Category Blues

A Few Words From Percy Mayfield – 1969 – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

There are probably not that many people around now who are familiar with the name Percy Mayfield. But the name Percy Mayfield is synonymous with Blues and early Rock n’ Roll. From the late 1940s through the 1950s Percy Mayfield…

Johnny Winter (1944-2014) – In Concert From Chicago – 1970 – Nights At The Roundtable: Tribute Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Johnny Winter Band – Live in Chicago – September 17, 1970 It was only a few days ago I was posting about the losses of Tommy Ramone and Charlie Haden; two…

Mississippi John Hurt And Skip James – In Session – 1964 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – WTBS, Cambridge Mass – Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James In Session – October 1964 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Switching gears again this week – a taste of rural blues…

Red, Hot And Blue – Dewey Phillips And Race Radio In The 1950s – Past Daily Pop Chronicles

Click on the link here for Audio Player – WHBQ – Dewey Phillips: Red, Hot and Blue – November 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Before the days of Rock n’ Roll, Popular Music was segregated into Mainstream and Race.…

Tinariwen – Live In Paris – 2012 – Nights At The Roundtable: Rock Without Borders Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Tinariwen – In Concert from Salle Pleyel, Paris – February 2, 2012 – RFI-Monde With the recent surge in interest in Desert Blues, a flood of bands had been getting world…

Staple Singers – Live At WPLJ – 1972 – Nights At The Roundtable: Session Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Staple Singers – Live at WPLJ – June 26, 1972 – WPLJ Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Ending up the week on a Soulful note, with a radio concert…

Albert Collins – Live At Montreux 1992 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Albert Collins – Live at The Montreux Festival – 1992 – RTS Putting Hump-Day in a Blues vein tonight. A classic concert from the legendary Albert Collins, recorded at The Montreux…

Medicine Head – In Concert – 1973 – Nights At The Roundtable: Concert Edition

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Medicine Head – In Concert – October 6, 1973 – BBC Radio 1 In Concert Series Taking a detour tonight into lesser-known/neglected/overlooked bands of the early 1970s. Medicine Head were initially…