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Listen: Episode 1319 WC Handy Blues & BBQ Preview

Posted: May 25, 2013 in Playlist, New Music, Audio
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2013 Handy Festival LogoThe WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival is a huge annual event held in Henderson, Kentucky. The festival holds a special place in my heart, because when I founded this radio show, the organizers of the Handy Fest were very encouraging of my efforts to keep the Blues alive. They even asked me to emcee the event a couple years ago. The WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival is one of the best organized events held each year, and draws fans from across the globe. Artists speak highly of the crew, the fans, and constantly ask to come back and play on a regular basis.

With all of that said, this week’s episode of Full-Time Blues Radio takes a look at the 2013 edition of the festival by playing music from nearly all of the bands set to perform. Another reason that this festival means so much to me is that they understand the importance of supporting new and independent Blues artists and bands. You’ll see local and regional acts on the same stage with up-and-coming stars from other areas, as well as the established hit-makers of today, and legendary names in the genre.

I hope you enjoy this episode of FTB Radio, and I hope our paths cross at this year’s WC Handy Blues & Barbecue Festival! – Johnny Full-Time Click Here for complete details at HandyBlues.org

1. Royal Southern Brotherhood – Fire On the Mountain – Royal Southern Brotherhood
2. The Amazing Soul Crackers – I’d Rather Go Blind – Live From The Deerhead
3. Boscoe France Band – Crossroads – Unreleased Radio Single
4. Peter Karp & Sue Foley – Blowin’ – Beyond the Crossroads
5. Hans Theessink & Terry Evans – The Birds and the Bees – Delta Time
6. The Blues Brothers – Peter Gunn Theme – The Blues Brothers [Original Soundtrack]
7. Bernard Allison – Walkin – Keepin’ The Blues Alive
8. Janiva Magness – Whoop And Holler – Stronger For It
9. Curley Taylor & Zydeco Trouble – Curley’s 2 Step – Zydeco Heart And Soul
10. Chubby Carrier – My Zydeco Shoes – Zydeco Junkie
11. Heritage Blues Orchestra – Big-Legged Woman – And Still I Rise
12. The Holmes Brothers – Feed My Soul – Feed My Soul
13. Super Chikan – Down In The Delta – Chikadelic

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Listen: Episode 1318 Blues Music Awards

Posted: May 18, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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Courtesy Blues Foundation

Courtesy Blues Foundation

The 2013 Blues Music Awards were held in Memphis, Tennessee by the Blues Foundation. The huge annual event features a long evening of amazing performances, once in a lifetime collaborations, and award presentations. It also gives fans an opportunity to spend time alongside their favorite artists.

Click Here to View the Complete List of Winners!

This week’s episode of Full-Time Blues Radio features music by winners at the 2013 BMAs, as well as a complete rundown of the list of winners.

1. Michael “Iron Man” Burks – Storm Warning – Show Of Strength
2. Magic Slim & the Teardrops – Someone Else is Steppin’ In – Bad Boy
3. Mannish Boys – I Woke Up Screaming – Double Dynamite
4. Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones – Hoochie Coochie Man – Live At The Checkerboard Lounge
5. Tab Benoit – Sunrise – Medicine
6. Big Llou Johnson – They Call Me Big Llou – They Call Me Big Llou
7. Rick Estrin And The Nightcats – The Legend Of Taco Cobbler – One Wrong Turn
8. Eric Bibb – Movin’ Up – Deeper in the Well
9. Ann Rabson with Bob Margolin – Anywhere You Go – Not Alone
10. Southern Hospitality – Shoestring Budget – Easy Livin’
11. Tedeschi Trucks Band – Don’t Let Me Slide – Revelator Live EP
12. Irma Thomas – River Is Waiting – The Soul Queen Of New Orleans 50th Anniversary Celebration
13. Janiva Magness – I Won’t Cry – Stronger For It
14. Curtis Salgado – Love Man – Soul Shot

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Listen: Episode 1316

Listen: Episode 1317

Posted: May 11, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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Full-Time Blues Radio returns to the best in New & Independent Blues Music, this week, with a huge selection of brand new arrivals! In addition there’s news about an honor for Carlos Santana by the folks at House of Blues, and the winners of the 2013 Slim Harpo Awards!

The featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is “My Babe” – the Little Walter classic, performed here by Charlie Musselwhite, Billy Boy Arnold, Sugar Ray Norcia, Mark Hummel and James Harman. It’s the closing track off the brand new live album Remembering Little Walter, which is available now on Blind Pig Records.

1. Linda Valori – Days Like This – Days Like This
2. Ruff Kutt Blues Band – Deep Elam Blues – That’s When the Blues Begins
3. Al “Carnival Time” Johnson – When it Rains, it Really Pours – Beyond Carnival
4. Scott Ramminger – Advice From a Father To a Son – Advice From a Father To a Son
5. Nick Waterhouse – Is That Clear – Time’s All Gone
6. James Cotton – Blues Is Good For You – Cotton Mouth Man
7. Ivan Appelrouth – Tribute To Magic Sam – Blues And Instrumental
8. Tom Jones – Soul Of A Man – Spirit In The Room
9. Austin Young & No Difference – That’s It – Blue As Can Be
10. Mitch Laddie – Changing Tides & Burning Bridges – Burning Bridges
11. Lara & the Bluz Dawgs – Your Stupid Friend – Devil Moon
12. Janet Ryan – Take Your Shoes Off – Mama Soul
13. Dani Wilde – Big Brown Eyes – Shine
14. Various Artists – My Babe – Remembering Little Walter

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Listen: Episode 1316 Willie’s Blues

Posted: May 2, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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Willie Nelson transcends musical genres more than any other artist in history. In addition to being one of the greatest Country music artists of all time, Willie has recorded albums of American Standards, Reggae, and especially Blues!

He’s collaborated with men like B.B. King, Ray Charles, and others; performed live with Eric Clapton, Ben Harper, and countless more; and he’s been covered by acts that include, but certainly aren’t limited to: Aretha Franklin, Jimmie Vaughan, and The Spinners.

Willie Nelson turned 80-years-old on April 30, 2013. In honor of the milestone, Full-Time Blues Radio dedicated an entire hour to Willie’s Blues. There’s Blues songs by Willie himself, collaborations with and tributes from Blues artists, and tracks by friends of Willie who share his passion for the Great American Music! It’s an eye-opening hour of Blues from a man you may never have considered for your collection.

Courtesy Legacy Recordings

Courtesy Legacy Recordings

Inside “Johnny’s Mailbox,” this week, there’s even a brand new Willie Nelson song – his version of “Matchbox.” That song has a history dating back to the 1920′s. The song “Match Box Blues” was first recorded under that title by Blind Lemon Jefferson. In 1957, Carl Perkins recorded his version of the song for Sun Records. Carl opted to name the track simply “Matchbox,” and interpreted it in his own unique way, due to the simple fact that he did not know all of the lyrics to Jefferson’s original. Willie’s “Matchbox” is in the vein of Carl’s version, but maintains that link to the forefathers of Blues music. The song is available on Willie’s brand new album Let’s Face The Music And Dance, which is available now on Legacy Recordings.
Click Here to listen to samples from every song on Let’s Face The Music And Dance
Click Here to Visit WillieNelson.com

1. Willie Nelson – Midnight Run- Lawless OST
2. Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis – That’s All – Two Men with the Blues
3. Willie Nelson & Asleep at the Wheel – Hesitation Blues – Willie And The Wheel
4. Willie Nelson & Ray Charles – Seven Spanish Angels – Half Nelson
5. B.B. King & Joe Bonamassa – Night Life – Black Rock
6. The Holmes Brothers – Opportunity To Cry – Simple Truths
7. Eric Lindell – I Can Get Off On You – Gulf Coast Highway
8. Bob Dylan – Shake Shake Mama – Together Through Life
9. Waylon Jennings – Waymore’s Blues – The Essential Waylon Jennings
10. Willie Nelson & ZZ Top – She Loves My Automobile – Willie Nelson and Friends: Live and Kickin’
11. Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow & Lukas Nelson – Come On Up To The House – Heroes
12. Willie Nelson & Susan Tedeschi – Crazy – Milk Cow Blues
13. Jamey Johnson, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, Merle Haggard & Kris Kristofferson -
Living For A Song – Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
14. Willie Nelson – Matchbox – Let’s Face The Music And Dance

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Listen: Episode 1314

Listen: Episode 1315

Posted: April 26, 2013 in Playlist, New Music, Audio
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Working hard to keep the Blues alive, the latest episode of Full-Time Blues Radio features a top notch playlist from front to back. This week features a great mix of new music from independent artists and legendary names side-by-side. We honor the memory of Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins in Blues News, and with a pair of tracks inside this week’s playlist.

