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 Playlists for April 2022  8th | 15th | 22nd | 29th 

April 1st, 2022
Artist     Tune    Release    Label
7pm
Willis Jackson * Making It * Doin' the Gator Tail * Jasmine
Amos Milburn * Down The Road Apiece * Down The Road Apiece * EMI
Tommy Castro w/Coco Montoya * A Good Fool Is Hard To Find * Painkiller * Alligator
Delbert McClinton * Ain't That Loving You * Outdated Emotion * Hot Shot
Maria Muldaur * Brickyard Blues * Midnight at Oasis: The Collection * WB
    
* Interview with Maria Muldaur *
Maria Muldaur * I'll Be Glad * Steady Love * Stony Plain
Ike & Tina Turner * A Fool In Love * The Best of * EMI
The Mannish Boys * These Kind of Blues * Lowdown Feelin' * Delta Groove
Alberta Hunter * Downhearted Blues * The Collection * Acrobat

8pm
Robben Ford * White Rock Beer...8 cents * Pure * Ear Music
Luther Allison * Life Is A Bitch * Serious * Blind Pig
The Royal Rhythmaires * Johnston Brother * Shuck & Jive * TRR
Marvin Gaye * Mercy Mercy Me * What's Going On * Motown
Blind Lemon Jefferson * That's No Way To Get Along * Rough Guide * WMN
Aretha Franklin * It Ain't Fair * Atlantic Sincles * Atlantic/Rhino
Nick Curran * What About Love * *
Amos Milburn * Bad Bad Whiskey * Best of * EMI
CJ Chenier * My Baby Don't Wear No Shoes * Zydeco Champs * Arhoolie
Otis Redding * A Fool for You * Soul Manifesto * Atlantic/Rhino
Nathan James * I'll Never Listen To You * I'll Never Listen To You * Ind
Barrence Whitfield & The Savages * Shot Down * Savage Kings * Munster
Lonnie Brooks * Greasy Man * Let's Talk It Over * Delmark
Alberta Hunter * You Gotta Reap What You Sow * The Bluesville Years * Prestige

9pm
William Clarke * Walkin' * The Hard Way * Alligator
Amos Milburn * Everything I Do Is Wrong * Best of * EMI
Claudia Lennear * Goin' Down * Phew * Real Gone
Maria Muldaur * I Can't Stand It * Midnight at Oasis: The Collection * WB
Lightnin' Hopkins * Devil Is Watching You * Lightnin' Strikes Back * Collectables
Ann Peebles * I Pity the Fool * Straight from the Heart * Hi/Fat Possum
Little Willie John * Fever * 28 Big Ones * King
Maria Muldaur * Blues So Bad * Meet Me Where They Play the Blues * Telarc
Ray Charles * The Right Time * Pure Genius * Atlantic/Rhino
New Mastersounds w/Adryon deLeón * Gonna Be Just Me * Renewable Energy * One Note 
Robert Lockwood, Jr. * Mr. Downchild * Delta Crossroads * Telarc
Paul Butterfield Blues Band * Buddy's Advice * Keep On Moving * Elektra
Gil Scott-Heron * Inner City Blues * Reflections * Arista

April 8th, 2022
Artist     Tune    Release    Label
7pm
Sonny Landreth * Country Blues * Crazy Cajun Recordings * Edsel
Jimmy Reed * Honey Don’t Let Me Go * Complete Vee-Jay Singles * Craft
James 'Thunderbird' Davis * You Did Me Wrong * Check Out Time * Black Top
Muddy Waters * I Just Want To Make Love To You * His Best * Chess/MCA
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials * Kick Me To The Curb * Jump Start * Alligator
Don Bryant * How Do I Get There? * Don't Give Up On Love * Fat Possum
Aretha Franklin * Eight Days On the Road * Let Me In Your Life * Atlantic/Atco
Bobby 'Blue' Bland * Your Friends * Duke Recordings * MCA
Dave Specter w/Sharon Lewis * In Too Deep * Six String Soul * Delmark
Ben Levin * Wonder What's the Matter * Still Here * Ind
Lloyd Jones * Trouble Monkey * Trouble Monkey * Audioquest
Junior Parker * Love Ain't Nothing but a Business * Way Back Home * Connoisseur
Holland K Smith * 30 days of Torture * Jungle Jane * TopCat
The Impressions * I've Been Trying * Keep On Pushing * Kent

