Listen here to this week’s edition of The Blues Come Calling:
Predictable it may have been, but there was a big bluesy welcome to one and all to open this week’s edition of The Blues Come Calling. Right up front, there was a big thanks for the kind feedback on last week’s show, which seemed to go down particularly well . . . and I was hoping this week would match that. Getting us off to a good start was birthday boy Kenny Wayne Shepherd with a new release of his . . . ‘I Got A Woman’ . . . a taster from his upcoming new album ‘Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 2’.
We’ve been treated to a fair number of teasers from Joanne Shaw Taylor’s new album ‘Heavy Soul’ and the whole album is on release now. So, with little hesitation, it was my album of the week, starting with ‘Black Magic’ . . . one of the tracks that hadn’t been released before . . . and there was more lined up later.
There was little treat from local bluesman, Phil Dearing, with his band Blue Train and a moody piece about the Southside of London’s river . . . and if you’ve been there at night, you’ll know just how well this song captures what’s going on at that time of night.
Black Magic
I Got A Woman – Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Dirt On My Diamonds, Vol. 2 – 2024)
Blues For The End Of The World – Sir Jo Cocchi & Balta Bordoy (Heads Up – 2024)
Black Magic – Joanne Shaw Taylor (Heavy Soul – 2024)
Don’t Break The Law – Trevor Sewell (ft Lorraine Crosby) (Don’t Break The Law – 2024)
Rats & Roaches – Beverly Jo Scott & Fred Chapellier (Tribute to Calvin Russell – 2024)
House Ain’t A Home – Gerald McClendon (Down At The Juke Joint – 2024)
Pinetop’s Pick
Smokestack Lightning – Howlin’ Wolf (Moanin’ At The Moonlight – 1957)
Southside
Heavy Soul – Joanne Shaw Taylor (Heavy Soul – 2024)
Southside – Phil Dearing & Blue Train (Drive Coffin Fast – 2013)
Johnny Bourbon Blues – Bill Filipiak (Johnny Bourbon Blues – 2024)
Be Careful With The Fool – Sammy Kershaw (Cross Roads Blues – 2024)
Sweet Lil Lies – Joanne Shaw Taylor (Heavy Soul – 2024)
I Need You Baby – Cat Bayoglu, Sadik Saglam, Nusret Gurs ( I Need You Baby – 2024)
Now, back in 1956 BB King and Joe Josea, wrote a song called, ‘Be Careful With The Fool’ which got much covered later, including a superb version by Johnny Winter. So, full marks to Sammy Kershaw for treading in the footsteps of giants with his version of that song. You can find it on his latest album ‘Cross Roads Blues’ and this is an album I’ll surely be visiting again.
All too soon, our blues time together was almost gone, so my last choice for this week playlist, came from Turkish three piece band Can Bayoglu with their single release ‘I Need You Baby’. But, before that there was a big thanks for stopping by here this week and the hope that we’ll meet again the next time The Blues Come Calling. Until then . . . remember . . . have fun!
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