Buddy Whittington (Romance Classified); Dr Wu and Friends feat. Buddy Whittington (Why Is It So Hard To Say Goodbye); St. Louis Jimmy Oden (Pipe Layin' Blues); Jazz Gillum (Water Pipe Blues); Too Slim and The Taildraggers (Everybody's Got Something); Otis Spann (Half Ain't Been Told); Muddy Waters ((I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man); Michael Burks (Heartless); Bill Stewart (Sittin' On Top Of The World); Lloyd Jones (Ice Cream Man); Dutch Tilders (Step A Little Lighter); Blind Boy Fuller (Black Bottom Blues); Ma Rainey (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom); Robert Randolph and The Family Band (I'm Not Listening); W.T. Feaster (The Bird Has Flown).
Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #137
[Music] S-W-F-6, same [Music] Asia, no Hispanic, or African-American [Music] In the marketplace with the swinger's sound device [Music] In the romance classified [Music] Well he'll business man [Music] He likes his Funny games in the afternoon Because his wife doesn't understand Financial assistance, your photograph gets mine She's gonna find a sugar daddy in the romance classified [Music] Where the couples meet the cross-cresses And socials and numbers Some wanna be observers Some just wanna be observed [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Hey, now real life ain't this way So don't stick your emotions on the power of the planet page Cause it's a scary game and you're playing with your life But it's all right there in the romance classified [Music] Won't you call us on the 1900? Anytime life gets too hard Only 795 per minute They'll discreetly do your credit card look out [Music] Lovely, Buddy Wittington with romance classified Welcome to Nothing But the Blues with May Cliff That tracks from his self-titled poem Which has been out a few years now And I think I've played most of the tracks on it In fact the next song also features Buddy [Music] There's a rumor going 'round you're 'bout to give me the booth Look me in the eyes and tell me the truth What you've been hiding behind that pretty smile Your friends all tell me that I'm living in the Nile There's a million ways to tell me Without you telling lies Why is it so hard for you to say goodbye? I read it in the paper Saw it on the news I heard it on the radio These rumors must be true I'm off YouTube Must have lost my space When I do a goodbye Up pops your face There's a million ways to tell me No need to be shy Why is it so hard for you to say goodbye? [Music] Better GPS They stop on every hour FTD delivery came without the flowers Received your valetine With the heart crossed down All these innuendos can't leave a man in doubt There's a million ways to tell me No need to be sly Why is it so hard for you to say goodbye? [Music] Got your emails, voicemails And a couple hundred facts A wedding invitation Are you ever coming back? You said you tried to tell me But there wasn't any use You had the captain call me From your honeymoon cruise There's a million ways to tell me You're up to 95 Why is it so hard for you to say goodbye? [Music] [Music] Dr. Wu and friends Featuring Buddy Whittington With Why is it so hard to say goodbye? From the album Texas Blues Project Vol. 2 Which came out last year And if you're wondering who Dr. Wu is the band Named after the Steely Dan track I'm going to go back in time now Oh, this is St. Louis Jimmy [Music] I've been laying quite bald a day, babe Like I never made quite before [Music] I've been laying quite bald a day, babe [Music] Like I never laid quite before [Music] He bawls I was working for [Music] There she couldn't use me no more [Music] I only used one tooth [Music] And one tooth is all I need [Music] I only used one tooth [Music] And one tooth is all I need [Music] But after I'm still laying quite [Music] My fault is always free [Music] When I work at midnight [Music] People I don't need no life [Music] When I work at midnight [Music] People I don't need no life [Music] I can't guarantee my wife [Music] Because I really lays my pipe [Music] I lay pipey there [Music] Don't use my digger raw [Music] I lay pipey there [Music] Don't use my digger raw [Music] I'm arrested plumber [Music] And I really know myself [Music] I'm sorry now [Music] That I lost each other alone [Music] I'm sorry now [Music] That I lost each other alone [Music] She was the best born lady [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Now girl, they tell me that she's a plumber When you fix my water pipe for me [Music] Well, they tell me that she's a plumber When you fix my water pipe for me [Music] I give you the things you're facing No matter what it may be [Music] Mama, what you're facing Wouldn't make you wait so long [Music] Mama, what you're facing Wouldn't make you wait so long [Music] If you don't want to fix it Tell me I'll be moving on [Music] Well, now when you fix it It will be mighty good [Music] Well, now when you fix it It will be mighty good [Music] Well, now when you fix it All over this neighborhood [Music] When you've got your tooth, Mama Everybody say that your work is fine [Music] When you've got your tooth, Mama Everybody say