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The Blues House Party, 1630 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN (2024)

07/01/2024

HOUR ONE
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Lightnin's Boogie" Live From The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
John Hammond - "Come On In My Kitchen" Birthday Blues Bash (New Shot)
Sonny & Brownie - "Trouble In Mind" Live From The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
Little Richard - "Dock of the Bay" Right Now! (Omnivore)
Roy Brown - "Boogie At Midnight" Rocks (Bear Family)
Dr. John - "Travelling Mood" Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya (Omnivore)
Joanne Shaw Taylor - "Drowning in a Sea of Love" Heavy Soul (Journeyman)
Joe Simon - "Drowning in a Sea of Love" Music In My Soul (Rhino)
The Chess Project - "Nine Below Zero" New Moves (CZYZ)
Sonny Boy Williamson - "Nine Below Zero" More Real Folk Blues (Chess)
Little Feat - "Don't Go No Further" Sam's Place (Hot Tomato)
Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Don't Make No Sense" Struck Down (Stony Plain)
Rev. Freakchild - "All I Get is Now" Bare Bones (Treated and Released)
Black Cat Bones - "Playing Games With Words" Troublemaker (Codacopina)
Misty Blues - "That's My Cross" Silver Lining (Guitar One)
Rory Block - "Everything is Broken" Positively 4th. Street (Stony Plain)

HOUR TWO
Sad Sam Blues Jam - "Dust My Broom" Finally...The EP
Rod Piazza - "Talk to Me" Soul Monster (Delta Groove)
Rod Piazza - "Ain't Nothing Happening" Keepin' It Real (Blind Pig)
Rod Piazza - "We Belong Together" Almighty Dollar (Delta Groove)
Rod Piazza - "She Made My Blood Run Cold" For the Chosen Who (Delta Groove)
William Clarke - "Saint or Sinner" Groove Time (Alligator)
William Clarke - "Bedroom Boogie" Groove Time (Alligator)
Rick Holmstrom - "Lost in the Shuffle" Gonna Get Wild (Tone-Cool)
Sugaray Rayford - "Stuck Between" Human Decency (Forty Below)
Cedric Burnside - "Po Black Mattie" Hill Country Love (Provogue)
Anthony Geraci - "Judge Oh Judge" Tears In My Eyes (Blue Heart)
Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere - "Here With Me" About Time (Tower High)
Billy Price - "The Gift" Person of Interest (LVF)
Tony Lynn Washington - "Think" True Blues Brother (Nola Blue)

06/28/2024

Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues" performed by David "Honeyboy" Edwards in Robert Mugge's 1999 film HELLHOUNDS ON MY TRAIL: THE…

06/23/2024

HOUR ONE
John Lee Ho**er - "How Can You Do It?" Burning Hell (Craft Recordings)
Tad Robinson - "Changes" Real Street (Severn)
Tad Robinson - "Rained All Night" Back In Style (Severn)
Tad Robinson - "Long Way Home" A New Point of View (Severn)
Tad Robinson - "Little Rascal" One to Infinity (Delmark)
Tad Robinson - "I've Got to Go" Last Go Round (Delmark)
Rebekah Meldrum - "Whiskey and Wine" Rebekah Meldrum (SNS)
Rebekah Meldrum & Paul Holdman - "Baby, I Love You" Live (SNS)
Matt Murphy - "Matt's Boogie" True Blues Brother (Nola Blue)
Christine Ohlman - "Something's Got a Hold On Me" True Blues Brother (Nola Blue)
Jay Gordon - "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" Live at Woodystock... (Shuttle)
Eliza Neals - "Candy Store" Color Crimes (E-H)
Hughes Taylor - "From the Other Side" Dark Roast (The Bolt Note)
Toronzo Cannon - "Had To Go Thought It To Get It" Shut Up and Play (Alligator)

