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, 

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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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or http://1062fm.co.il/en/,

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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