May 26 Show: Big Joe Turner

Tonight is the first show of the summer. I had fun putting this one together because the music of Big Joe Turner is all about fun, and we're celebrating his 100th birthday, which was May 18, 1911.

1.  Well All Right--2:30
     from The Very Best of Big Joe Turner
2.  It's All Right, Baby (with Pete Johnson)--2:41
     from The Norton Jazz Recordings

From The Very Best of Big Joe Turner:
3.  Chains of Love--3:24
4.  Sweet Sixteen--2:59
5.  Honey Hush--2:45
6.  TV Mama (with Elmore James)--2:50
     also available on The Sky Is Crying:  The History of Elmore James
7.  Shake, Rattle, and Roll--3:02
8.  Flip, Flop, and Fly--2:49
9.  Midnight Cannonball--2:32
10.  Corrine Corrina--2:56
11.  You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?)--4:16
       also available on The Boss of the Blues

12.  Junior Wells--You Sure Look Good to Me (Wee Baby Blues)--2:26
       from Calling All Blues
13.  Memphis Slim with Willie Dixon, T-Bone Walker, and Jump Jackson--Wee Baby Blues--2:38
       from American Folk Blues Festival:  1962-1965, Disc 1
14.  Robert Nighthawk--Honey Hush--3:37
       from Live on Maxwell Street
15.  Big Joe Turner & Roomful of Blues--Shake, Rattle, and Roll--5:31
       from The Blues'll Make You Happy, Too
16.  Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers--Low Down Dog--5:00
       from Soul Survey:  A Blues Sampler (Black Top), also available on Blues in the Dark
17.  Al Copley & Hal Singer--Standing by the Highway--4:53--Oops, I think this one may have been mislabeled because I can't find evidence of a Big Joe Turner original!  But it's still a great song!
18.  Al Copley & Hal Singer--Morning, Noon, and Night--3:16
       both from Royal Blue
19.  Duke Robillard--Midnight Cannonball--3:59
       from Stretchin' Out

20.  Red State Blues Band--Blues in the Dark--5:08
       from 12 Tracks
21.  Luther Allison--Now You Got It--3:42
       from Luther's Blues