200th Show - Traveling Blues on IDC International Radio!!!

Join me tonight at 20:00 (Jerusalem time) for a special 2 hour show of Traveling Blues with live musical guests to celebrate the 200th show - it'll be fun!!!

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Accept no substitute! Jackson Browne - there is only one!

I recently received a digital copy of a double CD tribute album honoring the life work of Jackson Browne.
I listened to all 23 tracks of "Looking Into You: A Tribute to Jackson Browne" over and over again for two or three days, and I keep coming up with the same inescapable conclusion - there is one and only one Jackson Browne.

Most of the tribute album left me feeling completely indifferent, cold, or even disgusted...although the tracks covered by Don Henley, Bonnie Raitt, Keb 'Mo, Lyle Lovett, and Bruce Springsteen came close, they still didn't really satisfy me deep inside. Something crucial was missing - that special intonation, the timing, the diction, the soulfulness in the vocals, and the musical arrangements and instrumentation on the original recordings by Jackson Browne...

I went back to the source this morning, and collected my favorites from Jackson Browne's early 1970's recordings, and listened to a few in the car on the way to work.
Ahhhhh, now that really hits the spot... that's the way I like to hear "Fountain of Sorrow", "The Pretender", and "Running on Empty"...

Sometimes there is just no substitute for the real thing, the original...

Traveling Blues show no. 67 , October 17, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 67 , October 17, 2012

On tonight's Traveling Blues, we celebrated the birthdays of Johnny Moore, Bernie Pearl,
Kenny Neal, Victoria Spivey, Jelly Roll Morton, Big Joe Williams, and the Reverend KM Williams,
who will be arriving in Israel in January.  We featured a new album by resophonic guitar expert Bob Brozman,
and some tracks by Jorma Kaukonen, who will be performing in Israel in mid December.


here's our playlist:

01. Johnny Moore - How Blue Can You Get
02. Bernie Pearl - Crosscut Saw
03. Kenny Neal - Things Have Got To Change
04. Kenny Neal - Ain't Nothing You Can Do
05. Victoria Spivey  - Got The Blues So Bad
06. Jelly Roll Morton - Buddy Bolden's Blues
07. Big Joe Williams w/Robert Petway - Hollow Log Blues
08. KM Williams - Goin' Away Baby
09. Bob Brozman - Ow! My Ukes On Fire
10. Bob Brozman - Memory Blues
11. Jason King - Steppin' Out
12. Jorma Kaukonen - I'll Be Alright
13. Jorma Kaukonen - Bread Line Blues

Traveling Blues show no.66, October 10, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no.66, October 10, 2012


Traveling Blues, show no. 66, October 10, 2012

On tonight's show, we celebrated the birthdays of John Lennon and Nappy Brown (Napoleon Culp).
I also "dug up" some historic recordings by the sadly under-recognized guitarist Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann).
We featured new recordings by Blues diva Shemekia Copeland, harmonica ace Sugar Blue, young Brit Blues lady Joanne Shaw Taylor,
and the deep voiced Hans Theessink with Terry Evans  (not Terry King as I may have said on air) and Ry Cooder.

here's our playlist:

01. Hollywood Fats (Michael Mann) - Hideaway
02. Liz Mandeville - Corner Bar Blues
03. The Beatles/John Lennon - Yer Blues
04. Nappy Brown - Keep On Pleasin' You
05. Nick Gravenites - Buried Alive In The Blues
06. Sugar Blue - One More Mile
07. Hans Theessink/Terry Evans - Blues Stay Away From Me
08. Hans Theessink/Terry Evans - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
09. Joanne Shaw Taylor -
10. Shemekia Copeland - I Sing The Blues
11. Hollywood Fats (Micheal Mann) - Sidetracked

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Traveling Blues, show no. 65, October 3, 2012

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Traveling Blues, show no. 65, October 3, 2012 



On Tonight's Traveling Blues, we celebrated the birthdays of Albert Collins,
Deborah Coleman, Keb 'Mo, Roy Bookbinder, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Nick Gravenites.


Here's the playlist:
01. Hill Country Revue - Georgia Woman
02. Albert Collins - Mr. Collins! Mr. Collins!
03. Deborah Coleman - I'm A Woman
04. Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby
05. Roy Bookbinder - Let's Get Drunk Again
06. Nick Gravenites - You Can't Hurt Me
07. The Blues Project - Jelly Jelly Blues
08. Keb 'Mo - The Reflection
09. Bo Carter - Please Warm My Weiner
10. Catfish Keith - Reefer Head
11. Geoff Muldaur - Got To FInd Blind Lemon - Part 2



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Traveling Blues, show no. 64, September 26, 2012

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Traveling Blues, show no. 64, September 26, 2012


 Traveling Blues, show no. 64  September 26, 2012

 on Tonight's Traveling Blues we celebrated the birthdays of
 John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Roy Buchanan, Danny Gatton, Fenton Robinson,
 Koko Taylor, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mighty Joe Young, and myself.
 We featured new recordings from Cassie Taylor and Chris Watson,
 and sent out special get well wishes to Candye Kane.


