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First up one of my all-time favorite rock instrumentals the one and only Santana with "Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile)



Here's Ryan Bingham from his 2007 debut album "Mescalito" with "Southside Of Heaven". What do you get when you're too country for Nashville?...You get awesome.

I don't know what to say about Curtis Mayfield other than heed the advice in this song.



Here is one of the best guitarists you've may never have heard of, the great Roy Buchanan and his song "Five String Blues". Early on he breaks a string on the guitar and just plays through like nothing happened.



One of my all-time favorite musicians is John Coltrane, his album "Giant Steps" (title tune presented here) was recorded at virtually the same time as Miles Davis' "Kind Of Blue" of which Coltrane was an integral part, it's mind blowing that one artist could have so much music in him.

The music of the 50's will be in the mix but first no radio show would be complete without a kick arse theme, "Do You Remember Rock 'N' Roll Radio?".



Here's a song that changed Rock 'n' Roll forever, young John Lennon told Paul McCartney he could join his band because Pauly knew all the words to "Twenty Flight Rock" by Eddie Cochran.



The great Robbie Krieger black-eye video, there are three stories floating out there on what happened.

1) Robbie & Jim were jumped by rednecks for having long hair, Jim ducked and Robbie got clocked in the eye.

2) Robbie was in a car crash and hit his head on the dash.

and my fave.

3) Jim hated the Robbie penned "Touch Me" and slugged him the eye for having to sing it, ironically working title for the song was "Hit Me".



I've been digging this song from Band Of Horses lately. "Laredo".



Richmond Fontaine's "You Can Move Back Here" From the album "We Used to Think the Freeway Sounded Like a River"

One of the great harp players in Chicago Blues was Little Walter with sage advice to "Mellow Down Easy".



Legend has that Jimi Hendrix was asked what it was like to be the worlds greatest guitarist, Jimi answered I don't know you would have to ask Phil Keaggy...OK urban legend has it...but still Phil Keaggy is one of the greatest ever.

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American Graffiti was on T.V. last night so I'm in the mood for some oldies.

The Platters with "The Great Pretender", nothing like a little Doo-Wop to start a Sunday.



Fats Domino - "Blueberry Hill".



Drop the needle on one of the greatest Rock-N-Roll songs ever, Buddy Holly - "Oh Boy".



Just what is the first Rock-N-Roll record? Bill Haley & The Comets - "Rock Around The Clock"....



...or...

Jackie Brenston backed by Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm on "Rocket 88".



The Drifters - "On Broadway"



The Exciters - "Do Wah Diddy"



Larry Williams - "Slow Down"



Jerry Lee Lewis - " Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On"



Gene Vincent - "Be-Bop-A-Lula"



Elvis Presley - "Good Rockin' Tonight"

Two albums I'm looking forward to are:

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Here's Plants take on Los Lobos.



Buddy Miller will be on the Robert Plant album and on the upcoming Elvis Costello album.



This is one of the new Elvis tunes.



Vince Gill is also guesting on the new Elvis record.



Other guests on the Elvis disc include.

Marc Ribot



Leon Russell



and Jerry Douglas

Alt-Country, Americana or No Depression, is it rock based folk with a country influence or country folk that rocks or......just enjoy and let the music speak for itself.

Uncle Tupelo ~ No Depression


The Jayhawks ~ Waiting For The Sun


Maria McKee from Lone Justice with a couple of Jayhawks


Dave Alvin ~ Every Night About This Time


Lucinda Williams ~ Essence


Wilco ~ Box Full Of Letters


Son Volt ~ Drown


Tift Merritt ~ Virginia, No One Can You Warn You


Richmond Fontaine ~ We Used To Think The Freeway Sounded Like A River


Avett Brothers ~ I And Love And You


Blue Rodeo ~ Bad Timing'


Allison Moorer ~ Send Down An Angel

More in the Americana vein.

