September 26 was the anniversary of the passing of the Empress Of The Blues, Bessie Smith,m and so I felt it appropriate to play a couple of tracks from the great lady.
Also, this is the week leading up to the NRL Grand Final, and so in order to recognise the fact that the team I sort of support, the Sydney Roosters, will be in that match, and playing the St George Dragons, I thought that I’d observe that occasion and play some music that, perhaps in an obtuse way, set a theme of chickens, roosters, birds, saints, Angels, devils …
Here’s tonight’s playlist.
Artist: Bessie Smith
Title: Careless Love Blues
Album: Sings The Jazz
Artist: Van Morrison
Title: All Saint’s Day
Album: How Long Has This Been Going On
Artist: Jimmy Smith
Title: Back at the Chicken Shack
Album: Salle Pleyel 28 Mai 1965, Pt. 2
Artist: Albert Collins
Title: Angel Of Mercy
Album: Texas Blues
Artist: Louis Jordan
Title: A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ But A Bird
Album: Let The Good Times Roll (1938-1954) Disc 2
Artist: Louis Armstrong
Title: Saint James Infirmary
Album: Complete Town Hall Concert – C
Artist: Tom Waits
Title: Jersey Girl
Album: Heartattack And Vine
Artist: Allen Toussaint
Title: There’s A Party Going On
Album: Allen Toussaint New Orleans Jazzfest 2006
Artist: Wes Montgomery With Lionel Hampton
Title: Chicken Shack Boogie
Album: Complete Recordings – Disk 1
Artist: B.B. King, Big Mama Thornton & Muddy Waters
Title: Little Red Rooster
Album: Live at Newport
Artist: Bessie Smith
Title: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
Album: Blue Spirit Blues
Artist: Dr. John
Title: When The Saints Go Marching In
Album: N’awlinz – Dis Dat Or D’udda
Artist: B.B. King Plays Louis Jordan
Title: Ain’t Nobody Here But us Chickens
Album: Let The Good Times Roll
Artist: Yardbirds
Title: Smokestack Lightning
Album: BBC Radio Sessions
Artist: Bonnie Raitt
Title: Devil Got My Woman
Album: Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues – The Soul of a Man
Artist: Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin
Title: Ball And Chain
Album: Cheap Thrills
Artist: Robert Nighthawk
Title: Sweet Black Angel
Album: Chess Blues (Disc 1: 1947-1952)
Artist: Bessie Smith
Title: Devil`s Gonna Get You
Album: Blue Spirit Blues
Artist: BB King
Title: Hummingbird Feat. John Mayer-E
Album: BB King and Friends
Artist: Jefferson Airplane
Title: High Flyin’ Bird
Album: The Monterey International Pop Festival – V
Artist: Luther Allison
Title: Little Red Rooster
Album: The Motown Years 1972-1976
Artist: Jimmy McGriff
Title: Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
Album: Blues Groove (With Hank Crawford Quartet)