Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

New tracks from Lightning Malcolm, Bey Paule Band, and the Ragpicker String Band. Happy birthday Gary Eckstein, Count Basie, Eric Bibb, Luther Allison, John Lee Hooker, Debbie Davies!!!

here's the playlist:

01. Bey Paule Band - Black Bottom

02. Lightning Malcolm - So Many Women

03. Ragpicker String Band - Baby Where You Been

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04. Ragpicker String Band - Honey Babe

05. Count Basie - House Rent Boogie

06. Count Basie - You Call Yourself a Jungle King

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(But I Found Out You Ain't A Doggone Thing)

07. Debbie Davies/Tab Benoit/KebMo - I Can't Afford Myself

08. Gary Eckstein (Israel) - Coffee House Blues

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09. John Lee Hooker - Dimples

10. Eric Bibb - Gonna Walk This Road

11. Luther Allison - Can't Always Get What You Want

12. Luther Allison - Part Time Love

In this episode of Traveling Blues - celebrating Alfie Smith's birthday, as well as the birthdays of Albert Castiglia, Percy Mayfield, and Son Seals. New recordings from Ian Siegal and from Albert Castiglia, some tunes by Eddie Cotton, and from the Danish band The Blues Overdrive. Alfie Smith is a blues singer and a fine guitarist (both acoustic and electric) from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and I managed to grab a few live acoustic performances of his from YouTube. Eddie Cotton was this year's winner at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, and has a new album coming out any day now. Ian Siegal has a new live recording of acoustic sessions he recorded with Alvin Youngblood Hart, Cody Dickinson, Luther Dickinson, and Jimbo Mathus.

Here's the Playlist:

01. The Blues Overdrive (Denmark)- Pistol Blues

02. The Blues Overdrive (Denmark)- Living Here Without You

03. Eddie Cotton - Pay To Play

04. Eddie Cotton - Berry So Black

05. Ian Siegal (UK) - Heavenly Houseboat Blues

06. Ian Siegal (UK) - Hard Times (Come Again No More)

07. Alfie Smith (Canada) - Killing Floor

08. Alfie Smith (Canada) - Amazing Grace/House of the Rising Sun

09. Alfie Smith (Canada) - Come On In My Kitchen

10. Son Seals - Don't Pick Me For Your Fool

11. Percy Mayfield - Nothing Stays the Same Forever

12. Percy Mayfield - Stranger In My Own Home Town

13. Albert Castiglia - Love One Another

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, August 5, 2015 (ep.211) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, July 29, 2015 (ep.210) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, July 22, 2015 (ep.209) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

Ilan Jonas was with me in the studio as we celebrated his birthday, as well as the birthdays of David Wilcox, Washboard Sam, DIck Waterman, Danny Zukerman, and Eyal Ben Hamoria. We also played some tracks from the new album by Croatian Bluesman Tomislav Goluban. We also listened to a few tracks by Big Daddy Wilson, Lightning Hopkins, Stefan Grossman, Bonnie Raitt, and Taj Mahal.

Traveling Blues-IDC International Radio, July 8, 2015 (ep.207) by Eli Dr. Blues Marcus

On Traveling Blues this week: Candye Kane arrives in Israel, Canada Day honored with McKenna Mendelson Mainline, we celebrated Dan Akyroid's birthday with the Blues Brothers, Charlie Sawyers birthday with Little Walter, the 100th birthday of Willie Dixon and Honeyboy Edwards, and James Cotton's 80th birthday. Frank Oz sang a few songs live in our studio, and Lazer Lloyd's new album closed the show.

On this episode of Traveling Blues - New recordings from Lazer Lloyd, Brick Fields, and Yaron Ben Ami. Happy Blues Birthday wishes to Big Bill Broonzy, Bill Sims Jr and to Toby Walker. And of course, Libi - live in the studio, singing with Dr. Blues - Come On In My Kitchen, Write Me A Few of Your Lines/Kokomo, Hesitation Blues, and You're Not The Only One

Shlomo Mizrahi was live in our studio on Traveling Blues. We also said farewell to Mighty Sam McClain and to Ornette Coleman who left us in the past week. New recordings featured this week - slidemaster Roy Rogers and Lazer Lloyd