Courtesy Lost Canyon Records

Courtesy Lost Canyon

This week’s featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is “Go Back to Your Used to Be” by Jason and Ginger. The song is a fantastic cover of a Jessie Mae Hemphill tune that appears on Jason and Ginger’s brand new album A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Celebrating The Women Of The Blues. This album features Jason and Ginger saluting legendary leading ladies in the Blues genre, including Memphis Minnie, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, and Koko Taylor, among others.
A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Celebrating The Women Of The Blues is available now on Lost Canyon Records, and you can purchase it directly from the band at JasonandGinger.com

1. Alan Wilson - On the Road Again – The Blind Owl
2. Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans - Train Goin’ Westward Bound – Great Day In The Morning
3. Matt Baxter and Jake Sampson - Haunted – Haunted
4. Hans Theessink - Delia – Wishing Well
5. The Mighty Mojo Prophets - Whachulookinfor – Flyin Back from Memphis
6. Bobby Rush - What is the Blues – Down In Louisiana
7. Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters - Pastorale – Just for Today
8. Jimmy Dawkins - I Don’t Know What Love Is – Fast Fingers
9. Josh Garrett Band - Don’t Ignore Me – String Of Problems
10. Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup ft. Jimmy Dawkins – Please Don’t Leave Me With the Blues – Sunny Road
11. Coyote Kings w/Mush - My Rider – Nasty Habits & Dirty Little Secrets
12. Nico Wayne Toussaint – My Own Medicine – Lonely Number
13. Jason & Ginger – Go Back to Your Used to Be – A Good Man Is Hard To Find: Celebrating The Women Of The Blues

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Listen: Episode 1314 – Women of the Blues

Posted: April 18, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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Full-Time Blues Radio celebrates the female of the species, by putting together an entire playlist of leading ladies in the Blues. It’s an all women’s edition of the show! Blues women have always been some of the biggest stars in the genre, and there have been a list of great releases lately that are featured on this week’s show.

Courtesy Swing Nation

One of the next generation of women making history in the Blues is Gina Sicilia. Gina made her album debut in 2007 with Allow Me To Confess. This week’s featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is “Oh Me, Oh My” from Gina Sicilia’s brand new album It Wasn’t Real. This is Gina’s fourth studio album, and features 10 new songs. Gina takes songwriting credit on nine out of those 10 tracks! It Wasn’t ReaL is available April 30, 2013 on Swing Nation Records, a division of the Vizz-Tone Label Group.
Click Here to Preview It Wasn’t Real
Click Here to Visit GinaSicilia.com

1. Kelly Richey – One Way Ticket – Sweet Spirit
2. Wanda Jackson – It’s All Over Now – Unfinished Business
3. Lisa Cee – Fire In the Sky – My Turn
4. Anni Piper & Nicole Hart – One Good Man – Split Second
5. Lisa Biales – Strange Things Happening Every Day – Singing In My Soul
6. Shemekia Copeland – I Sing the Blues – 33 1/3
7. Debbie Davies – Down at the Honky Shack – Holdin’ Court
8. Heritage Blues Orchestra – C-Line Woman – And Still I Rise
9. Teeny Tucker – Death Don’t Have No Mercy – Voodoo To Do You
10. Sunday Wilde – Tell Me to Hush? – He Gave Me A Blue Nightgown
11. Long Tall Deb – Hush Your Mouth – Raise Your Hands
12. Sena Ehrhardt – Cold Cold Feeling – All In
13. Sweet Mama Cotton – Sweet Mama’s Blues – Suh-Weet
14. Gina Sicilia – Oh Me, Oh My – It Wasn’t Real

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Listen: Episode 1312

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Posted: April 4, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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We’re back to work inside the Home for New & Independent Blues Music, spinning an hour of the best music on Earth! In addition to a handful of 2012 releases, there’s a full slate of brand new arrivals. This is a great playlist of tunes, along with some big time news items and information.

