Weekly World Blues with Matt Fiveash | WFMU

Count Basie & His Orchestra feat. Jimmy Rushing - "Boogie Woogie (Live from Randalls Island, NYC, 1938)" [0:00:00] Cecil Gant - "Hit That Jive, Jack" [0:06:00] Amos Milburn - "Chicken Shack" [0:08:46] Clarence "Frogman" Henry - "I'm A Country Boy" [RIP Frogman!] [0:11:17] Elmore James - "Up Jumped Elmore" [0:15:56] Little Junior's Blue Flames - "Love My Baby" [0:21:14] Macy Skipper - "Bop Pills" [0:21:22] Billy Boy Arnold - "Rockinitis" [0:23:47] Oscar "Buddy" Woods - "Don't Sell It, Don't Give It Away" [0:26:11] Memphis Minnie - "It Was You Baby" [0:31:10] Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five - "Gut Bucket Blues" [0:34:33] Champion Jack Dupree - "Junker's Blues" [0:37:14] Dinah Washington - "Me and My Gin (Live at Newport)" [0:40:00] Merry Dee with Jimmy Wright & his Orchestra - "I'm In The Mood To Be Loved" [0:43:12] Dock Boggs - "Sugar Baby" [0:48:43] Tommy Johnson - "Big Road Blues" [0:51:49] Percy Mayfield - "Ha Ha In The Daytime" [0:54:55] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138786

Lil Johnson - "Get 'Em from the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)" [0:00:00] Rudy Greene - "Juicy Fruit" [0:07:03] Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - "I'm Young" [0:09:22] Junior Wells - "Checking On My Baby" [0:13:01] Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm - "The Gulley" [0:16:02] Eloise Carter - "My Man Rockhead" [0:19:29] The People's Choice - "Big Ladies Man" [0:21:46] Z.Z. Hill - "If I Could Do It All Over" [0:24:30] ZZ Top - "Just Got Paid" [0:27:00] Ray Charles - "Lonely Avenue" [0:33:06] Mose Allison - "Idyll" [0:35:38] Carmen McRae - "The Ballad of Thelonious Monk" [0:41:49] Thelonious Monk - "Misterioso" [0:46:17] Memphis Jug Band - "Peaches in the Springtime" [0:49:51] Mattie Delaney - "Tallahatchie River Blues" [0:52:42] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138551

Blind Willie McTell - "Kill-It-Kid Rag" [0:00:00] Tandoori Knights - "88 Keys" [0:06:41] TK Hulin - "Little Bitty Boy" [0:07:49] Roy Gaines - "Worried About You Baby" [0:10:16] Otis Spann - "It Must Have Been the Devil" [0:15:21] B.B. King - "Please Love Me" [0:18:02] Etta James - "Good Rockin' Daddy" [0:20:40] The Clovers - "Crawlin'" [0:23:04] Cookie & the Cupcakes - "I'm Twisted" [0:25:46] Bunny & Skitter - "When the Well Runs Dry" [0:28:30] Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns - "Just a Lonely Clown" [0:30:49] Allen Toussaint - "Get Out Of My Life Woman" [0:33:42] Blossom Dearie - "They Say It's Spring" [0:36:59] Tarbox Ramblers - "Were You There" [0:43:08] Willie Brown - "M & O Blues" [0:47:19] The Delmore Brothers - "Careless Love" [0:50:40] Blind Boy Fuller - "Step It Up And Go" [0:52:45] Marie Knight - "Who Rolled the Stone Away" [0:55:35] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138323

Sister Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - "Didn't It Rain" [HBD to Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and thank you for making it rain. WFMU's most successful marathon to date!] [0:00:00] Sonny Boy Williamson - "Clownin' With the World" [0:06:33] Robert Nighthawk & His Flames of Rhythm - "Burning Heat" [0:09:19] Slim Harpo - "I Got Love If You Want It" [0:11:29] Link Wray - "American Sunset" [0:16:15] Mickey & Sylvia - "Darling (I Miss You So)" [0:19:03] Classie Ballou - "Lucille" [0:22:32] Little Richard - "Directly From My Heart (take 1 / undubbed)" [0:24:28] Waylon Jennings and The Waylors - "Louisiana Women" [0:31:52] Junior Kimbell - "Tramp" [0:35:20] Bukka White - "Shake 'Em On Down" [0:38:52] John Lee Hooker - "Down Child" [0:41:54] Blues Wallace - "It's My Life, Baby" [0:44:53] Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers - "Générique - From "Des Femmes Disparaissent"" [0:49:38] Helen Merrill - "Careless Love" [0:51:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138084

