#565 :: Nate's Hot Picks From 2016

The Blues Room #565

Wednesday 30 November 2016

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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Some of Nate's hot picks from music released in 2016. Enjoy.

Fantastic Negrito - Last Days Of Oakland (Intro) & Working Poor

Santana - Blues Magic

Mavis Staples - MLK Song

John Long - Stand Your Ground

Dennis Gruenling - If You Wanna Rock (You Gotta Have That Roll)

Bonnie Raitt - Unintended Consequence Of Love

Trickbag With Friends Vol. 2 - She's A Killer (Feat. Kim Wilson & Kid Ramos)

Lino Muoio - Bald Man's Stomp (feat. Mario Donatone)

Fiona Boyes - Love Me All The Way

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Let Me Get By

Jane Lee Hooker - Mean Town Blues (Johnny Winter)

Seasick Steve - Walkin' Blues

Kenny Neal - Thank You B.B. King

#564 :: LIVE Blues Recording :: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings

The Blues Room #564

Wednesday 23 November 2016

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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Sharon Lafaye Jones (May 4, 1956 – November 18, 2016) was an American soul and funk singer. She was the lead singer of Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, a soul and funk band based in Brooklyn, New York. Jones experienced breakthrough success relatively late in life, releasing her first record when she was 40 years old. In 2014, Jones was nominated for her first Grammy, in the category Best R&B Album, for Give the People What They Want. Among Jones' influences are James Brown, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Thom Bell, Otis Redding, Ike & Tina Turner, Marva Whitney and everyone from Motown. In addition, Jones also cites more recently known artists, such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Erykah Badu and Beyoncé. It was announced on June 3, 2013, that Jones had been diagnosed with bile duct cancer and underwent surgery, which forced her to postpone the release of the group's fifth album, Give the People What They Want. The diagnosis was later changed to stage II pancreatic cancer, for which Jones had surgery on her liver and underwent chemotherapy. The chemotherapy caused hair loss, and for a time she performed bald, refusing to wear wigs.

During the screening of her documentary at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, Jones revealed that her cancer had returned, and that she would be undergoing chemotherapy again. She suffered a stroke whilst watching the 2016 United States presidential election results, blaming Donald Trump, and suffered another stroke the day after the election.

Jones suffered a stroke on election night 2016 and after a second stroke days later died on November 18, 2016 in Cooperstown, New York, aged 60. According to bandmate Gabriel Roth, "She told the people that were [at the hospital] that Trump gave her the stroke. ... She was blaming Trump for the whole thing." 

Some artists shine brighter than their contempories. Sharon Jones was one of those artists. This is a tribute to one of the finest soul-sisters this side of originators. We miss you already Sharon. Thank you for sharing your soul with us.

http://sharonjonesandthedapkings.com/

Live recordings used for this episode come from Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings Live on KEXP & Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Tiny Desk Concert.

100 Days, 100 Nights

People Don't Get What They Deserve

Slow Down, Love

Natural Born Lover

Every Beat Of My Heart

Road Of Broken Hearted Men

These Tears

Stranger To My Happiness

Silent Night

8 Days Of Hanukkah

Big Bulbs

I'm Still Here

#559 :: Buggin' Blues

The Blues Room #559

Wednesday 5 October 2016

9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0, Hamilton, NZ.

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WIN the double CD set by Lloyd Spiegel, DOUBLE LIVE SET. 

Listen to this episode by Fatt Max for details. And be sure to get along to a performance by Lloyd while he's in NZ, details of his NZ tour here.

Colin James – Bug Road Blues 

Frank Bang & The Cook County Chiefs – Cant Go On This Way 

Dave Keller – Whats It Gonna Take 

Charlie Musselwhite – The Well 

Kitty Daisy & Lewis – Buggin’ Blues 

Lloyd Spiegel – Statesboro’ Blues 

Elmore James – Shake Your Money Maker 

Cris Jacobs – Bone Digger 

Cris Jacobs – Turn To Gold 

Lightning Hopkins & Sonny Terry – Lightning Strike

Lady A – Don’t Let Your Blues Become A Crime 

Mavis Staples – Take Us Back 

Luther Allison – Will It Ever Change 

BB King – Paying The Cost To The Blues 

#555 :: Another Belly Fulla Blues With Fatt Max :: Boogie Chillun'

The Blues Room #555

Wednesday 21 September 2016

9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0,

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Hamilton, NZ.