HOUR TWO
LeVee Town - "I Got a Hole In My Pocket" Stories (Hudtone)
Dennis Jones - "Mother Earth" About Time (Blue Rock)
Sauce Boss - "Little Rhythm & Blues" The Sauce (Swampside)
Johnny Burgin - "I'm Playing Stright" Ramblin' From Coast to Coast (Straight Shooter)
Curtis Salgado - "Gonna Forget About You" Fine By Me (LVF)
Jack De Keyzer - "This is No Way to Get Along" Solo (Blue Star)
Cedric Burnside - "Juke Joint" Hill Country Love (Provogue)
Little Richard - "In the Name" Right Now! (Omnivore)
Dr. John - "Wang Dang Doodle" Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya-Ya (Omnivore)
Roy Brown - "Saturday Nite" Rocks (Bear Family)
Lazy Lester - "St. Louis Blues" Travelling Day (New Shot)
Sonny & Brownie - "Baby, I Got My Mind Off You" Live From The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Couldn't Be Satisfied" Live From The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
John Hammond - "Riding In the Moonlight" Birthday Blues Bash (New Shot)
Skip James - "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" Today! (Craft Recordings)
Buddy Guy - "The Things That I Used to Do" Live in Montreux (Cleopatra)
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Coffee For Mama" Mojo Hand (Sunset Blvd.)

06/16/2024

HOUR ONE
Little Feat - "A Apolitical Blues" Sailin' Shoes (WB)
Little Feat - "Milkman" Sam's Place (Hot Tomato)
Little Feat - "You'll Be Mine" Sam's Place (Hot Tomato)
Little Feat - "Forty Four Blues/How Many More Years" Little Feat (WB)
Little Feat - "Long Distance Call" Sam's Place (Hot Tomato)
Little Feat - "Dixie Chicken" Dixie Chicken (WB)
Little Feat - "Last Night" Sam's Place (Hot Tomato)
Los Lobos - "Flat Top Joint" Native Sons (New West)
Los Lobos - "Georgia Slop" The Neighborhood (Slash)
Jubu - "McLeansville Blues" Jubu (LVF)
Sam Joyner - "Stormy Monday" Come What May
Name Droppers - "Can't Take It With You" Starshine (Horizon)
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" Mojo Hand (Sunset Blvd.)

HOUR TWO
Count Basie - "Everyday I Have the Blues" Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings (Verve)
Dee Dee Bridgewater - "Fine and Mellow" Elenora Fagan... (DDB)
Markey Blue/Ric Lanta - "Can't Let You Go" Blue Eyed Soul (Soul O' Sound)
Katie Knipp - "Mud" Me (KKP)
Damon Fowler - "Road Runner" Barn Yard Smile (Landslide)
Sierra Green & The Giants - "Come to Mama" Here We Are (Big Radio)
Frankie Boy & The Blues Express - Mary Had a Little Lamb" Young Man's Blues
Mean Old Fireman - "Dirty Water" Rescue 3
Nick Gravenites - "Blues Singers" Rogue Blues (M.C.)
Sean Riley & The Water - "Truck Route Blues" Stone Cold Hands (Pugnacious)
Deb Ryder - "Fun Never Hurt No One" Live & Havin' Fun (Vizztone)
Cedric Burnside - "You Got To Move" Hill Country Love (Provogue)
Junior Wells - "Everything Gonna Be All Right" Live at Montreux (Cleopatra)
Rick Estrin - "I Ain't Worried About Nothin'" The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator)

06/15/2024

06/10/2024

Sorry for the delay. Just got home from the Chicago Blues Festival.

HOUR ONE
Memphis Minnie - "Killer Diller" Blues Roots/Chicago The 1930s (Smithsonian)
John Lee Ho**er - "Burnin' Hell" Burnin' Hell (Riverside)
Skip James - "How Long" Today! (Vanguard)
Toronzo Cannon - "Unlovable" Shut Up & Play (Alligator)
Gerald McClendon - "House Ain't a Home" Down at the Juke Joint (Delta Roots)
John Primer & Bob Corritore - "Feel Like Going Home" Crawlin' Kingsnake (Vizztone)
Lluis Coloma & Erwin Helfer - "Sixth Avenue Express" Two Pianos Too Cool (The Sirens)
Lone Star Mojo - "A Shot of the Blues" A Shot of the Blues
The Chess Project - "Moanin' at Midnight" New Moves (Czyz)
Howlin' Wolf - "Moanin' at Midnight" Chess Box (Chess)
Koko Taylor - "I'm a Woman" The Earthshaker (Alligator)
Sonny Boy Williamson - "Born Blind" Essential Chicago Blues (House of Blues)
Eddie Boyd - "Five Long Years" Essential Chicago Blues (House of Blues)
Luther Johnson - "Walkin' the Dog"Atlantic Blues: Chicago (Atlantic)

