Show 118
05-07-2025
The blues: Willie Dixon called them "the true facts of life expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding."
Damned If I Do - Adrian Kosky, from his album Dirty White Music, a 2005 release.
Fool's Game - the Mojos, featuring Fiona Boyes. They were around for a bit in the early 1990s, we found the song on a 1992 compilation, Real Australian Blues Volume 1.
News - Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers, from 2005, it was on their album Little Big Men.
Hard Times Killing Floor - the Backsliders a blues classic attributed to Skip James in 1931, this version was on a concert album, Live At The Royal (in Castlemaine, Victoria), a 1996 release.
I'm Going To Make It Somehow - Kerri Simpson and Confessin' the Blues, recorded in 2000 at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.
Death Letter Blues - Murder Mouse Blues Band with their version of the Son House classic, from their 2009 album Fill The Hole.
A session with Chris Wilson
Born Under A Bad Sign, Chris's version of the 1967 Albert King number.
When The Levee Breaks, made famous by Led Zeppelin but which dates back to the 1920s
Summertime, by George Gershwin, written for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.
Back-porch blues
Evil - Fat Sam and the Blues Kings, a 1987 session. Paul Cumming playing the part of Fat Sam.
Rich Man's Blues - C.W. Stoneking, from his 2011 album King Hokum.
Crystal Theatre - Belles Will Ring, at 54 seconds what might be the shortest title track ever recorded, from 2004.
Heavy Love - Andy Cowan, from 2004, it was on his album Sweet Release.
Intro: Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino, 2003.
Exit and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998 album.
