Blind Dog Radio

25/05/2023

The fifth and final volume in Document Records' series begins with a mid-1940 studio date, Memphis Minnie's first in over a year; recorded with Little Son Joe on second guitar. Closes out the set, her final pre-war session recorded late in 1941.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

24/05/2023

Robert Nighthawk, Bricks In My Pillow (recorded October 25, 1952; Robert Nighthawk, vocals, guitar, Bob Call (or Curtis Jones), piano, Ransom Knowling, bass, Unknown, drums) - "I've got bricks In my pillow and my head can't rest no more. I've got bricks in my pillow mama and my head can't rest no more... Spiders crawlin' on my walls, black snakes lyin' around on my floor."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

23/05/2023

The incredible Big Joe Williams, a literal giant of the blues, recorded so many quality albums that this title seems like smoke. Yet these 30 cuts do beg for inclusion among his best.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

21/05/2023

Big Joe Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, "Funny Papa" Smith, Frank Stokes, Casey Bill Weldon, Barbecue Bob, Bessie Smith, Robert Wilkins, Scott Dunbar, Papa Charlie, Tampa Red, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Big Joe Williams – Sugar Diabetes Blues [00:02:56] Lightnin’ Hopkins – Worried Blues [00:05:07] Sister Rosetta Tharpe – What Is The Soul Of Man [00:07:3…

20/05/2023

Leroy Dallas, Baby Please Don't Go Back To New Orleans (E position, standard tuning) - "Baby, please don't go, baby, please don't go... Baby, please don't go back to New Orleans, baby, please don't go."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

17/05/2023

Atypical bluesman backed high-pitched vocals with a boogie-influenced sound tinged with traces of jazz, active on the Chicago blues scene of the 1950s and 1960s.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

16/05/2023

K.C. Douglas, Casey Jones (sung a capella) - "Casey Jones said before he died, two more trains that he wanted to ride. The fireman asked him what could that be. He said, 'The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, Santa Fe, oh the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe.'"

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

15/05/2023

14/05/2023

Robert Petway, Bo Carter, Lightnin' Hopkins, Sleepy John Estes, Prince Albert Hunt, Harlem Hamfats, Sonny Boy Williamson, Walter Taylor, Charley Patton, Ramblin' Thomas, Rufus & Ben Quillian, Blind Blake, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Robert Petway – Catfish Blues [00:03:02] Bo Carter – Baby, When You Marry [00:06:12] Lightnin’ Hopkins – Gone With The Wind [00:08:51] Sleepy John Estes…

13/05/2023

K.C. Douglas, Broken Heart (E position, standard tuning) - "I laid down last night, you know, I tried to take my rest. I laid down last night, babe, you know, I tried to take my rest... You know, my mind got to ramblin', and I believe I go back West."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

10/05/2023

The rural blues singer and guitarist from Mississippi moved to California during the war, still maintaining the Delta style. In 1948 he recorded "Mercury Boogie", a small classic to be taken up by different artists.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

08/05/2023

Larry Johnson, Say What You Mean (C position, standard tuning) - "Say what you mean, and mean just what you say. Say what you mean, and mean just what you say... Because there's phonies dropping out, they're dropping out day by day." Blind Dog Radio

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

07/05/2023

Big Joe Williams, Blind Boy Fuller, Charley Patton, Blind Gary Davis, Blind Roger Hays, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Big Bill Broonzy, Tommie Bradley, "Boodle It" Wiggins, Bo Carter, Ralph Willis, Smith Casey, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Big Joe Williams – Baby, Please Don’t Go [00:03:15] Blind Boy Fuller – Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways (Take 1) [00:05:49] Charley Patton – High Water Ever…

05/05/2023

This collection from Indigo Records has tracks from some of the more familiar East Coast names, including Blind Gary Davis, Josh White, Blind Blake, Carl Martin, and Brownie McGhee, as well as tracks from relatively obscure artists like Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley, Luke Jordan, or Tarter & Gay. Other highlights include Julius Daniels and Willie Walker.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

03/05/2023

Julius Daniels, Crow Jane (E position, standard tuning, with Wilbert Andrews, second guitar in E position, standard tuning) - "Crow Jane, Crow Jane, don't you hold your head so high. You must remember, you got to lay down and die."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

01/05/2023

Blues guitarist and singer, who recorded for Victor in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1927.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