  Here's our playlist:
 
  01. John Coltrane - Village Blues
  02. Ray Charles - I Got A Woman
 03. Roy Buchanan - My Baby Say's She's Gonna Leave Me
 04. Danny Gatton - Blues Newburg
 05. Danny Gatton - Slidin' Home
 06. Fenton Robinson w/Mighty Joe Young - Checkin' On My Woman
 07. Geoff Muldauer - I Want Find Blind Lemon (Part1)
 08. Koko Taylor - I Got What It Takes
 09. Koerner, Ray, and Glover - Packin' Trunk
 10. Cassie Taylor - Spoken For
 11. Candye Kane - Gifted In The Ways Of Love
 12. Chris Watson - Going Home

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Traveling Blues show no. 63, Sept 19, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 63, Sept 19, 2012

On tonight's Traveling Blues we said happy birthday to BB King, Billy Boy Arnold,
Louis Meyers, Bill Jazz Gillum, and Slam Stewart.
We featured new recordings by Bob Dylan, Jeremy Spencer, Linsey Alexander, Danny Marks, Alfie Smith,
and the Bluesmasters tribute to Hubert Sumlin and Pinetop Perkins.


Here is our playlist:

01. BB King - Blues Stay Away From Me
02. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would
03. Bob Dylan - Dusquesne Whistle
04. Jeremy Spencer - Homework
05. Louis Meyers - Take A Little Walk With Me
06. Bill Jazz Gillum - Sweet Sweet Woman
07. Darrell Nulisch - Pouring Water On A Drowning Man
08. Slim Gaillard and Slam Stewart (Slim & Slam) - Flat Foot Floogie
09. Danny Marks - Blues Party Tonight
10. Alfie Smith - Only Sin
11. Linsey Alexander - Been There, Done That
12. Chris Watson - Heartache
13. Bluesmasters (w/Cassie Taylor)  - Talk To Me Baby
14. Bluesmasters (w/ Hazel Miller) - Tangoray

Traveling Blues show no. 63, Sept 19, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 62, Sept 12, 2012

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 Traveling Blues show no. 62, Sept 12, 2012

 Tonight on Traveling Blues, we are blessed with many Blues birthdays -
(Riley Blues Boy) BB King, Charles Brown, (R & B singer) Otis Redding, Paul Orta,
Alger Texas Alexander, Barbecue Bob Hicks, Snooky Prior, and Darrell Nulisch.
We featured new albums by Danny Marks (Canada), Alfie Smith (Canada), Chris Watson, and Bob Dylan. 
I also want to wish all of our listeners a healthy, sweet, and happy new year (Jewish new year - 5772)


more info on Danny Marks - www.DannyM.com
more on Alfie Smith - www.AlfieSmith.org
more on Paul Orta - www.great-recordings.com/Paul_Orta.htm
more on Darrell Nulisch -  www.severnrecords.com/site/artistDetail.asp?AID=9


Here's our playlist:

01. BB King - Eyesight To the Blind
02. Charles Brown - Trouble Blues
03. Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)
04. Paul Orta w/Lazy Lester - SHe KNow How
05. Texas Allexander - Don't You Wish Your Baby Was Built Like MIne
06. Texas Alexander - Death Bed Blues
07. Barbeque Bob - Ease It To Me Blues
08. Snooky Prior - Good or Bad TImes
09. Darrell Nulisch - I Can't Be Satisfied
10. Danny Marks - Caretaker
11. Chris Watson - Pleasure and Pain
12. Bob Dylan - Early Roman Kings
13. Alfie Smith - Two-tone Snake

 Traveling Blues show no. 62, Sept 12, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 61, September 5, 2012

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Tonight we celebrated the Blues birthdays of Buddy Bolden, Freddy King,
Memphis Slim, Guitar Shorty, Deanna Bogart, Little Milton, Meade Lux Lewis, and Sunnyland Slim, and oh yeah, Guy Dagan!!!
We featured new recordings by local artist David Peretz, and by Bert Deivert.

here's our playlist:

01. Spider John Koerner - Rent Party Rag
02. Dave Van Ronk - Buddy Bolden's Blues
03. Freddy King - You've Got To Love Her With A Feeling
04. Freddy King - Hideaway
05. Memphis Slim - Buddy Comes To Town
06. Percy Mayfield - My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me Too
07. Guitar Shorty - Story Of My Life
08. Deanna Bogart - OK, I'll Play the Blues
09. Little Milton Campbell - If Walls Could Talk
10. Meade Lux Lewis - Closing Time
11. David Peretz - Song For The Middle Of Life
12. Bert Deivert - Keep On Truckin'


Traveling Blues show no. 61, September 5, 2012



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Traveling Blues show no. 60, August 29, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 60, August 29, 2012


Tonight's show celebrated the birthdays of Dinah Washington, Spider John Koerner,
L.C. Ulmer, Jack Teagarden,  Luther "Snakeboy" Johnson, Robert Crumb, and Gayle Dean Wardlow.
We featured new recordings by Dennis Jones, the touring Ruf records project Girls With Guitars,
Roger "Hurricane" Wilson with Willie Big Eyes Smith, and our own expat representative in Chicago - Guy King.

here's our playlist:

01. Guy King - I Am Who I Am, and It Is What It Is
02. Guy King - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
03. Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Roger "Hurricane" Wilson - Eyesight To The Blind
04. Ruth Brown - I Would If I Could
05. Dinah Washington - Begging Mama Blues      
06. Koerner, Ray, and Glover - Good Time Charlie
07. Koerner, Ray, and Glover - Ramblin' Blues
08. L.C. Ulmer - Hip Shake
09. Muddy Waters - Walking Through the Park
10. Jack Teagarden - I've Got A Right To Sing the Blues
11. Dennis Jones - My Kind of Blues
guest station ID - Mitch Woods
12. Dawn Tyler Watson - Wild Wild Woman
13. Samantha Fish/Girls With Guitars - Leaving Kind
14. Reverend KM WIlliams - I'm Comin' Home

Traveling Blues show no. 60, August 29, 2012


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Traveling Blues - show no. 59 - 22 August 2012

Tonight's show was split into two parts, 

the podcast is available here:: 

Traveling Blues, show No. 59, HOUR ONE

Traveling Blues, show no. 59, HOUR TWO

(NOTE: there were no new shows on Aug 8th or Aug 15th)        

Tonight's show was a special 2 hour Traveling Blues with special live musical guests in the second half -
The Heeby Gee Bees, acoustic duo (Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak).
We paid tribute to the recently departed Johnnie Bassett, the Detroit Blues singer, guitarist, and Blues and R & B session man.
We celebrated the birthdays of Rahasaan Roland Kirk, Willie Brown, Magic Slim, Jimmy Witherspoon, Wynonie Harris, Al Hibbler, Percy Mayfield,
Son Seals, and John Lee Hooker.
We featured new albums or new artists Janiva Magness, Cee Cee James, and our live guests the Heeby Gee Bees (acoustic duo version).


Here's our playlist:

01. Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Roots
02. Willie Brown - Future Blues
03. Willie Brown - M & O Blues
04. Johnnie Bassett - I Can Make It Happen
05. Johnnie Bassett - Let's Get Hammered
06. Magic Slim - Don't Tell Me About Your Troubles
07. Jimmy Witherspoon - Bad Bad Whiskey
08. Wynonie Harris - Bad News Baby (There's No Good Rockin' Tonight)
09. Al Hibbler (w/Rahsaan Roland Kirk) - I Don't Get Around Much Anymore
10. Percy Mayfield (W/Ray Charles, piano) - River's Invitation
11. Janiva Magness - I Won't Cry
12. Janiva Magness - Dirty Water
13. Son Seals - I Can't Lose The Blues

****end of first hour****

14. Robert Belfour - Black Mattie
15. Robert Belfour - Treat Me Right
16. Morgan Davis - Bar - B - Que
17. Cee Cee James - Black Raven
18. Cee Cee James - Low Down Where the Snakes Crawl
19. John Lee Heeker - One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer
20. Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak - Blues With A Feeling
21. Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak (live in the studio) - I Live the Life I Love, And Love the Life I Live
22. Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak (live in the studio) - Don't Go No Further, Brother
23. Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak (live in the studio) - Hallelujah I Love Her So
24. Morgan Davis - Love Song

Traveling Blues, show No. 59, HOUR ONE

Traveling Blues, show no. 59, HOUR TWO




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Traveling Blues Show No. 58 August 1, 2012

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Traveling Blues Show No. 58 August 1, 2012

