - Got My Mojo Working
Shaun Young and The Texas Blue Dots - Baby Stop Your Jivin Me
Dusty Dave & The Heart Attacks - Love-Hate
SaraLee - 1-2-3 He's Mine
Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue - Mine All Mine
*Jackie Brenston - Trouble Up The Road 
*Juke Boy Bonner - Well Baby 
*Lazy Lester - I Hear You Knockin' 
*David Dean's Combo - Double Freeze
*Big Amos - Move With You Baby
*Van Walker - The Crawl
*Sonny Boy Williams - Another Half A Pint 



9 November 2016

#562 :: Big Road Blues with Jeff Harris (Jookin' – Honkin' Sax From New York Pt. 1)

The Blues Room #562
Wednesday 9 November 2016
9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0, Hamilton, NZ.

For many years Nate has been following a vintage blues radio show hosted by Jeff Harris called Big Road Blues. Jeff presents his 2-hour show each Sunday from 5 to 7 PM (EST) on WGMC Jazz90.1 (Rochester, NY) and it streams live on the web from http://www.jazz901.org/listen-live/. Jeff has kindly given permission for Big Road Blues to be re-run on The Blues Room each month, on the second Wednesday. This episode here is a classic example of what you'll hear from Jeff; superb tracks, great commentary, and a taste of classic and often rare and forgotten blues. As Jeff's shows are two hours long, Nate will post a link for listeners to check out the second half of his show. For archived shows of Big Road Blues please check out http://sundayblues.org/. So a big thank you goes out to Jeff and we look forward to sharing some of his outstanding shows on The Blues Room.


"Today's show is a part one of our look at some great New York based sax men who's honkin' sound was heard on hundreds of records in the 40's and 50's. This show is one of several sax based shows this year starting a few months ago with a two-part show of Chicago horn men , followed by two spotlighting some great L.A. Horn blowers. Illinois Jacquet is cited as the one who kicked off the era of honkin' sax in 1945 with his famous solo on "Flying Home" while working with Lionel Hampton's band. As Big Jay McNeely said of of the song, "every time we picked up our horns we were just elaborating on that, trying to make it bigger, wilder, give it more swing, more kick. If you want to know where rhythm and blues began, that's it brother." Today we spin some great honkin' sax records, some cut by the horn men themselves and others featuring their raucous playing behind some great blues singers, both well known and obscure. The records were issued on a myriad of small New York independent labels labels such as Atlas, Derby, Coral, Apollo, Groove, Fire/Fury, Savoy and bigger players such as King and Atlantic. Along the way we'll hear some exciting instrumentals and hear them back some terrific blues singers, both famous like Wynonie Harris, Big Joe Turner and Ruth Brown, to the obscure such as Eddie Mack, Mr. Bear and Edna McGriff. Among those featured today are legendary horn men such as Hal Singer and Freddie Mitchell who played on countless sessions as well as recording some exciting sides under their own names. Then there were sax men primarily know for their session work such as the prolific Sam “The Man” Taylor, Budd Johnson and Big Al Sears. There were the sax men who led their own bands and were stars in their own right such as Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Paul “Hucklebuck” Williams, Red Prysock, Earl Bostic and Bullmoose Jackson. Others heard today include the incendiary Noble “Thin Man” Watts, the rising star King Curtis, Willis “Gator” Jackson, Buddy Lucas, Frank Culley and others. On part two we'll spin more great tracks by theses sax men as well as hearing form others such as Sil Austin, Buddy Tate, Charlie Singleton and more. We'll provide some background on some of today's artists and fill in details about the rest next week." Read more at Jeff's site: Sunday Blues

Big Road Blues Show :: Jookin' – Honkin' Sax From New York Pt. 1
And check out Pt. 2 here

1. Hal Singer & Carl Davis - I Feel So Good
2. Hal Singer - Disc Jockey Boogie
3. Wynonie Harris w/ Frank Culley & Hal Singer - I Feel That Old Age Coming On
4. Ruth Brown w/ Freddie Mitchell - I Would If I Could
5. Eunice Davis & Freddie Mitchell Orchestra - Rock Little Daddy
6. Freddie Mitchell - Rockin' With Coop
7. Big Joe Turner w/ Sam Taylor - In The Evening
8. Bull Moose Jackson w/ Sam Taylor - Cherokee Boogie
9. Bull Moose Jackson w/ Red Prysiock - Big Ten Inch
10. Wynonie Harris w/ Red Prysiock - Down Boy Down
11. Red Prysock - Jump Red, Jump
12. Willis Jackson - Good To The Bone
13. Eddie Mack w/ Willis Jackson - Mercenary
14. Big Joe Turner w/ Al Sears - Ti - Ri – Lee
15. Nappy Brown w/ Big Al Sears - Well Well Well Baby
16. Big Al Sears - Marshall Plan 

4 August 2016

#548 :: Darcy Perry's Hour Of Blues Power

The Blues Room #548
Wednesday 3 August 2016
9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0,
Hamilton, NZ.

