Sun, 12 November 2006
This week's playlist: • Mark My Words by Gregg Martinez, from Big Bad Daddy (2006). For more information, or to buy the CD, visit GreggMartinez.com. Big Bad Daddy is also available from CD Baby and Amazon.com. • No Time for Singing the Blues by Detroit Women, a pre-release podcasting exclusive to Murphy's Saloon from their forthcoming album Sassitude. Their CD Rattle Your Cage (2005) is available from CD Baby, Silk City Records, the iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com. The Detroit Women song Old Weakness is included in a compilation called iTunes Essentials: Detroit. Be sure to check out their site at DetroitWomen.org. • She What? by Bad Influence, from Tastes Like Chicken (2001), available from CD Baby. CD Baby also carries their 1996 album Where We Been (1996). For more information, visit BadInfluenceBand.com or their MySpace page. • Don't Bring Me Flowers by The Jimmy Davis Band. They have 10 tracks for sale on the music page of TheJimmyDavisBand.com. For additional information, visit their Garageband page. • Texas Easy Street by Jim Suhler, from Dirt Road (2002), available from TopCat Records, CD Baby, the iTMS and Amazon.com. Jim's site is here. • Superharp by James Cotton, from High Compression (1984), available from Alligator Records, the iTMS and Amazon.com. • Road Dogs by John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, from Road Dogs (2005), available from Eagle Rock Entertainment, the iTMS and Amazon.com. The official John Mayall web site is here. • Second Hand Man by Carey Bell and Junior Wells, from Harp Attack! (1990), which also includes James Cotton and/or Billy Branch on some tracks. Harp Attack! is available from Alligator Records, the iTunes Music Store and Amazon.com. • Three Chords by Jimmie Bratcher, from Red (2005), available from his online store, the iTMS and Amazon.com. For more information, visit JimmieBratcher.com. • Just A Fool by Big Hammer. For more information, visit their Garageband page. Mentioned during this show: give Detroit Women some love - send an email to Peggy Blue, their publicist; Ubercaster, Rich Palmer and Audio Gumshoe, and Risky Business. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #48 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I obtained many of these tracks) |


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