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Boom Boom Boom Boom! Here's Fatt Max with another episode to knock you right off 'a ya feet! Plus he has some good news about how you can win a signed Greg Copeland CD at the Hamilton gig this Friday 23rd. Greg Copeland & Steve Guitar Gilles NZ 2016 tour details here:  https://www.facebook.com/gregcopelandstevegilles/

1. James Cotton - Cottonmouth Man 

2. Bruce Katz Band - All Torn Up 

3. Tarheel Slim - Number Nine Train 

4. Top Topham - SawBuck 

5. Stewart Lindsey - Another Lie 

6. Big John Atkinson - Mad About It 

7. Howlin’ Wolf - My Peoples Gone 

8. Chuxx Morris - Dime Store Novelist 

9. Lil Ed - Hold That Train 

10. Selwyn Birchwood - Dont Call No Ambulance

11. Greg Copeland – Gimmie What You Got 

12. Liz Mandeville – What Do Blues Men Like 

13. Billy Boy Arnold – Aint Got You 

14. The Who – Daddy Rollin Stone 

15. Buddy Guy - Justifyin’ 

16. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun'

Heres a sample of whats in store for you if you get along to one of the remaining Greg Copeland with Steve Guitar Gilles shows up and down New Zealand ...

Hosts of The Blues Room make cameo appearance on new promotional video for The Big Listen

In a new Free FM promo video produced for The Big Listen - a nationwide campaign promoting Community Access media across New Zealand - hosts of The Blue Room, Darcy Perry and Nate Taiapa make a cameo appearance at 1:24 mins and we get a glimpse into how things roll on air The Blues Room.

#540 :: Blues Music Awards 2016

The Blues Room, 8 June 2016

Episode #540

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The Blues Music Awards are awards presented by the Blues Foundation, a non-profit organization set up to foster blues heritage. The awards, started in 1980, are according to Offbeat music magazine "universally recognized as the highest accolade afforded musicians and songwriters in blues music."

The awards were formerly known as the W.C. Handy Awards (or "The Handys") but were renamed in 2006 in an effort to increase public appreciation of the significance of the awards.

The awards had been presented annually in Memphis, Tennessee, where the Blues Foundation is located, although the 2008 award ceremony was held in Tunica, Mississippi. The 37th Blues Music Awards were held on May 5, 2016 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Heres some of my winning favorites from this years Blues Music Awards 2016, and a wee tribute to Candye Kane to kick things off. Who were your picks from the great lists of nominees?

1. Candye Kane & Laura Chavez - Toughest Girl Alive (RIP Candye Kane, the toughest girl around!)

2. Allen Toussaint - Get Out of My Life, Woman

3. Ruthie Foster - Dues Paid In Full

4. Lisa Mann - Hard Times, Bad Decisions

5. Billy Price & Otis Clay - Somebody's Changing My Sweet Baby's Mind

6. Cedric Burnside Project - Going Away Baby

7. Victor Wainwright & The Wildroots - Big Dogs Runnin This Town

8. Joe Louis Walker - Messed My Mind Up

10. Slim Harpo - My Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)

11. Buddy Guy feat. Kim Wilson - Kiss Me Quick

12. Mr. Sipp - TMBC

13. Shemekia Copeland - Long As I Can See the Light

14. Doug MacLeod - Rosa Lee

15. Duke Robillard - Left Handed

16. Walter Trout - Gonna Live Again

17. Terry Hanck - Cupid Must Be Stupid

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

The Blues Room, 20 April 2016

Episode #533

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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

#532 :: Walter's Style

The Blues Room, 13 April 2016

Episode #532

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1. Mississippi Fred McDowell feat. Jo Ann Kelly - When I Lay My Burden Down

