3-26-10

Boston House Party
Paul hosted a house party on Friday, which was a lot of fun. I started out the night, and just kinda kept throwing music on until someone else decided to take over. One of my favorite things about this house party is that for once, it was a throwback to the house parties where we still played blues through the whole night. I miss that. Here's the set:

-Converted - Nathan James & Ben Hernandez
-Oreo Cookie Blues - Lonnie Mack
-People Grinnin' In Your Face - Ruthie Foster
-How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around) - Dr John
-No Need Pissin' On A Skunk - Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women
-If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It - Ruth Brown
-Long John Blues - Michelle Wilson
-Come Rain or Come Shine - BB King & Eric Clapton
-Dark Sunshine - Dr Michael White
-My Handy Man Ain't Handy No More - Alberta Hunter
-Who Will Comfort Me - Melody Gardot
-Nobody's Fault - Rising Appalachia
-Sun Dirt Water - The Waifs
-Follow the Drinking Gourd - Linda Tillery and Cultural Heritage Choir, Eric Bibb
-Elijah Rock - Ollabelle
-Wade in the Water - The Blind Boys of Alabama
-Do I Move You? - Nina Simone
-Lonesome Blues - Nathan James & Ben Hernandez
-Love In Vain - Keb Mo
-Dark Clouds - Chris Thomas King
-Steamroller Blues - Soul Miner's Daughter
-You Can Leave Your Hat On - Etta James
-Summertime - Renee Olstead
-I Idolize You - Lizz Wright

3-25-10

Blues Union (Boston)

Paul and I taught the classes at Blues Union, and then I DJed the second half of the night. I had a great time, even though attendance was down because of Boston Tea Party.

-Love Me Like a Man - Bonnie Raitt
-Lord, Don't Move the Mountain - Angela Strehli
-Got My Mojo Workin' - Asylum Street Spankers
-Flesh and Blood - The Waifs
-Color-Blind Angel - Robin Rogers
-Back Back Train - Aerosmith
-Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur
-I Just Want To Make Love To You - Etta James
-Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman
-Muddy Water Blues - Paul Rodgers
-O Death - Tangle Eye
-Red Mud - Chris Thomas King
-Tell Me More and More and Then Some - Nina Simone
-Harlem Nocturne - Sam Taylor & his All Star Jazz Band
-Black Night - John Lee Hooker

03-13-10

Drop Dead Blues

This set was fun to DJ, though it took me until about the fourth song to figure out the dancefloor. It seemed like mostly new dancers and I could not for the life of me figure out what they wanted. This was as on-the-fly as my DJing has gotten. I was also psyched from watching Laney DJ FNB on Friday - she rocked the house.

-Last Call - Ronnie Magri & His New Orleans Jazz Band

-How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come Around) - Dr. John

-Another Man Done Gone - Irma Thomas 

-Don't Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down - Eric Bibb, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur

-Follow the Drinking Gourd - Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, Eric Bibb

-Sun Dirt Water - The Waifs

-100 Days, 100 Nights - Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings

-Have Mercy - Shemekia Copeland

-Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman

-In the Mood for Memphis - Reni Simon

-Lord, Don't Move the Mountain - Angela Strehli

-Blues Is My Wailin' Wall - Mighty Mo Rodgers

-Bump and Grind - Denise Lasalle

-Summertime - Renee Olstead

-Death Came A-Knockin' - Ruthie Foster

03-06-10

Drop Dead Blues

Had a kickass set tonight, I love making people dance! Had a regular one hour set, then jumped back in at the end of the night to trade twos with Mark.

-Petite Fleur - Sidney Bechet
-Tombstone Blues - Ronnie Magri & His New Orleans Jazz Band
-Summertime - Renee Olstead
-Rock me Baby - Etta James
-Blues Is My Wailin' Wall - Mighty Mo Rodgers
-Follow the Drinking Gourd - Eric Bibb, Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir
-Color-Blind Angel - Robin Rogers
-Come On In My Kitchen - Porterdavis
-Love Me Like A Man - Bonnie Raitt
-Please Mr Jailer - Wynona Carr
-The Hole - The Soul of John Black
-Voodoo Chile - Gabriel Rios
-Tell Me More and More and Then Some - Nina Simone
-Pussycat Moan - Katie Webster
____

-Black Night - John Lee Hooker
-Let's Burn Down the Cornfield - Etta James
____

-Can't Stop Thinking About You - Martin Sexton
-Elijah Rock - Ollabelle