#709 :: Acoustically Blue (11 Sept 2019)

Mostly acoustic blues in this episode. Be sure to enter the draw to win a copy of Greg Copeland's new CD. And be sure to catch him on tour around New Zealand during Oct-Nov 2019. And stay locked to The Blues Room for the final episode of Belly Fulla Blues. From October Fatt Max will be hosting The Blues Machine on FreeFM, 10pm NZ time so be sure to tune in. 

1 Greg Copeland - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

2 Gerry Hundt (Acoustic) - Make Me a Pallet

3 Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee - Better Day

4 Big Bill Broonzy - Tell Me Who

5 Darren Watson - Every Morning

6 Darcy Perry & Craig Bracken - Walk in the Sun

7 Mike Garner - You Gonna Wreck My Life

8 Lightnin Hopkins - Last Night

9 Mississippi Fred McDowell - Shake 'Em on Down

10 David Honeyboy Edwards - Big Fat Mama

11 Li'l Chuck The One Man Skiffle Machine - I Call On Jimmy Reed

12 Sugar Blue - Another Man Done Gone

13 Fiona Boyes, Mookie Brill, and Rick del Grosso - Early In The Morning

14 Duke Robillard with Jerry Portnoy - Left Handed

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#674 :: Digging Deeper With Fatt Max (2 January 2019)

Happy New Year blues lovers. Here's the first episode of Digging Deeper with Fatt Max, a brand you installment on The Blues Room. Every first Wednesday Fatt Max will bring us a selection of  Pioneer's blues, the real deal roots music that was born in America and is now played globally. 

Robert Johnson – Sweet Home Chicago 

Robert Johnson – Crossroads 

Robert Johnson – Stones In My Passway 

Sam Collins – The Yellow Dog Blues 

Kid Bailey – Rowdy Blues 

Otto Virgill – Little Girl In Rome 

Blind Willie McTell – Statesboro Blues 

Sleepy John Estes – Someday Baby Blues 

Big Joe Williams – Delta Blues 

Memphis Minnie – Frisco Town 

Robert Petway – Catfish Blues 

Bukka Whyte – Fixin’ To Die 

Skip James – Devil Got My Woman 

Tommy Johnson – Canned Heat 

Robert Lockwood – Take A Little Walk With Me 

John Lee Hooker – Henry’s Swing Club 

Big Bill Bronzy – Hattie Blues 

Snooks Eaglin’ – Walking Blues 

Son House – Depot Blues

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#640 :: (Interview) Darren Watson's Too Many Millionaires album release & NZ tour (9 May 2018)

Nate interviews Darren Watson about his new album release, 'Too Many Millionaires' and NZ tour. Check out Darren and his band at a venue near you. Purchase tickets here: https://www.darrenwatson.com/

Darren Watson feat Rick Bryant - Got No Soul

Darren Watson - Be Careful With A Fool

**Background songs behind the interview 

**Simen Aanerud - Bluekeys' Boogie

**Mean Me Right Blues

**Hallelujah (Rich Man's War)

**Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied

**Sonny Boy Williamson I - Mellow Chick Swing

**Darren Watson - Planet Key

Darren Watson - Too Many Millionaires

**Pilgrim

**Un-Love Me

**Past Tense

Darren Watson - That Guy Could Sing!

Darren Watson - Come On In My Kitchen

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#596 :: Hour Of Blues Power With Darcy Perry (5 July 2017)

The Blues Room #596

Wednesday 5 July 2017

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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1. Chris Cain - Trying To Forget It

2. Aretha Franklin - Trouble in Mind

3. Golden Earring - Radar Love

4. R.L. Burnside - Miss Maybelle

5. Ry Cooder - Down in Mississippi

6. Rory Block - Silver Wings

7. Albert Collins, Robert Cray & Johnny Copeland - Lion's Den

8. Shaken not Stirred - God Bless the Child

9. Slim Harpo - I Got Love If You Want It

10. The Nukes - Lemon Tree

11. The Blind Boys of Alabama - Many Rivers to Cross

12. Hound Dog Taylor - Roll Your Money Maker

13. Bo Diddley - Bring it To Jerome

14. Jimmy Reed - Shame, Shame, Shame

#579 :: Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket (8 March 2017)

The Blues Room #579

Wednesday 8 March 2017

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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Chris O & Derek Phillips - Tell Me Baby

Big Daddy Wilson with Ruthie Foster - Give Me One Reason

Ruth Wyand - Blame Yourself Blues

Jimmy Bowskill and Carlos Del Junco - Heavens Where You'll Dwell

Christopher Bell - Smokestack Lightning

Dave Fields - My Mamas Got The Blues

Trickbag With Friends Vol. 2 - Keep Your Hand Out Of My Pocket (Feat. Kim Wilson & Kid Ramos)

John Mayall - Goin' Away Baby

Eddie Taylor - Find My Baby

Royal Southern Brotherhood - I Wonder Why

Thorbjorn Risager & The Black Tornado - Holler 'n Moan

Hannah Williams & The Affirmations - Tame In The Water

#575 :: Nominees for Best Acoustic Album & Artist :: Blues Music Awards 2017

The Blues Room #575

Wednesday 8 February 2017

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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Acoustic blues music nominees for the 2017 Blues Music Awards. Plus some other award nominees.

