Nothing But The Blues
Nothing But The Blues #15
Watermelon Slim and The Workers (Blues For Howard); Sean Costello (Can't Let Go); Tab Benoit (Lost In Your Lovin'); Samuel James (The Sad Ballad Of Ol' Willie Chan); Bullfrog Brown (Special Rider); Dani Wilde (Heal My Blues); Oli Brown (Played By The Devil); Ian Siegal (Stranger Clothed In Linen); Eric Bibb (River Blues); The Homemade Jamz Blues Band (Penny Waiting On Change); Otis Taylor (The Way It Goes); Tom Doughty (Delia); Roxy Perry (That Night In Memphis); Buddy Guy (Too Many Tears); Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater with Lonnie Brooks (Too Old To Get Married).
[music] Yeah, if you need to blues, get your picks right here. This is Watermelon Slim. [music] [music] ♪ He dropped balls in my daddy's wall ♪ ♪ Caught the wonder why he dropped them for ♪ ♪ Too much thinking ♪ ♪ Can be hard on a man ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It'll start someday drinking ♪ ♪ And others do the best they can ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ You can't say no from all the moving train ♪ ♪ ♪ What goes down once will go down again ♪ ♪ And you live it, you've learned it ♪ ♪ You teach it kind of to see ♪ ♪ Come on ♪ ♪ Where the night wide open ♪ ♪ Put the tip to our hands to read ♪ ♪ You can't say no from all the way up ♪ ♪ You can't say no from all the way up ♪ [music] ♪ He rode a bike or a shiver ♪ ♪ He rode a bike or a swive ♪ ♪ He rode a bike off his pitch ♪ ♪ And he ain't done yet ♪ ♪ He's a boy like a propping ♪ ♪ And inspiration to his own ♪ ♪ Give it hope and consolation ♪ ♪ November starts against the wall ♪ ♪ Give it hope and consolation ♪ ♪ November starts against the wall ♪ Welcome to Nothing but the Blues with me, Cliff, and if you're listening to this, you've survived Christmas at least, so well done. Hope you had a good Christmas. That was Watermelon Slim and the Workers getting us off with Blues for Howard. From their 2008 album, No Paid Holidays, and it's on Northern Blues as several of them are this week. This week's show is looking back at my favourite albums of 2008, or some of them, in fact, because there were lots more than I could fit in. But that means there's no old blues as such, but there's still some acoustic blues. It's not all modern stuff. I'm going to carry on with the modern stuff for a few minutes. This is Sean Costello. ♪ ♪ I've been lying to myself ♪ ♪ I've been lying to YouTube ♪ ♪ And I'm tired of pretending that I've gotten over you ♪ ♪ I've been making your number baby ♪ ♪ Every day since you've been born ♪ ♪ And I care for wishing that you'd call me on the phone ♪ ♪ I've been liking my brain ♪ ♪ Is it too late in the game ♪ ♪ For you to bang it all day ago ♪ ♪ A hundred don't you be shy ♪ ♪ And don't you tell me a lie ♪ ♪ A cage to take back your goodbye ♪ ♪ I love you still ♪ ♪ Even against my own will ♪ ♪ You know you're really a part of me ♪ ♪ In way deep down in the heart of me ♪ ♪ I know I just can't let go ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ ♪ From the moment that we met baby ♪ ♪ No love could have been more true ♪ ♪ Than the love that you gave to me ♪ ♪ And the love I had for you ♪ ♪ Do you remember the day that you went away ♪ ♪ Oh baby, oh I cried ♪ ♪ I've been carrying on ♪ ♪ I'm just trying to be strong ♪ ♪ I wonder why I did away the wrong ♪ ♪ I love you still ♪ ♪ Even against my own will ♪ ♪ You know you're really a part of me ♪ ♪ In way deep down in the heart of me ♪ ♪ I know I just can't let go ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Won't you give your hand again ♪ ♪ Honey, try me one more time ♪ ♪ ♪ Too loud, it's such a precious thing ♪ ♪ Girl, it's so hard to find ♪ ♪ I love you still ♪ ♪ Even against my own will ♪ ♪ You know you're still a part of me ♪ ♪ In way deep down in the heart of me ♪ ♪ I know I just can't let go ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I can't let go ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ ♪ I just can't let go ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Sean Costello and Count Let Go from his album, and we get together. It was starting to get very favorable reviews and sadly he died on the eve of his 30th birthday. Great loss, but a great album. Nice ones to go out with. And I'll be playing more of that over the coming year, no doubt. Well, one of my favorite current performers is Tab Benoit. He's so prolific, I can't keep up with all his albums. But he did have an album out in 2008, Night Train to Nashville. And this is Lost in Your Loving. