This week's playlist:
• I Wanna Know (7:38) by Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, from Live At Chan's Combo Platter No. 2 (2009); available from Blue Bella Records , CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store . Visit this page at the Blue Bella site for more information.
• I Love 'Em (3:58) by Big James &The Chicago Playboys, from Right Here Right Now (2009); available from BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS . Visit BigJames.com for more information.
• No Mercy (4:20) by The Snake Charmers, from Been Gone Too Long (2008), available from CD Baby and the iTMS . Visit TheSnakeCharmers.net and The Snake Charmers' MySpace page for more information.
• I Can't Go On This Way (4:05) by A.C. Reed, from I'm In The Wrong Business (1987), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS . Thanks also to AirplayDirect for helping make this track available. Visit this page at the Alligator site for more infomation.
• 18, 18 Wheeler (3:59), Should Have Done More (4:07) and Caterpillar Whine (Long Line Skinner) (4:14), all by Watermelon Slim and all from Escape From The Chicken Coop (2009), available from NorthernBlues Music and the iTMS . Visit for more information.
• I'll Find Someone Who Will (5:10) by by Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, from Oh Yeah (2003), available from the music page of her Web site, CD Baby and the iTMS . Visit TeresaJames.com for more information.
• I Don't Believe (5:09) by David Herrero, from Austin To Chicago (2007); available from and the iTMS . Visit for more information.
• Built For Comfort (3:40) by Big Twits & The Mellow Fellows, from Live From Chicago! Bigger Than Life! (1987); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS . Thanks also to AirplayDirect for helping make this track available. Visit this page at the Alligator site for more information.
Mentioned during this show: Great Northern Blues Society's Blues ala Carte 2009 .
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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.
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(Something noteworthy being done by a remarkable long-ago friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago )
(Music on Murphy's Saloon #166 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network , IODA PROMONET , Download.com or Garageband.com )