1 Fiona Boyes - Love Changing Blues

2 Luther Dickinson - How I Wish My Train Would Come

3 Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes - Early In The Morning

4 Eric Bibb & North Country Far - The Happiest Man In The World

5 Doug MacLeod - Home Cookin (Unreleased Live Track)

6 John Long - No Flowers for Me

7 Toronzo Cannon - Walk It Off

8 Jonn Del Toro Richardson - Get Me Back To Texas

9 Curtis Salgado - Walk A Mile In My Blues

10 Golden State Lone Star Blues Revue - Pepper Mama

11 Thornetta Davis - I Need A Whole Lotta Lovin' (To Satisfy Me)

12 Matthew Skoller - Organ Mouth

#568 :: Another Belly Fulla Blues With Fatt Max

The Blues Room #568

Wednesday 21 December 2016

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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Another Belly Fulla Blues from Fatt Max, his last show for 2016. He'll be back in 2017 with a bigger and better batch of blues for you so keep it locked. Be sure to enter the competition on our Facebook page to win a copy of 'Chasin That Blues Music' and download link of great blues tracks. 

Merry Christmas and happy holidays everybody!

She Got Kick – Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite 

John Lee Hooker – Dimples 

James Cotton – Cottonmouth Man 

The Hoax – Let It Shine 

John Long – Mop, Bucket & Broom 

Chuxx Morris – Track 12 

Taj Mahal – Leaving Trunk 

Solomon Burke – None Of Us Are Free 

Cris Jacobs – Turn Into Gold 

Bruce Katz Band – All Torn Up 

Sawbuck – Top Topham 

Albert Castiglia – Let The Big Dog Eat 

Luther Allison – Will It Ever Change 

John Long – One Earth Many Colours

#567 :: Christmas Time Blues

The Blues Room #567

Wednesday 14 December 2016

9pm-10pm NZ time, FreeFM89.0

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There ain't no Snoopy's Christmas here. Just pure blues from the 1920s through to 2016. 

Merry Christmas everybody, and may you have a blessed new years / holiday period. The first 9 tracks were inspired by Jeff Harris' radio show, Big Road Blues. Please check it out!

1. Sugar Chile Robinson - Christmas Boogie

2. Julie Lee & Her Boyfriends - Christmas Spirit

3. Boll Weevil - Christmas Time Blues

4. Bertha 'Chippie' Hill - Christmas Man Blues

5. Kansas City Kitty - Christmas Mornin' Blues

6. Sonny Boy Williamson I - Christmas Morning Blues

7. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues

8. Little Esther & Mel Walker With Johnny Otis - Faraway Christmas Blues

9. Amos Milburn - Let's Make Christmas Merry, Baby

10. Sonny Rhodes - Texas Christmas

11. Little Charlie & The Nightcats - It's Christmas Time Again (Spend, Spend, Spend)

12. Alabama Red - Goin' Home For Christmas

13. Koko Taylor - Merry, Merry Christmas

14. Joe Bonamassa - Christmas Boogie (One Little Kiss)

15. Charles Brown - Christmas Comes But Once a Year

#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

#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 

#556 :: LIVE Blues Recording :: Walter Trout - Alive In Amsterdam

The Blues Room #556

Wednesday 28 September 2016

9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0,

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Hamilton, NZ.

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This month's live recording is two parts. First up we have live recordings by Lloyd Spiegel, he tours NZ in late October, early November 2016. More details here. 

Then the star of the show, blue-rock legend, Walter Trout lights up the stage in Amsterdam after some serious near-death experiences. Read more about Walter Trout's remarkable come back here. These performances are impassioned and electrifying. Enjoy!

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1. Lloyd Spiegel - Blues, leave me alone

2. Lloyd Spiegel - I shall be released

3. Lloyd Spiegel - King with no crown

4. Walter Trout - Marie's Introduction (Live)

5. Walter Trout - Play The Guitar (Live)

6. Walter Trout - Help Me (Live)

7. Walter Trout - Say Goodbye To The Blues (Live)

8. Walter Trout - Rock Me Baby (Live)

9. Walter Trout - Serve Me Right To Suffer (Live)

#554 :: Greg Copeland Interview / Big Road Blues - California Hop

The Blues Room #554

Wednesday 14 September 2016

9pm-10pm, FreeFM89.0,

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Hamilton, NZ.