8pm
Muddy Waters * Forty Days And Forty Nights * Real Folk Blues * Chess/MCA
Lisa Mann * That's All * Old Girl * Jayray
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials * Hold That Train * Full Tilt * Alligator
BB King * Why Did You Leave Me * 1952-54 * Classics
Joe Louis Hill * We All Gotta Go Sometime * Sun Records 50th * Buddha
The Neville Bros * Why You Wanna Hurt My Heart * Live at Tipitina's * Rhino
Maria Muldaur * Don't Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down * Steady Love * Stony Plain
Smiley Lewis * Go on Fool * Shame, Shame, Shame * Bear Family
The Soul Motivators * Throw the Bones * Free To Believe * Do Right
Muddy Waters * Don't Go No Further * His Best 1956-1964 * Chess/MCA
Rusty Zinn * Sittin' & Waitin' * Sittin' & Waitin' * Black Top
Magic Slim & The Teardrops * Give Me Back My Wig * Midnight Blues * Blind Pig
Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps * Rise Together * Rose Colored Glasses * Blue Heart 
Willie Cobbs * Don't Worry About Me * South Side of Soul St * Omnivore

9pm
Larry Davis * How Long * Sooner Or Later * Bullseye
Doug MacLeod * Strip-Ed Bone * Where I Been * Black & Tan
Lightnin' Slim * Tom Cat Blues * Complete Singles * Acrobat
Muddy Waters * Gypsy Woman * Anthology * Chess/MCA
Sugar Pie DeSanto * Can't Let You Go * In The Basement * Geff3en
RJ Mischo * Got My Passport * Everything I Need * Ind
Rick Holmstrom * On the Vine * Late In the Night * MC Records
Bobby Parker * I've Got a Way with Women * Bent Out of Shape * Black Top
Earl Thomas * Feeling All Blue * Cold Ghetto * Moligan
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials * Tired Of Crying * Rattleshake * Alligator
Son House * The Way Mother Did * Forever On My Mind * House of Son
Amos Milburn * Let's Rock A While * Best of * EMI
Sam Cooke * Get Yourself Another Fool * Night Beat * ABKCO

April 15th, 2022
 Tommy Castro 
born April 15, 1955
Official Site
Wiki Page
Interviews 2021
 
Blues Blast | 13th Floor 
Rock & Muse
Tommy Castro
Artist     Tune    Release    Label
7pm
Little Walter * That's It * Complete Chess Masters * Hip-O
The Chambers Bros * Uptown * The Time Has Come * Columbia
Crystal Thomas * Can't See What You're Doing To Me * Now Dig This * Dialtone
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers * Them Changes * Stompin' Ground * Alligator
Billy Boy Arnold * You Don't Love Me * More Blues on the South Side * OBC
Mighty Sam McClain * Where You Been So Long * Sledgehammer Soul & Down Home Blues * Audioquest 
Danielle Nicole * Breakin' Up Somebody’s Home * Wolf Den * Concord
Frank Frost * My Back Scratcher * Jewel/Paula Story * WB
Muddy Waters * Just To Be With You * The Chess Box * Chess/MCA
Tommy Castro * Right As Rain * Righrt As Rain * Blind Pig
Little Sonny Jones * Tend To Your Business * Crescent City Bounce * JSP
Seasick Steve * Laughing to Keep From Crying * Blues In Mono * Dead Skunk
J.J. Malone * It's A Shame * Bad, Bad Whiskey * Specialty
JB Lenoir * Tax Payin' Blues * Complete L+R Recordings * Evidence

8pm
Tommy Castro * Monkey's Paradise * Hard Believer * Alligator
Howlin' Wolf * Don't Laugh At Me * His Best Vol 2 * Chess/MCA
Junior Watson * Word About a Woman * If I Had a Genie * Heart & Soul
Junior Parker * Taxman * Love Ain't Nothin' but a Business * Groove Merchant
Slim Harpo * That Ain't Your Business * The Scratch: Rare & Unissued * Hip-O
Mighty Sam McClain * Nothing but a Feeling * Sweet Dreams * Telarc
Frank Frost * Jelly Roll King * Jelly Roll King * Charly
Floyd Jones * Skinny Mama * Blues Is Killin' Me * Paula
Alice Russell * Living the Life of a Dreamer * Pot of Gold * Six Degrees
Tommy Castro * The Devil You Know * The Devil You Know * Alligator
Duke Robillard w/Michele Willson * Trouble In Mind * They Call It R & B * Stony Plain
Little Sonny Jones * Going Back To The Country * Crescent City Bounce * JSP
Jelly Roll Kings * I Didn't Know * Rockin' The Juke Joint Down * Earwig