HOUR TWO
J.B. Hutto - "Too Much Alcohol" Essential Chicago Blues (House of Blues)
Eddie Taylor - "Bad Boy" Essential Chicago Blues (House of Blues)
John Brim - "Dark Clouds" Chicago Slickers 1948-53 (Nighthawk)
Homesick James- "Lonesome Old Train" Chicago Slickers 1948-53 (Nighthawk)
Robert Nighthawk - "My Sweet Lovin' Woman" Chicago Slickers 1948-53 (Nighthawk)
Pete Franklin - "Casey Brown Blues" Windy City Blues 1935-53 (Nighthawk)
Willie Nix - "Just Can't Stay" Windy City Blues 1935-53 (Nighthawk)
Floyd Jones - "Any Old Lonesome Day" Windy City Blues 1935-53 (Nighthawk)
Junior Wells - "Poor Man's Plea" Atlantic Blues: Chicago (Atlantic)
Buddy Guy - "T-Bone Shuffle" Atlantic Blues: Chicago (Atlantic)
Freddie King - "I Wonder Why" Atlantic Blues: Chicago (Atlantic)
Otis Rush - "Gambler's Blues" Atlantic Blues: Chicago (Atlantic)
Big Bill Broonzy - "I've Got to Dig You" Blues Roots/Chicago The 1930s (Smithsonian)
Memphis Minnie - "Hold Me Blues" Blues Roots/Chicago The 1930s (Smithsonian)
Muddy Waters - "Smokestack Lightning" Down Home Blues: Chicago Vol. 3 (Weinerworld)
Minnie Thomas - "Don't Let It Happen To You" Down Home Blues: Chicago Vol. 3 (Weinerworld)
John Primer & Bob Corritore - "Down in the Bottom" Crawlin' Kingsnake (Vizztone)

06/02/2024

HOUR ONE
Grateful Dead - "Walkin' Blues" Without a Net (Arista)
John Hammond - "Phonograph Blues" Birthday Blues Bash (New Shot)
Lightnin' Hopkins - "Black and Evil" Live from The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
Sonny & Brownie - "Hootin' the Blues" Live from The Ash Grove (Liberation Hall)
Barbecue Bob - "Barbecue Blues" Barbecue Blues (Acrobat)
B.B. King - "Sweet Sixteen" Live in Japan (MCA)
Lazy Lester - "If You Think I've Lost You" Travelling Blues (New Shot)
Alastair Greene - "Bullfrog Blues" Standing Out Loud (Ruf)
Jennifer Lyn - "Gypsy Soul" Live from The Northern Plains (J&R Collect)
Hitman Blues Band - "Boom Boom" Hey, Can You Guys Play... (Nerus)
Eric Bibb - "Whole World's Got the Blues" Live at The Scala Theatre (Stony Plain)
Sue Foley - "In My Girlish Ways" One Guitar Woman (Stony Plain)
Billy Price - "Can't Get Enough" Person of Interest (LVF)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "The Boys Was Shootin' It Out Last Night" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)

HOUR TWO
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Crazy Fool" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Lady Day" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "I Don't Want to Be Terrified" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "England Blues" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Whomp Bom" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Southbound Train" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "I Want to See My Baby" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "You've Got to Be Careful" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "What's the Matter With the Mill" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "My Little Woman" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Key to the Highway" Legacy (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Eugene C" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Goin' to the Country" The Return of Koerner, Ray & Glover (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Ted Mack" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - "Love Bug" (Lots More) Blues, Rags & Hollers (Red House)
Big Harp George - "Cooking With Gas" Cooking With Gas (Blues Mountain)
Cass Clayton Band - "Grandma's Hands" Midnight in a Bottle (CCM)
Jeff Pitchell - "Every Day" Brown-Eyed Blues (Deguello)

05/30/2024

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05/28/2024

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05/27/2024

Jeffrey “JQ” Qaiyum and Johnny Iguana, collaborators for more than two decades, are tasked with "cranking up the tension" of the hit FX on Hulu show.

