Listen here to this week’s edition of The Blues Come Calling:
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Well, it’s been a busy week, with plenty of gigs on the list and plenty of big smiles for the friendly faces along the way. So, there was a little frenetic activity to decide what would be in this week’s playlist, but it all worked out fine, with this week’s edition of The Blues Come Calling, featuring plenty of new releases from the likes of JD & The Electro-Tones, Steve Strongman, The Magpie Salute, Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans, Black Stone Cherry, Jeff Chaz, The Ben Racine Band, The B. Christopher Band and Biscuit Miller & The Mix.
There were a few gig reviews, our album of the week from UK blues stalwarts, Savoy 
Brown and more of the celebrations of Black History Month . . . this time, with some big names who are not well known for singing the blues. Our regular guest Arfa Pinetop turned up with a story about a memorable London gig by the great Jimmy Witherspoon.
A Sure Thing
Rooster Blues – Jon Amor & The Boom Band (The Moon Goes Boom – 2015)
Southbound Girl – The Ben Racine Band (Montreal Live – 2019)
No Such Thing As A Sure Thing – Jim Kilpatrick & Heavy Weather (Fat Pigeon Session Live – 2016)
Don’t Deceive Me (Please Don’t Go) – Little Richard (Cast A Long Shadow – 1971)
609 – Biscuit Miller & The Mix (Chicken Grease – 2019)
Nothing Like The Blues – Kim Simmons & Savoy Brown (Still Live After 50 Years (Vol. 2) – 2019)
Pinetop’s Pick
Baby Baby Baby – Jimmy Witherspoon (Baby Baby Baby – 1990)
Blues Buffet
Tried To Keep You Satisfied – The B. Christopher Band (Two Rivers Back – 2019)
Rock Me Baby – Otis Redding (Otis Blue – 1965)
Blues Buffet – Jeff Chaz (No Paint – 2019)
Monday Morning Blues – Kim Simmons & Savoy Brown (Still Live After 50 Years (Vol. 2) – 2019)
Shufflin’ The Blues – T-Bone Walker (T-Bone Blues – 2005)
Highway 60 – Mike Sanchez & His Band (You Better Dig It – 2008)
Tell Me Like It Is
All Your Love (I Miss Lovin’) – Black Stone Cherry (Death Letter Blues – 2019)
Doesn’t Really Matter – The Magpie Salute (High Water II – 2019)
Mississippi Swamp – Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans (Twice As Nice – 2019)
Can’t Be Satisfied – Rory Gallagher & Chris Barber (Memories Of My Trip – 2011)
The Things I Used To Do – James Brown (Messing With The Blues – 1990)
Diddy Wah Diddy – Tom Petty
Black Night – Kim Simmons & Savoy Brown (Still Live After 50 Years (Vol. 2) – 2019)
Tell Me Like It Is – Steve Strongman (Tired Of Talkin’ – 2019)
Austin Calling
Runnin’ With The Wolf – Omar Dykes (Runnin’ With The Wolf – 2013)
Rockin’ Boogie
Rockin’ Chair – George Benson (Walking To New Orleans – 2019)
Ah’w Baby – JD & The Electro-Tones (At Abbey Road – 2019)
Savoy Brown Boogie / Whole Lot Of Shaking Going On – Kim Simmons & Savoy Brown (Still Live After 50 Years (Vol. 2) – 2019)
This week, our Austin Calling feature focused on Austin bluesman and local resident, Omar Dykes, who began playing the guitar at age 12 and started his first band at 13. In his 20s, he gathered together a group of musicians who started calling themselves ‘the Howlers’ and he cut his debut album in 1980. He went on to have a successful career as a solo artist, and toured America and European. My choice from him was his tribute to Howlin’ Wolf, the title track of his 2013 album . . . ‘Runnin’ With The Wolf’.
All too soon, our blues time together was fast running out, but before it did I was intent on bringing you the last of my choices from our album of the week from Savoy Brown. As our finale, we had Kim Simmons leading the band in a boogie, which he has been doing for 50 years. But, before I let them loose, there was a big thanks for your good company on the show this week and the hope that we’ll meet again the next time The Blues Come Calling. Until then . . . remember . . . have fun!
Broadcast by Maritime Radio 96.5fm on 22 October 2019
Broadcast by Miskin Radio on 24 October 2019
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