9pm
Reuben Wilson * Superfly * The Cisco Kid * Groove Merchant
Doug MacLeod * A Soul to Claim * A Soul to Claim * Reference
Hop Wilson * A Good Woman Is Hard To Find * Houston Ghetto Blues * Bullseye
Mighty Sam McClain * Here I Come Again * Sweet Dreams * Telarc
Tommy Castro * Somewhere * A Bluesman Came To Town * Alligator
Little Sonny Jones * I Would If I Could * New Orleans R & B Gems * Black Top
Watermelon Slim * Tax Man Blues * Church of the Blues * Northern Blues
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder * Pick a Bale of Cotton * Get On Board * Nonesuch
Frank Frost * Ride With You Daddy Tonight * Harpin' on It * Westside
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets * Ways Of Man * Tell Me What I Want To Hear * Black Top
Bia Marchese * Love Me Right * Let Me In * Tratore
Tommy Castro * Come Back Baby * Gratitude * Heart & Soul
Robert Cray * 1040 Blues * Shame & a Sin * Mercury

April 22nd, 2022
George Smith
 George 'Harmonica' Smith 
April 22, 1924 – October 2, 1983
Biography | Wiki Page
 Blues Junction
by Dennis Gruenling 
Discography | Bio
  Gunsmoke Blues | Eugene, OR
 
Muddy, Big Mama Thornton, Joe Turner 
Artist     Tune    Release    Label
7pm
Little George Smith * Blues In the Dark * Harmonica Ace * Ace
Koko Taylor * It Took A Long Time * From The Heart Of A Woman * Alligator
Robert Ward * Say What You Mean * Rhythm of the People * Black Top
George Smith * Good Things * Now You Can Talk About Me * Blind Pig
Andrew 'BB' Odom & Gold Tops * Why Did You Leave Me * Goin' to California * Storyville
New Mastersounds w/Charly Lowry * Just Gotta Run * Made for Pleasure * Royal Potato
James Cotton * Cotton Crop Blues * Big Bad Blues * Charly
James Armstrong * 2 Sides * Got It Goin' On * Hightone
The Love Light Orchestra * Give Me a Break * Leave the Light On * Nola Blue
Ann Sexton * It's All Over But the Shouting * Anthology * Soul Brother
George Smith * Tight Dress * Now You Can Talk About Me * Blind Pig
Little Joe Blue * Dirty Work Goin' On * Chess Blues * Chess/MCA
Guitar Shorty * I Never Thought * Topsy Turvey * Black Top
Dorondo * Qualified * Listen to My Song * Ace

8pm
George 'Harmonica' Smith * Juke * Blues with a Feeling * BGO
Professor Longhair * How Long Has That Train Been Gone * Fess: The Anthology * WB/Rhino
Geo Smith & Bacon Fat * You're Gonna Learn * Complete Blue Horizon * Blue Horizon
James Armstrong * Too Many Misses For Me * Dark Night * Hightone
Edgar Winter w/Doyle Bramhall II * When You Got a Good Friend * Brother Johnny * Quarto Valley 
George Smith * Times Won't Be Hard Always * Now You Can Talk About Me * Blind Pig
Ruby Johnson * No No No * I'll Run Your Hurt Away * Stax
Tommy Castro * Painkiller * Painkiller * Alligator
Muddy Waters w/Geo Smith * Forty Days & Forty Nights * Authorized Bootleg * Geffen
Jesse Fuller * San Francisco Bay Blues * Frisco Bound * Arhoolie
George Smith & Chicago Blues Band * Tell Me Mama * Blues with a Feeling * BGO
Guitar Shorty * I Ain't the Fall That Kills You * Watch Your Back * Alligator
Little Joe Blue * Southern Country Boy * Very Best * Collectables

