This week in the Shack

I'm back from the Caribbean, although not with the big stack of playlists that I had hoped to create while on vacation. Somehow, white sand and turquiose water are just much more conducive to having another mojito than they are to having the blues.

A couple of friends of mine who live outside the state were complaining about missing Austin blues on Facebook yesterday, so here's a set of nothing but blues from the Lone Star State. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. Storyville - Good Day For The Blues (4:17)
2. Albert Collins - I Ain't Drunk (4:06)
3. Seth Walker - Miss Ann (3:21)
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Texas Flood (6:29)
5. Marc Benno and the Nightcrawlers featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan - 8 Ball (6:22)
6. T Bird and the Breaks - Blackberry Brandy (4:19)
7. Guy Forsyth - Needle Gun (5:12)
8. Ruthie Foster - Death Came a Knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) (3:36)
9. Malford Milligan - I've Never Been to Seminary (4:30)
10. Papa Mali - Man of Many Words (4:10)
11. Johnny Guitar Watson - Ain't That A Bitch (5:01)
12. Steamheat - Radiator (3:53)
13. Mingo Fishtrap - Jangle When I Walk (5:14)
14. Kashmere Stage Band - Aint' No Sushine [Live][#] (4:32)
15. Freddie King - Same Old Blues (3:58)
16. Johnny Winter - Third Degree (6:35)
17. Delbert McClinton - Rebecca, Rebecca (6:39)
18. Marcia Ball - Louella (6:27)
19. Pinetop Perkins - Kansas City (4:46)
20. Jimmie Vaughan - In The Middle Of The Night (3:08)
21. W.C. Clark - You Left the Water Running (3:17)
22. Asylum Street Spankers - Deep Ellum Blues (4:55)
23. Shorty Long - Richland Woman (2:52)
24. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Dirty Work At Crossroads (4:47)
25. Johnny Winter - My Time After Awhile (6:16)
26. E.R. Shorts - Panama City Blues (5:41)
27. White Ghost Shivers - Weed Smoker's Dream (5:06)
28. Asylum Street Spankers - 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do (7:30)
29. Jimmie Vaughan - Slow Dance Blues (6:27)
30. Porterdavis - Come On In My Kitchen (5:53)
31. Ruthie Foster - Truth! (3:58)
32. Freddie King - I'd Rather Be Blind (3:45)
33. Omar Kent Dykes & Jimmy Vaughn - Big Boss Man (3:10)
34. Guy Forsyth - Don't Turn Me In (5:14)
35. Imperial Golden Crown Harmonizers - I Been Scorned (5:00)
36. Ray Wylie Hubbard - Name Droppin' (3:31)
37. Papa Mali - Walk on Guilded Splinters (9:49)

(Texas 4)

This week in the Shack

This week's set is a repeat of the one from January 26, as being sick and preparing for vacation ate up all of the last week. New set next weekend.

SXSW

I don't have the energy to list every official and unofficial SXSW blues event. However, the Austin Blues Society has done a fine job of collecting all the events in a recent email. If you'd like a copy, leave me a message on here with your email address and I'll forward it to you.

This week in the Shack

Little bit of a late update this week. Allergies came down on me like a ton of bricks Monday, and as a result I've been pretty lethargic. The next couple of sets will probably stay up for a little longer than usual, too due to work obligations and my upcoming vacation.

It's been cold, grey, and rainy for the last couple of days, which always puts me in the mood for southern soul. This week's set is a nice big helping, leavened with the occasional modern track. As always, I hope you dig it.

1. James Carr - The Dark End Of The Street (2:34)
2. Laura Lee - Dirty Man (2:53)
3. Etta James - I'd Rather Go Blind (2:36)
4. Clarence Carter - Slip Away (2:33)
5. The Dixie Hummingbirds - Loves Me Like a Rock (3:07)
6. Otis Redding - Amen (3:06)
7. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (4:46)
8. Maurice & Mac - You Left the Water Running (2:43)
9. Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man (2:29)
10. Sam & Dave - Soul Man (2:40)
11. Rufus Thomas - The Memphis Train (2:33)
12. Bettye Lavette - Joy (3:55)
13. Clarence Carter - Too Weak to Fight (2:17)
14. Delbert McClinton - Can I Change My Mind (3:30)
15. Ann Peebles - I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down (2:43)
16. Al Green - Let's Stay Together (4:44)
17. Eli "Paperboy" Reed and The True Loves - I'll Roll With You (3:33)
18. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk (3:18)
19. Aretha Franklin - Chain of Fools (2:46)
20. Raphael Saadiq - 100 Yard Dash (2:18)
21. Isaac Hayes - Soulsville (4:37)
22. King Curtis - Soul Serenade (6:06)
23. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (6:58)
24. Ryan Shaw - Do the 45 (2:15)
25. Wilson Pickett - Mustang Sally (3:07)
26. Sam & Dave - Soothe Me [Live] (2:59)
27. Sam Cooke - Cupid (2:45)
28. Otis Clay - Trying to Live My Life Without You (2:51)
29. Clarence Carter - Making Love (At the Dark End of the Street) (5:07)
30. Aretha Franklin - Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (3:13)
31. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness (3:49)
32. Little Milton - Let Me Down Easy (7:02)
33. The Commitments - Saved (2:54)
34. Etta James - Miss Pitiful (2:24)
35. Baby Washington - Breakfast in Bed (3:10)
36. Daryl Hall & John Oates - She's Gone (3:28)
37. Bettye LaVette - Somebody Pick Up My Pieces (5:21)
38. Otis Redding - You Don't Miss Your Water [Mono Version] (3:07)
39. Isaac Hayes - Medley: Ike's Rap II / Help Me Love (7:33)
40. Al Green; Anthony Hamilton - Lay It Down (4:30)
41. Solomon Burke - Party People (2:36)
42. Corinne Bailey Rae - Till It Happens to You (4:38)
43. Ryan Shaw - I Found a Love (3:27)
44. Raphael Saadiq - Let's Take A Walk (2:28)
45. Al Green - Sha-La-La (Make Me Happy) (2:58)
46. The Bar-Kays - Soul Finger (2:19)
47. Booker T. & the MG's - Green Onions (5:06)
48. James Hunter - Riot in My Heart (4:16)
49. Solomon Burke - Cry to Me (2:31)
50. Bobby Patterson - Soul Is Our Music (2:30)
51. Sam & Dave - I Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (2:42)
52. Etta James - At Last (3:02)