Bongo Joe - "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is" [0:00:00] Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods - "Shake 'Em On Down" [Pledge $20 or more and be a contestant for the MAMA SAYS I'M CRAZY LP] [0:07:33] Mississippi Sheiks - "New Shake That Thing" [5 LP Mississippi Sheiks set from Third Man/Document is our grand prize. Pledge $75 or more to get in the running] [0:10:40] Marvin Phillips and his Men From Mars - "Wine Woogie" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:28:01] Wilbert Harrison - "Goodbye Kansas City" [A pledge of $20 or more makes you eligible to win the NEW YORK CITY BLUES book & CD] [0:30:02] Mississippi Sheiks - "Stop and Listen" [5 LP Mississippi Sheiks set from Third Man/Document is our grand prize. Pledge $75 or more to get in the running] [0:32:22] Oscar Brown, Jr. - "Somebody Buy Me a Drink" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:43:15] Mississippi Sheiks - "Sitting on Top of the World" [5 LP Mississippi Sheiks set from Third Man/Document is our grand prize. Pledge $75 or more to get in the running] [0:46:12] Lil Johnson - "Let's Get Drunk and Truck" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:49:26] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137856

Bill Davis Trio - "Bring the Money In" [0:00:00] J.B. Summers with Tiny Grimes & his Rockin Highlanders - "Drinking Beer" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:06:20] Billy Ray aka Fillmore Slim - "Playboy" [pledge 20 bucks or more and win this CD comp: DIRTY WORK GOING ON on Ace] [0:19:18] Young John Watson - "Half Pint-a-Whiskey" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:20:57] Amos Milburn - "I'm In My Wine" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:23:43] Charley Patton - "Mississippi Boweavil Blues" [4 Charley Patton LP grand prize! $75 or more gets you in the running] [0:34:09] Lead Belly - "Match Box Blues" [win this prize with a pledge of $20 or more] [0:35:51] Charley Patton - "Dry Well Blues" [4 Charley Patton LP grand prize! $75 or more gets you in the running] [0:39:20] Tommy Ridgley - "Looped" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:48:05] T-Bone Walker - "Hey Hey Baby" [pledge 20 bucks or more and win this CD comp: DIRTY WORK GOING ON on Ace] [0:50:06] Don & Dewey - "Pink Champagne" [On the premium, ALCOHOLICS UNANIMOUS, yours for a pledge of $75 or more] [0:52:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137662

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - "Can't No Grave Hold My Body Down" [0:00:00] Sam Price and His Texas Bluesicians - "Back Room Rock" [0:06:27] Buster Brown - "Doctor Brown" [0:08:59] Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - "You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business" [0:11:56] Moon Mullican - "Grandpa Stole My Baby" [0:17:24] Al Simmons with Slim Green & the Cats From Fresno - "Old Folks Boogie" [0:19:52] The Mississippi Moaner - "It's Cold in China Blues" [0:22:53] John Fahey - "Desperate Man Blues" [HBD John Fahey] [0:25:30] Lead Belly - "John Hardy" [0:29:50] Odetta - "Special Delivery Blues" [0:41:00] Jimmy Rushing - "Evil Blues" [0:43:26] Sonny Rollins - "Alfie's Theme" [0:46:16] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137423

Junior Wells & Earl Hooker - "Galloping Horses a Lazy Mule" [0:00:00] Billy Ray - "Playboy" [0:06:26] Earl King - "Hunger Pains" [0:08:56] John Kirby & his Band - "Little Brown Jug" [0:13:00] Blind Blake - "Diddie Wah Diddie" [0:15:47] Professor Longhair - "Rum And Coca-Cola" [0:18:40] Cecil Gant - "Cecil's Mop Mop" [0:20:51] Slim Gaillard - "Slim's Jam" [0:23:15] Duke Jenkins' Aristocrats - "Baby I'm Sick of You" [0:26:27] Nina Simone - "African Mailman" [0:32:00] Nina Simone - "Chauffeur" [0:35:04] Nina Simone - "Work Song (Live)" [0:37:49] Nina Simone - "You've Got To Learn" [0:48:14] Nina Simone - "In The Dark" [0:54:54] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/137187

