Chicken Shack Alley (Music)
Sun Feb 6th 2011 6.00pm–8.00pm
R=listener request. N=music new at the station. L=local music. Your purchases using the Buy it! links
Time zone: central
6:01pm | The Earthworms “Fishtail” from Mo Betta': St. Louis R&B 1956 - 1966 (Sequel Records) L —Hound Dog Brown in filling in for Bruce B. on this Superbowl Sunday edition of Chicken Shack Alley. All cuts I'm playing are instumentals. "The Earthworms" are actually St. Louis' own Oliver Sain and Little Milton Campbell ! ; - )Buy it! |
6:04pm | U.P. Wilson “Soul king shuffle” from Texas Blues Party (EasyDisc)Buy it! |
6:07pm | Oliver Sain “Eastside Blues” from Mo Betta': St. Louis R&B 1956 - 1966 (Sequel Records) LBuy it! |
6:10pm | Greg Piccolo “The hammer” from Black Top Blues-A-Rama (Black top records)Buy it! |
6:13pm | Rich McDonough Band “A minor thing” from Rich McDonough Band (MCDONOUGH REC) —This cut, written by Rich McDonough, showcases his stellar guitar playing. Catch Rich with the Rough Grooves Band here in St. Louis.Buy it! |
6:21pm | Nick Moss & The Flip Tops “Hip toss” from Count Your Blessings (Blue Bella Records)Buy it! |
6:28pm | David Krull “Notes from Home” from Can't Let Go (Missouri Slow Krull Music 2005) —Dave Krull made this CD in 2005 when he was home in St. Louis for an extended spell.Buy it! |
6:32pm | David Krull “Sweet sugar shuffle” from Can't Let Go (Missouri Slow Krull Music 2005)Buy it! |
6:36pm | Ronnie Earl “Green Light” from Deep Blue (Rounder Records www.rounderrecords.com)Buy it! |
6:40pm | Johnnie Johnson “Slidin' serenade” from Rockin' Eighty-Eights (Modern Blues Recordings) —Tom Maloney's guitar is the one doing all the "slidin'" on this cut. See Tom playing around town with the Soulard Blues Band.Buy it! |
6:47pm | Ron Levy “Gimme a break” from Deep Blue (Rounder Records www.rounderrecords.com)Buy it! |
6:52pm | Dave Meyers “Dave's Boogie Guitar” from You Can't Do That (Black top records)Buy it! |
6:56pm | Snooky Pryor “Walkin' With Snooky” from Too Cool to Move (Antone's Records 1991)Buy it! |
7:00pm | Dave Myers “Legs Up” from You Can't Do That (Black Top 2006)Buy it! |
7:04pm | Earl Hooker “Can't Hold Out Much Longer” from The Moon Is Rising (Arhoolie www.arhoolie.com 2007)Buy it! |
7:13pm | Earl Hooker “Little Carey's Jump” from The Moon Is Rising (Arhoolie www.arhoolie.com 2007) —Carey Bell plays terrific harmonica on this cut.Buy it! |
7:18pm | Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band “Blues From Louisiana (LP Version)” from Jacquet's Got It (Atlantic Recording Corp)Buy it! |
7:23pm | Roomful of Blues “Straight Jaquette” from Standing Room Only (Alligator 2005) —This song, written by Roomful of Blues saxman Rich Lataille, is a nicely done tribute piece to Illinois Jacquet's sax style (though Rich misspelled his name in the title! ; - )Buy it! |
7:28pm | Earl Hooker “The Foxtrot” from Great Blues Performers (Excelsior/St-Clair Music)Buy it! |
7:31pm | Greg "Fingers" Taylor with Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets “Dixie Diner” from Great Blues Performers (Excelsior/St-Clair Music)Buy it! |
7:34pm | SOULARD BLUES BAND “West end blues” from Live At The Great Grizzly Bear (King Solomon Records 1998) L —Our St. Louis homeboys, with Brian Casserly tearin' it up on trumpet on this old King Oliver classic.Buy it! |
7:39pm | Erskine Oglesby “Back At BB's” from Blues Dancin' (Black and Tan Records 2007) L —Another hometown fave, and dy-no-mite saxman, who died a few years back.Buy it! |
7:44pm | Ike Turner & His Kings of Rhythm “The gulley” from Ike's Instrumentals (Ace Records 2000) L —Ike and crew in 1962!Buy it! |
7:47pm | Magic Sam Blues Band “San-Ho-Zay” from Black Magic (Delmark Records)Buy it! |
7:51pm | Ike Turner and the Kings of Rhythm “Swanee River boogie” from HERE & NOW (IKON)Buy it! |
7:55pm | Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown “We're Outta Here” from Alligator Records 25th Anniversary Collection (Alligator Records www.alligator.com)Buy it! |
Like everything else, times are approximate. Spinitron and this station are not liable for errors or omissions.