(soul 12)

This week in the Shack

This week's show is a blues set featuring many of the artists, albums, and songs being inducted into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame this month.

I'll have the calendar updated, and possibly some other new stuff up, this weekend.

1. Taj Mahal - Mercedes Benz (3:12)
2. Spencer Bohren - Wade In The Water (4:33)
3. Alberta Hunter - My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More (3:49)
4. Maria Muldaur - A Good Man Is Hard To Find (3:56)
5. David Torkanowsky; Irma Thomas - Cold Rain (4:46)
6. Holly Cole - Invitation to the Blues (4:23)
7. Tom Waits - Romeo Is Bleeding (4:52)
8. Son Seals - I Believe to My Soul (4:13)
9. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble - Couldn't Stand the Weather (4:41)
10. Buddy Guy - Trouble Man (4:07)
11. Memphis Slim - Pigalle Love [Live] (4:04)
12. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (2:31)
13. Gary Clark, Jr. - Blue Light Boogie (2:59)
14. Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5 - Caldonia (2:43)
15. Maria Muldaur - It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion (2:59)
16. Irma Thomas; Jon Cleary - Too Much Thinking (3:18)
17. Taj Mahal; The New Orleans Social Club - My Girl Josephine (4:09)
18. Marcia Ball - Watermelon Time (4:04)
19. Fats Domino - Blue Monday (2:38)
20. Pinetop Perkins - Trouble In Mind (With Odetta) (4:28)
21. John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie (4:02)
22. Alberta Hunter - Amtrak Blues (3:24)
23. Ruth Brown - If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' on It (5:23)
24. Gene Harris - Down Home Blues (7:00)
25. Son Seals - Now That I'm Down (6:01)
26. Aynsley Dunbar - Till your lovin' makes me blue (4:57)
27. Big Joe Turner/Jimmy Witherspoon - Blues Lament (12:09)
28. Alberta Hunter - The Darktown Strutters' Ball (5:23)
29. Taj Mahal - Sitting on Top of the World (3:31)
30. Irma Thomas - You Can Have My Husband (3:13)
31. Son Seals - Before the Bullets Fly (3:55)
32. Aynsley Dunbar - Low gear Man (2:58)
33. Big Joe Turner/Jimmy Witherspoon - Patcha, Patcha (7:33)
34. Eric Clapton - Before You Accuse Me (Take a Look at Yourself) [Version 2][#] (4:39)
35. Howlin' Wolf - Built for Comfort (2:10)
36. Yoko Noge - Rack 'Em Up (5:03)
37. The Atomic Fireballs - Lover Lies (3:19)
38. Jimmy Witherspoon - Past Forty Blues (4:23)
39. Joe Williams - Goin' to Chicago Blues (4:54)
40. Nina Simone - Backlash Blues (2:29)
41. Walter Horton - The Honeydripper (Instrumental) (3:42)
42. Little Walter - Juke (2:47)
43. Syl Johnson - Me and Bobby McGee (5:42)

(Blues 13)

2009 Blues Foundation Hall of Fame inductees announced

This years inductees into the Blues Foundation's Hall of Fame are:

Performers
Taj Mahal
Irma Thomas
Rvd. Gary Davis
Son Seals

Non-performers
Clifford Antone
Mike Leadbitter
Bob Porter

Songs
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Caledonia - Louis Jordan
Sitting on Top of the World - The Mississippi Sheiks

Albums
Amtrack Blues - Alberta Hunter
T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker
Blues With a Feeling (Newport Folk Festival Classics) - Various Artists

Classics of Blues Literature
I Hear You Knockin': The Sound of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues - Jeff Hannusch

The full press release can be found here.