Big Bill Broonzy - "Glory of Love" - Sings Folk Songs [0:00:00] Chuck Berry - "I Love You" - The London Chuck Berry Sessions [0:07:22] Jimmy Reed - "Found Love" - Upside Your Head [0:10:40] Little Walter - "As Long As I Have You" - 7" [0:12:48] The Coasters - "Turtle Dovin'" - 7" [0:17:32] Rosco Gordon - "Surely I Love You" - Charly Dance Party [0:20:39] Nina Simone - "My Baby Just Cares For Me" - Jazz Masters 17 [0:23:05] Bill Henderson w/Oscar Peterson Trio - "At Long Last Love" - Bill Henderson w/The Oscar Peterson Trio [0:26:10] Bertice Reading - "Little Things Mean A Lot" - The Groove Story: R&B From the Radio Corporation, Vol. 2 [0:28:28] Anita O'Day - "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" - Anita [0:31:46] The Flamingos - "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Flamingo Serenade [0:35:45] Sam Cooke - "Cupid" - Live At The Harlem Square Club, 1963 [0:43:14] Mickey & Sylvia - "Dearest" - 7" [0:45:48] The Lil' Band o' Gold - "Dreamer" - The Promised Land: a Swamp Pop Journey [0:49:04] Little Willie John - "My Love Is" - Lone Star Soundtrack [0:53:59] Muddy Waters - "Little Geneva" - The Aristocrat of the Blues: The Best of Aristocrat Records [0:56:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136922

Jimmy Rogers - "Going Away Baby" - 10" 78 Bud Harper - with music accompanied by The Downbeats - "Down the Aisle" - 7" 45 [0:03:37] Carolyn Carpenter - "Black Coffee" - 7" 45 [0:04:54] Milt Jackson All Stars - "Bobin' With Robin" - 10" 78 [0:08:06] Ranie Burnette - "Coal Black Mattie" - (no album) [track via the Complete David Evans Collection - The University of Mississippi. Thanks to Adam Lore for the tip.] [0:13:15] Reggie Milner - "Girl, I Can't Live Without You" - 7" 45 [0:16:42] Edgar Blanchard - Prince Royals - "Somebody's Doin' Me Wrong" - 7" 45 [0:19:39] Kid Bailey - "Rowdy Blues" - 10" 78 [0:21:04] Roosevelt Sykes - "Hush Oh Hush" - 7" 45 [0:24:02] Carla Thomas - "Sweet Sensation" - Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos [0:26:39] Ray Charles - "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" - 7" 45 [0:29:24] Little Johnny Burton - "Talkin' About Me" - 7" 45 [0:31:19] Rosa Lee Hill - "Pork & Beans" - Mississippi Delta Blues: "Blow My Blues Away", Vol. 1 [0:33:41] Dave Holden - The Art Mineo Orchestra - "I Walked the Lonesome Road" - 7" 45 [0:40:31] Zilla Mays - "Calypso Blues" - The Men I Love and the Songs They Sing [0:42:28] Harmonica "Blues King" Harris And His Mississippi Band - "Blues King Mango" - 7" 45 [0:45:06] Albert Washington and His Kings - "Ramble" - 7" 45 [0:47:29] Lightnin' Slim - "Just Made Twenty-One" - 7" 45 [0:50:07] Bill Parker and His Showboat Band - Featuring Jesse Palmer - "All Day, All Night" - 7" 45 [0:52:17] "Bo" Jones - Vocal with Guitar - "Leavenworth Prison Blues" - 10" 78 [0:54:34] Johnny Love - "Rain Drops" - 7" 45 [0:57:31] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136675

Big Joe Turner - "Midnight Cannonball" [0:00:00] Hazel Scott - "Brown Bee Boogie" [0:06:31] Charlie Parker - "Tiny's Tempo" [0:09:21] Memphis Minnie - "Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)" [0:13:50] Big Boy Cleveland - "Quill Blues" [0:16:38] Barbara Dane - "You Don't Know Me" [0:19:19] Jessie Mae Hemphill - "I'm So Glad You Don't Know What's On My Mind" [0:22:15] Wee Willie Wayne - "Travelin' Mood" [0:26:23] Junior Wells - "Cha-Cha-Cha In Blue" [0:28:47] Howlin' Wolf - "No Place To Go" [0:32:35] Ali Farka Touré - "Instrumental" [0:35:43] The Wailing Wailers - "Sinnerman" [0:39:33] Nina Simone - "Blues For Mama" [0:42:34] Sam Cooke - "Laughin' and Clownin'" [0:46:32] Roosevelt Sykes - "She's Jail Bait" [HBD Roosevelt Sykes] [0:52:03] Charlie Musselwhite's Southside Band - "Baby Will You Please Help Me" [HBD Charlie Musselwhite] [0:54:47] Chuck Willis - "Whatcha Gonna Do (When Your Baby Leaves You)" [HBD Chuck Willis] [0:57:56] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136466

