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We here at Bad Dog Blues don't like to throw
anything away. You'll find past editions of the Bad Dog Blues site right here listed by
date and content.
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3/99
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CD Reviews
of Snooky Pryor, B.B. King, Earl Gaines, Johnny Rawls, Bobby
Bland, John Farmer plus book reviews. Tribute to Charles Brown
and features on Otis Rush and Otis Spann. Plus news
and the month's playlist. |
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4/99
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CD Reviews
of Alligator Deluxe Series( William Clarke, Katie Webster,
Hound Dog Taylor), Rod Piazza, Neal Pattman, Cootie Stark,
Beau Jocque plus book reviews. Tribute to Lowell Fulson and
features on Bukka White and Honeyboy Edwards. Plus news
and the month's playlist. |
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5/99
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CD Reviews of Corey Harris,
Taildragger, Boozoo Chavis, Lynn August, Johnnie Basset, Lil'
Buck Sinegal plus a great Sunnyland Slim reissue. Also an
eyewitness report on the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
and in our Special Feature section a tribute to Trumpet Records
and it's founder Lillian McMurry. Plus news and the
month's playlist. |
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6/99
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CD Reviews of Lone Star
Shootout featuring Lonnie Brooks, Phillip Walker and Long
John Hunter, The Excello Story Vol. 1-4, John Jackson, Hash
Brown, Earl Hooker, B.B. King plus book reviews. Also special
feature on Excello records and an article/interview with Big
Bill Morganfield. Plus news and the month's playlist. |
| 7/99 |
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Reviews of Carl Sonny Leyland, Lazy Lester, Joe Krown, Jon
Cleary, Johnny "Guitar Watson", Jay McShann, U.P.
Wilson, Asie Payton and the latest batch of CD's from the
Music Maker Foundation. Also an article on the Music Maker
Foundation as well as interviews with Music Maker artists
Cootie Stark, Beverly Watkins and Neal Pattman recorded in
real audio. In our Essential Blues department we discuss the
greatest live blues records of all time. |
| 8/99 |
CD Reviews of Muddy Waters
(a pair of reissues), Gatemouth Brown, Arthur Adams, Testify-
The Gospel Box Set, Phillip Walker, From Mississippi to Chicago
and the first batch of CD's from Bullseye's Blues Basic Series
featuring compilations from Gatemouth Brown, Robert Lockwood/Johnny
Shines, J.B. Hutto and Johnny Copeland. Also we review a recent
club appearance by the one and only Bobby Rush. In our Essential
Blues department we shine the spotlight on the great Chicago
pianist Johnny Jones. |
| 9/99 |
CD Reviews of Jimmy
"T-99" Nelson, I Blueskvarter (1964 Chicago Blues),
Jimmy Johnson, Louisiana Red, Hadda Brooks, Pee Wee Crayton
plus a pair of classic blues piano reissues and classic reissues
from the Fantasy records vault (Lightnin' Hopkins, Driftin'
Slim, Sonny Terry, Pink Anderson, Reverend Gary Davis). We
also review the 8th annual Pocono Blues festival. In our Special
Features department we spotlight the great Chicago guitarist
Son Seals. Also our latest top 50 playlist. |
| 10/99 |
CD Reviews of Living
Country Blues (3CD set), Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughn's
In Session, Luther Allison, Sacred Steel, Bob Corritore All-Star
Sessions, Wilson Pickett, Jimmy Burns, Syl Johnson plus Vanguard's
3CD Chicago The Blues- Today! and Gene Norman's Blues Jubilees
featuring live tracks by Big Joe Turner, Dinah Washington
among others. In our Essential Blues section we pay tribute
to Katie Webster. In our Special Features department we present
an article/interview with Keb' Mo'. |
| 12/99 |
CD Reviews of
Living Country Blues (3CD set), Joe
Louis Walker, Big Al Dupree, Little Mack Simmons, Weepin'
Willie, Roy Gaines, George Stancell, Beverly Watkins, Deep
South Blues, Mississippi: The Blues Lineage, Lloyd Jones,
Superharps (w/ James Cotton, Billy Branch, Charlie Musselwhite
and Sugar Ray Norcia) plus great reissues by Willie
Mitchell, Sunnyland Slim, Long John Hunter, Jimmy Rushing, Chicago
Ain't Nothin' But a Blues Band (classic 50's Chicago
blues) and a pair of blues books on Ike Turner and Johnny
Ace. In our Essential Blues we pick our top records of the
year. In our Special Features we take a look at the year in
blues. |
| 2/00 |
CD Reviews of
Johnny Otis (3CD set), Central Avenue
Sounds (4CD set), Blue Horizon Story (3CD set), B.B. King, Eddie
C. Campbell, Zachary Richard, Walter Washington, Mojo Buford,
U.P. Wilson, Johnny Nocturne Band, Ollie Nighingale, Bob
Margolin, Francine Reed, Super Chikan plus four great Adelphi/Genes
reissues by R.L. Burnside, Henry Townsend, Honeyboy Edwards
and Furry Lewis. In our Essential Blues spotlight J.B. Lenoir.