30/04/2023

Cephas & Wiggins, Kokomo Arnold, Jazzbo Tommy Settlers, Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats, Charley Lincoln, Bumble Bee Slim, Carl Martin, Bo Carter, Henry Townsend, Barefoot Bill, Blind Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Cephas & Wiggins – I Was Determined [00:03:13] Kokomo Arnold – Back To The Woods [00:06:24] Jazzbo Tommy Settlers (with Ezekiel Lowe & Lee Bunkley) – …

28/04/2023

Sara Martin with Sylvester Weaver, Teasing Brown Blues (Sara Martin, vocals, Sylvester Weaver, guitar in E position, standard tuning) - "Now, some people say that the worried blues, they ain't bad. Oh, some people say that the worried blues, they ain't bad... But it's the worst old feeling that I ever had."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

26/04/2023

Another disc in the fine Virginia Traditions series assembled by the Blue Ridge Institute, Southwest Virginia Blues brings together 1920s commercial 78s with field recordings done in the 1930s and '40s, plus more recent field material from the '70s and '80s, to create an interesting portrait of blues and early country from the region.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

24/04/2023

Sloke and Ike, Say Pretty Mama (Decca - 7375 A; 91225, November 1937. Blues Singing with Bass and Guitar.) - "Hey, pretty mama do you think that's right, you got the kids all day, you work the men at night. And I'm goin' to Kansas City where the times are good. I'm going back baby where the juke's all wood... I'm going back mama yes where they don't 'low you."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

23/04/2023

Robert Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, Harlem Hamfats, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, The Two Charlies, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop, Bo Carter, Blind Willie Davis, Bumble Bee Slim, Papa Charlie's Boys - Gypsy Woman Blues, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Robert Johnson – Kindhearted Woman Blues (Alternate Take) [00:02:42] Lonnie Johnson – Get Yourself Together [00:05:59] Harlem Hamfats – If You’re A Vipe…

21/04/2023

Vaudeville blues singer, who recorded between 1922 and 1925, with a last session of Christian songs in 1928 released as Missionary Josephine Miles.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

19/04/2023

Yank Rachell, Rainy Day Blues (Yank Rachell, vocals and guitar in G position, standard tuning, Sonny Boy Williamson, harmonica, Alfred Elkins, bass cano, Washboard Sam, washboard) - "Mama, where was the sun? Where was the sun on a rainy day? Mama, then I wonder, where was the sun? I wonder where was the sun on a rainy day? Lord, then I wonder, where was my baby? Lord, my baby, she was so far away."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

17/04/2023

The fourth volume in the Complete Recorded Works series opens with Memphis Minnie's lone 1938 studio date; backed by mandolinist Charlie McCoy. The remaining material, all cut in February 1939, is comprised of guitar-duet accompaniments with Little Son Joe.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

16/04/2023

Bukka White, Tony Hollins, Tampa Red, Nugrape Twins, Lonnie Johnson, Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly, Jesse "Monkey Joe" Coleman, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Harlem Hamfats, Bessie Smith, Sam Collins, Rev. Pearly Brown, and much more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] Bukka White – Fixin’ To Die Blues [00:02:58] Tony Hollins – Crawlin’ King Snake [00:06:16] Tampa Red – Goodbye, Baby [00:11:03] Nugrape Twins & #82…

12/04/2023

"Baby, Please Don't Go" is a blues song which has been called "one of the most played, arranged, and rearranged pieces in blues history" by music historian Gerard Herzhaft. Big Joe Williams popularized the song with several versions beginning in 1935.

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

10/04/2023

Big Joe Williams, Baby Please Don't Go (Williams, guitar, Spanish tuning, Dad Tracy, fiddle, Chasey Collins, washboard) - "Now baby, please don't go. Now baby, please don't go... Baby, please don't go back to New Orleans, and get your cold ice cream."

BLIND DOG RADIO | The Downhome Blues

09/04/2023

D.A. Hunt, Virgil Perkins, Bill Gaither, Frank Hutchison, Ernest Stoneman, Charley Patton, Walter Roland, Robert Pete Williams, Lightnin' Hopkins, Houston Stovall, Furry Lewis, Harlem Hamfats, and more ... Saturday Night Blues. Blind Dog Radio

TRACKLIST [00:00:10] D.A. Hunt – Greyhound Blues [00:02:48] Virgil Perkins – Solo (Washboard) [00:03:53] Bill Gaither (Leroy’s Buddy) – Tired Of Your Line Of Jive [00:06:39]…