Candi Staton - "Sweet Feeling" [0:00:00] Mickey Baker - "Midnight Midnight" [0:06:36] Freddy King - "Side Tracked" [0:08:56] John Lee Hooker - "Onions" [0:13:54] Clue J & His Blues Blasters - "Silky" [0:15:48] Smiley Lewis - "Shame, Shame, Shame" [0:18:29] Little Richard - "Chicken Little Baby (demo)" [0:20:40] Little Richard - "Miss Ann (take 8)" [0:22:22] Fred McDowell - "Kokomo Blues" [0:27:43] Charlie Booker - "Walked All Night" [0:29:50] Big Maceo - "Maceo's 32-20" [0:32:32] Charlie Patton - "Dry Well Blues" [0:35:26] Cornell Dupree - "Teaches You Guitar" [0:42:12] King Curtis & the Kingpins - "I Stand Accused" [0:43:38] Sun Ra & His Arkestra - "The Blue Set" [0:49:29] Lowell Fulson - "Night Owl" [0:54:07] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/136237

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - ""Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence"" [Riverside Church, NYC, April 4 1967. Happy belated birthday to MLK Jr., who might have turned 96 on Monday.] [0:00:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135979

Cab Calloway & His Orchestra - "Bugle Call Blues" [0:00:00] Roy Milton & His Solid Senders - "Hop, Skip and Jump" [0:06:23] Larry Collins & Joe Maphis - "Hurricane" [RIP Larry Collins] [0:08:51] Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - "That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo" [0:11:11] Clifford Brown - Max Roach Quintet - "The Blues Walk" [Happy Max Roach Centennial] [0:17:12] Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra - "Rock On!" [HBD Buddy Johnson] [0:24:01] Johnnie Ray - "Flip, Flop & Fly" [HBD Johnnie Ray] [0:26:29] The Faces - "Miss Judy's Farm (live BBC)" [HBD Rod Stewart] [0:29:14] Clear Waters - "Hillbilly Blues" [HBD "Clear Waters" (Eddy Clearwater)] [0:33:14] Ronnie Hawkins - "Who Do You Love" [HBD Ronnie Hawkins] [0:35:36] The Chatmon Brothers - "What's The Name Of That Thing" [HBD Sam Chatman] [0:38:12] Ray Bolger & Judy Garland - "If I Only Had a Brain" [HBD Ray Bolger] [0:41:01] Blind Boy Fuller - "Lost Lover Blues" [0:48:37] James Booker - "Goodnight Irene" [0:51:24] Champion Jack Dupree - "Walkin' The Blues" [0:57:00] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135753

Nina Simone - "Do I Move You?" [0:00:00] Muddy Waters - "She Moves Me" [0:06:43] Betty James - "Help Me To Find My Love" [0:09:36] Jimmy Reed - "A New Leaf" [0:13:55] Bo Diddley - "Bring It To Jerome" [0:16:27] Tiny Topsy - "Miss You So" [0:18:53] Ruth Brown - "It's All For You" [0:20:59] Cecil Gant - "Nashville Jumps" [0:23:36] Chet Atkins - "Downhill Drag" [0:26:26] Fleetwood Mac - "Rattlesnake Shake" [0:30:30] Bobby Rush - "Mary Jane" [0:33:45] Billy Lee Riley - "Parchment Farm" [0:36:09] Rosco Gordon - "Tummer Tee" [0:39:25] The Qualities - "Happy New Year to You!" [0:41:47] Otis & Carla - "New Year's Resolution" [0:43:31] Lum Guffin - "Railroad Blues" [0:48:42] Mississippi Sheiks - "The World Is Going Wrong" [0:52:34] Snooks Eaglin - "Careless Love" [0:55:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135518