Watch out! Here's Darcy Perry once again with another great weekly serving of Blues you can use!

This episode is dedicated to Lightning Red
May 6, 1949 – July 6, 2016

Lightning Red (Wayne Bak) musical artist died July 6th at the age of 67 of heart problems and prostate cancer.

He was a blues artist who performed nationally and internationally touring England, Ireland, Switzerland, France, Scandinavia, Croatia, Germany, Holland, and Australia. He played electric guitar, was a song writer, sang and fronted his own band for 50 years.

He recorded 8 albums of original music. His entire life was shaped by an insatiable passion for the blues. It’s all he ever played. He is considered a great blues artist by many across the world.

Red and his wife came to Austin in 1977 from the Chicago area. After living out-of-state for 8 years, they returned back home to Austin in December 2015.

He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Deborah Vanko, a sister, Janice Brennan of Illinois, a sister Joan Bakalar and her daughter, Stacey of New Zealand.

1. Junior Wells - Give Me One Reason
2. Big Jon Atkinson & Bob Corritore - It Wasn't Easy
3. Buddy Guy & Tracy Chapman - Ain't No Sunshine 
4. Albert Castiglia - Let's Make Love In the Morning
5. Lightning Red - Lie No More
6. Ben Harper - Ground On Down
7. Lightning Red & EZ Love - Change Is Gonna Cum
8. Etta James - Stormy Monday Blues
9. Jeff Healey - See the Light
10. John Long - Things Can't Be Down Always
11. Tony Joe White - Who You Gonna Hoo Doo Now

21 April 2016

#533 :: Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

The Blues Room, 20 April 2016
Episode #533

Please check out the free downloads made available by Mark Hill aka Jellybone Slim, and while you're at it, click on the links for the other artists featured in this episode of The Blues Room, there sure is some great music out there. Enjoy!

1. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
2. Johnny Shines - Cool Driver
3. Howlin' Wolf - Howlin' For My Baby
4. Danny Boy - Kokomo Me Baby
5. Lightin' Hopkins - Love Me This Morning
6. Little Junior Parker - Tin Pan Alley
7. Earl Hooker - Sweet Angel
8. Champion Jack Dupree - Bring Me Flowers While I'm Living
9. Mose Vinson & Booker T. Laury - Blues With A Feeling
10. The Soul Snatchers - Keep Workin
11. Michael Harrison - Can't Stop Thinking Of You
12. Leon Bridges - Mississippi Kisses
13. Mark Hill aka Jellybone Slim - Jellybone Blues
14. Bob Margolin - Young & Old Blues

2 April 2016

#530 Hoodoo Hoodoo

The Blues Room, 30 March 2016
Episode #530

Don't miss Darcy Perry's Hour of Blues Power next Weds 6 April, 9pm. He will have a special guest in studio with him, Ruth Wyand. Shes been touring New Zealand and finishes her tour in Hamilton. Please come and support her at Nivara Lounge on Friday 8th April. She an amazing artist who does 3 different shows: a) 'Backroads, Bottlenecks and Blues,' a concert featuring songs form her latest CD; b) 'Mama's Got The Blues,' a performance documentary about the lives and music of blues and jazz women and c) 'A Journey Down An American Music Highway', a multi-media concert about the history of American music. See more at her website.

1. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right (Mama)
2. Elvis Presley - My Baby Left Me
3. Sue Foley - Show Me
4. William Clarke - Chicago Blues
5. John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson - Hoodoo Hoodoo
6. Joe Bonamassa; Lee Ritenour; Robert Cray - Give Me One Reason
7. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - All Your Love
8. Eric Clapton - Crossroads (LIVE at Crossroads)
9. Eric Clapton - Magnolia (feat. John Mayer)
10. Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
11. Alberta Hunter - My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More
12. Janis Joplin - Me And Bobby Mcgee
13. The Doors - Break On Through
14. Ruth Wyand - Blame Yourself Blues

11 February 2016

#523 :: Vinyl Shots

The Blues Room, 10 February 2016
Episode #523

All blues VINYL SHOTS in this episode thanks to Ivan at Nivara Lounge. If any of you are in Hamilton and want to come up on air sometime to spin your blues vinyl/music just holla!

1. Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band - All Night Long
2. Muddy Waters - Got My Brand On You
3. Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man
4. Buddy Guy - Stone Crazy
5. Johnny Shines - Won't You Tell Me Mama
6. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Midnight Special
7. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle
8. Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson & The New Hawks - Walkin' The Dog

28 January 2016

#521 :: Blues America, Bright Lights, Big City (Part 2 of 2)

The Blues Room, 27 January 2016
Episode #521

Heres part two of a documentary narrated by Huey Morgan about Blues history in America. The series was produced and directed by Mick Gold and featured on the BBC. Enjoy!

19 January 2016

#520 :: Blues America, Woke Up This Morning (Part 1 of 2)

The Blues Room, 13 January 2016
Episode #520

In this episode you'll hear a documentary narrated by Huey Morgan about Blues history in America. Its a two-part series and part two will follow next week. The series was produced and directed by Mick Gold and featured on the BBC. Enjoy!

1 May 2014

Happy Birthday Marion Walter Jacobs AKA Little Walter (#432)



Little Walter, 1967 (photo credit)

The Blues Room, 30 April 2014
Episode # 432

Without a doubt Little Walter is the world's undisputed heavyweight of blues harmonica, period. He's had more novices and advanced professionals envying his harmonica playing since he caused the price of harmonicas to double in price after he recorded that great instrumental, Juke, back in 1952. 

In this episode we pay tribute to Little Walter and wish him a Happy Birthday, he would have turned 84 years old on 1 May 2014 (if he hadn't been fighting!) Here you'll hear some modern masters interpreting some great tunes by Little Walter. We just keep lovin' him!


1. Little Walter - Juke
2. Little Walter - Sad Hours
3. Little Walter - Tell Me Mama
4. Muddy Waters with Little Walter - All Night Long (Alternate Take)
5. Jim Liban Blues Combo - Mean Old World
6. Magic Dick - Can't Hold Out Much Longer
7. Billy Boy Arnold - You're So Fine
8. Rod Piazza - Oh Baby
9. George Harmonica Smith - You Better Watch Yourself
10. Ronnie Shellist - Last Night
11. Sugar Ray Norcia - My Babe
12. Dennis Gruenling - Roller Coaster
13. Red Devils (Lester Butler) - Quarter to Twelve



12 October 2012

The Blues Room # 351



Episode 351, 10 October 2012

This is a continuation of 1950s blues from last week's episode. Like I said, its my most favorite era of blues. I'm going to dig out some real 1950s hot shots for you and spin them in coming weeks so stay tuned.

Download this episode: 351

1. BB King - She's Dynamite
2. Pete 'Guitar' Lewis - Louisiana Hop
3. Icky Renrut (Ike Turner) - Ho...Ho
4. John Lee Hooker - You've Taken My Woman
5. Elmore James and His Broomdusters - Coming Home
6. Rocky Thompson - Bull Corn Blues
7. Eddie Taylor - Don't Knock At My Door
8. Little Walter - Tell Me Mama
9. T-Bone Walker - Blues Is A Woman
10. Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby
11. Sonny Boy Williamson 2 - Keep It To Yourself
12. Morris Pejoe - Screaming and Crying
13. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Three Hours Past Midnight
14. Jimmy Rogers - Chicago Bound
15. Howlin' Wolf - Mr Highway Man
16. Chuck Berry - Let It Rock
17. Muddy Waters - Standing Around Crying
18. Muddy Waters - Mad Love (I Want You To Love Me)

The Blues Room # 350


Episode 350, 3 October 2012

Mr Cool joins me in the sudio aka Tony Kaye for another episode. He represents the Hamilton Blues Society. I have made him an honorary lifetime member of The Blues Room : ) I got on this 1950s trip (again), its my favorite period of blues so I start spinning all this 50s stuff, stay tuned for more from the 50s.


1. Jimmy Nolen - Stollin' With Nolen
2. Bo Diddley - Pretty Thing 3. Guitar Slim & His Band - A Letter To My Girl Friend
4. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown - Dirty Work At The Cross Roads
5. Peter Cincotti - St Louis Blues 6. Mahalia Jackson - When The Saints Go Marching In
7. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Pride and Joy
8. John Lee Hooker - Wobbling Baby
9. Otis Rush and His Band - Double Trouble
10. James Cotton feat. Pat Hare - Cotton Crop Blues
11. Jimmy Reed feat. Eddie Taylor - Ain't The Lovin You Baby
12. Johnny Guitar Watson - Space Guitar