Blues

All over the board, as usual, this afternoon. Dan HIcks, Hayes Carll, Neil Young, Michael Nesmith, Seatrain, Ry Cooder, LIndisfarne, Holly Golightly, Fred Eaglesmith…to view the entire playlist, click “episode details”. You may link to the archive of the show from that page, too.

Interview with Texas blues woman Sweet Mama Cotton aka Marcy Rae to talk about the blues scene in Spring, Texas where she called in from. That’s about 20 miles north of Houston. We also talked about her new CD “Suh-WEEET” on 100% Cotton Record label. For more about Marcy, go to: marcy@sweetmamacotton.com.

BIRTHDAYS-IN-BLUE From the Land of the Round Haircut for Divas ARETHA FRANKLIN and DIANA ROSS, The World’s Oldest Teenager RUFUS THOMAS, Blues Immortals ROBERT Jr LOCKWOOD, LeROY CARR and BIG MACEO, Rockabilly Cat JOHNNY BURNETTE, Crown Princess of Rockabilly JANIS MARTIN, Texas Piano Poundr MOON MULLIGAN, and Gospel Sounds for Holy Week as the Easter Countdown begins…..

Music Host: Cory Washington
News Host: Siobhan Kierans
Producer: Dale Connelly