Pokey LaFarge has a brand new album set to drop this summer on Third Man Records. His self titled album will be celebrated with a live performance at the Third Man headquarters. Get the full scoop at his official website – PokeyLaFarge.net

The lineup for the 2013 Chicago Blues Festival was announced this week, and includes headliners Shemekia Copeland and Bobby Rush. The festival features live music on five stages for over 500,000 people, and it’s all free!  Click Here for the Official Chicago Blues Festival Website

Courtesy Alligator Records

This week, the featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is “Tame a Wild One” by JJ Grey and Mofro. The track comes from the brand new album This River, which has been released on Alligator Records. It’s the first studio album by JJ Grey and Mofro since 2010′s Georgia Warhorse, an album that was on our Five Favorite Albums of 2010 list! There are 10 new songs on here, nine of which were written by JJ Grey, himself.
JJ Grey and Mofro are on tour in support of this new record, and you can find more information about the band, the CD, and the tour at the official website – JJGrey.com

1. John Primer & Bob Corritore – Little Boy Blue – Knockin Around These Blues
2. Anni Piper & Nicole Hart – Clap Your Hands – Split Second
3. Sena Ehrhardt – Cry To Me – All In
4. Carolina Chocolate Drops – Lights in the Valley – Mercyland Hymns For The Rest Of Us
5. Omar and the Howlers – I’m Gone – I’m Gone
6. Duke Robillard Band – If This Is Love – Independently Blue
7. Ron Dziubla – Harlem Nocturne – Nasty Habit
8. Sterling Koch – Working Man’s Blues – Let it Slide
9. The Delta Saints – Out To Sea – Death Letter Jubilee
10. Sugar Blue – Swing Chicken – Raw Sugar
11. The Undaunted Professor Harp – It Just Comes Natural – They Call Me The Professor
12. Quintus McCormick – It Won’t Work – Still Called The Blues
13. The Mike Eldred Trio – Don’t Go Down There – 61 & 49
14. JJ Grey & Mofro – Tame A Wild One – This River

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Posted: March 28, 2013 in Audio, New Music, Playlist
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This week’s episode of Full-Time Blues Radio has a little bit of everything. We kick off with a great run of acoustic numbers, followed by a couple heavier selections. There’s some big, horn filled Blues and some Vintage R&B, as well. It all comes together as one fantastic hour of amazing music and news. In addition to all of the great tunes, Blues News features an announcement regarding the Smoke-Out Parkinson’s event we’ve been asked to be a part of, and details on B.B. King’s New Wine Brand.

Courtesy Heartfixer Music

Courtesy Heartfixer Music

This week’s featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is “Sassy Strat” by Tinsley Ellis. It comes off Tinsley’s brand new CD Get It!, which is available now on Heartfixer Music. This is the first all instrumental Tinsley Ellis album recorded and features his great guitar work on 10 new songs, including eight original pieces. “Sassy Strat” is a Funked-Up piece and provided a great closer to this week’s show. You can purchase this album a variety of ways.

For complete information, tour dates, and much more, Click Here to Visit TinsleyEllis.com

1. Larry Carlton & Robben Ford – Hand In Hand With The Blues – Unplugged
2. Corey Harris – Fulton Blues – Fulton Blues
3. Wooden Horse – CC Rider – What Comes Around
4. Ten Foot Polecats – Lost at Sea – Undertow
5. Alabama Shakes – Be Mine – Boys & Girls
6. Big Bill Morganfield – Tight Things – Blues With A Mood
7. Royal Southern Brotherhood – Brotherhood – Royal Southern Brotherhood
8. Andy Poxon – Don’t Come Home – Tomorrow
9. Rick Estrin And The Nightcats – You Ain’t The Boss Of Me – One Wrong Turn
10. Southern Hospitality – Mile After Mile – Easy Livin’
11. Jesse Dee – Stay Strong – On My Mind/In My Heart
12. The Fabulous Thunderbirds – Diamonds Won’t Kiss You Back – On the Verge
13. Frank Bey – Still Called the Blues – You Don’t Know Nothing
14. Tinsley Ellis – Sassy Strat – Get It!

