WRFG Route 66 celebrates a bygone time when blues, jazz, and R&B blended
together, often in the same song. The focus is on the music of the Jump Blues
and Early Rock’n’Roll Eras (1940s to mid-1950s) and how those styles
have evolved over the years.
Listen Sunday from 7:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern on Atlanta’s
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WRFG ROUTE 66 PLAYLIST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021
Song
Artist
Original Album or Single & Date
Bolo Blues Jimmy Forrest Night Train 1953
Mighty, Mighty Man Roy Brown with the Earl M. Barnes & Orchestra
De Luxe Records 1947
Central Avenue Boogie Helen Humes & Her All Stars Philo Records 1945
Down, Down, Down Southside Johnny and Labamba’s Big Band
Grapefruit Moon: The Songs of Tom Waits 2008
Hangover Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra Savoy Records 1949
Black Night Roomful of Blues Raise a Ruckus 2008
Someone To Love Charles Brown & Bonnie Raitt Someone to Love 1992
LOUIS JORDAN: THE SOLO HITS FROM A TO Y – Week 41
Safe, Sane And Single Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Decca Records 1949
The B side of “You Broke Your Promise,” “Safe, Sane and Single” never made it onto the national Billboard R&B Chart, but it was a local hit in New York and New Orleans. In NYC, song made it to number eight on the Cash Box regional R&B chart for just one week in April of 1949. That same month, it stayed spent three weeks on the New Orleans chart, peaking at number eight.
Bow-Wow! Amos Milburn & His Chickenshackers Aladdin Records 1949
Our Delight Dave Clark And Floyd McDaniel Dave Clarks Blues Swingers 2003
Orange Colored Sky Nat King Cole Capitol Records 1950
D.B. Blues Lester Young & His Band Philo Records 1945
Wee Baby Blues Ella Fitzgerald Ella: The Lost Berlin Tapes (1962) 2020
You’re Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) Big Joe Turner
The Boss Of The Blues 1958
TRIBUTE TO LYNWOOD SLIM
Born Richard Dennis Duran in Los Angeles on August 19, 1953
Well Alright, O.K. You Win Lynwood Slim Last Call 2006
Jump With You Baby The Red Wagons Blues Band w/ Lynwood Slim
Jumpin’ With Friends! 2012
Be Good, Be Gone Alex Schultz w/ Lynwood Slim Think About It 2004
Tough Duff Lynwood Slim & Junior Watson Back to Back 2010
Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again
Big Rhythm Combo w/ Kid Ramos & Lynwood Slim Too Small To Dance 1997
Party Girl Dave Specter w/ Lynwood Slim & Jack McDuff Left Turn On Blue 1996
No More Doggin’ Lynwood Slim w/ Kid Ramos World Wide Wood 2000
My Hat’s On The Side Of My Head Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band
Brazilian Kicks 2010
The Smooth One Igor Prado Band w/ Donny Nichilo & Lynwood Slim
Instrumentals, Vol.1 2010
LYNNWOOD SLIM RESOURCES
biography @ wikipedia.org
discography @ discogs.com
American Blues Scene – obituary
Blues Junction – interview
Lynwood Slim wad diagnosed with Hepatitis C in 2011. Although he beat the disease, he severely damaged his liver and was told he only had two years to live if he didn’t have a liver transplant. Like many musicians, he didn’t have insurance.
Lynwood Slim died in 2014. He was 60 years old.
HEPATITIS C RESOURCES
CDC – What Is Hepatitis C?
Mayo Clinic – Hepatitis C – Symptoms & Causes
Hepatitis C – Georgia Department of Public Health
Mr. Cleanhead Blues Eddie Vinson & Jay McShann
Jumpin’ The Blues (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) 1969
Route 66 Linda Hopkins w/ Mortonette Jenkins / Maxine Weldon
Wild Women Blues – Original Cast Recording 2003
Swing Thing! Ruzz Guitar’s Blues Revue The Instrumental Sounds Of… 2020
A Fool For You Ray Charles Atlantic Records 1955
Talk Is Cheap Sandra Hall Miss Red Riding Hood 2001
Sandra Hall will be the featured performer at the WRFG Labor Day Blues BBQ
on Monday, September 6 at the Park Tavern in Piedmont Park.
Tickets are now on sale at WRFG.ORG
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Tag (You’re It) Little Charlie & The Nightcats Nine Lives 2005
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