Goin' Down Chicago (Blues #2)

Urban blues started in Chicago and St. Louis, as music created by part-time musicians who played as street musicians, and other events in their neighborhood. For many blues musicians, the “day job” made their living, but the nighttime music gig was their life. An early setting for Chicago blues was the open-air market on Maxwell Street, one of the largest open-air markets in the nation. The first blues clubs in Chicago were mostly in predominantly black neighborhoods on the South Side, with a few in the smaller black neighborhoods on the West Side. Chicago blues was one of the most significant influences on early rock music. Chuck Berry originally recorded with Chess Records—one of the biggest Chicago blues record labels of that time. *****
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In this episode you’ll hear:
1) Playin' With My Friends by B.B. King & Robert Cray
2) Crossfire by Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
3) Chicago Lakefront by Iceman Robinson
4) That's What The Blues Is All About by Albert King
5) Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning by Aretha Franklin
6) Champagne & Reefer by The Rolling Stones with Buddy Guy
7) She's Puttin' Something In My Food by Bobby "Blue" Bland
8) If This Is Love by Duke Robillard
9) Evil (Is Going On) by Koko Taylor
10) U B U by Rick Estrin & The Nightcats
11) Love In Vain by Eric Clapton
12) Got Love If You Want It by The Fabulous Thunderbirds
13) We The People by Guitar Shorty
14) Your Lady, She's Shady by J J Grey & Mofro
15) Born Under A Bad Sign by Marva Wright
16) I'm A King Bee by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry
17) Key To The Highway by Little Walter
18) That Will Never Do by Roomful Of Blues
19) If The Blues Were Whiskey by Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson
20) When Love Comes To Town by U2 with B.B. King
21) Strange Feeling by Michael Burks
22) Born In Chicago by Paul Butterfield Blues Band
23) Men Are Just Like Street Cars by Natalie Cole, Mavis Staples and Ruth Brown
24) Don't Pick Me For Your Fool by Son Seals
25) Hoochie Coochie Man by Willie Dixon
26) All Your Love by John Mayall's Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton
27) I Sing The Blues by Etta James
28) If You Have To Know by Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan
29) Too Much Barbecue by Big Twist & The Mellow Fellows