In our Special Features we take a look at a pair of great shows
that passed through town: Robert Lockwwod/Gatemouth Brown and
singer Jesse Yawn.
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| 4/00 |
CD Reviews of and This
is Maxwell Street (2CD Set), Blues Across America, Arthur Williams,
Fillmore Sims, Tommy Bankhead, Phil Guy, Jo Jo Benson, Magic Slim,
Lucky Peterson, Mardi Gras Essentials, sax Gordon, Music from
the Kingdom of Zydeco, The Bluesville Years Vols. 11 & 12,
Expressin' the Blues,and reissues of Etta James, Bobby Bland,
Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim and three Meters releases. In our
Essential Blues spotlight the Bluesville record label. In our
Special Features we spotlight a blues filled road trip to Cleveland. |
| 5/00 |
CD Reviews of and Corey
Harris w/ Henry Butler, Big Jack Johnson, Jay McShann, Little
Brother Montgomery, Mighty Sam McClain, Son Seals, John Primer,
Calvin Jackson. In our Essential Blues spotlight the the great
blues shouter Big Joe Turner. In our Special Features we spotlight
Cleveland's Guitar Slim and the blues from the Cascade Lounge. |
| 6/00 |
CD Reviews of Robert
Ward, Paul Oscher & Steve Guyger, James Cotton,Magic Slim
(3 recent releases), Darrell Nulisch, Hastings Street Grease Vol.2,
Harlem Slim plus great reissues from Vanguard including compilations
by Otis Spann, Big Mama Thornton (3 CD set), Charlie Musselwhite
and John Hammond plus excellent piano reissues from Delmark and
Yazoo Records. In our Essential Blues we spotlight Blind Willie
McTell. In our Special Features we review a great live show- Walter
"Wolfman" Washington. |
| 7/00 |
CD Reviews of B.B. King &
Eric Clapton, Alberta Adams, Robert Belfour, Willie Cobbs,
Vance Kelly, Joe Weaver, Rosie Ledet, I Blueskvarter Vol. 2 (unissued
Chicago blues form 1964) plus great reissues from Lee
Dorsey and previously unreleased recordings by Son House,
Lonnie Johnson and Louisiana Red.
In our Essential Blues we take a look at unsung blues legend Lonnie
Johnson. In our Special Features
section we review a great live show- The North Mississippi Allstars
caught live in Paris, France. |
| 8/00 |
CD Reviews of Robert Lockwood
Jr., Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, Larry Johnson, Eddie
C. Campbell, Barbara Carr, Latimore, Little Buster & The
Soul Brothers, Harmonica Slim & Hosea Leavy, Mosley &
Johnson, Jerry Ricks, Kipori Woods and Chris Ardoin &
Double Clutchin'. In addition we also review a great blues photography
book by Ray Flerlage. In our Essential
Blues we spotlight Tampa Red. In
our Special Features section we review the 9th annual Pocono Blues
Festival with plenty of photos. |
| 9/00 |
CD Reviews of: And This Is
Maxwell Street (3 CD set w/ unreleased recordings by Robert Nighthawk
and others), Roy Gaines, Jerry McCain, Irma Thomas, Roscoe Shelton
w/ Earl Gaines, Beau Jocque, The Hollywood All Stars plus reissues
on the Sundazed label by Mighty Sam McClain, Solomon Burke, a
pair of gospel collections from Hightone Records, a New Orleans
soul collection from Mardi Gras Records plus Norton's collection
of early Rudy Ray Moore sides. In our Special Features section
we review a great local show by Skeeter Brandon & Highway 61.
In our Essential Blues department we spotlight harmonica wizard
Charlie Musselwhite. |
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