05/26/2024

HOUR ONE
Jack De Keyzer - "Bad Boy" Solo (Blue Star)
Paul Butterfield - "Love Disease" Keep On Moving (Elektra)
Paul Butterfield - "Broke My Baby's Heart" Paul Butterfield's Better Days (Rhino)
Paul Butterfield - "Last Hope's Gone" In My Own Dream (Wounded Bird)
Paul Butterfield - "Pity the Fool" The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (Elektra)
Paul Butterfield - "Play On" Sometimes I Feel Just Like Smilin' (Wounded Bird)
B.B. King - "Five Long Years" King of the Blues (MCA)
Dr. John - "Rain" City Lights (Verve)
Lone Star Mojo - "Your Blues Give My Blues The Blues" A Shot of the Blues
Seth James - "Victim Of Life's Circumstances" Lessons (Qualified)
John Primer & Bob Corritore - "You're the One" Crawlin' Kingsnake (Vizztone)

HOUR TWO
Duke Tumatoe - "Muddy Water" How Much Crazy Can You Take (Tumatoe Tuff)
JC Clements - "Distance" Distance
Rufus Thomas - "Do The Double Bump" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Little Milton - "If You Talk In Your Sleep" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Albert King - "I'm Doing Fine" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Little Milton - "Packed Up and Took My Mind" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Johnnie Taylor - "Just Keep On Loving Me" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
The Stars of Virginia - "Wade in the Water" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
Don Nix - "Black Cat Moan" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
The Honey Jug - "For Your Love" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
Rufus Thomas - "Fine and Mellow" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
Baracudas - "Free For All" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
The Bar-Kays - "I Thank You" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
Booker T & The MGs - "Sunday Sermon" Stax Singles Vol. 4 (Stax)
William Bell - "Georgia Peach" One Day Closer to Home (Wilbe)
William Bell - "One Day Closer to Home" One Day Closer to Home (Wilbe)

05/22/2024

05/22/2024

The late Lil' Dave Thompson and his band Big Love perform Albert King's "Drowning On Dry Land" at Club Ebony in Indianola, Mississippi with the…

05/21/2024

Album : Girls Go Wild, 1979

05/19/2024

HOUR ONE
Cephas & Wiggins - "Burn Your Bridges" Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad (Evidence)
Sugaray Rayford - "Failing Upwards" Human Decency (Forty Below)
B.B. King - "Darlin' You Know I Love You" Live in Japan (MCA)
Curtis Salgado - "Safe at Home" Fine By Me (LVF)
Johnny Burgin - "Stepladder Blues" Ramblin' From Coast to Coast (Straight Shooter)
Rev. Shawn Amos - "Stone Cold Love" Soul Brother No. 1 (Immediate Family)
Hitman Blues Band - "Nobody's Fault But Mine" Hey, Can You Guys Play...(Nerus)
Lisa Andersen - "Rock Bottom" Soul (LVF)
Kid Andersen - "Hey, Mr. Reaper" Spirits (LVF)
Celso Slim & Darryl Carriere - "Sweet Thing" About Time (Tower High)
Erwin Helfer & Lluis Colomoa - "Cuttin' the Boogie" Two Pianos Too Cool (The Sirens)
Altered Five Blues Band - "You Can't Win" Testifyin' (Blind Pig)
John Primer & Bob Corritore - "Rosalee Blues" Crawlin' Kingsnake (Vizztone)
Barbecue Bob - "Yo-Yo Blues" Barbecue Blues (Acrobat)

