6-22-09

Shades of Blues

Anna invited me to DJ at Shades, and it was a blast. Other than one slight hiccup, I think the set went really well. The venue focuses more on "turquoise" and alternative music (funk, R&B, soul, gospel, trip hop, etc), so it was fun to push myself to play a more varied set.

-Down in the Swamp - Tab Benoit
-She's Gonna Take Sick and Die - Collard Greens & Gravy
-Deep in the Delta - Brother Yusef
-I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
-Sweet Home Chicago - Taj Mahal
-Red Mud - Chris Thomas King
-Answering Machine - Kinsey Report
-Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
-Ruby Mae - Snooky Pryor & Mel Brown
-This Little Light of Mine - Mavis Staples
-Keep Your Hands Off Her - The Black Keys
-I'll Be Your Sweet Black Angel - Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women
-Alice - Patti Plinko and Her Boy
-Tell Me More And More And Then Some - Nina Simone
-Hot Potato - Circus Contraption
-Black Rattler - The Carl Sonny Leyland Trio feat. Nathan James & Ben Hernandez
-Real Gone - Sam Taylor & His All Star Jazz Band
-My Road Lies in Darkness - Charlie Musselwhite
-Blues For Angel - Soul Miner's Daughter
-Voodoo Chile - Gabriel Rios
-Sentimientos - Andres Linetzky & Ernesto Romeo
-Every Planet We Reach Is Dead - Gorillaz
-I Idolize You - Lizz Wright
-Silver Bird - Collard Greens & Gravy