Episode #85: Cryin' Mercy


The second annual Star Time Blues Summit features indisputable classics of blues music from the years 1946 to 1963. Chicago blues. Delta blues. Country blues. City blues. Baseball blues. Mojo blues. Astrophysics blues. Blues that we'll have to bring to Jerome. Practically all the blues, except for Hill Street Blues and those blues The Who sang about on Quadrophenia. I mean we're playing the blues on this show. Keep your yellows and your ochres at home. Today we're nothing but blues.


ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Josh WhiteSometime1946Decca
Wynonie HarrisBlow Your Brains Out1947King
B.B. KingMiss Martha King1949Bullet
Julia Lee & Her BoyfriendsI'll Get Along Somehow1947Capitol
Sugar Chile RobinsonThe Bases Were Loaded1950Capitol
Mable ScottMr. Fine1953Parrot
Luther HuffDirty Disposition1951Trumpet
Little Donna HightowerI Ain't In the Mood1951Decca
Set 2
Sonny Boy WilliamsonEyesight to the Blind1951Checker
Annie LaurieGet Me Some Money1952Okeh
Geneva VallierYou Said You Had a Woman1955Cash
Albert KingBe On Your Merry Way1954Parrot
Zola TaylorMake Love to Me1954RPM
Shakey HortonHave a Good Time1956Cobra
Lightnin' SlimI Can't Be Successful1955Excello
Lazy LesterI'm Gonna Leave You Baby1956Excello
Charles BrownCryin' Mercy1954Aladdin
Set 3
Muddy WatersGot My Mojo Working1957Chess
Johnny Guitar WatsonOh Baby1955RPM
Howlin' WolfSomebody in My Home1957Chess
Bo DiddleyBring It to Jerome1958Chess
Eartha Kitt with Shorty Rogers & his GiantsHesitating Blues1958RCA
Jimmy RogersMy Last Meal1959Chess
Slim HarpoYou'll Be Sorry One Day1959Excello
Big Al DowningWhen My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again1959Carlton
Warren StormTroubles, Troubles1959Nasco
Set 4/Outro
Jimmy ReedFound Love1960Vee Jay
Frank (Shake Aplenty) FrazierFoot Race1960R Records
Bobby BlandI Pity the Fool1961Duke
Jesse FullerMidnight Cold1963Good Time Jazz
Johnny AceyI Go Into Orbit1962Fling
Lonnie JohnsonLines in My Face1961Prestige Bluesville
John Lee HookerI'll Believe I'll Go Back Home1960Riverside
Brownie McGheeDoor to Success1962Prestige Bluesville

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