| Artist |
Song |
Album |
Label |
Comments |
| Junior Kimbrough |
Most Things Haven't Worked Out |
Most Things Haven't Worked Out |
Fat Possum |
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| Junior Kimbrough |
I'm Leaving You Baby |
Most Things Haven't Worked Out |
Fat Possum |
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| Jack Oblivian |
I'm In Love With You |
(VA) Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough |
Fat Possum |
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| Thee Shams |
Release Me |
(VA) Sunday Nights: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough |
Fat Possum |
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| Jimmy Reed |
You've Got Me Dizzy |
Bright Lights, Big City: Charly Blues Masterworks Vol. 17 |
Charly R&B |
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| Kevin Gordon |
Jimmy Reed Is The King Of Rock 'N' Roll |
Down To The Well |
Shanachie |
Appearing w/his band at a Chapel Hill house concert on Oct. 8th. See afternoonnap.org for info. Highly recommended! |
| Tom McFarland |
Going Back To Oakland |
Travelin' With The Blues |
Arhoolie |
In Memoriam re-release of a ?1978 LP |
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| Bo Diddley |
I Can't Stand It |
A Man Amongst Men |
Atlantic |
Appearing at the 18th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival, Sept 9-10 in Durham. See hayti.org and look for the links! |
| L'il Brian & The Zydeco Travelers |
Hooked, Hogtied and Collared |
Fresh |
Rounder |
Appearing at the 18th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival, Sept 9-10 in Durham. See hayti.org and look for the links! |
| Ruth Brown |
Teardrops From My Eyes |
Rockin' With Ruth |
Charly R&B |
Appearing at the 18th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival, Sept 9-10 in Durham. See hayti.org and look for the links! |
| Ruth Brown |
5-10-15 Hours |
Rockin' With Ruth |
Charly R&B |
Appearing at the 18th annual Bull Durham Blues Festival, Sept 9-10 in Durham. See hayti.org and look for the links! |
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| Lucinda Williams |
Me And My Chauffer |
Ramblin' |
Smithsonian-Folkways |
Appearing Weds. Aug 10th, NC Museum of Art. Want tix? Will be giving a pair away on Weds. Aug 3 between 10:30am and noon on WXDU. Tune in! |
| Suzy Thompson |
Black Rat Swing |
Stop & Listen: Live at the Freight |
Arhoolie |
Like the previous song, a Memphis Minnie cover |
| Memphis Minnie |
Hoodoo Lady |
Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) |
columbia/legacy |
from 1936 |
| Memphis Minnie |
Ice Man (Come On Up) |
Hoodoo Lady (1933-1937) |
columbia/legacy |
also 1936 |
| Hattie Hart |
I Let My Daddy Do That |
(VA) Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-34 |
Yazoo |
1934. "Fine singer and party-giver" born around the turn of the century in Memphis... Sang with the Memphis Jug Band. |
| Pearl Dickson |
Little Rock Blues |
(VA) Memphis Masters: Early American Blues Classics 1927-34 |
Yazoo |
1927. |
| Earl Hooker |
She's Fine |
Play Your Guitar Mr. Hooker |
Blacktop |
A.C. Reed composition; also sung by him. |
| Earl Hooker |
Dynamite |
Play Your Guitar Mr. Hooker |
Blacktop |
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| Irma Thomas |
Cry On |
Sweet Soul Queen of New Orleans: The Irma Thomas Collection |
Razor & Tie |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
I Can't Hold Out |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
One of my fave electric blues records ever. Recorded in Chicago in the late 1970s, probably at one or more of these old haunts: Queen Bee's Lounge (south side) or Wise Fool's Pub (Lincoln Ave.) Son Seals died recently. |
| Son Seals Blues Band |
Blue Shadows Falling |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
[We are hearing the whole record in its Entirity!!!] |
| Son Seals Blues Band |
Funky Bitch |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
The Woman I Love |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
Help Me, Somebody |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
She's Fine |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
There it is again! And yep, A.C. Reed is in the band (sax). Boss man Seals does the singin' this time though. |
| Son Seals Blues Band |
Call My Job |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
Last Night |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Son Seals Blues Band |
Hot Sauce |
Live and Burning |
Alligator |
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| Shemekia Copeland |
Breakin' Out |
The Soul Truth |
Alligator |
Daughter of blues legend Johnny "Clyde" Copeland. She has played at the Bull Durham Blues Fest in the past. This is her brand new record. |
| Big Mama Thornton |
Gonna Leave You |
The Complete Vanguard Recordings |
Vanguard |
3 CD set came out in 2000. This and 6 other cuts previously unreleased. |
| Freddie Robinson |
I Wonder |
The Stax Blues Masters: Blue Monday |
Stax |
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| Doug Sahm |
It Hurts To Love Somebody |
Juke Box Music |
Texas Music Group / Antone's |
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| Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces |
Searching For My Love |
(VA) The Best of Chess: Rhythm & Blues |
Chess / MCA |
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| Guitar Gabriel |
Expressin' The Blues |
(VA) Expressin' The Blues |
Music Maker Relief Foundation |
Check out musicmaker.org for info on this great non-profit that helps artists w/o the financial means to meet their basic needs, and thus enables them to make their music for us. |
| Cootie Stark |
Sandy Land |
Sugar Man |
Music Maker Relief Foundation |
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| Samuel Turner Stevens |
Railroadin' & Gamblin' |
(VA) Expressin' The Blues |
Music Maker Relief Foundation |
Tune by Uncle Dave Macon |
| Robert Pete Williams |
Prisoner's Talking Blues |
(VA) Blues with a Message |
Arhoolie |
Recorded in 1959 while Mr. Williams was incarcerated at Angola State Penitentiary.
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| Isaiah Owens |
Everything Will Be Alright |
You Without Sin Cast The First Stone |
Casequarter |
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| John Jackson |
Screaming And Crying |
Country Blues & Ditties |
Arhoolie |
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| Charlie Patton |
Down The Dirt Road Blues |
Founder Of The Delta Blues |
Yazoo |
Patton cut 43 sides in 1929. Not sure if this is one of those or not... He died soon after, in 1930. |
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| K. C. Douglas |
My Mind's Going Back To 1929 |
Mercury Blues |
Arhoolie |
Stay tuned for The Bull City Cosmic Hoedown! |