Tonight we had live guests in the studio - Ori Naftaly, Elanor Tsaig, and Yam Regev,
who perform and record togher as the Ori Naftaly Blues Band. ,
We celebrated the birthdays of Buddy Guy (who has a new autobiography book out - "When I Left Home: My Story"),
Robert Cray, Louis Armstrong, and a belated birthday wish to Morgan Davis.
We featured Cassandra Wilson's new solo album - "Another Country".

here's our playlist:

01. Buddy Guy - One Room Country Shack
02. Robert Cray - Your Secret's Safe With Me
03. Louis Armstrong w/Sippie Wallace - Dead Drunk Blues
04. Morgan Davis - Prop Me Up Against the Wall
05. Ori Naftaly - A True Friend
06. Ori Naftaly, Yam Regev, and Eleanor Tsaig (live in studio) - You Shook Me
07. Ori Naftaly, Yam Regev, and Eleanor Tsaig (live in studio) - The Blues Is My Business
08. Cassandra Wilson - No More Blues
09. Robert Belfour - Pushin' My Luck

Traveling Blues Show No. 58 August 1, 2012

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Traveling Blues Show No. 57 July 25, 2012

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Tonight we had a laid back show, opening with a live jam by Michael Bloomfield, in honor of his birthday/
We presented an old live recording from Canadian radio of the great David Wilcox (the Canadian Blues-Rock artist).
In addition to Michael Bloomfield, we celebrated the birthdays of JImmy Cox, Sylvester Weaver, and Robert Lucas.
We presented a new recording from Canadian singer Eleanor Gang, singing a song written by her brother and Israel Blues community member Ron Gang.
We also featured a new CD by Guy Dagan and Assaf Barak, a.k.a. "Lightnin' Hits the Rye".

here's our playlist:

01. Michael Bloomfield - Sweet Little Angel / Jelly Jelly
02. David Wilcox - Alligator in the Bathtub
03. Hot Tuna - Nobody KNows You When You're Down and Out
04. Eleanor Gang - Buddha's Blues
05. David Wilcox - Guitar Pickin' Man
06. Robert Lucas - Chiropractor Blues
07. Sylvester Weaver - What Makes a Man Blue
08. Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag
09. Assfa Barak and Guy Dagan - Blues Harp Shuffle
10. Assaf Barak and Guy Dagan - Blues With a Feeling
11. Michel Bloomfield - Buried Alive in the Blues

Traveling Blues show no. 56 July 18, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 56 July 18, 2012 

Tonight we had our friend Delmark Goldfarb in the studio,
and he brought with him 11 year old Elijah Eskins to accompany him on electric guitar.
We featured an album by veteran Blues singer and guitarist Bill Sims Jr.,
and celebrated the birthday of Washboard Sam (born Robert Brown)
Our Dirty Blues of the week  - Merline Johnson and Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg).


Here's our playlist:

01. Bill Sims Jr. - I Want To See You Again
02. Robert Belfour - Down the Road of Love
03. Merline Johnson - Don't You Make Me High (Don't You Feel My Leg)
04,. Bill Sims Jr. - Blues For Breakfast
05. Washboard Sam - Out With the Wrong Woman
06. Delmark Goldfarb - Got Something Good With Her
07. Delmark Goldfarb and Elijah Eskins (live in studio) - Early In The Morning
08, Delmark Goldfarb and Elijah Eskins (live in studio) - Big Boss Man
09. Delmark Goldfarb and Elijah Eskins (live in studio) - The Likes of Us
10. R.L. Burnside - My Woman Done Left Me
11. R.L. Burnside - You Don't Love Me
12. North Mississippi Allstars - Po' Black Mattie
13. Delmark Goldfarb and Elijah Eskins (live in studio) - Going To New York
14. Robert Belfour - Catfish Blues

Traveling Blues - show no. 55  July 11, 2012

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North Mississippi Allstars live in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, July 10, 2012

 Luther Dickinson with Israel Blues Society

 co-founder Ilan Jonas

More than 400 music fans from many different disciplines and from all over the country came out Tuesday night July 10, 2012 to the Barby club in downtown Tel Aviv.
A fair contingent of Israel Blues Society members, some dedicated "Deadheads" (Grateful Dead fans),
fans of jambands like the Allman Brothers and Gov't Mule, and just folks who enjoy good music, and heard about the show from friends and on Facebook.
The Barby club is an old warehouse type structure with very high ceilings and metal rafters to support the old roof, huge chandeliers that look over 100 years old hang here and there from the rafters.