9pm
Marva Wright * Never Make Your Move Too Soon * Bluesiana Mama * Aim
Little Mack Simmons * Come Back * Blue Horizon Story * Blue Horizon
GA-20 * Sitting At Home Alone * Try It...You Might Like It * Karma Chief
Wm Clarke w/Geo Smith * It Ain't Nothin' To You * Blues from Los Angeles * Watch Dog
The Soul Sisters * I Can't Stand It * Best of Sue Records * Collectables
James Harman Band * Drive-In Life * Two Sides to Every Story * Black Top
Pat Hare * Bonus Pay * Sun Records: 25 Classics * Varèse Sarabande
Little George Smith * You Don't Love Me * Harmonica Ace * Ace
Eddie Floyd * Raise Your Hand * Stax-Volt: Complete Singles * Atlantic
George Smith & Chicago Blues Band * You Better Watch Yourself * Blues with a Feeling * BGO
James Armstrong * Sleeping With A Stranger * Sleeping With A Stranger * Hightone
Guitar Shorty * Hard Life * Topsy Turvey * Black Top
Phantom Blues Band * Shame * Inside Out * VizzTone
Greg Allman * Don't Mess Up a Good Thing * Laid Back * Polydor
William Clarke w/George Smith * Teardrops Falling * The Early Years Vol 1 * Watch Dog

April 29th, 2022
Otis Rush
 
April 29,1934 ― Sept 29, 2018 
Official | Bio | Profile
 Interview | 2015 Interview 
Obit | Wiki Page | Bio
 Discography | '98 Interview 
Artist     Tune    Release    Label
7pm
Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown * Jumpin' The Blues * Timeless * Hightone
Otis Rush * That Will Never Do * Ain't Enough Comin' In * Mercury
Al Green * Get Back Baby * Green Is Blues * Right Stuff
Curtis Salgado * More Love Less Attitude * Soul Activated * Shanachie
Leroy Carr * How Long, How Long Blues * The Essential * Classic Blues
Otis Rush * All Your Love * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula
Lefty Dizz * Shake For Me * Shake For Me * Black & Blue
JB Lenoir * Down in Mississippi * Alabama Blues * L + R
Willie Cobbs * You Don't Love Me * Fernwood Rhythm 'N' Blues * Stompertime
Big Maybelle * Ain't To Be Played With * The Complete Okeh Sessions * Okeh/Epic
Otis Rush * Three Times a Fool * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula
Lonesome Sundown * Don't Say a Word * I'm a Mojo Man * Ace
Phantom Blues Band * Mary Ann * Out of the Shadows * Delta Groove
John Mayall & Bluesbreakers * Death of JB Lenoir * Crusade * Decca
Robert Lowery * Sittin' on Top of the World * Goin' Away Blues * Wolf

8pm
Big Jay McNeely * 3-D * Central Ave Sounds * Rhino
Otis Rush * I Can't Quit You Baby * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula
Leroy Carr * Take a Walk Around the Corner * The Essential * Classic Blues
Carol Fran & Clarence Holimon * Push-Pull * Soul Sensation * Black Top
Billy Boy Arnold * I Was Fooled * Best of Vee-Jay * Collectables
Sista Monica * Baby Workout * People Love the Blues * Mo' Muscle
JB Lenoir * Don't Touch My Head * Natural Man * Chess/MCA
Eddie & Ernie * Time Waits for No One * Sue Records Story * Capitol
Otis Rush * Reap What You Sow * Mourning In The Morning * Atlantic
Doug MacLeod * Grease the Wheel * A Soul to Claim * Reference
Tyrone Davis * Is It Something That You've Got * Beg, Scream & Shout * Rhino
Big Bill Broonzy * Louise * Trouble In Mind * Smithsonian
Muddy Waters w/Sammy Lawhorn * Can't Lose What You Never Had * Real Folk Blues * Chess/MCA 
Otis Rush * So Many Roads, So Many Trains * Chess Blues * Chess

9pm
Sammy Lawhorn * The Home of the Blues * Beale Street Beats * Bear Family
Percy Mayfield * Are You Out There? * Singles Collection * Acrobat
Otis Rush * Keep On Loving Me Baby * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula
Otis Spann * My Daily Wish * Otis Spann Is the Blues * Candid
Isley Brothers * Nowhere To Run * Greatest Hits * Motown
Otis Rush * You're Killing My Love * Mourning In The Morning * Atlantic
Oscar Toney Jr * Down In Texas * Oscar's Winners * Westside
JB Lenoir * I Feel So Good * Alabama Blues * L + R
Diunna Greenleaf * Let Me Cry * I Ain't Playin' * Little Village
Otis Rush * Homework * Ain't Enough Comin' In * Mercury
Elmore James * Madison Blues * Chess Blues-Rock Songbook * Chess/MCA
The Kokomo Kings * A Drive-by Love Affair * A Drive-by Love Affair * Rhythm Bomb
Otis Rush * Double Trouble * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula
Clarence Carter * I'm Qualified * This Is Clarence Carter * Kent
Otis Rush * My Love Will Never Die * 1956-1958 Cobra Recordings * Paula


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