BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 4/5/26 ROOSEVELT SYKES CLASSIC RECORDINGS
This week on BBS we feature Roosevelt Sykes. During Hour #3 we’ll work our way through a list of classic Sykes recordings including 44 Blues, Highway 61, Driving Wheel, Night Time Is The Right Time, Mistake In Life, 47th Street Jive and a half dozen other Blues classics written and recorded by the original Honey Dripper, Quote from Roosevelt Sykes interview: "Back in those days, there weren’t any tape recorders so you could hear yourself. You couldn’t hear the way you sound. But they played the record back, and I said, “That’s how I sound—that’s me.” It was strange: “That’s the way I talk? That’s the way I sound? That’s me!” It sounded funny to me, and I thought, “Wow—that sounds kind of lonesome—like somebody died or something.” Roosevelt Sykes. Only on BBS!
HOUR #1
MACOMBA JUMP	TOM ARCHIA
LITTLE JOE FROM CHICAGO	KING COLE TRIO
ERRAND BOY FOR FHYTHM	KING COLE TRIO
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN	KING COLE TRIO
THAT’S WHAT	KING COLE TRIO
ANY PLACE I HANG MY HAT IS HOME	LENA HORNE
IT’S LOVE	LENA HORNE
GET OUT OF TOWN	LENA HORNE
RED BLUES	EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON
THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE	EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON
IS YOU IS	EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON
SOMEBODY’S GOTTA GO	EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON
MY SWEET TOOTH SAYS I WANNA	FLETCHER HENDERSON
MALINDA’S WEDDING DAY	FLETCHER HENDERSON
ROLL ON MISSISSIPPI ROLL ON	FLETCHER HENDERSON
MARY HAD A LITTLE JAM	FIVE RED CAPS
STEADY TIME SPECIAL	DERYCK SAMPSON
MY WAY’S CLOUDY	MARION ANDERSON
J.W. BOP	JIM WYNN
HOUR #2
QUIET WHISKEY	WYNONIE HARRIS
TROUBLE GOOD-BYE	JIMMY LIGGINS
YOUR KEY WON’T FIT MY DOOR	TERRY TIMMONS
JIVING WITH DR JIVE	CHARLIE SINGLETON
TAKE THE HANDS OFF THE CLOCK	TINY BRADSHAW
LITTLE MISS TEASIN’ BROWN	JIMMY T-99 NELSON
MEET ME WITH YOUR BLACK DRESS ON	JIMMY T-99 NELSON
DANCE OF THE REDSKINS	TODD RHODES
NEVER SAY NAW	PERCY MAYFIELD
HA-HA IN THE DAY TIME	PERCY MAYFIELD
JUMP STEADY BLUES A	PINETOP SMITH
TAKE IT EASY	FRANKIE HALF-PINT JAXON
GATES BLUES	JIMMY WADE
YOU’RE A SWEETHEART	ETHEL WATERS
HOW CAN I FACE THIS WEARY WORLD	ETHEL WATERS
I’LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW	ETHEL WATERS
I’LL MEET YOU IN THE MORNING	MIDSOUTH SINGERS
ROBBING GOD	REV A.W. NIX
GOSPEL TRAIN	HARMONY KINGS OF ORANGEBURG
CALL HIM ANYTIME	GOSPEL VOCALAIRES
HOUR #3
44 BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
3-6-9 BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
YOU SO DUMB	ROOSEVELT SYKES
HIGHWAY 61 BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
I DONE YOU WRONG	ROOSEVELT SYKES
BIG LEGS IDA	ROOSEVELT SYKES
D.B.A. BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
DRIVING WHEEL	ROOSEVELT SYKES
THE HONEYDRIPPE	ROOSEVELT SYKES
DIRTY MOTHER FOR YA	ROOSEVELT SYKES
NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME	ROOSEVELT SYKES
MISTAKE IN LIFE	ROOSEVELT SYKES
SUGAR HILL BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
47^TH STREET JIVE	ROOSEVELT SYKES
SUNNY ROAD	ROOSEVELT SYKES
HOUR #4
YOU’LL ALWAYS HAVE A HOME	EDDIE TAYLOR
CUT YOUR HEAD BLUES	HOMER HARRIS
SITTIN’ HERE DRINKIN’	MUDDY WATERS
SITTIN’ & THINKIN’	ST LOUIS JIMMY
FALLIN’ RAIN BLUES	LITTLE WILLIE FOSTER
WILDCAT TAMER	TARHEEL SLIM
MY FLIGHT	TARHEEL SLIM
TOO MUCH COMPETITION	TARHEEL SLIM
LOCK ME IN YOUR HEART	TARHEEL SLIM
HAMBONE	LITTLE BOOKER
THE HAMBONE	THE SCHOOL KIDS
TEXAS HOP	PEEWEE CRAYTON
THAT’S YOUR DADDY YADDY-YO	GATEMOUTH BROWN
LOVE ME PRETTY BABY	CONNIE MACK BOOKER
CRAWFISHIN’	CLARENCE GARLOW
ROCKET 88	JACKIE BRENSTON
WHOLE HEAP OF MAMA	KINGS OF RHYTHM
YOU GOT ME WAY DOWN HERE	LONG-MAN BINDER
ROCK A BUCKET	KINGS OF RHYTHM
HOUR #5
FOR YOU	BASIN STREET BOYS
CANADIAN SUNSET	WES MONTGOMERY
WHEN YOU WALKED IN THE ROOM	ARTHUR PRYSOCK
MY REVERIE	BETTY CARTER
I WISH YOU LOVE	GRANT GREEN
VERY TRULY YOURS	LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT
STREET OF DREAMS	LITTLE JIMMY SCOTT
LIGHTS OUT	LITTLE WALTER
BIG LEG MAMA	LITTLE WALTER
TOO LATE	LITTLE WALTER
YOU GOT ME WHER YOU WANT ME	JOHN BRIM
I CAN’T STAND THE PAIN	ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD
BLIND MAN	BOBBY BLAND
AIN’T NOTHING YOU CAN DO	BOBBY BLAND
WHO WILL THE NEXT FOOL BE	BOBBY BLAND
TURN ON YOUR LOVE LIGHT	BOBBY BLAND
ALBATROSS	FLEETWOOD MAC

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