The folks start filtering in and getting settled in seats around tables, or standing in the space in front of the stage. Many of us are old friends and acquaintances who see each other at concerts and festivals, and this is one of the biggest events we have shared all year.

Alvin Youngblood Hart comes on stage to open the show solo, playing Charlie Patton, Son House, and Skip James classics as well as a couple of his own songs with impeccable technique on the guitar and a very soulful voice. To tell the truth, many of us came to hear Alvin just as much as the features act. The crowd is warmed up nicely now, and ready for the main show, the air is already highly charged with lovely energy, and about 10 minutes after Alvin finishes his set, brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson come on stage.

 Luther Dickinson with 2 dedicated Blues fans

Cody immediately opens with a New Orleans style quick parade marching beat, as Luther straps on his guitar and begins picking out a song slowly and softly.
The brothers, also known as the North Mississippi Allstars, and also as the North Mississippi Allstars Duo LuCo, It is quite hard to believe how full the sound is coming out of just a guitar and drum set, but these two manage to make it sound like at least a full 4 piece band was on stage.

After an hour with a string of their best songs, going from playing hard and full out and back down to a whisper and gentle fingerpicking, the audience is rocking and swaying, and hanging on their every move, and that's when Alvin comes back on stage, and picks up the bass guitar. Luther sits at the drum kit, as Cody pulls out a metal laundry washboard that is hooked up to a microphone and electronic effects pedals, and literally stuns the audience by making some wild and amazing sound patterns with the amplified washboard. Alvin now takes up a guitar and Luther the bass, as Alvin sings a couple of his own songs, and then switches back to the bass, as Luther pulls out an amplified 2 string cigar box guitar and plays it with a bottleneck slide. Next, Luther picks up a 2 stringed amplified coffee tin guitar and plays it slide style as well as singing through the other end of the tin can like a megaphone...

After all this wildness, they all went off stage for a few minutes as the crowd all stood on their feet and waited for an encore, and encore they got - at least another 20 minutes of the amazing high energy North Mississippi Allstars show. As one person leaving the club said: "That's just what I needed, that music filled me up for a long time!"

Traveling Blues - show no. 55 July 11, 2012

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Traveling Blues - show no. 55  July 11, 2012

On tonight's show, we were still enjoying the high from the North Mississippi Allstars performance last night in Tel Aviv.
Blues birthdays of the week wre Casey Bill Weldon and Blind Boy Fuller. We featured a new release by singer guitarist Suzanne Thomas and the Blues Church.

There are two members of the Blues community that need our help - Graham Wood Drout of the Florida Blues band Iko-Iko, who is recovering from medical treatment for complications from severe diabetes,
and Curtis Salgado, who is undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous piece of his lung.

You can donate to Graham's Wood Drout medical fund at this website:
http://www.iko-iko.com/Iko-Iko/HELP_GRAHAM.html

You can chip in to Curtis Salgado's medical fund by clicking "chip in " on his website:
http://www.curtissalgado.com/

Here's our playlist:
01. North Mississippi Allstars - Shake  
02. North Mississippi Allstars - Going Home
03. Robert Belfour - Po' Black Mattie
04. Johnny Moore and the Three Blazers - How Blue Can You Get?
05. Iko- Iko - I've Got the Gris Gris
06. Curtis Salgado - Inside My Heart
07. Suzanne Thomas - Cheatin' On Me
08. Casey Bill Weldon - Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door
09. Blind Boy Fuller - Baby I Don't Have to Worry
10. Blind Boy Fuller - Walking My Blues Away
11. Robert Belfour - Hill Stomp
12. North Mississippi Allstars - The Horseshoe

Traveling Blues - show no. 55  July 11, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 54, July 4, 2012

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Traveling Blues show no. 54, July 4, 2012

Tonight's show featured an interview with Luther Dickinson of the North Mississippi Allstars, and Blues birthdays for Mississippi John Hurt, Willie Dixon, Willie Pinetop Perkins, and James Cotton.


Here's the playlist:

01. Mississippi John Hurt - The Moanin' Blues 
02. Mississippi John Hurt - Satisfied 
03. Big Three Trio (Willie Dixon) - I Ain't Gonna Be Your Monkey Man 
04. Big Three Trio (Willie Dixon) - Violent Love 
05. The North Mississippi Allstars - Ain't None of Mine 
06. Pinetop Perkins - Baby What You Want Me To Do 
07. Luther Dickinson - interview 
08. North Mississippi Allstars - Lord Have Mercy 
09. James Cotton - Cut You Loose 
10. Daniel Dworsky - Don't Cry to Me 

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Traveling Blues - My New Blues Radio Show!!!