that your work is fine [Music] Well, that is the reason I want you to work on mine [Music] Won't you fix it up, Mama If it takes you all day long [Music] When won't you fix it up, Mama If it takes you all day long [Music] Really didn't want you there for me Tell them that I have been here and gone [Music] Jessica with water pipe blues Recoded in Chicago in July 1942 With Blind John Davis on piano And Big Bill Brun's the on guitar Jessica and himself on harmonica of course And before that, St. Louis Jimmy, Jimmy Oden Recoded in Chicago in August 1934 Pye play in blues With probably Roosevelt Sykes on piano It's not known for definite And I'll be mentioning Jimmy again In a few minutes time But right up to date now This is Two Slim and the Tailed Dragons [Music] Everybody's not something Everybody's not a thing We're all a little different A little bit of sea We all want love We don't need hate Just a little bit of hope And a little bit of faith We all like good times 'Cause we've all had a bad We won't believe Our people don't lie If I had my way Everybody wouldn't be happy I could say from my heart Everything's gonna be alright Everybody's got something Somebody need Everybody's got something Something makes me feel free Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something to give [Music] [Music] [Music] We all want to be sexy We want to be cool Nobody wants to Play the food Now, some want money And some want fame Some just want To stay in the game We've all had friends In the end of the week We've all had dreams Nobody sees And if I had my way Everybody wouldn't be happy I could say from my heart Everything's gonna be alright Everybody's got something Somebody need Everybody's got something Something makes me feel free Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something to give Something to give Hey, something to give Oh, wow, oh Everybody's gonna be happy Everything's gonna be alright Everybody Everybody Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair Everybody's got something They all got the hair They all got the hair Everything's gonna be alright Two Slim and the Tail Draggers Everybody's got something It's from the new album Shiver And Tim Langford or Two Slim It's been around a while I think this is his 16th album So he's kind of got it nailed now Well, a couple of featuring Otis Spam now ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ See that yeah, everything I do ♪ ♪ ♪ See that yeah, everything I do ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Why should I get kicked around ♪ ♪ People like a poor dog ♪ ♪ ♪ People like a poor dog ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ He's gonna be a son of a gun ♪ ♪ He gonna make pretty women's ♪ ♪ Jumping shout ♪ ♪ Then they would wanna know ♪ ♪ What this all about ♪ ♪ What you gonna do ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ ♪ What you gonna do ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ ♪ I got a black cat ball ♪ ♪ I got a mojo too ♪ ♪ I got the down the conqueror ♪ ♪ I'm gonna mess with you ♪ ♪ I'm gonna make you give ♪ ♪ Lead me by my hand ♪ ♪ Then the world I know ♪ ♪ The hoo-chick hoo-chum-ay ♪ ♪ But you're long enough ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ ♪ You know the hoo-chick hoo-chum-ay ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ ♪ On a seven hour ♪ ♪ On a seven day ♪ ♪ On a seven month ♪ ♪ The seven doctors say ♪ ♪ He was born for good luck ♪ ♪ And that you'll see ♪ ♪ I got seven hundred dollars ♪ ♪ Don't you mess with me ♪ ♪ But you're long enough ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ ♪ Born on the hoo-chick hoo-chum-ay ♪ ♪ Everybody knows him ♪ - You know, I checked up on my database and I couldn't believe that I'd never played that on the show, still better late than ever. Bloody waters, of course, with I'm your hoo-chick hoo-chum-ay with Little Walter, Otis Spann, Jimmy Rogers, Willie Dixon, and Fred Beelow, what a line up. Recorded in Chicago in January 1954. This show is going out on April the 30th and that's the anniversary of Muddie's death in 1983. Before that, Otis Spann, with half ain't been told, co-written by Otis Spann and St. Louis, Jimmy Oden, recorded in New York in August 1960. Well, back up to the 2000s now. This is Michael Birx. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ The dark red pillow told me I wasn't lastin' long ♪ ♪ If my heart was stolen, but I think I will be wrong ♪ ♪ I know that this ain't true, but I haven't done my hard things ♪ ♪ Since I first laid eyes on you ♪ ♪ I still work on every morning to the things I've got to do ♪ ♪ Acting like I'm happy, I know that this ain't true ♪ ♪ I know that anything I could do ♪ ♪ Because the heart I've been missing won't keep me from missin' you ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) Powerful guitar work there from Michael Burke's Heartless from his 2001 album "Make It Rain" and rather you didn't thank you Michael. We've actually been having reasonable weather in the UK at the moment. Well, this is another new album now from a guy called Bill Stewart. 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