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ It was a time when I thought it was done ♪ ♪ I couldn't make my kid awake ♪ ♪ But just as soon as I started to run ♪ ♪ I couldn't help saying ♪ ♪ That I can love you like nobody else ♪ ♪ You've only been fighting yourself ♪ ♪ Got your back that you just can't win ♪ ♪ I'm lost in your own age ♪ ♪ Lost in your loving baby ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ One of the albums I positively raved about last year, or this year, sorry, it's still 2008, was Samuel James, the songs famed for "Sorrow and Joy". This is him with the sad ballad of old Willie Chan. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ My special writer, her smart can melt the sun. Makes me feel so confused, you know that I'm the only one. Well, I wake up in the morning just to see her smiling face. Coach, I beg my new due, I appreciate her craze. She got eyes so big and deep, so birdy white. Compared to her mother's talk, could never look quite dry. My special writer, she can make up a line, let's see her. My special writer, she can make up a line, let's see her. My special writer, she can make up a line, let's see her. My special writer, she can make up a line for you. My special writer, make up a line, let's see her. She can make up a roll, make up a line, let's see her. It's tremendous, both of Brown's special writer from the album, Mother River Delta. I don't know if you're listening on dress, but I've not been in such for a while. I hope you had a great Christmas. And before that, Samuel James, with the sad part of Old Lulee Chan, one of the albums I've raved about this year, again another one on Northern Blues. It's great to see young people coming into the blues these days because it means that it's going to carry on and it'll be keeping regenerated. I'm going to play a couple of young people who had new albums out this year, a couple of great albums. First one's a lady called Danny Wild. It tastes like whiskey, it tastes like wine. It's a little rocket, but it'll do me just fine. He played guitar like he got something to prove and a lot he makes it sing like he's in almost just now breathing. I said baby, won't you hear my blues? Well, baby, the baby won't take you fucking too. Oh! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Come on now, baby! ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I said baby, I said baby won't you hear my blues? ♪ ♪ ♪ Oh, baby, I said baby won't take you fucking too. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ I need some healing. ♪ ♪ I got that feeling baby. ♪ ♪ After all that, after all that, yeah ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ ♪ After all that, baby ♪ ♪ I see you, baby ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Don't you look to me with her devil eyes ♪ ♪ But even smile caught me by surprise ♪ ♪ Oh, that shouldn't love me all that time ♪ ♪ It turned out that she was never mine ♪ ♪ I've been played by the devil ♪ ♪ I've been played by the fool ♪ ♪ I've been played by the mistake ever ♪ ♪ All that hold you ♪ ♪ I soon listened to your lies ♪ ♪ Your sweet words weren't just in the sky ♪ ♪ What was I thinking ♪ ♪ Me with you, to play a games girl ♪ ♪ 'Cause you're all in lose ♪ ♪ I've been played by the devil ♪ ♪ I've been played by the fool ♪ ♪ But I'm made of mistake ever ♪ ♪ I wanna play you ♪ (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) ♪ Will you cross the line ♪ ♪ I had no time ♪ ♪ I have been played for the fool ♪ ♪ I've made of mistake ever ♪ ♪ All that hold you ♪ ♪ I've been played by the devil ♪ ♪ Play for the fool ♪ ♪ Play by the devil ♪ ♪ Play for the fool ♪ ♪ I've made of mistake ever ♪ ♪ I've been played by the devil ♪ ♪ Play for the fool ♪ ♪ Play by the devil ♪ ♪ Play for the fool ♪ ♪ I've made of mistake ever ♪ ♪ I've been taken for a ride so many times ♪ ♪ And I'm not gonna ride with you ♪ (upbeat music) - Yeah, Ollie Brown from his album, what's it called? Open Road, of course, played by the devil and it's a track that the band wrote. And I think Ollie is still under 20. And before him, Danny Wild with Heal My Blues, the title track from her album. And I think Danny is 22 or something, 23 now. So as I said, it's great to see young people coming into the blues. That was the title track from her album. She's also been on the roof records blues caravan tour this year. So if you've been lucky enough to catch her with Candy Kane and I think Deb Coleman, you'd have been very lucky. Well, everybody said Ian Siegel should make a solo album. And 2008 was the year we did. This is Ian Siegel with Stranger Closed in Linen. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) And the glory of Jehovah, Shama Father, Savathro. (upbeat music) Strades of clothing, linen, stood the father golden dome. And the Lord beheld the stranger, and he parted to the fire. The angels blew above them as the crimson flames grew high. (upbeat music) And the man beheld the dancing flames, yellow, blue and white. Put both hands in the furnace and held up the burning light. Each fire had full faces, a child and a man, a lion and an eagle. And they joined the caravan. (upbeat music) And he forced the bells of freedom, struck them to their child. Cut down the high and mighty with one word. (upbeat music) He cut down the hopes and princes, he cut down the dogs of war. He fed the flesh and tyrants to the beasts and to the birds. (upbeat music) Well the strangest hands were burning as he walked a dusty road. Eagle flew before him and the lion before him strolled. The lion went before him and the eagle flew above. And his left hand retribution in his right hand was a dove. (upbeat music) Well he took the road less traveled, he walked a crooked mile. He saw me on the darkness, he saw me on the trial. When he reached the mighty city, all the people came from near and far. He turned the fire into song and he picked up his guitar. (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) (upbeat music) He said, "Jesus, are you listening? "Tell me, how life can you hear?" "Jehovah, are you listening?" "For returning and lending you?" "Omen, pay attention, soldier, won't you listen here?" "People, don't you hear me? "Little children, don't you see?" "When only, when only, when all." He said, "Children, don't you fear me?" "People, don't you run?" "Old men gathered near me, soldier, please, put down your gun." "Guru, won't you listen to Jehovah, lending you?" "Son to Abraham, draw near me." "I said, "Jesus." (upbeat music) "Oh, Jesus, oh, Jesus, won't you come by?" (upbeat music) "Well, well, well, well." (upbeat music) "Jesus, won't you come by?" "Yeah, come by, yeah." (upbeat music) "Jesus, oh, Jesus, won't you come by?" "Yeah, come by, yeah." (upbeat music) (upbeat music) "Going down to the river, soothes my soul just to watch it flow." (upbeat music) "Mights stay all day, looking at the leaves turn golden." (upbeat music) "My mind needs a change of seeing, I don't want to say something unkind, not only." (upbeat music) "I don't feel like talking, got nothing to say, please don't preach." (upbeat music) "Sometimes we can agree to disagree." (upbeat music) "My mind's acting like a scream, don't want to say something unkind, not only." (upbeat music) "You're right, it's true, I don't make enough time just to be with you." (upbeat music) "Time and again, it's the same old story, nothing new." (upbeat music) "I need a little time to think about nothing, nothing at all." (upbeat music) "Let's go to the river, listen to the sound of the waterfall." (upbeat music) "It's time for a change of seeing, don't want to say something unkind, I don't mean." (upbeat music) "Don't want to say something unkind, not only me." (upbeat music) (upbeat music) "Oh, lovely, Eric babe with river blues, from his get on board album." I did an interview with Eric at the Cambridge Folk Festival this year, and if you check out nothing but the blues number two, you'll find that interview on there. And before Eric boo, it was Ian Seagull with Stranger Clothes Din Luna, from his acclaimed solo album The Dust on New Gene Records. And if you go to New Gene's track, there was some great bonus, New Gene's track, what am I talking about? If you go to New Gene's website, there was some great bonus tracks there, which you can download. And I did an interview with Ian last year, if you want to catch up with that, you'll have to look back at my old radio shows. I think I'll link to them from the website, which I'll give you at the end of the show. Well, I mentioned earlier about young people coming into the blues. The youngest band that burst under the scene this year has to be the homemade jams blues band. This is the penny waiting on change. Hello, everybody. I never help but heard this wave. Hello, everybody. I never help but heard this wave. See you woke up that morning feeling like a million dollars. But before the sun fell, I felt like I'm praying away on change. A woman came by my house today with tears falling down her face. She said, "Man, you better sit down before you fall down, 'cause you see the news is gonna knock your blood on your face." A woke up that morning feeling like a million dollars. But now I just feel like I'm praying away on change. She said, "Man, no woman, they coming back home. Because I felt bad that took my place." A woman came by my house today with tears falling down her face. A woman came by my house today with tears falling down her face. A woman came by my house today with tears falling down her face. A woke up that morning feeling like a million dollars. But now I just feel like I'm praying away on change. 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