Smooth Honey Bear Blues

This episode of the Smooth Honey Bear Blues features Coco Montoya's album "Can't Look Back". Songs include; the title track Can't Look Back, I Won't Beg, Trip, Stumble, and Fall, and Can't Seethe Streets for My Tears among others. This album was released in 2002 on Alligator Records.

Also, tonight we featured songs by Joe Cocker from his "Greatest Hits" album. Tunes such as, With a Little Help From My Friends, Woman to Woman, Feelin' Alright, Your So Beautiful, and High Time We Went.

Please relax and enjoy, the Blues.

This episode is a continuation of Genius Amplified Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars. This second CD starts with recording of Eric with Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, George Harrison, Derek and the Dominos, and several covers songs (i.e. Little Wing-Jimi Hendricks, I Shot the Sheriff-Bob Marley, Little Queenie-Chuck Berry). Also included is Ain't Going Down from his Money & Cigarettes album from 1983.

I hope you enjoyed the stroll through the many versions that are Eric Clapton. Get comfortable and prepare for the @nd Cd of the two CD set.

This episode of the Smooth Honey Bear Blues presents the sound track from the Movie released in 2017, Eric Clapton - Live in 12 Bars. This 2-CD set (of which this only CD-1) follows Eric Clapton with music from the early years of The Yardbirds, John Mahal & the Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith. It only features work with Aretha Franklin(Good to Me as I Am to You) and The Beatles (My Guitar Gently Weeps) found on the White Album. The next episode of the Smooth Honey Bear Blues will feature disk 2 of this 2CD set.

This episode wraps up with recordings from the fourth CD of the 4 CD Box set from Chess Records titled Chess Blues 1947 - 1967. Artists presented include Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Etta James, Howlin' Wolf and Buddy Guy among others from that era. The rest of the show presented recordings from Albert King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King , Howlin' Wolf, Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder. I hope you enjoy listening to the music as much as I did compiling it for you. Honey Bear

This episode continues the presentation of the blues catalog from Chess Records with their Chess Blues 4CD set. This evening we played artist from 1954 Through the beginnings of the 1960'S. A few of the artist were Howlin' Wolf, Etta James, Sonny Boy Williamson, Albert King, Little Walter and Muddy Waters. Relax and take a listen.

This episode is a tribute to the late Wesley Curley Clark, known as the "Godfather of Austin Blues" The two recordings presented tonight are; Live from the Saxon Pub recorded in 2010 and From Austin With Soul. Relax and enjoy some of the best of Austin blues.

The episode is a continuation of recording captured at Chess records between 1947-1967. Tonight's show presented artists from 1952 through 1954. Some of these were Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Willie Dixon, Muddy Walters and Memphis Minnie to name a few.

So get comfortable and listen to a great blues music from a bygone era.

This episode featured recording artist from the Chess Record archives. The Four CD set focused in the blues from 1947-1967. Specifically, this show was Disc one the years 1947-1952. Artists were varied from those that people are familiar (Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf) to those more obscure but, just as note worth and entertaining (Laura Rucker, Forest Sykes).

What a great line up for your listening pleasure. We have the Great B.B. King's 1994 Grammy Award Winning recording for best Traditional Blue album, titled "Blues Summit". It is a whos who of the legends of the Blues,. This duet album is packed with artists, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Ruth Brown, Etta James, KoKo Taylor, John Lee Hooker, Katie Webster, Albert Collins, Lowell Fulson, Irma Thomas and Joe Lewis Walker. If that wasn't enough several tracks have the Memphis horns, while others include the harmonica of Kim Wilson of The Fabulous Thunderbirds fame.

As an encore I have the the Texas Godfather of the Blues, W.C. Clark with his album titled, "From Austin with Soul".

This episode features the recordings of two great musicians: Buddy Guy and Susan Tedeschi. Buddy Guy's Music is from his album, Slippin' In from 1994. Susan Tedeschi's recordings are from her 2005 album Hope & Desire, which feature the guitar work of Doyle Bramhall II and Derek Trucks. Also singing background vocal on track 10 are The Blind Boys of Alabama.