HOUR TWO
Cephas & Wiggins - "Dog Days of August" Dog Days of August (Flying Fish)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Evil Twin Blues" Flip, Flop & Fly (Flying Fish)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Black Cat on the Line" Guitar Man (Flying Fish)
Cephas & Wiggins - "The Blues Will Do Your Heart Good" Cool Down (Alligator)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Sounds of the Blues" Homemade (Alligator)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Forgiveness" Somebody Told the Truth (Alligator)
Cephas & Wiggins - "All I Got Is Them Blues" Shoulder to Shoulder (Alligator)
Flora Molton - "I Can't Stand It" Living Country Blues (Evidence)
Big Chief Ellis - "Dice's Blues" Classic Piano Blues (Smithsonian)
Corey Harris - "Scottsville Breakdown" The Insurrection Blues (M.C.)
Ann Rabson - "Serial Love" Music Makin' Mama (Alligator)
Ann Rabson - "Givin' It Away" Music Makin' Mama (Alligator)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Cool Down" Cool Down (Alligator)
Cephas & Wiggins - "Police Dog Blues" From Richmond to Atlanta (Bullseye)

05/17/2024

An out-take from the 2007 film DEEP SEA BLUES, which was shot on the January 2007 Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise to the Caribbean.

05/12/2024

HOUR ONE
Duane Eddy - "Rebel Rouser" Rebel Rouser (Sony)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "What About the Children" JPEG Raw (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "The Governor" This Land (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Shake" The Story of Sonny Boy Slim (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "When the Sun Goes Down" Live (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Next Door Neighbor Blues" Blak and Blu (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "My Baby's Gone" Live/North America (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Catfish Blues" Live (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Honest I Do" Live/North America (WB)
Gary Clark, Jr. - "Dirty Dishes Blues" This Land (WB)
Robert Randolph - "Take the Party" Lickety Split (Blue Note)
Robert Randolph - "Dry Bones" We Walk This Road (WB)
Robert Randolph - "Love Rollercoaster" Lickety Split (Blue Note)

HOUR TWO
Davina & The Vagabonds - "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water" Sunshine
Robert Randolph - "I Thank You" Got Soul (Sony)
Robert Randolph - "Soul Refreshing" Unclassified (WB)
Rick Estrin - "Somewhere Else" The Hits Keep Coming (Alligator)
John Clifton - "Bad Trip" Too Much To Pay (Flower)
Bart Bryant - "If You Love Me Like You Say" Backstage II (BMB)
James Harman - "Pick Up the Slack" Didn't We Have Some Fun Sometime (Electro-Fi)
Taj Mahal - "Queen Bee" Swingin' Live at The Church in Tulsa (Lightning Rod)
Sue Foley - "Motherless Child Blues" One Guitar Woman (Stony Plain)
Rev. Scottie Williams - "When the Gates Swing Open" Beams of Heaven (The Sirens)
Cedric Burnside - "I Know" Hill Country Blues (Provogue)
Coyote Motel - "Homegoing" The River (DSW)
Anthony Geraci - "Broken Mirror, Broken Mirror" Tears In My Eyes (Blue Heart)

05/11/2024

The Legend and Hoosier Treasure Duke Tumatoe! JC is thrilled to be opening for this awesome musician. Good Times, Great Food, and a Cool Town - Terre Haute never disappoints, see you on the Banks of the Wabash!

12/08/2023

Celebrate accordingly.

Blind Pig is back!

12/04/2023

HOUR ONE
Jean Knight - "Mr. Big Stuff" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 2 (Stax)
Jimi Hendrix - "Catfish Blues" Hollywood Bowl 9-18-67 (Hendrix)
Popa Chubby - "Another Ten Years Gone" Live at G Bluey's Juke Joint NYC (Gulf Coast)
Garnetta Cromwell - "Get Up and Get a Job" Time To Share
Marcel Smith - "Turn Back The Hands of Time" From My Soul (LVF)
Robert Finley - "Waste Of Time" Black Bayou (Easy Eye)
Mathias Lattin - "You Know This Won't Do" Up Next (Vizztone)
Aretta Woodruff - "May the Funk Be With You" A Tribute to Denise LaSalle (Music Maker)
Misty Blues - "Easy Rider" Tell Me Who You Are
Cedar County Cobras - "Trouble" Homesick Blues
Nick Wade - "Lonesome Copperhead Snake" Feeling Good is Good Enough (ESP)
Bob Margolin - "Lonely Man Blues" Thanks (Vizztone)
MIke Welch - "Walking to You Baby" Nothing But True (Gulf Coast)

