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Bad Influence / Robert Cray Band
Maggies farm / the Blues band
High life / Brickyard Blues / frankie Miller
Little red rooster / Howlin Wolf

Still dont know why you have to mix Blues and Soul. If you were brave enough to go with 2 hours of Jazz and 2 hours of Country at teatime then why not 2 hours of Blues too?

FRIDAY


Alison's come oot tae play! Hip Hooray!


The following is a verbatim quote from the album sleevenotes;
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BONNIE --- VOCAL. ACOUSTIC SLIDE GUITAR, FOOT

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE --- HARMONICA
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What more do you need to play the Blues?

Shadow of Doubt - Bonnie Raitt


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well for sure, Adam, it seems daft to me.

there's one man I want to hear on the show and that's Joe Bonamassa. I will be stunned and gutted if we don't. I know other folk have mentioned Further on up the Road, with Eric Clapton - I think that's a cop-out, getting in the back-door by way of EC. BUT, I will settle for whatever Radio Scotland can find in its library. My preference would be for anything off Dust Bowl, eg

Dust Bowl

Slow Train

The Meaning of the Blues

Sweet Rowena

Black Lung Heartache

etc etc

failing that

Quarryman's Lament

Now I know for a fact that Iain Anderson's played JB doing Bird on a Wire 3 times in the last year or so, so don't give me we can't find anything - but hey, 2 Leonard Cohen songs in one week.....anyway, the Dust Bowl track was a free download, not asking for any major expenditure. C'mon, GIO, let's hear it for Joe.

#2

It's hard not to disagree but the problem is, there's only five nights so something will have to compromise.Personally, I think they don't much care for blues on GIO, so putting it in with soul means soul wins on Friday teatime - the soul requests will dominate so the blues will be tokenism. My guess is lots of blues things won't be in the library, anyway.

The alternative would have been a soul night, a blues night and a 'jazz and country' night - actually, that would have been a great laugh - John Coltraine and Hank Willaims, though that's the kind of thing that happens on the henri hannah radio show.

My disappointment is that at the end of a great week for GIO, our hero disappears like Bilbo Baggins did on his eleventy first birthday, leaving us wondering where he's gone at the end of the party.

Cancel the weekend, Bryan, get into town, don't let them down...

Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo

Keep On Truckin - Eddie Kendricks

Pouring Water On A Drowning Man - James Carr

regardez youse

henri




Actually

Actually, even I'm 2-1 in favour of soul. more to follw to redress the balance.

#2 i don't know Adam, nevertheless I've been looking forward to this one all week...

Blues

Meet Me In The Morning - Bob Dylan......brilliant blues from the truly awesome "Blood on the Tracks" album, very atmospheric track that really suits the great man's voice

Soul

The Action Man - Joan As Police Woman.....from the album described as "excellent and uplifting" by Radio Scotland's Tom Morton. Joan's material is a genre all of it's own, but her voice is warm and soulful on this, with a great sax solo.


Paul from Ayr

Alison,

Perhaps you should be aware that Bryan has been playing text, f***book, twit and ohoned requests for the past month so he said you've to give the blog it's voice on Friday

Need your love so bad - Fleetwood Mac (the longer, studio version please)



DC

#8 ohoned requests are those from the western isles by the way

Caldonia - Muddy Waters

Little Red Rooster - The Rolling Stones


DC

#8

DC,

One of the (many) great things about Alison presenting the show is that we get a wee photie at which we can stare adoringly...






























crawlin' git

#12 thanks for that Scotch.......did I mention I've been looking forward to this one all week?

:-)

Heartfelt plea...

I managed to get BB to play one song by this lady, years ago, it was a show-stopper...since then I've staged a mini-campaign for more from her...nuthin!!! She really ought to be brought to the attention of a wider audience.

From her 'Best Contemporary Blues Grammy'-nominated album 'Interpratations - The British Rock Songbook'...

