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One of the B-Squared Blues Shows favourite blues-rock bands Mount Carmel have some new tracks on the wonderful Free Music Archive again. Listen in online at http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz /bsquared

Here's what we played on the night: Top Cat theme Emergency Exit - Dr Frankenstein Les Fleur del Lys - So Come On Andre Williams and the Diplomats of Sound - Uptown Hustle Work Dogs - Little Joe The Eastern - The James Girl Catl - Talk Too Much Blues Heart Attack Alley - Too Hot Blues Doug Jerebine - Ashes and Matches(?) Feral Vessel - Caffeine Pukeko Blues James Brown - Doing It to Death James Brown - Superbad Rolling Stones - You Can't Catch Me Rolling Stones - What A Shame Whalebones - I [...]

Here's about what we played on the night. Ben still getting lots of stuff from the Free Music Archive and I'm still spinning mostly vinyl. Did a few tracks for Willie Nelson's birthday April 30th, he'll be 79 this year. Dr Frankenstein - Emergency Exit Doug Jerebine - Ashes and Matches Howlin' Wolf - smokestack lightnin' Robert Pretway - boogie woogie woman The Beatles - Why Don't We Do It In the Road The Beatles - Yer Blues paul wine jones - if you love me like you say t model ford -- somebody knocking Waylon & Willie [...]

Workdogs Here's what we played on the night. The station has just purchased two turntables, replacing our rather old and somewhat disfunctional turntable, so we spun a lot of vinyl on the night! Dr Frankenstein - Emergency Exit muddy waters - too young to know blind willy mctell - bell st lightning blind willy mctell - love makin' momma #1 Doug Jerebine - Hole in my Hand Doug Jerebine - Fall Down [...]

Buddy Guy is 74 and he still shreds! He's just published a memoir and was recently interviewed by PBS. Watch Buddy Guy: 'Blues Musicians Don't Retire, They Drop' on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour. Listen in online at http://www.waihekeradio.org.nz /bsquared

Andre Williams: The Black Godfather Here's a pretty reasonable approximation of what we played on the B-Squared Blues Show on Tuesday, April 3rd 2012. Andre Williams w/ The Diplomats of Sound - Thunder Thighs Joe Chopper and the swinging 7 soul band - soul pusher little walter - it aint' right bo diddley - Elephant Man Wess & the Airdales - Hey Joe Andre Williams - Jail Bait Andre Williams - bonin' Andre Williams - Only Black Man in South Dakota Andre Williams [...]

"The first" is an incident of interest to any historian. The most oft quoted incident of the first blues recording is Mamie Smith's recording of "Crazy Blues" in 1920. I remember after pursuing my curiosity, to seek out what was considered to be the first recorded blues record, feeling somewhat disappointed after my first listen to "Crazy Blues" on YouTube: "Crazy Blues" - Mamie Smith, 1920. [...]

The only known photograph of Luke Jordan (circa 1940's Here's about what we played on the night: Booker T & the MGs - Boot leg Bob Dylan - Obviously Five Believers Muddy Waters - Mean Ol Frisco Blues Scrapper Blackwell - Kokomo Blues Muddy Waters & Rolling Stones - Champaign & Reefer Canned Heat - Reefer Blues Luke Jordan - Cocaine Blues The Memphis Jug Band - Cocaine Habit Blues Charlie Patton - A Spoonful Blues The Black Keys - Loneley Boy The Beatles - For You Blue Heart Attack Alley [...]

CC-By, Dullhunk In the 1920s a drug economy had emerged in the United States that profited mostly from cocaine and heroin distribution. In 1922 the 67th United States Congress passed the Jones-Miller Act, which provided fines of up to $5,000 and prison sentences for up to 10 years for any individual found guilty of being party to the unlawful importation of narcotics. Like all drug laws the legislation had little influence upon the drug marketplace except to increase the price of heroin and cocaine.(1) Cocaine Blues is [...]

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This is the playlist for the B-Squared Blues Show on Dec 14th, 2010. Tonight we also explored the rise and fall(?) of the Kings of Leon. Kings of Leon - Day Old Blues Blind Alfred Reed - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? Creedence Clearwater Revival - Penthouse Pauper Tequila Funk Experience - You Shook Me John Lee Hooker - House Rent Boogie The Black Keys - Tighten Up Kings of Leon - Dusty Kings of Leon - Genius Kings of Leon - Trani Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter Gutbucket Slim - [...]

Fleetwood Mac - Fast Talking Woman Blues Muddy Waters- Dont Go No Farther Earl King - Trick Bag GravelRoad - Devil Eyes The White Stripes - Dead leaves in the dirty ground Bubba Fowler - Louise (My Cajun Woman) Quincy Jones and Bill Cosby - Hikky Burr W. Furry Lewis - Lay My Burden Down W. Furry Lewis - Watertank Taj Majal - Country Blues #1 Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Lou Reed - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Memphis Minnie - When the levee breaks Beck - One Foot [...]

Jimmy Smith - Get Out Of My Life, Woman Leonard Nemoy - Bilbo Baggins Bo Diddley - I'm a Man The Rolling Stones - You Can't Catch Me The Rolling Stones - Little Red Rooster Keb Mo - Am I Wrong Woody Guthrie - Mean Talking Blues Bob & Lisa - Wishing Moon Fleetwood Mac - Oh Well (live) Buffalo Killers - River Water Mount Carmel - Slow Blues 8-Bit Instrumental - Alex the Kidd Ric Gary - Pimples & Braces The Velcro Lewis Group - The dust where I lay Tequila Funk Experience - You Shook [...]

The playlist for B-Squared Blues October 26th was: Larry Williams - Dizzy Ms Lizzy Big Mama Thorntom - Hound Dog Big Whiskey - Howl For Me Dylan - Freight Train Blues Julius Daniel - 99 Year Blues Eddie Cochrane - Come On Everybody Jet Harris & Tony Meehan - Wild One Dave Snaker Ray, Ray Glover, Tony Glover - Honey Bee The Dust - Game you cannot win The Dus t- Honestly Carol The Black Keys - Tighten Up The Yardbirds - White Summer (feat. Jimmy Page) The Velcro Lewis Group - The [...]

This is the playlist from the B-Squared Blues Show on October 12th, 2010. Mount Carmel - SLow Blues Phosphoresent - Worried Blues Armadillo - Killing Floor Groundhog - ??? Ike & Tina Turner - Idolise You T Model Ford - talkin' T Model Ford - How Many More Years Roadside Graves - Saturday Night Fever Jawbone - Walter John Free - The Hunter Buffalo Killers - The Path Before Me The Black Keys - Airplane Blues The Black Keys - Tighten Up Blind Blake - Rope Stretchin' Blues Johnny Cash [...]

RADIOMAN the electric man no longer listens to the radio - he himself is radio: set at the same time on reception and transmission. as a sign of his existence he thus leaves his marks on the data background. the drawing of marks is the basis of his existence (on video, banking card, telephone, fax, personal computer and so on). as if in recognition of the electric circuits in his own body, the "radioman" charges himself up with mobile electronic calculators, watches, data and dictating machines, Walkmans, cellular telephones, electronic locators, laptops, notebooks. supported by batteries, [...]