HOUR TWO
Blind Boys of Alabama - "Presence of the Lord" Atom Bomb (Realworld)
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - "In the Evening" New Orleans Vol. 4 (CBS)
Ghost Town Blues Band - "Tip of My Hat" Hard Road to Hoe (GTBB)
Big Joe Williams - "Oakland Blues" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Lightning Hopkins - "Up on Telegraph" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Mercy Dee - "Lady Luck" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Fred McDowell - "Shake 'Em On Down" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Big Mama Thornton - "Hound Dog" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Mance Lipscomb - "Shake Shake Mama" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
Clifton Chenier - "Louisiana Rock" Hear Me Howling (Arhoolie)
Juke Boy Bonner - "Goin' Back to Country" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
Johnny Young - "Sometimes I Cry" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
Earl Ho**er - "Two Dogs and a Roach" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
Jesse Fuller - "San Francisco Bay Blues" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
BeauSoliel - "Hot Chili Mama"40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
John Jackson - "Cindy" 40th Anniversary Collection (Arhoolie)
Kid Wiggins - "Sugar Blues" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)

11/28/2023

Blues legend John Lee Ho**er jams with the younger generation of blues guitarists, as a duo on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 1992.

11/26/2023

HOUR ONE
Will Batts - "Cadillac Baby" Memphis Masters (Yazoo)
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - "Fresh Out" Live in London (Alligator)
Bob Margolin - "Mean Old Chicago" Thanks (Vizztone)
Sue Foley - "Walkin' Home" Live in Austin, Vol. 1 (Guitar Woman)
Emma Wilson - "Water" Memphis Calling (EWM)
Peter Veteska - "Take Back What You Own" Full Tilt (Blue Heart)
Aretta Woodruff - "Holding Hands With the Blues" Tribute to Denise LaSalle (Music Maker)
Misty Blues - "Glory Glory" Tell Me Who You Are (Guitar One)
Candice Ivory - "Me and My Chauffer" When the Levee Breaks (LVF)
Susan Tedeschi - "Little By Little" Just Won't Burn (Fantasy)
Mitch Woods - "Nasty Boogie" Friends Along the Way (Club 88)
Mitch Woods - "Don't Dip In My Bizness" Friends Along the Way (Club 88)
Allman Betts Band - "King Crawler" Bless your Heart (BMG)

HOUR TWO
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram - "Mississippi Night" Live in London (Alligator)
Allman Betts Band - "Carolina Song" Bless Your Heart (BMG)
Gregg Allman - "Little By Little" Low Country Blues (Rounder)
Dickey Betts & Great Southern - "Statesboro Blues" Live at Rockpalast (MIG)
Jack Kelly - "Red Ripe Tomatoes" Memphis Masters (Yazoo)
Mooch Richardson - "T and T Blues" Memphis Masters (Yazoo)
Frank Stokes - "Old Sometime Blues" Memphis Masters (Yazoo)
Rufus Thomas - "Itch and Scratch" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Albert King - "Breaking Up Somebody's Home" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.3 (Stax)
Little Milton - "Rainy Day" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol.3 (Stax)
CeDell Davis - "Darlin' (You Know I Love You) Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)
RC Forest & Gozy Kilpatrick - "Tin Can Alley Blues" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)
Robert Shaw - "Put Me In the Alley" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)
EB Busby - "Swanee River Boogie" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)

11/24/2023

John Hammond in John Lee Ho**er's "Sugar Mama" at River & Blues Fest at Robert Wagner Park, New York City.

11/24/2023

Freddie King is often mentioned as one of "the Three Kings" of electric blues guitar along with Albert King and B.B. King.

11/23/2023

One of my favorite music venues on the planet.

FITZGERALDS “Historic” Nightclub?