Bettye LaVette:
'Love Reign O'er Me' (live from the Kennedy Center Honors)


something a bit faster?
'You Dont Know Me At All' (from the album Scene Of the Crime)


If that's just not going to be, then...Buddy Guy (with Bonnie Raitt) - 'Feels Like rain'

Gaie Brown! El Ecosse Geet!

Keb Mo with Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt - Just Like You

#14 The faster one.....wow!

Feelin' Good - Joe Bonamassa
Pride & Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stand Up and Be Strong - Keb Mo
Give Me One Reason - Lee Ritenour, Joe Bonamassa & Robert Cray

Bookers Guitar - Eric Bibb (Delta Blues genius)

Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song) - Otis Redding
Sweet Soul Music - The Jam
Memphis Soul Stew - King Curtis
Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield

#12 if that's her on the theme fotie then she shouldnae have had that lentil soup

Yer Blues - The Beatles







(Yer slippin up Henri)

Song to finish:

I'd rather go blind - Etta James

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WHO SAID THAT?!?

#15 yeh! Norrie - nearly took offence there till I read it properly! Great shout.

let's have two montages tonight - here's a blues one

Robert Johnson - Come On in My Kitchen
T-Bone Walker - T-Bone Shuffle
Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues
Tampa Red - It Hurts Me Too
Albert King - Born Under a Bad Sign
Albert Collins, Robert Cray and Johnny Copeland - Black Cat Bone
Johnny Winter - I Love Everybody
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood
BB King & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King
Sonny Landreth - Blue Tarp Blues
Oli Brown - Speechless
Jeff Healey - How Blue Can You Get
Freddie King - Same Old Blues
Gary Moore - Still Got the Blues

RED HOT ROCKING BLUES by WILKO JOHNSON

who is appearing at the ABC Glasgow tonight, so please play early Alison.

#23

And.... Thing Fish.... I will be there! I take it you are going?

i was mindin' ma ane business last night when threw (sic) the letter box landed a copy of this week's much anticipated 'glaswegian' ( for the historians its a poor offshoot of what was 'the west end times and partick advertiser').
page 3 and there's a fotae of an old bloke playing the moothy. 77 years of age and called john mayall. anybody ken 'im?.
noo in the car this mornin' i mentioned this tae the passenger and ask her to whistle wan o' his tunes cos i reminded her wirnae you a great chicken shack fan an' that?and ye had wan o' his albums.
but she couldnae for a' the T in china.....
so a' said sit back and relax as i slipped a disc into the car jukebox..............

'wonderful life'.......................

'only sixteen'........................

'chain gang'......................

'everybody loves to cha cha cha'.............double starred plead

'the little things you do'..............

' i gotta right to sing the blues'..............

'pray'...............................


that got the passenger singing along.............it was the king o' soul...sam cooke

and i can remember as a youngster being distraught at his much too premature death.

cheers frae the dale

There are zillions of covers of the Elmore James blues standard The Sky Is Crying but imho it is listening to a few of these and then comparing them to Eric's version that let's you understand what a tremendous talent he is.

The Sky Is Crying - Eric Clapton

Willie Dixon's blues standard Third Degree has also been covered by multitudes but the best version imho is by the power trio that is..

Third Degree - West Bruce & Laing ... might not be in the library though...

regardez youse

henri

#24 Yes – I will be going along with CynthiaPlastercaster. See you there!

Wow!


"Henri Hannah Meets Thing Fish and The Plastercaster" tonight at the ABC in 4D!

#27

Strangers In The Night...this might sound like a stupid question, but, how will I recognise you?

#28

If ever there was an event worth witnessing, Adam, this has to be it!

regardez - youse

henri

#29 This is becoming a regular part of your weekends. I am in Byres Rd next saturday. Any good?

Something fishy, Henri gets plastered?

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Alison, Bless you, my child. I keep asking for this and it doesn't get a spin. I got the NEVER HAD A SONG PLAYED Blues. Don't make me seek divine intervention...


