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This week's playlist:
• Just Like You (4:02) by John Nemeth, from Love Me Tonight (2009); available from Blind Pig Records and the iTunes Music Store. Visit JohnNemethBlues.com for more information.
• The Blues Lives Here (4:55) by Mississippi Shakedown, from BAR, Vol. 6 (2008); available from BluesAndRoots Promotions.com. Visit BluesAndRoots Promotions.com for more information.
• Steakbone Slide (5:34) by Bluesboy Jag; much of his music is available from this page at his Web site and some from the iTMS. Visit this page at Bluesboy Jag's site for more information.
• Hiding Under Cover (3:08) by the Joe Galea Band, from Hiding Under Cover (2008); available from Joe's online catalog page. Visit JoeGaleaBand.com for more information.
• Man's Woman (1:51), Untrue (4:33) and Live To Play (2:58), all by Anni Piper, and all from Two's Company (2009), available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit for more information.
• Looka Here (4:05). all by George Friend and all from Looka Here (2004); available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit George's MySpace page for more information.
• Devilment by Paul Reddick, from SugarBird (2008), available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. Visit PaulReddick.ca for more information.
• Worse Without You (3:40) by the Ramblin Dawgs, from their EP, Rockin Blues (2009), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit RamblinDawgs.com and their MySpace page for more information.
In addition to email, you can contact me through Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com.
Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago.
For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com.
(Music on Murphy's Saloon #152 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)
By Hieronymus MurphyThis week's playlist:
• Just Like You (4:02) by John Nemeth, from Love Me Tonight (2009); available from Blind Pig Records and the iTunes Music Store. Visit JohnNemethBlues.com for more information.
• The Blues Lives Here (4:55) by Mississippi Shakedown, from BAR, Vol. 6 (2008); available from BluesAndRoots Promotions.com. Visit BluesAndRoots Promotions.com for more information.
• Steakbone Slide (5:34) by Bluesboy Jag; much of his music is available from this page at his Web site and some from the iTMS. Visit this page at Bluesboy Jag's site for more information.
• Hiding Under Cover (3:08) by the Joe Galea Band, from Hiding Under Cover (2008); available from Joe's online catalog page. Visit JoeGaleaBand.com for more information.
• Man's Woman (1:51), Untrue (4:33) and Live To Play (2:58), all by Anni Piper, and all from Two's Company (2009), available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit for more information.
• Looka Here (4:05). all by George Friend and all from Looka Here (2004); available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit George's MySpace page for more information.
• Devilment by Paul Reddick, from SugarBird (2008), available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. Visit PaulReddick.ca for more information.
• Worse Without You (3:40) by the Ramblin Dawgs, from their EP, Rockin Blues (2009), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit RamblinDawgs.com and their MySpace page for more information.
In addition to email, you can contact me through Facebook, MySpace and Twitter.
Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com.
Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago.
For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com.
(Music on Murphy's Saloon #152 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)