Hey people,
I've got a brand new Blues radio show called "Traveling Blues"!!!

It airs on Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM (Jerusalem time, 6:00 PM GMT, 1:00 PM EDT), and you can listen to it live on radio (106.2FM in central Israel) or the internet from the IDC Radio site.
The show is also archived as an MP3 file/podcast that can be downloaded directly from the iCast site or streamed in the online popup player - just click the earphone icon.

The show is mostly presented in English
(shows no. 2 and no.5 are all in English,
and from show no.14 onward, we will present completely in English),
but you will certainly be able to make out the artist names and phrases that we discuss on the show, and we have a live artist in the studio on many of our shows.
Sooooooo, please tune in and turn on the Blues,
 and tell all your friends and Blues mavens out there too!!!

Charles Sawyer interviewed on IDC radio

In my recent "Traveling Blues" radio show on IDC radio,
I interviewed the man who wrote the first biography of BB King, Charles Sawyer,
a Blues harmonica player in his own right,
as well as a Blues historian, and photographer, who teaches an extension course at Harvard University on the Blues.

You can listen to and/or download the show at:
http://pod.icast.co.il/7841cb9​1-d266-4026-9cb4-30913a5bb835.​icast.mp3
or at
http://www.icast.co.il/PlayerW​in.aspx?file=http%3A%2F%2Fpod.​icast.co.il%2F7841cb91-d266-40​26-9cb4-30913a5bb835.icast.mp3​&IndexID=396590&name=iCast

Charlie Musslewhite - radio playlist from June 9th, 2011

Radio 90FM, Israel,
Thursday night, June 9th, 2011 24:00 - 02:00
Eli Dr. Blues Marcus as a guest on "Deja Vu" with host Benny Tavory.
This show was a tribute to Charlie Musselwhite, on the eve of his upcoming first show in Israel,
presenting the history and biography of Charlie Musselwhite.


------Artist----------**------------Song----------**-----------Album---------**-----------Label

01. Charlie Musselwhite, Finger Lickin' Good, from "Memphis Charlie", Arhoolie records
02. Charlie Musselwhite, WHere Highway 61 Runs, from "The Well", Alligator records
03. Charlie Musselwhite, Miss Bessie, from live recording, Cambridge, 1988
04. Big Joe Williams, Skin and Bone Blues, from "Watergate Blues", Ornament/CMA Music Production
05. Big Walter Horton, Back Home To Mama, from "Harmonica Blues Kings", Delmark records
06. Little Walter, Juke, from "Blues With a Feeling", Blues Encore
07. Junior Wells, Ships on the Ocean, from "Hoodoo Man Blues", Delmark records
08. Butterfield Blues Band/Paul Butterfield, Lovin' Cup, from "The Original Lost Electra Sessions", Elektra/Rhino
09. Charlie Musselwhite, Baby Will You Please Help Me, from "Stand Back!", Vanguard records
10. Junior Wells, Little By Little, from "Live at Theresa's, 1975", Delmark records
11. Charlie Musselwhite, Little By Little, from "Tenessee Woman", Vanguard records
12. John Lee Hooker, One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer, from "Live at Cafe A Go Go", ABC-Bluesway
13. Charlie Musselwhite, Wild Wild Woman, from "Memphis Charlie", Arhoolie records
14. Charlie Musselwhite, Cut You Loose, from "Memphis Charlie", Arhoolie records
15. Bonnie Raitt (duet with Musselwhite), Shadow of Doubt, from "Longing in Their Hearts", Capitol records
16. Cyndi Lauper (with Musselwhite), I'm Just Your Fool, from "Memphis Blues", Downtown records
17. Cyndi Lauper (with Musselwhite), Dwon Don't Bother Me, from "Memphis Blues", Downtown Records
18. Charlie Musselwhite, Dig the Pain, from "the Well", Alligator records
19. CG and the Hammer, Same Old Fool, from "Blues Heaven", independent (Israel)
20. Charlie Musselwhite, It Ain't Right, from Memphis Charlie", Arhoolie records
21. Charlie Musselwhite, Hoodoo Queen, from "the Well", Alligator records
22. Charlie Musselwhite, Help Me, from "Stand Back!", Vanguard records

Remembering Gil Scott Heron

I never got to see or hear Gil Scott Heron live, and when it was announced last year around this time that he was coming to perform in Israel, I thought I would finally get a chance, and maybe even to say hello, shake his hand, and tell him how much joy his words and music gave me over the years. Unfortunately, someone got to him before the date, and persuaded him to cancel his trip to Israel...