- "New! Improved! Weekly World Blues theme 2023" [0:00:00] Rev. Malcolm Simmons - "Inflation Blues" [0:02:48] Chick Carbo - "What Does It Take" [0:04:59] The Smothers Brothers - "The Shrimp" [0:07:24] Guitar Slim - "Plenty Good Room" [0:08:13] The Real Kids - "Grown Up Wrong" [0:10:08] Dion - "Two Ton Feather" [0:12:32] Music behind DJ: Andrew Loog Oldham Orchestra - "Blue Turns to Grey" [0:14:33] Tito Puente - "Tropicana" [0:17:58] Walter Hawkins - "A Rag Blues" [0:21:04] The Elders McIntorsh & Edwards' Sanctified Singers - "Since I Laid My Burden Down" [0:23:46] Georgie Fame and the Harry South Big Band - "Feed Me" [0:27:03] Dale McBride - "Barbara" [0:29:01] Music behind DJ: Eric Carlton - "Ventilator Blues" [0:30:31] The Chocolate Watchband - "Don't Need Your Lovin'" [0:33:07] Eddie Boyd - "Blue Coat Man" [0:35:43] Roy Perkins - "Sweet Lilly" [0:38:18] Washington Phillips - "You Can't Stop a Tattler - part 1" [0:40:51] Mavis Rivers & Red Norvo - "Easy to Love" [0:43:21] Al Green - "What Am I Gonna Do with Myself" [0:46:57] Music behind DJ: Ken Griffin - "Blue Hawaii" [0:48:09] Gary Lewis - "Don't Make Promises" [0:51:10] Illinois Jacquet - "When My Dreamboat Comes Home" [0:53:23] Boozoo Chavis - "Bernadette" [0:56:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135266

Bessie Smith - "At the Christmas Ball" [0:00:00] Groucho & Chico - "Contract Negotiations from Night at the Opera" [0:07:23] Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers - "Dig That Crazy Santa Claus" [0:11:33] Rockin' Sidney - "My Sweet Thing" [0:16:05] Canned Heat - "Christmas Blues" [0:18:54] Sonny Boy Williamson - "Santa Claus" [0:21:28] Jimmy Butler - "Trim Your Tree" [0:24:05] Captain Beefheart - "There Ain't No Santa Claus On The Evenin' Stage" [0:26:04] Jessie Mae Hemphill - "Merry Christmas Pretty Baby" [0:31:08] John Lee Hooker - "Blues For Christmas" [0:34:53] Blind Lemon Jefferson - "Christmas Eve Blues" [0:38:12] Liberace & Orson Welles - "Good King Wenceslas" [0:41:04] Bill Evans - "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" [0:42:14] The Orioles - "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" [0:48:21] The Staple Singers - "The Last Month Of The Year" [0:51:15] Charles Laughton - "Christmas - The Conclusion" [0:54:17] Jackie & the Cedrics - "Silent Night Rumble" [0:55:52] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/135092

Frankie Lee Sims - "My Talk Didn't Do No Good" [0:00:00] Ira Green - "The Twitch (part 1 & 2)" [0:06:15] John Fred & the Playboys - "Boogie Children" [0:10:52] Skoodle Dum Doo & Sheffield - "West Kinney Street Blues" [0:16:19] Django Reinhardt - "Mystery Pacific" [0:19:24] Hattie Hart & the Memphis Jug Band - "Memphis Yo Yo Blues" [0:21:22] Dave Bartholomew - "My Ding-A-Ling" [0:24:10] Tampa Red - "Let Me Play With Your Poodle" [0:26:16] Jimmie Davis - "Red Nightgown Blues" [0:28:53] Lightnin' Hopkins - "Fan It" [0:31:41] Lazy Lester - "Go Ahead" [0:36:19] Otis Rush - "It Takes Time" [0:40:19] Don & Dewey - "Pink Champagne" [0:41:26] Hound Dog Taylor & the House Rockers - "She's Gone" [0:44:13] Little Willie John - "I'm Shakin'" [0:47:57] RL Burnside - "Goin' Down South" [0:50:51] Johnny Shines - "Cool Driver" [0:53:42] The Staple Singers - "I'm Leaning" [0:56:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134862

Leroy Carr - "Sloppy Drunk Blues" [0:00:00] Wade Walton & R.C. Smith - "Barbershop Rhythm" [0:06:53] Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - "My Baby Left Me" [0:09:18] Billy Emerson - "Aunt Molly" [0:13:13] The Yardbirds - "Stroll On" [0:15:20] Tiny Bradshaw - "The Train Kept a Rollin'" [0:18:05] Johnny Burnette & The Rock 'N' Roll Trio - "All By Myself" [0:20:39] Blanche Thomas - "You Ain't So Such a Much" [0:22:36] Jessie Mae Hemphill - "Shame On You" [0:24:48] Amos Milburn - "Chicken Shack" [0:30:06] Charles Mingus - "Pedal Point Blues" [0:32:39] Mose Allison - "Parchman Farm" [0:39:02] Son House - "The Jinx Blues" [0:42:22] Robert Johnson - "Love in Vain" [0:47:42] Roscoe Holcomb - "Trouble In Mind" [0:50:14] The Pogues - "The Auld Triangle" [RIP Shane MacGowan] [0:52:18] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/134638