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SONG OF THE WEEK...BLUES, BLUES & MORE BLUES

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It's time to make rafters weep...to enter into the groove...to reach into music heaven...to tap, tap, tap. Join us in this adventure in the Blues...to hear tracks you may otherwise never hear...'cause Blues is my business...and business is good!
7 years ago, April 8th 2017 No: 121 Msg: #200495  
After more of the fabulous Larry Davis with the exquisite "Teardrops" from Dangerous Dave

An exquisite blues ballad by a band steeped in Rock 'n Roll Fame & Ignomy

"D" is for DEEP PURPLE

"SOLDIER OF FORTUNE"



Upping the volume...one of Deep Purple's famous Blues tracks

"MISTREATED"


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7 years ago, April 17th 2017 No: 122 Msg: #200622  
Some like a Cajun feel...a bit of Zydeco

"D" is for DWAYNE DOPSIE with the CAJUN ROOSTERS

"TOOT TOOT"

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7 years ago, April 17th 2017 No: 123 Msg: #200624  
The Blues came from the slaves brought from Africa...theirs songs of lament and life arising from the plantations where their lives were then spent

I am fortunate to have danced to the continuing Blues culture in West Africa where music is more than a way of life

"D" is for VICTOR DEME from Burkina Faso

"DJON MAYA"...simply beautiful

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7 years ago, April 17th 2017 No: 124 Msg: #200625  
From one of my favourite divas from Mali...of the thrill of love and the beauty of West African women in their finery dancing

"D" is for BAKO DAGNON

"TITATI"

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7 years ago, April 19th 2017 No: 125 Msg: #200657  
A cute ditty with great lyrics from a more obscure piano blues man......Detroit Junior.

"If I hadn't been high"



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7 years ago, April 19th 2017 No: 126 Msg: #200659  
Dangerous Dave is diggin' deep...can't hold back any longer

"D" is for BO DIDDLEY...the Excitement Machine

"HEY BO DIDDLEY"



Listen to my heart go bumpety bump?

BO DIDDLEY & TOM PETTY

"MONA"



I'm a man...I'm a hootchie kootchie man...you & I can have a lot of fun

"I'M A MAN"

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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 127 Msg: #200697  
Out of blues and jazz in Afro American communities in the 1950s and 1960s was a jump blues style called "Doo-wop"

One of the successful Doo-wop bands in Oz...I'm just crazy about you babe

"D" is for DADDY COOL

"COME BACK AGAIN"



From 1971 to 2007...the Lightning Hopkins classic

"MOMMA DON'T TEAR MY CLOTHES"


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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 128 Msg: #200702  
Keeping the cool going...a splash of blues idioms...soul & funk

"D" is for DARONDO

I've good to you...I've been nice to you

"THE WOLF"



Make room before you scream...Give it up baby...Give me give me your thing...Give it to me

"LEGS"



Riding the groove a bit longer...not ready to get off just yet

"LET MY PEOPLE GO"





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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 129 Msg: #200703  
Ain't too hip...incredible acoustic with harmonica the way only Magic Dick knows

"D" is for MAGIC DICK...with SHUN NG

"PAPAS GOT A BRAND NEW BAG"



MAGIC DICK with J.GEILS back in 1993

"WHAMMER JAMMER"

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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 130 Msg: #200704  
I can go on and on...cool cool cool...but who invented cool?

Who rolled his fingers over the keys...and invented cool...slow blues that grabs the soul...a bit of sax...a bit of guitar

"D" is for the guy who invented cool...CHAMPION JACK DUPREE on piano

with KING CURTIS on sax and CORNELL DUPREE on guitar


"POOR BOY BLUES" from 1971



Doing the boogie woogie in 1998

"SHAKING MOTHER FOR YOU"

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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 131 Msg: #200705  
Digging deep in the cellar for some 1950s...my dream came true

"D" is for FATS DOMINO

"I HEAR YOU KNOCKIN'"



"AIN'T THAT A SHAME"



"WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS"


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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 132 Msg: #200706  
Blues rock...by a progressive British band ya might of heard of

"D" is for DIRE STRAITS

"SULTANS OF SWING"



I wonder where you are tonight...slow blues...scratching across your back

"FADE TO BLACK"



Do anything for you...don't want it no more

"SIX BLADE KNIFE"

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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 133 Msg: #200707  
The Week of the Letter "D" would not be complete without a bit of BLUEBEAT...the beat of Jamaica before Reggae

"D" is for DESMOND DEKKER"

"ISRAELITES"



I told ya once...I told you twice...this is Bluebeat..it's party time

"IT MEK"

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7 years ago, April 24th 2017 No: 134 Msg: #200708  
Denise & I had seen this band at a Blues Festival and saw they were playing at the Annandale Hotel, a hip joint in Sydney.

Right up the front as usual...rocking away...when a bunch of young rockers chatting with us...thinking we are really cool. Then one of them let's the cat out of the bag why they thought we were so cool...

They thought we were the parents of the band!!!!!!!

"D" is for DIRTY LUCY...unique sound...oodles of talent

"NOTHING IS FREE"




From the blues scene in Poland...slow blues

"D" is for DEVIL BLUES

"COME FLY WITH ME"



Time for one more...

"D" is for LEFTY DIZZ

"AIN'T THAT NICE"

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7 years ago, April 25th 2017 No: 135 Msg: #200719  
Dancing One......you have almost gone and emptied the vault!! Wow....such great sounds.

But you know...only the doctor knows when you feel good....and this doctor feels good.

He's a one man band as well.......Dr. Ross

"Feel So Good"

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7 years ago, April 25th 2017 No: 136 Msg: #200720  
Maybe it's time to slow done a bit....maybe have a cup....

K.C. Douglas will "Make Your Coffee"



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7 years ago, April 25th 2017 No: 137 Msg: #200721  
One more trip down memory lane.....wish it had video.....

The Doors......."Been Down So Long"



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6 years ago, May 6th 2017 No: 138 Msg: #200841  
The Door is closing on the WEEK OF THE LETTER "D"

Dangerous Dave & Dancing Dave wish you ADIEU for "D"

Now for the WEEK OF THE LETTER "E"

Eccentric, Electric, Exceptional as usual...featuring

ROBERT EALEY & TONE SOMMER
EVERLAST
SNOOKS EAGLIN
SCOTT ELLISON
MAL EASTICK
TERRY EVANS
STEVE EDMONDS
RONNIE EARL
ELECTRIC FLAG
SLEEPY JOHN ESTES
TOMMY EMMANUEL
DAVE EDMUNDS
TINSLEY ELLIS
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6 years ago, May 6th 2017 No: 139 Msg: #200842  
A funky funky from Dancing Dave's Blues Bag

"E" is for ROBERT "BLUEBIRD" EALEY with TONE SOMMER

"WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT (LET'S PUSH IT)



What happens when you find a cigarette in your backyard? A backdoor blues tale for the ages



Cruisey & Bluesey

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6 years ago, May 7th 2017 No: 140 Msg: #200857  
Some brilliant modern White Rap Blues from Whitey Ford Sings the Blues

"E" is for EVERLAST

"ENDS"



The Single from the best selling Album

"WHAT IT'S LIKE"



My heart belongs to you

"WHITE TRASH BEAUTIFUL"

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