The Bottleneck Cafe

Here is the playlist for this week’s installment of the Bottleneck Cafe Radio Show!  This week’s show features sets of swing, jump blues, and southern soul as well as a special tribute to my favorite release of 2011, “No Time For Dreaming” by Charles Bradley & The Menahan Street Band PLEASE support these artists and songwriters by purchasing their music.

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM

Swing & Jump Blues set

GATEMOUTH MOORE/I AIN’T MAD AT YOU PRETTY BABY/CRYIN’ AND SINGIN’ THE BLUES

LIONAL HAMPTON/FLYING HOME/THE HISTORY OF RHYTHM AND BLUES 1925-1942

BILLIE HOLIDAY/ME MYSELF & I (ARE ALL IN LOVE WITH YOU)/LADY DAY: THE BEST OF BILLIE HOLIDAY

COUNT BASIE/THE GLORY OF LOVE/LISTEN AND YOU SHALL HEAR

LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY 5/CHOO CHOO CH’BOOGIE/ LOUIS JORDAN #1′S

LITTLE MISS CORNSHUCKS/KEEP YOUR HAND ON YOUR HEART/ROY MILTON’S MILTONE RECORD STORY

LIONAL HAMPTON/CENTRAL AVENUE BREAKDOWN/THE HISTORY OF RHYTHM AND BLUES 1925-1942

BIG MAYBELLE/OCEAN OF TEARS/THE COMPLETE OKEH SESSIONS 1952-55

WYNONIE “MR. BLUES” HARRIS/QUIET WHISKEY/ROCK, MR. BLUES!

Soul Music Set…

SOLOMON BURKE/KEEP LOOKING/THE ATLANTIC RECORDS YEARS

ARETHA FRANKLIN/THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT/THE ATLANTIC RECORDS YEARS

JOE TEX/S.Y.S.L.J.F.M. (THE LETTER SONG)/SINGLES A’S & B’S

THE MIGHTY HANNIBAL/HYMN #5/HANNIBALSIM!!!

EDDIE FLOYD/KNOCK ON WOOD/THE STAX YEARS

CANDI STANTON/I’M JUST A PRISONER (OF YOUR GOOD LOVIN’)/THE FAME RECORDS STORY 1961-1973

SAM & DAVE/HOLD ON I’M COMING/THE ATLANTIC YEARS

JAMES CARR/POURING WATER ON A DROWNING MAN/YOU GOT MY MIND MESSED UP

CHARLES BRADLEY & THE MENAHAN STREET BAND/THE WORLD IS GOING UP IN FLAMES/NO TIME FOR DREAMING

CHARLES BRADLEY & THE MENAHAN STREET BAND/NO TIME FOR DREAMING/NO TIME FOR DREAMING

HERE IS THIS WEEK’S SHOW…

Here is the playlist for this week’s installment of the Bottleneck Cafe Radio Show! On this week’s show I did a tribute to ETTA JAMES, played some CHICAGO BLUES and did a set of NEW ORLEANS R&B in honor up the upcoming Mardi Gras celebration! PLEASE support these artists and songwriters by purchasing their music.

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM

ETTA JAMES SEGMENT…

Etta James/Something’s Got A Hold On Me/The Definitive Collection

Etta James/W-O-M-A-N/The Definitive Collection

Etta James/I’d Rather Go Blind/The Definitive Collection

Etta James/Tell Mama/The Definitive Collection

Etta James/Are My Thoughts With You/Who’s Blue? Rare Chess Recordings

Etta James/Don’t Pick Me For Your Fool/Who’s Blue? Rare Chess Recordings

Sugar Pie DeSanto & Etta James/In The Basement (Part 1)/Sugar Pie DeSanto: Go Go Power The Chess Years

CHICAGO BLUES SEGMENT…

Howlin’ Wolf/The Red Rooster/50th Anniversary Chess Collection

Little Walter/Up The Line/The Complete Chess Masters 1950-1967

Koko Taylor/Wang Dang Doodle/What It Takes: The Chess Years

Sonny Boy Williamson II/Fattening Frogs For Snakes/50th Anniversary Chess Collection

Jackie Brenston/Blues Got Me Again/The Mistreater

Jimmy Rogers/Walkin’ By Myself/His Best

NEW ORLEANS R&B Segment…

Bobby Mitchell & The Toppers/Sister Lucy/Rack ‘em Back

Professor Longhair/Mardi Gras In New Orleans/No Buts, No Maybes,

Smiley Lewis/Shame,Shame,Shame/Mama Don’t Like It: 1950-1956

Clarence “Frogman” Henry/Looking Back/Ain’t Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence “Frogman” Henry

Betty Harris/Lonely Harts/The Lost Soul Queen

Allen Toussaint/Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky/What Is Success: The Scepter and Bell Recordings

Lee Dorsey/Behind The Eight Ball/Soul Mine: Greatest Hits and More 1960-1978

Irma Thomas/Wishing Someone Would Care/Time Is On My Side

Every year during this time I feel that it’s important that we take a moment to remember the hard work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Using non-violent methods, Dr. King inspired people to stand up and take action to change a system that was unfair and cruel to not only the African American population of this country but to all minorities who were experiencing discrimination based on their race and the color of their skin. He preached love and togetherness even when his actions were met with violence and hatred. And even when times were at their darkest, Dr. King was somehow able to stay focused and not lose sight of his goal, to have an America that is free of violence, racism, and discrimination. Dr. King may be gone but movement he started lives on today. So in honor of Dr. King I would like to share with you some of my favorite civil rights songs as well as one of my favorite recordings of Dr. King himself. Enjoy.

Bottleneck Cafe MLK Radio Short

Songs played in the above radio short…

ARTIS/SONG/ALBUM
Mahalia Jackson “Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen” Gospels, Spirituals, and Hymns (played under spoken word intro)
Mavis Staples “You Are Not Alone” You Are Not Alone
Big Bill Broonzey “When Will I Get To Be Called A Man?” Trouble In Mind
J.B. Lenior “Down In Mississippi” Vietnam Blues
Sam Cooke “A Change Is Gonna Come” Portrait Of A Legend

The Bottleneck Cafe will be back this spring and will be hosted right here at bottlneckcafe.com!
short teaser

A few months ago Buddy Guy and I spoke about his new album called “Living Proof”.  Buddy was in good spirits and excited about his new record.  Here is the interview in it’s entirety. Enjoy!

Buddy Guy Interview