Episode #133: Stop Breakin' Down

This is the third annual Star Time Blues Summit, a special show that we do in the middle of every October just as summer is coughing off-screen and winter is gargling in the unfinished basement. It's a laudation of the second half of "rhythm and blues" since we do the rhythm part every week. This year we veered slightly more toward country and folk blues, with some interesting deviations from the norm, including the infelicitous Screamin' Jay Hawkins novelty at the end which I'm much less sorry about including now.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Bukka WhiteStrange Place Blues1940Vocalion
Carolina SlimBlack Chariot Blues1950Acorn
Smokey HoggPenitentiary Blues Pt. 11952Blues Classics
Jesse AllenDragnet1953Bayou
Big Joe TurnerBlues Jump the Rabbit1953Bayou
Mildred JonesMr. Thrill1954Peacock
Baby Boy WarrenStop Breakin' Down1954Drummond
Son HouseAmerican Defense1942unknown
Set 2
Lazy LesterI'm a Lover, Not a Fighter1958Excello
Gwen JohnsonNew Orleans1954Peacock
Blue CharlieI'm Gonna Kill That Hen1957Nasco
Magic SamLove Me with a Feeling1957Cobra
Josh WhiteFree and Equal Blues1955Elektra
Little AlEvery Day Brings About a Change1958Excello
Champion Jack DupreeNasty Boogie1958Atlantic
Katie WebsterGoodbye Baby, I'm Still Leaving You1959Rocko
Set 3
Al Perkins & BandYou Cost Too Much1960C.J.
Mercy Dee WaltonAfter the Fight1961Prestige Bluesville
Lightning & SpiderCandy Wagon1965Arhoolie
Sonny TerryChanged the Lock On My Door1963Prestige Bluesville
J.B. Hutto & his HawksToo Much Alcohol1965unknown
Lightnin' HopkinsDevil Is Watching You1962Vee Jay
John Lee HookerDon't Be Messin' with My Bread1966Verve Folkways
Fred McDowellWished I Was in Heaven Sitting DownunknownMississippi
Set 4/Outro
Freddie KingThat Will Never Do1969Cotillion
Alberta HunterYou Can't Tell the Difference After Dark1977Varese Sarabande
Jesse FullerGot a Date at Half Past Eight1969Poppy
Lowell FulsonEvery Second a Fool Is Born1973Jewel
Fenton RobinsonThe Getaway1974Alligator
Screamin' Jay HawkinsConstipation Blues1969Philips
Koko TaylorI Got What It Takes1974Alligator

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