Ryan Adams & The Cardinals ~ Let It Ride


Drive-By Truckers ~ Never Gonna Change


The Bottle Rockets ~ Radar Gun


Shelby Lynne ~ Your Lies


Kelly Willis ~ Teddy Boys


Calexico ~ Across The Wire


Romantica ~ The National Side


Old Crow Medicine Show ~ Wagon Wheel


Steve Earle ~ Guitar Town


Alejandro Escovedo ~ Anchor


Chuck Prophet ~ What Makes The Monkey Dance


John Hiatt ~ Memphis In The Meantime

Blues With A Feelin'

I first discovered the Blues in the mid '70s, the radio was starting to let me down there had to be something better than the Disco that was starting to take over...there just had to be.

I began to read biographies of some of my favorite artists and they all had the same common denominator...The Blues...so I started reading up on these artists and soon found myself on a life long journey of discovery and love with the Blues.

With the books "The Story Of The Blues" by Paul Oliver and "Feel Like Going Home" by Peter Guralnick as my guide I took the trip of a life time into music full of life and passion.



B.B. King was the first artist I found, the school library had "His Best: The Electric B.B. King".

Here's a photo I took around 1984 the first time I saw him live.

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Sweet Sixteen


Muddy Waters was probably next discovery, I saw him live once around 1979, one of the most powerful singers ever.

I Got My Mojo Workin'


One of the best shows ever was Junior Wells & Buddy Guy. It's a shame the camera man in this video couldn't find Buddy Guy when he takes the second guitar solo and instead shows Jimmie Johnson doing rhythm.

Messin' With The Kid


I saw Albert Collins live at The Union bar here in Minneapolis when he returned after recording his "Frozen Alive" album there.

I Ain't Drunk (I'm Just Drinkin')


I had the chance to see one of America's greatest songwriters live at Summerfest in Milwaukee in the early eighties, man what a presence.

Seventh Son


Luther Allison was a great guitar player that doesn't get the recognition he deserves.

Why I Love The Blues


I had the pleasure to see the great piano player Blind John Davis live at an outdoor concert, he had a tumbler of whiskey and a stogy in his left hand while doing runs with his right, an awesome sight.

My Own Boogie




to be continued

The Blues will take a short break for a little Jazz Break.
If you have to ask what Jazz is, you'll never know. ~
Louis Armstrong

Like many the first Jazz album I owned was "Kind Of Blue" by Miles Davis, and it is the best album I have ever heard of any genre, if you look at my LastFM the most played song is "So What". So this is where I will start on a Sunday Morning Jazz Break.




John Coltrane is probably my favorite artist, I say probably because there are about ten I can claim as a fave but today I will say it's Trane.
Getting into the music of John Coltrane was a little more difficult than the immediate love of "Kind Of Blue". I had found a best of that covered mostly the end of his career and that was not a very good starting point, then I stumbled on "Live At The Village Vanguard" and the tune "Chasin' The Trane" coming from being a fan of Jimi Hendrix this made sense to me.




The Sonny Rollins tune "ST. Thomas" off of the "Saxophone Colossus" album is one of the great classics of Jazz.




Be-Bop came into being during World War II and because of the recording ban during that time not a lot of the very early Bop was recorded, it started after the players were done with their gigs with the big bands they would go to the smaller Jazz clubs and jam all night for free thus inventing the new sound of Be-Bop. Two of the best of the new music were Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, here is "Hot House"



Also out of the Bop scene cam Thelonious Monk, one ogf the great composers of Jazz. "Round About Midnight" is one of his best known tunes.



In the late 1950s Jazz music was the sound of the College Campus and one of the most popular artists was Dave Brubeck and the album "Time Out" which featured the song "Take Five".



Clifford Brown was on the path of greatness when his life and the life of piano player Ritchie Powell were cut short by an auto accident. "Joy Spring" is one of the tunes he wrote for the Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet.



Django Reinhardt the Elegant Gypsy is one of the greatest guitarists to ever pick up the instrument and without the use of two fingers on his left hand. here is "J'attendrai Swing" with Stéphane Grappelli.



Charlie Christian is the guitarist who took the electric guitar out of the shadows of the rhythm section into the limelight. Here is one of the first recordings ever made of the new sound of Be-Bop. "Swing To Bop" was recorded at a late night session at Minton's Playhouse in May of 1941 just a few months before the World War II recording ban.