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Greg Copeland has arrived in New Zealand and has an interview with Nate in this episode. Greg will tour NZ with Steve 'Guitar' Gilles from 16th Sept through to 9 October 2016. If you're attending the Auckland and Hamilton shows then take a listen to this episode for the code you'll need to win yourself a signed CD. See you in Hamilton guys!!

In the second half of the show we hear part of Jeff Harris's Big Road Blues Show 28/8/2016: California Hop – Honkin' Sax From L.A. Pt. 2. << Click this link to hear the whole show - its well worth it, Jeff has selected some smokin' sax tracks.

1. Greg Copeland - Makes A Man Wanna Change

2. Greg Copeland - Alberta

3. Ruf Blues Caravan feat Si Cranstoun, Big Daddy Wilson, Vanessa Collier, and Laura Chavez - Bring It Home To Me

4. Lloyd Spiegel - This Is Hip

5. Lionel Hampton w/ Illinois Jacquet - Flying Home

6. Duke Henderson w/ Wild Bill Moore - Boogie Man Blues

7. Big Jay McNeely - California Hop

8. Joe Liggins - The Honeydripper

9. Little Willie Jackson - There'll Be Some Changes Made

10. Joe Liggins - Little Joe's Boogie

#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

#530 Hoodoo Hoodoo

The Blues Room, 30 March 2016

Episode #530

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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

#529 :: Bluesfest Byron Bay 2016

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The Blues Room,23 March 2016

Episode #529

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A mix of music from bands featured at Bluesfest Byron Bay this Easter, 24-28 March 2016. Theres some old favorites alongside some fresh new modern bands in this episode. Something for all tastes, and not just from the blues genre either. Check out the artist list at http://www.bluesfest.com.au/

1. Vintage Trouble - Blues Hand Me Down

2. Taj Mahal - Going Up To The Country and Paint My Mailbox Blue

3. Janiva Magness - I Don't Want To Do Wrong

4. Joe Bonamassa - Bridge To Better Days

5. Tedeschi Trucks Band - Don't Know What It Means

6. St. Paul & The Broken Bones - Half The City

7. The Happyland Singers with Blind Boys of Alabama - Goodbye Mother

8. Rhiannon Giddens - Up Above My Head

9. Blind Boy Paxton with Playing For Change - Mole In The Ground

10. Shakey Graves - Late July

11. Blackberry Smoke - Six Ways To Sunday (LIVE in North Carolina)

12. Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges - BB

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

The Blues Room, 27 January 2016

Episode #521

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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!

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

The Blues Room, 13 January 2016

Episode #520

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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!

#516

Photo credit: Jan Persson

The Blues Room, 16 December 2015

Episode #516

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1. John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas

2. Otis Spann - Otis Rides Again

3. Sonny Boy Williamson II - Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues

4. James Harman - The Clock Is Tickin'

5. Charlie Musselwhite - 300 Miles To Go

6. David Barrett & Aki Kumar - Playin' It Forward

7. Sharon Jones and The Daptones feat. Charles Bradley - World Of Love

8. North Mississippi Allstars feat Anders Osborne - Many Wise Men

9. King Leo - Back It Off

10. Buddy Guy - Crying Out Of One Eye

11. Credirc Burnside Project - Born With It

12. Mississippi Fred McDowell - Lord, I'm Going Down South 

Hopetoun Brown Return To H-Town (31 Oct 2015)

#508

The Blues Room, 21 October 2015

Episode #508

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Next week I'll have two guest interviews with Murray of Hamilton Blues Society and Nick of Hopetoun Brown so come back and tune in. Until then, enjoy this episode of The Blues Room which features new music from various artists around the world.

1. Jai Malano - Hound Dog

2. Pepe Macarrón & Allfreedom - Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind

3. JJ Appleton, Tim Lefebvre and Jason Ricci - Nobodys Fault 

4. Hopetoun Brown - Burning Fuse 

5. Mike Butler - Wadie Green

6. Todd Wolfe Band - Hoodoo River - Long Road Back

7. Gary Smith, David Barrett & Aki Kumar - Up All Night With The Blues

8. James Harman - Yo' Family (Don't Like Me)

9. Two-Tone Steiny & The Cadillacs feat Kid Andersen - Bring That Little Thing

10. Madrid Blues Ghetto - Let Me Love You Baby

11. Fiona Boyes - Walking Round Money

12. Janiva Magness - Mountain

13. Lucky Peterson - You Lucky Dog