I believe that it was near the end of the 1970's that I picked up the album "Bridges", and fell in love with the infectious funky Jazzy sounds of Gil Scott Heron and Brian Jackson. That is probably his happiest, funkiest, most upbeat album of all the collection. Just check out a few of the tunes on these YouTube links:

Hello Sunday, Hello Road

Under the Hammer

Racetrack in France

Little by little, I also found some of his more political albums with more of his "rap" - he definitely had a way with words, and a strong sense of humor too. Gil Scott Heron was a poet, a stand-up comedian, political/social commentator, and a fine musician with deep Blues and Jazz roots.

Gil Scott Heron was a deadly serious man with a message, but he didn't hit you over the head with it - he preferred to present his views as a conversation with the audience, filled with positive ideas and lots of humor. When you heard him speak, everything he said made sense, he had some very astute observations, and most of the time, he could see right through the layers of lies that we build in our culture to try and protect or legitimize our way of life.

I really felt sad to hear that in recent years he had messed up his life with heavy drug use, got into trouble with the law, did jail time, and eventually, also destroyed his health - to the point where he just didn't make it, and passed away last week at age 62.

Rest in peace brother Gil.

Yesterday's Blues Phrase: Wild Women Don't Have the Blues

Wild Women Don't Have The Blues

movie clip

by Ida Cox
recorded July 1924





"I hear these women raving 'bout their monkey men
About their trifling1 husbands and their no good friends
These poor women sit around all day and moan
Wondering why their wandering papa's don't come home
But wild women don't worry, wild women don't have no blues

Now when you've got a man, don't never be on the square
'Cause if you do he'll have a woman everywhere
I never was known to treat no one man right
I keep 'em working hard both day and night
'Cause wild women don't worry, wild women don't have their blues

I've got a disposition and a way of my own
When my man starts kicking I let him find another home
I get full of good liquor, walk the streets all night
Go home and put my man out if he don't act right
Wild women don't worry, wild women don't have their blues

You never get nothing by being an angel child
You better change your ways and get real wild
I wanna tell you something, I wouldn't tell you a lie
Wild women are the only kind that really get by
'Cause wild women don't worry, wild women don't have their blues"

Today's Blues phrase: I'll be your mule

I'll be your mule



"A mule is a creature that can carry any load
up the highest mountain or 'long the roughest road
but you better feed him right and treat him like a friend
'cause once he turns his back on you ,
he will never look at you again"

"I'll be your mule, I'll be your mule, I'll be your mule
I'll be your mule, I'll be your mule
I'll be your mule, but I will refuse to be your fool"


Steve Freund,
from the album "I'll be Your Mule" (Delmark 752)

R.I.P. Willie Pinetop Perkins 1913-2011

I met Pinetop in 2006 on the Blues Cruise.

He was a very sweet man, and when he got on stage, it was as if he was 40 years old again, the voice, the piano playing, were all there as if he was in his prime.

Just 2 months ago he won a Grammy for his latest album with Willie Big Eyes Smith - "Joined at the Hip: Pinetop Perkins & Willie 'Big Eyes' Smith."

Here is one of the newspaper notices of his passing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/8397186/Legendary-blues-musician-Pinetop-Perkins-dies-age-97.html

R.I.P. Big Jack Johnson - 1940-2011

Sad news from Bob Corritore (March 14, 2011) :

Big Jack Johnson passed away this morning at 6am in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi after a long battle with heath issues. He was 70 years old.

Big Jack's inventive, energetic, Delta-rooted guitar, rich confident vocals, down home songwriting, and larger than life stage presence made him one of the most celebrated bluesmen of Mississippi. His long music career included much national and international touring, many amazing record releases, and a huge amount of praise and respect.

Big Jack was born in Lambert, Mississippi in the summer of 1940, and learned guitar from his father at age 13. He rose to prominence in the early 1960s working as a key member of the legendary Jelly Roll Kings, a champion blues band which also included Frank Frost and Sam Carr. Big Jack first appeared on record in the 1960s as the guitarist on two famous Frank Frost albums; Hey Boss Man on the Phillips International label (an offshoot of Sun Records) from 1962, and My Back Scratcher on Jewel from 1966.