2. Little Walter - My Babe (alternate)

3. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would

4. Frank Frost - Gonna Make You Mine

5. Big Walter Horton with Hot Cottage - They Call Me Big Walter

6. Eddie Taylor - Lookin' For Trouble

7. Blues Boy Rawlins - I Got A Woman Shining My Shoe

8. Al Green - I Stand Accused

9. Gregory Porter - Don't Lose Your Steam

10. Eric Clapton - Can't Let You Do It

11. Bing Futch - It's Tight Like That

12. Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals - Call It What It Is

13. Jane Lee Hooker - Mannish Boy

14. Beverly Guitar Watkins - Miz Dr. Feelgood

#528 :: Blues In Your Funk

The Blues Room, 6 March 2016

Episode #528

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This week's vinyl inspiration was taken from an album by the J.Geils Band, an American rock band that formed in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist J. Geils.

The band played R&B-influenced blues rock in the 1970s before moving towards a more new wave sound in the 1980s. Since its initial break-up in 1985, the band has reunited several times.

Their biggest hit was their 1981 single, "Centerfold," which charted No. 1 in the United States in early 1982. J.Geils and Magic Dick went on to form Bluestime and have released some outstanding albums showcasing their old Chicago blues influences. 

Here's some blues for your funk! 

1. James Brown - Make It Funky

2. Albert King - Playing On Me

3. WAR - The World Is A Ghetto

4. Freddy Robinson - Good Feeling

5. Jim Liban Blues Combo - Funky Woman

6. Charles 'Big Daddy' Stallings - Blues In Your Funk

7. Reggie Wayne Morris - Son Of A Blues Fan

8. J.Geils Band - Where Did Our Love Go

9. The Rhythm Express feat. Jonathan Knight - Cry To Me

10. Mavis Staples - Tomorrow

11. Tedeschi Trucks Band - I Want More

#524 :: Grammy Award For Best Blues Album 2016 Goes To Buddy Guy

The Blues Room, 17 February 2016

Episode #525

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The winner of best blues album for the 2016 Grammy awards was Buddy Guy. The Grammy nominees for best blues album 2016 were as follows:

Born To Play Guitar - Buddy Guy (Winner)

Label: RCA Records/Silvertone Records

Descendants Of Hill Country - Cedric Burnside Project

Label: Cedric Burnside Project

Outskirts Of Love - Shemekia Copeland

Label: Alligator Records

Worthy - Bettye LaVette

Label: Cherry Red

Muddy Waters 100 - John Primer & Various Artists

Label: Raisin Music Records

1. Cedric Burnside Project - that Changes Everything

2. John Primer and Friends feat. James Cotton (Muddy 100) - I Feel So Good

3. Shemekia Copeland - I Feel A Sin Coming On

4. Mavis Staples - See that My Grave Is Kept Clean

5. R.L. Burnside - Rollin' & Tumblin'

6. Macy Gray - Hound Dog

7. Bonnie Raitt, Gary Clark Jr., Chris Stapleton - Grammys Tribute To B.B. King

8. Jon Cleary - Brother I'm Hungry

9. Bob Margolin - Young & Old Blues

10. B.B. King - How Blue Can You Get?

11. John Hammond - No Money Down

12. Buddy Guy - Smarter Than I Was

#519 :: Darcy Perry Welcomes In 2016. Happy New Year!

The Blues Room, 6 January 2016

Episode #519

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Happy New Year from Darcy Perry and all of us in The Blues Room and at Free FM89.0.

1. Janis Joplin - One Good Man

2. Buddy Guy - A Man of Many Words

3. Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Wake Me Up Early

4. Creedence Clearwater Revival - Long As I Can See The Light

5. B.B. King - I Done Got Wise

6. Tony Vega Band - Down In New Orleans

7. James Brown - It's A Man's World

8. Mike Onesko Blues Band - Big Fat Mama

9. Johnny Lang - A Quitter Never Wins

10. Lonnie Brooks - Cold Lonely Nights

11. Coco Montoya - Never Seen You Cry This Way Before

12. Lance Lopez - Heart Fixin' Blues

13. Jimmy Bowskill - Salty Dog

14. Bernard Allison - I Just Came Back To Say Goodbye