Bluesology: Recent Episodes
Tony Nielsen
Come along for the ride as Tony Nielsen celebrates the music of blues legends such as Little Walter, Robert Johnson, BB King, Paul Butterfield, Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Taj Mahal, Howlin’ Wolf and many more – you get the picture?
Show 44 - Fleetwood Mac - featuring Peter Green.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 36 - Sonny Boy Williamson II Part 2 - We continue to pay homage to Alec Miller or Sonny Boy Williamson. Last week I talked about Sonny Boy’s early years in the South, meeting and learning from bluesmen like Robert Johnson and Howlin’ Wolf. His career took a leap forward in 1949 when he moved to West Memphis and scored a regular gig on Radio KWEM and lived wth Wolf. Sonny Boy brought some of his blues acquaintances to his radio show, names like Elmore James, Robert Nightyhawk and Arthur Big Boy Crudup. And he began his recording career with Trumpet Records. This in turn brought Sonny Boy to Chicago as the Chess Brothers bought the remnants of Trumpet’s library when they went broke.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 35 - Sonny Boy Williamson II Part 1 - This is Episode thirty five, the first of two programmes dedicated to the harp player who called himself Sonny Boy Williamson, although his given name was Alec Miller, and he borrowed the name from John Lee Williamson, who recorded prolifically in the early 1940’s as Sonny Boy Williamson.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 32 - Howlin Wolf (Chester Burnett) - Part 1.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 06 - Eric Clapton - I’m checking out the long and illustrious career of Eric Clapton. In fact I am spreading his story over this week’s and next week’s episode. After starting out in a bunch of local bands sixty years ago in 1963 Eric became part of a trio of ace guitarists who spent time in the Yardbirds, along with Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and the recently departed Jeff Beck. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 05 - Bo Diddley - aka Elias Bates McDaniel was born in Mississippi in December 1928, but was adopted and then moved with his adoptive mother to the South Side of Chicago in 1934. His music chops started in his local Baptist church where he became proficient on the violin.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 04 - Slim Harpo - was an American blues musician, a leading exponent of the swamp blues style, and "one of the most commercially successful blues artists of his day".He played guitar and was a master of the blues harmonica, known in blues circles as a "harp". His most successful and influential recordings included "I'm a King Bee" (1957), "Rainin' in My Heart" (1961), and "Baby Scratch My Back" (1966), which reached number one on Billboard.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 03 - Little Walter - Marion Walter Jacobs, known as Little Walter, was an American blues musician, singer, and songwriter, whose revolutionary approach to the harmonica had a strong impact on succeeding generations, earning him comparisons to such seminal artists as Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker and Jimi Hendrix.His virtuosity and musical innovations fundamentally altered many listeners' expectations ofwhat was possible on blues harmonica.Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 239 - Diving deep into the band that Muddy Waters formed in 1946 not long after he arrived in Chicago. Leonard and Phil Chess started out with a label called Aristocrat. Muddy surrounded himself with the cream of the crop. It wasn’t long before some of these sideman recorded their own songs once their session with Muddy had been completed. So today the music of Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Little Walter, Junior Wells, Bob Margolin, Buddy Guy, James Cotton and bass player Willie Dixon.
Show 239 - Diving deep into the band that Muddy Waters formed in 1946 not long after he arrived in Chicago. Leonard and Phil Chess started out with a label called Aristocrat. Muddy surrounded himself with the cream of the crop. It wasn’t long before some of these sideman recorded their own songs once their session with Muddy had been completed. So today the music of Jimmy Rogers, Otis Spann, Little Walter, Junior Wells, Bob Margolin, Buddy Guy, James Cotton and bass player Willie Dixon.
Show 238 - Little Walter, Shemekia Copeland and Some Kiwi Blues - On this week’s programme a mix of new music from Shemekia Copeland and “You shocked Me”, the latest Vizztone album by Bob Corritore and friends. I’ve discovered some great Kiwi blues bands. More from Tauranga’s Kokomo, and introducing Aucklands The Flaming Mudcaps.
Our classic blues double play heads to MississippiJohn Hurt’s early recordings and ace guitarist Scrapper Blackwell.
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Show 237 - Bobby Blue Bland - A great feature LP this week. “Here’s the man” from one of the truly impressive voices in the blues. Mister Bobby “Blue” Bland.
Plus, something a little different for you. This week I’m diving into live blues recordings. Listen up for BB King, the Allman Brothers Band, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells, Albert King, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Otis Rush, Magic Sam, Muddy Waters and Etta James.
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Show 236 - Albert Collins - Feature LP is 1978 release “Ice Pickin’” by Albert Collins. And we’re heading to the UK, as the British blues boom in the 1960’s. Included in our line-up are the three groundbreaking albums from John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, featuring the guitarists Eric Clapton, Peter Green and Mick Taylor. We visit the first LP by Fleetwood Mac, revisit the Yardbirds, Savoy Brown Blues Band, the Animals, and the first recording from Led Zeppelin.
Show 235 - Muddy Waters - Cant Get No Grinding and Kiwis with a track record.
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Replay Show 219 - John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
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Show 233 - Buddy Guy - My Time After a While and Blues Harp Special - On Bluesology this week, we check out the Harp Players who have made their mark over the years. Top of the list is of course is Little Walter Jacobs. Plus Junior Wells, John Lee Williamson, his namesake Sonny Boy Williamson the second, James Cotton, Paul Butterfield, Jimmy Reed, Slim Harpo and Charlie Musselwhite. Broadcast on Otago Access Radio www.oar.org.nz
Show 232 - Albert King - King of the Blues Guitar
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Show 231 - Slim Harpo - Baby Scratch My Back and Leading Blues Pianists
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Show 229 - Eric Clapton, Cream and Nothing But the Blues.
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Show 228 - Robert Johnson - King of the Delta Blues and Blues Music Duos
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Show 227 - BB Albert King - Completely Well.
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Show 226 - Otis Rush and Albert King - Door to Door
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Show 221 - BB King - Indianola Mississippi Seeds.
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Show 221 - Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
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Show 220 - Paul Butterfield Blues Band and Electric Slide Blues Guitarists.
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Show 218 - Jimmy Rogers and a Selection of Great Kiwi Blues Artists.
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Show 214 - Chicago the Blues Today - Volume 1.
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Show 213 - Bobby Blue Bland and Notable Left Handed Guitarists
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Show 212 - Fleetwood Mac and Blues Musicians that have Visited New Zealand.
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Show 211 - Charles Edward Berry - aka Chuck Berry.
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Show 210 - Allman Brothers - Live at Fillmore East
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Show 208 - Howlin Wolf - Moanin in the Moonlight.
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Show 191 - John Lee Hooker - Whiskey and Wimmen
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Show 189 - Christone Kingfish Ingram - 662
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Show 205 - Low Country Blues - Greg Allman
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Show 201 - Cedric Burnside - Benton Country Relic.
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Show 200 - Chicago the Blues Today - Volume 2.
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Show 197 - John Mayall's Bluebreakers and Left Handed Blues Guitarists.
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Show 194 - Chicago the Blues Today - Volume 3
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Show 192 - Spencer Davis Group - Steve Winwood
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Show 191 - John Lee Hooker - Whiskey and Wimmen
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Show 189 - Christone Kingfish Ingram - 662
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Show 184 - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring guitarist Mick Taylor.
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Show 180 - Alligator Label (Part 2) - Celebrating 50 years of Alligator records.
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