This year we are forever thankful for our community, who indulged our interest in the history of this old club, sent us un-ending personal stories and newspaper articles about FITZGERALDS through the years, and who gave us the downright audacity to submit a Preliminary Application to the State of Illinois Historic Preservation Agency to make FITZGERALDS, officially, what we all already know in our hearts; An Historic Landmark.

After months of collecting data and crossing our fingers, we got the response we were hoping and dreaming: “the opinion of the National Register staff is positive for listing” (in the National Historic Registry).

We want to be clear; this is not a done-deal. While this state level ‘green light’ is a rather significant affirmation, we have a couple more steps to go. Right now, we are working with a Historic Consultant, who will complete the full application that we’ll submit for review at the Federal level. During mid-2024, there will be a Federal vote, that we will be present for.

We know what some of you might be thinking; why are these nutballs sharing this now, and not when it’s “official”?

We believe that we would never have gotten to this point without the support of all o’ y’all; holding us up when we need it, and pushing us to stretch the limits of creativity and devotion to this little roadhouse we all love so much. Friends; you deserve to be part of this journey and this new and exciting next era of FITZGERALDS. We hope you will hold us accountable, ask us how it’s going and give us high-fives along the way! We promise to give updates when we have them.

Thank you for inspiring us to take this place one step closer to ensuring that our families, your families, and the generations to come can experience FITZGERALDS exactly the way it is….FOREVER!

Photo by D. Anson Brody

11/22/2023

Filmed and recorded at Voodoo Fest in Memphis on October 30, 2005. This Dr. John concert was captured by producers Robert Mugge and Diana Zelman, cameramen David…

11/20/2023

HOUR ONE
Black Sabbath - "Laguna Sunrise" Vol. 4 (WB)
Jimi Hendrix - "Killing Floor" Hollywood Bowl (Experience)
Howlin' Wolf - "Killing Floor" Chess Box (Chess)
Susan Tedeschi - "Voodoo Woman" Just Won't Burn (Fantasy)
Robert Finley - "Sneakin' Around" Black Bayou (Easy Eye)
Cedar Country Cobras - "Walkin' Blues" Homesick Blues (CCC)
Nick Wade - "Engineer Blues" Feeling Good is Good Enough (ESP)
Paul Elliot - "Deep Ellum Blues" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)
Mitch Woods - "Singin' the Blues" Friends Along the Way (Club 88)
Mitch Woods - "Mojo Mambo" Friends Along the Way (Club 88)
Popa Chubby - "69 Dollars" Live at G. Bluey's Juke Joint NYC (Gulf Coast)
Bobby Rush - "I'll Do Anything For You" All My Love For You (Deep Rush)
Mike Welch - "Ten Years Ago" Nothing But Talk (Gulf Coast)

HOUR TWO
RL Boyce - "Coal Black Mattie" Tell Everybody! (Easy Eye)
RL Boyce - "Over the Hill" M For Mississippi (Broke & Hungry)
RL Boyce - "Ain't It Right" M For Mississippi (Broke & Hungry)
RL Boyce - "RL's Endless Boogie" Do It Like We Used to Do (Songs of the South)
Jessie Mae Hemphill - "Feelin' Good" Feelin' Good (HMG)
Jessie Mae Hemphill - "Baby Please, Don't Go" Feelin' Good (HMG)
Corey Harris - "Back Atcha" Mississippi to Mali (Rounder)
Otha Truner - "When I Lay My Burden Down" Living Country Blues (Evidence)
Otha Turner - "Granny, Will Your Dog Bite?" Living Country Blues (Evidence)
Rufus Thomas - "6-3-8" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Stefan - "Keep On Loving Me" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Albert King - "I'll Play the Blues For You" Complete Stax/Volt Singles Vol. 3 (Stax)
Honeyboy Edwards - "Drop Down Mama" Drop Down Mama (Chess)
Big Boy Spires - "Murmur Low" Drop Down Mama (Chess)
Blue Smitty & His String Men - "Crying" Drop Down Mama (Chess)
James Tisdom - "Steel Guitar Rag" Playing For the Man at the Door (Smithsonian)