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BIG BILL BROONZY STORY PT II

This week on Blues Before Sunrise it's the second installment of our extended series - The Big Bill Broonzy Story. The source for this feature is a 5 LP box set on the Verve Label. There were a series of sessions recorded by Big Bill Broonzy near the end of his career. He went into the studio and played tunes of his choosing and was interviewed by Studs Turkel (using the pseudonym Bill Randall). More than just a curio - there are actually some good songs here + Studs working to find the how & why behind Big Bill's career. It's The Big Bill Broonzy Story Pt II - Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

HELLO BILL

LUCKY MILLINDER

A CHICKEN AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A BIRD

CAB CALLOWAY

BOO-WA BOO-WA

CAB CALLOWAY

CONCHITA

CAB CALLOWAY

THE HONEYDRIPPER

CAB CALLOWAY

SLAP THE DIRTY LITTLE JAP

LUCKY MILLINDER

SAVOY

LUCKY MILLINDER

SWEET SLUMBER LUCKY MILLINDER

THE WAY TO TREAT YOUR WOMAN

EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON

IT AIN'T NECESSARILY SO

EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON

TROUBLE IN MIND

EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON

CAN'T KEEP THE TEARS FROM TUMBLIN'

EDDIE 'CLEANHEAD' VINSON

IN THE SHADE OF THE OLD APPLE TREE

LOUIE & THE MILLS BROS

ANSWER TO THE BOOGIE

PETE JOHNSON

I NEVER KNEW

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

DISCOTHQUE U.S.A. JIMMY McGRIFF
THE PARTY'S OVER JIMMY McGRIFF

HOUR #2

BUZZARD LUCK

WYNONIE HARRIS
WELL OH WELL TINY BRADSHAW

BREAKING UP THE HOUSE

TINY BRADSHAW

SOMEDAY - SOMEWAY

ANNIE LAURIE

IN THE MOOD FOR YOU

ANNIE LAURIE

THE NEWS REPORTER

PIGMEAT MARKHAM

WHAT YOU KNOW JOE

CECIL GANT

RAINEY WEATHER

CECIL GANT

FAT MEAT & GREENS

JIMMY BLYTHE

SHAKE THAT THING

VIOLA BARTLETTE

GONE TO MECCA FLATS JIMMY BLYTHE
VAMPIN' LIZA JANE EDITH WILSON
ALLEY RAT JIMMY BLYTHE
LONESOME MONDAY MORNING LUCILLE HEGAMIN
CHICAGO STOMPS JIMMY BLYTHE
I DREAMED OF JUDGEMENT MORNING DUNHAM JUBILEE SINGERS
GOD WILL PROTECT HIS OWN REVM.L. GIPSON
THERE'S A HAND LEADING ME BELLS OF JOY

HOUR #3

THE BIG BILL BROONZY STORY PT II

HOUR #4

NATURAL MAN

J.B. LENOIR
MAMA WHAT ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER J.B. LENOIR

FALLING RAIN BLUES

LITTLE WILLIE FOSTER

LITTLE GIRL BLUES

LITTLE WILLIE FOSTER

THROW THIS POOR DOG A BONE

MEMPHIS SLIM

COUNTRY BOOGIE

ELMORE JAMES

SHE WANTS TO SELL MY MONKEY

LITTLE JOHNNY JONES

SHORT DRESS

J.T. BROWN

DUST MY BROOM (SLOW)

ELMORE JAMES

I'M TRYING

LITTLE MILTON

MY MIND IS TROUBLED LITTLE MILTON
STEADY JERRY McCAIN
THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT JERRY McCAIN
SHE CAUGHT THE L & N BUSTER PICKENS
REMEMBER ME BUSTER PICKENS
YOU BETTER STOP ANDREW BROWN
I WALKED ALL NIGHT MIGHTY JOE YOUNG
IN THE ZONE LITTLE SMOKEY SMOTHERS
HELLO LITTLE SCHOOL GIRL BIG SMOKEY SMOTHERS

HOUR #5

SOUL SEARCH

JOHN WRIGHT
A BIT OF THE BLUES TAB SMITH

I JUST DROPPED BY TO SAY 'ELLO

JOHNNY HARTMAN

GONE WITH THE WIND

BETTY CARTER

ALL DAY LONG

JIMMY SMITH

I DONE MADE IT OVER

TINY POWELL

WESTERN UNION MAN

MEMPHIS MINNIE

WHY DID I MAKE YOU CRY

MEMPHIS MINNIE

DON'T YOU WANT TO GO

BOBO JENKINS

MILKCOW BLUES

SPECKLED RED

BUGLE CALL STOMP SPECKLED RED
EARLY THIS MORNING SPECKLED RED
ALBATROSS FLEETWOOD MAC

 

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