You may have noticed earlier episodes of Murphy's Saloon reappearing as new in your RSS feed - possibly in a jumbled order. If that's the case, I'd like to apologize.

I'm in the process of doing something I never expected to do: I'm turning off your ability to make comments here about individual episodes.

Doing this has been forced by spammers, who come to this blog page each time I publish a new episode and post at least one spam message with every single episode. That's 200+ spam messages I have to go through and delete. Fortunately, I have the settings such that I have the option of deleting them before they are visible to anyone else.

This has happened three time now, and I'm tired of it. So I'm turning off the comments. You are still always welcome to email comments to murphyssaloon(at)gmail(dot)com.

What makes this particularly irritating is the fact this isn't being done by a 'bot - these posts are made by a real person (or persons) who have to type in a name and a CAPTCHA code before they can attempt to post their spew.

Yeah, there are real people who are paid to do such things, and as far as I'm concerned they are scum.

This episode's playlist:

• A Shout-Out (4:15) by Al "Coffee" McDaniel, from Blues In My Shoes (2007); available from CDBaby and iTunes. Visit ALMcDaniel.com and AirplayDirect.com/AL for more information.

• Slow Burn (2:55) by The Nancy McKeen Bluz Machine, from their EP Three Jacks and a Jill (2010; available from CD Baby. Visit the band's Facebook page for more information.

• Salt in the Wounds (3:34) by Luke Morgan, a digital single first released in 2010, and available from LuciusMusic.com. Visit Luke's Facebook page for additional information.

• Respect Me And The Blues (4:21) by Teeny Tucker, from Keep The Blues Alive (2010); available from CD Baby and iTunes. Visit Teeny's MySpace page and this page for more information.

• Stay Here In Your Arms (3:17) by Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, from 2 Man Wrecking Crew (2008); available from Delta Groove Productions and iTunes. Visit LightninMalcolm.com and their MySpace page for more information.

• I'll Be Around (3:22) by The Fabulous Thunderbirds, from Fabulous Thunderbirds (2009); available from the store at their site. Visit FabulousThunderbirds.com for more information.

• Big Fine Woman (4:47) by Joe Louis Walker, from Between a Rock and the Blues (2009); available from the store at his site, Stony Plain Records.com and iTunes. Visit JoeLouisWalker.com for more information.

• Where Hwy 61 Runs (4:25) by Charlie Musselwhite, from The Well (2010); available from Alligator Records and iTunes. Visit CharlieMusselwhite.com for more information. Special thanks to AirplayDirect.com.

• Gonna Move To Kansas City (3:40) by Magic Slim & The Teardrops, from Raising The Bar (2010); available from Blind Pig Records and iTunes. Visit MagicSlimBlues.com and this page at the Blind Pig site for more information.

• Blues Train (4:37) by The Homemade Jamz Blues Band, from The Game (2010); available from the store at their site and iTunes. Visit HMJamzBluesBand.com for more information.

Mentioned during this episode: 2011 Blues Music Awards Nominees; American Red Cross Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Donations.

Something I didn't mention on this episode: this and future episodes are encoded at 192 kbps, giving you a cleaner, fuller sound - enjoy!!

The music you hear on Murphy's Saloon comes to you courtesy of the artists and their labels. In addition, one of the following fine organizations may have provided assistance as an intermediary: IODA PROMONET, AirplayDirect, RadioSubmit or Music Alley.

This week's playlist:

• Educated Ways (4:01) by The Mannish Boys, from Shake For Me (2010); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and iTunes. Visit TheMannishBoys.com for more information.

• SuperHero (4:48) by Candye Kane, from SuperHero (2009); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and iTunes. Visit CandyeKane.com for more information.

• The Devil Is An Angel (3:09) by Janiva Magness, from The Devil Is An Angel Too (2010); available from Alligator Records and iTunes. Visit JanivaMagness.com for more information. Special thanks to AirPlay Direct.

• Got You Out Of My Blood (3:57) by Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, from Have Blues, Will Travel (2010); available from Alligator Records and iTunes. Visit SmokinJoeKubek.com for more information. Special thanks to AirPlay Direct.

• Stay Here In Your Arms (3:17) by Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, from 2 Man Wrecking Crew (2008); available from Delta Groove Productions and iTunes. Visit LightninMalcolm.com and their MySpace page for more information.

• In Bluesville (4:41) by The Kilborn Alley Blues Band, from Better Off Now (2010); available from iTunes. Visit KilbornAlley.com for more information.

• Louise (5:57) by Nick Moss, from Privileged (2010); available from the store at NickMoss.com and iTunes. Visit NickMoss.com for more information.

• Can't Stand To See You Go (4:19) by Brad Vickers And His Vestapolitans, from Stuck With The Blues (2010); available from CD Baby and iTunes. Visit their MySpace page for more information.

• Mean Old Chicago (3:59) by Bob Margolin, from Hold Me To It (1999); available from Blind Pig Records and iTunes. Visit BobMargolin.com for more information. Special thanks to AirPlay Direct.

• Like the Buddha Do (4:19) by Popa Chubby, from The Essential Popa Chubby (2011); available from Blind Pig Records and iTunes. Visit PopaChubby.com for more information.

The music you hear on Murphy's Saloon comes to you courtesy of the artists and their labels. In addition, one of the following fine organizations may have provided assistance as an intermediary: IODA PROMONET, AirplayDirect, RadioSubmit or Music Alley.