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Listen: Episode 1311

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Posted: March 14, 2013 in New Music, Playlist
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After two amazing episodes focused solely on specific topics, Johnny Full-Time returns to the show’s intention of playing the best in New & Independent Blues Music. There’s been so much new music coming in that we simply had no choice but to get back to basics and start doing what we do best. This week’s program features a ton of that new music, along with a personal tribute to the late Magic Slim.

This week’s featured selection from inside “Johnny’s Mailbox” is a cover of Gary Moore’s signature “Still Got the Blues,” from Old Sock – the brand new album from the legendary Eric Clapton. Old Sock features 10 brand new recordings, including two new original songs written by Doyle Bramhall II, Justin Stanley, and Nikka Costa. Click Here to visit EricClapton.com

1. Cash Box Kings – Hot Biscuit Baby – Black Toppin’
2. Rev. Jimmie Bratcher – Tobacco Road – Secretly Famous
3. Tim Gearan – Hang On, Little One – Riverboat
4. Brandon Santini – This Time Another Year – This Time Another Year
5. Peter Karp & Sue Foley – Plank Spank – Beyond the Crossroads
6. Otis Taylor – My World is Gone – My World Is Gone
7. Magic Slim – Scuffling (Excerpt) – Grand Slam
8. Magic Slim – Goin’ to Mississippi (Excerpt) – Blue Magic
9. Magic Slim – Why Does A Woman Treat A Good Man So Bad? (Excerpt) – A Celebration Of Blues – Raw Magic
10. Magic Slim & the Teardrops – Full Load Boogie (Excerpt) – Midnight Blues
11. Magic Slim & The Teardrops – Mama Talk To Your Daughter (Excerpt) – Raising The Bar
12. Magic Slim & the Teardrops – Bad Boy (Excerpt) – Bad Boy
13. Magic Slim – Teardrop (Excerpt) – Grand Slam
14. Devon Allman – Key Lime Pie – Turquoise
15. Red Lotus Revue – Barkin – Fourteen Stories
16. Shaun Murphy – Heartless Man Blues – Ask For The Moon
17. Doug MacLeod – My Inlaws Are Outlaws – There’s a Time
18. Robert ‘Top’ Thomas – The Town Crier – The Town Crier
19. Eric Clapton – Still Got the Blues ft Steve Winwood – Old Sock

Listen: Episode 1310 – Kelly Richey Interview

Posted: March 6, 2013 in Interview, New Music, Playlist, Video
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Courtesy Kelly Richey

Courtesy Kelly Richey

Someone once commented that Kelly Richey sounds like “Stevie Ray Vaughan trapped in a woman’s body with Janis Joplin screaming to get out.” Over the course of 14 albums, decades of touring, and amazing live shows, that description has gone from a compliment to almost a calling card. Kelly Richey possesses the same skill, charisma, and determination those two legendary artists once held.

Kelly sat down with Johnny Full-Time for conversation and music from several of her albums. The pair discussed Kelly’s brand new CD, Sweet Spirit, new band members Freekbass and Jyn Yates, Richey’s brief hiatus from music in 2010, and much, much more! Listen to the show at the link above. In addition, make sure to Click Here to Visit KellyRichey.com for tour dates, to purchase music, and much more!

This week’s full playlist can be found below the new music video “Fast Drivin’ Mama.”

1. Kelly Richey – Leavin’ It All Behind – Sweet Spirit
2. Kelly Richey – Workin_ Hard Woman – Sweet Spirit
3. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – …And the Gods Made Love (Excerpt) – Electric Ladyland
4. Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [Live] (Excerpt) – The Essential Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
5. Kelly Richey – Sisters Gotta Problem – Sending Me Angels
6. Roy Buchanan – She Once Lived Here – Second Album
7. Kelly Richey – Without A Trace (Excerpt) – Speechless
8. Kelly Richey – When All is Said and Done – Carry the Light
9. Kelly Richey – Now You Need Me – Sending Me Angels
10. Kelly Richey – Fast Drivin’ Mama – Sweet Spirit
11. Kelly Richey – Angela’s Song – Carry the Light

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