We’ll be listening to the blues on the next two episodes of the podcast. This week, classic tunes from Frank Stokes, Mose Allison and the Mississippi Sheiks. Add in some contemporary tunes from Coco Montoya, The Nighthawks, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers and a few more. Sing the blues with us … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.

LISTEN:

Artist/”Song”/CD/Label

Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways
Duke Robillard / “Zot” / Swing / Rounder
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters / “Baby How Long” / Beyond the Blue Door / Stony Plain
Mose Allison / “Parchman Farm” / Local Color / Real Gone
Coco Montoya / “Lights are On but Nobody’s Home” / Coming in Hot / Alligator

Frank Stokes / “I Got Mine” / Protobilly / JSP
Jim Kweskin / “You’re Gonna Quit Me Baby” / Unjugged / Hornbeam
Mississippi Sheiks / “Things About Comin’ My Way” / Best of the Mississippi Sheiks / Columbia Legacy
Duke Robillard / “Stitt’s Bit” / Swing / Rounder

The Nighthawks / “When I Go Away” / All You Gotta Do / Eller Soul
Tracy Nelson / “Whatever I Am You Made Me” / Poor Man’s Paradise / Columbia
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers / “All About the Cash” / Method to my Madness / Alligator
Maria Muldaur / “Sweet Lovin’ Ol’ Soul” / Maria Muldaur and her Garden of Joy / Stony Plain
Hot Tuna / “Vicksburg Stomp” / Steady as She Goes” Red House
Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer” (excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian
              Folkways