- The Allman Brothers Band


{:-{)}

Strangers In The Night - Diana Ross & the Supremes

Lovely soulful interpretation of this guitar classic.

regardez - vous

henri

#29 Head like a potato . . . Lips like a duck . . . Big ol' hands, puffin' up! Me-jev'l re-lij-mus costumery aaall over ma body! . . . An’ de nakkin on!

Or….I’ll recognise you.

Well, you shouldn't be difficult to find. I'll be somewhat more conservative... not the tallest, it has to be conceded, jeans , t-shirt and Lennon-esque granny glasses.

Better Not Look Down - BB King
As The Years Go Passing By - Albert King

Never Too Much - Luther Vandross
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke.

Oh, and has anyone asked for 'Let's Get It On' - Marvin Gaye

Enjoy the show and have a good weekend folks,
Al.

#30

I'm never far from Byres Road at the weekend, Norrie.

#31

I suggest that Henri has a look at the official Cynthia Plastercast website to see just what he might end up getting plastered!!

I darent put the link on here!

#38

Yeah, a lot of the wimmin I've known over the years have asked for a cast of it and generally speaking, I like to oblige:-))

Surprised she hasn't had more requests for Hendrix. Anyway, if Cynthia wants a cast of mine, she's welcome - it won't use up much material.

There's an adult Roald Dahl book called 'My Great Uncle Oswald' on a similar theme which isn't well known but is one of the funniest books I've read - must dig it out.

At least I know what Cynthia looks like - given what she's been up to, Thing-Fish's description of his appearance may be entirely serious.

regardez youse

henri

#39

Well you can see his picture on the cover of the Zappa album named after him.

#40

not as green as Orville, but coming from the same place

My shouts for the Git's Gal tonight are:


Mistreated - Deep Purple


Take Me With U - Prince

Roadrunner - Junior Walker & the All Stars

Ain't Too Proud To Beg - The Temptations

Six Days On The Road - Taj Mahal

The Stomp - Ten Years After

I Fall Apart - Rory Gallagher

She's Gone - Hall & Oats

Tonight's Paul McCartney suggestion

Listen To What The Man Said - Paul McCartney

Tonight's Beatles suggestion

Drive My Car/What You Doing?/The Word - The Beatles ( Love Album mix)

regardez youse

henri

#43

Change Beatles suggestion to Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles

Oh and one that's just come to mind... the fabulous

I'll Be Good To You - the Brothers Johnston


regardez - youse

henri

Are Scotland playing in the final of the World Cup?

I've got the place to myself this afternoon.

Knocks Me Off My Feet - Stevie Wonder

Oh I Wept - Free

regardez youse

henri

Hardly worth it Henri. They just ignore us anyway....


But *sigh* it doesn't really matter.....





sniff....

Gil Scott-Heron: angel dust or Washington DC or the bottle
Curtis Mayfield: move on up
Ray Charles: shake a tail feather
Tina Turner: undercover agent for the blues
Aretha Franklin: today I sing the blues
Etta James: I just want to make love to you

I'm more soul brother than blues brother but Aretha Franklin's stunning cover of B.B.King's "The Thrill is Gone"covers both bases.Her pianowork is just as amazing as her voice on this one and with a nod to Martin Luther King at the end when she hollers"Free at last"I'm surprised no one has chosen Maggie Bell tonight.I saw her a few years back with Zoot Money and she's still great.Her cover of "As The Years Go Passing By" fro m "Queen of the Night "is terrific.So either The Queen of Soul or the Queen of the Night!Cheers Willie Bartke

#38 ,Henri,Enjoy your gig.Hope you get to meet the wonderfully named THINGFISH .I always assumed he was a she!:0)Cheers Willie Bartke

Thanks Alison.....Luv You x

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Alison,

You owe us a Bonnie Raitt song!

Thanks for the great show, hen. Safe journey home!

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