In the late 1970s, Michael Frank debuted his Earwig Music label with The Jelly Roll Kings / Rockin' The Juke Joint Down which also was a recording debut for Big Jack's great vocals. Soon afterward, Big Jack Johnson would start a solo career for himself, independent of the Jelly Roll Kings. His solo debut album, Oil Man (Big Jack used to hold down a day gig delivering oil barrels in Mississippi) on the Earwig label was released in 1987. This led to additional CDs for Earwig, a nice run with M.C. Records, and additional recordings for Rooster Blues, P-Vine Records, Right Coast Recording, and Big Jack Music. There was also a nice Jelly Roll Kings reunion album called Off Yonder Wall that came out in 1997 on the Fat Possum Records. Additionally, Big Jack appeared in the influential 1992 documentary movie Deep Blues. He was a popular festival and club entertainer, a warm and hospitable person, and an amazing musician.

Big Jack Johnson was the last original member of the Jelly Roll Kings. His passing leaves a gap in the blues that will never again be filled. To see his amazing performance of "Catfish Blues" from the movie Deep Blues, click here. Thanks for all the great music Big Jack. You are loved!"

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I remember Big Jack visiting Israel and playing in a small club in Tel Aviv.

The host guitarist who invited him to Israel (and shall remain nameless) was trying his usual tricks of one-up-manship and trying to intimidate his guest, as he often does with various people he invites on stage.

Jack Johnson didn't even flinch, stood his ground, played and sang his solid Blues, and managed to push this rude host guitarist into the opposite corner of the stage with his no-bones Mississippi roots attitude. I think that this was the first time I saw anyone really stand up to this guy, and Jack Johnson gave a great show that night!

R.I.P. Robin Rogers 1957 to 2010

This news comes just 2 days after Robin was nominated for Contemporary Blues Female Artist for the 2011 Blues Music Awards. This week her latest CD reached # 4 on the Blues Roots Music Charts.

From Bob Corritore's newletter:

"Singer / harmonica player Robin Rogers has died today in her hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. She had been struggling with terminal liver cancer for a month now. Robin was well loved within the blues community and had some highly successful CDs which frequently ended up with nominations, and she was honored with a Blues Blast Music Award in 2009, for "Best Female Artist".

Her humble and sincere personality, coupled with her unmistakable talent, made us all take her in as an adopted little sister. She had lead a very hard life, complete with homelessness, and drug and alcohol abuse, but she had turned her life around, and found a positive outlet in blues music. She had been sober for 21 years and happily wed to her husband, and musical partner Tony Rogers who was by her side until the end.

Many benefits sprouted around the country and her latest record Back In The Fire, on the Blind Pig label, was met with great success, and has recently been nominated for a Blues Music Award. Please spend a few minutes to hear the NPR interview with Robin, from a few weeks ago. . Thank you Robin, for your great music, and your strong heart. To read more about Robin Rogers, please visit www.robinrogers.com"

R.I.P. James Peterson 1937-2010

I first discovered James Peterson's solid Blues on a CD from the early 90's. Only later did I discover that he was also the father of the high energy singer (and multi instrumentalist) Bluesman Lucky Peterson.

Well, James Peterson passed away this week, on Dec. 12, 2010.

He was active in recent years in the Tampa Bay Florida Blues scene.

Rest in peace James.

See and hear James Peterson - live performance video.

Open Letter to Gil Scott Heron

Hello Gil,
I was so elated when I first heard that you were coming to perform here in Tel Aviv, both my wife and I were really looking forward to seeing and hearing you in person.
I have been a big fan since the 1970's when I happened upon your album Bridges (Hello Sunday, Hello Rose), and I have tried to follow your career through the years, as well as introduce my friends to your music. I also do the occasional radio show and I have broadcast your music many times, as well as introduced other radio people here in Israel to your albums.

Today, I am very disappointed in you. The newspapers are announcing that you have canceled your Israel show at the urging of a few individuals and based on hearsay and political propaganda.
I really thought you were more intelligent and sensitive than to swallow lies from propaganda machines. In the past, I think that you had the keen observation tools to see through the establishment "bull", and to form your own very unique opinions - that is at least the Gil Scott Heron that I thought I knew...

Regardless of your scheduled performance here, I invite you to come to Israel, walk around Jerusalem with me, walk around a few other towns, meet some local artists, feel the pulse of the people here, see for yourself!!!

A couple of things to ponder -
would a country or a people that has such a "bad rap" politically in the world today be able to produce a democracy where Arab citizens of Israel sit in its parliament and openly criticize the government on a regular basis?
Would an "ogre" or a "pariah" people have such great artist and musicians, especially in the international Jazz world which requires sensitivity and creativity at the highest level?

Please do not take the word of those who only seem to have hatred, death and destruction on their agenda, and completely deny our right to exist peacefully, come here and make up your own mind!!!

And maybe you can help to bridge the gaps and change attitudes with the magic of music!!!

Sincerely,
Eli ("Dr. Blues") Marcus