Episode #230: The Blues Don't Care

The third week in October is when Star Time has its annual Blues Summit. This is the fifth one, in a calendar year when blues music feels a little too appropriate. Unlike previous BS's, this year's collection focused pretty squarely on '60s and '70s blues, with a few late '50s entrants thrown in for good measure. I dug up some more obscure musicians, which explains the appearance of incredible artists like Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis and Mable Hillery. But we also went with old reliables like John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, and the omnipresent Lightnin' Hopkins. It's always a fun show, with just the right amount of supportive melancholy.

Artist	Song	Year	Label
Set 1
T-Bone Walker	Papa Ain't Salty	1959	Atlantic
Sonny Boy Williamson	Too Young to Die	1965	Chess
Big Joe Williams	Ain't Gonna Be Your Lowdown Dog	1964	Testament
John Lee Hooker	Bottle Up & Go	1966	Impulse
Otis Spann	No More Doggin'	1969	Blue Horizon
Lizzie Miles	Tishomingo Blues	1955	Cook
Earl Hooker	Two Bugs and a Roach	1969	Arhoolie
Set 2
Otis Rush	Me	1969	Cotillion
Slim Harpo	Tip On In	1968	President
Buddy Guy	One Room Country Shack	1968	Vanguard
Juke Boy Bonner	Yakin' in my Plans	1967	Blues Unlimited
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis	Long Haired Darlin'	1965	Elektra
Jesse Fuller	Ninety-Nine Years and One Dark Day	1965	Topic
Larry Johnson	The Beat From Rampart Street	1970	Blue Goose
Donna Hightower	The Blues Don't Care	1959	Capitol
Set 3
B.B. King	Bad Case of Love	1962	United
J.B. Lenoir	The Whale Has Swallowed Me	1966	CBS (Europe)
Bee Houston	The Hustler	1970	Arhoolie
Joe Callicott	Rolling and Tumbling	1971	Revival
Snooky Pryor	Somebody Been Rambling in My Drawers	1973	Bluesway
George ''Wild Child'' Butler	Hippie's Playground	1970	Mercury
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Somebody Sure Has Got to Go	1969	Delmark
Mable Hillery	Up the Road So Nasty	1968	Vogue
Lightnin' Hopkins	Unsuccessful Blues	1959	Dart
Set 4/Outro
Lonesome Sundown	Gonna Stick To You Baby	1959	Excello
Homesick James	Fayette County Blues	1973	Bluesway
Champion Jack Dupree	Gutbucket Blues/Ugly Woman	1968	Blue Horizon
Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Hoodoo Man Blues	1965	Delmark
Buddy Moss	I've Got to Keep to the Highway	1970	Biograph
Jimmy Rushing	Berkeley Campus Blues	1967	Bluesway
Roosevelt Sykes	Dirty Mother for You	1978	Blind Pig
Curtis Jones	Roll Me Over	1964	Decca