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Webcasts!
Over 70 hours of archived shows.
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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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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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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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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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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. |
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CD 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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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Reviews of: Snooky Pryor w/ Mel Brown, Joe Beard, Kid Ramos,
Pinetop Perkins, Peter Green, Willie Nelson plus lots of great
reissues including discs by Muddy Waters (2-CD set collecting
his first 50 sides), Roy Hawkins, a pair of reissues on the
APO label by Otis Spann and Sonny Boy Williamson, Sony/Columbia
reissues the first three Taj Mahal records plus Fuel 2000
releases classic collections by Otis Rush and Fontella Bass.
In our Special Features we compare and contrast recent reissues
of live recordings made on Chicago's Maxwell St. in 1964.
In our Essential Blues we spotlight the style called West
Coast blues. |
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CD Reviews of:
B.B. King, DC Bellamy, Willie King, R.L. Burnside, King Ernest,
Erskine Oglesby, Boo Boo Davis plus lots of great reissues
including four on the Delmark label by Roosevelt Sykes, Walter
Horton plus two various artist collections, four on the 32
Records label by Peg Leg Sam, Homesick James, Memphis Slim
plus a various artist set and classic country blues by Henry
Thomas on the Document label and a William Clarke reissue.
In our Special Features we pay tribute to Chicago harmonica
player Little Mack Simmons who recently passed away. In our
Essential Blues department we spotlight the legendary pianist
Roosevelt Sykes |
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Reviews of: Etta James,
Roscoe Gordon, Vera Taylor, Robert Lowery, Captain Luke &
Cool John, Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection (5-CD
box set), a woman's blues collection called Mojo Mamas plus
lots of great reissues including four on the Rounder label
by Johnny Adams, Roomful Of Blues, Champion Jack Dupree and
Boozoo Chavis, a pair of 3-CD sets of Mississippi John Hurt
and Buddy Guy on the Vanguard label a CD of classic Junior
Wells sides from the 50's and a pair of classics on the Yazoo
label by Blind Lemon Jefferson and Blind Blake. In
our Special Features section we provide a detailed look back
at the year in blues. In our Essential Blues department we
pick our top new blues records and reissues for the year 2000. |
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Reviews of: Lifetime a 3-CD Johnnie Taylor set, SRV a 3-CD
Stevie Ray Vaughn set, The Stax Story 4-CD collection, Big
Joe & The Dynaflows, Ervin Charles, Jimmy Smith, Steve
James and a trio of fine Christmas CD's from the Stony Plain,
Miss Butch and Dialtone labels. In our Special Features section
it's road trip time as we fill you in on a blues packed trip
to Chicago. In our Essential Blues we spotlight Chicago bluesman
Jimmy Johnson. |
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Reviews of: The Holmes Brothers, Artie "Blues Boy"
White, Shirley Brown, Tyrone Davis, Kenny "Blue"
Ray w/ Jackie Payne, Shakin' Smith, Sir Mack Rice, Superharps
II, Johnnie Mae Dunson plus great reissues including Honeyboy
Edwards, O.V. Wright and a previously unreleased live Clifton
Chenier disc. In our Special Features we fill you in on acoustic
bluesman Jerry Ricks who recently performed in town and live
in our studio. In our Essential Blues we spotlight the classic
partnership of pianist Leroy Carr & guitarist Scrapper
Blackwell.
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CD Reviews of: Little Milton,
Johnny Rawls, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, Mitch
Woods, Lucky Peterson plus great reissues including a piano
blues collection from Rounder called Keep It Rollin', Jerry
McCain, The Ebb Records Story Vol. 1 & 2, Lightnin'
Hopkins & The Blues Summit and previously unreleased
material by Sleepy LaBeef. In our Special Features a look
at local gospel stars the Campbell Brothers and the new
Sacred Steel video from Arhoolie. In our Essential Blues
section we spotlight blues legend Little Milton.
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Reviews of: Chick Willis, R.L. Burnside, a pair of John Brim
CD's, Byther Smith, Big George Jackson, Henry Gray, Otis Taylor
plus great reissues including The Soul Of New Orleans a 2-CD
set, Oscar Toney Jr., Luther Allison, Bobby Bland, Muddy Waters
and a Mardi Gras collection from Rounder. In our Special Features
we talk with blues researcher Gayle Dean Wardlow who was recently
in town for a lecture. In our Essential Blues section we spotlight
blues legend Lightnin' Hopkins.
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