Key to the Highway                 

2017-12-27      2-5pm                    

Recap of the last 15 months

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Every now and then someone will ask me what my show is like and I can never really answer them because, at least in my mind, every show is different and unique, but if there is an answer it must be found in a presentation such as these next two shows.  For a long time I wanted to review the year by presenting favorite tracks from the previous airings and, this year, I am finally getting around to doing just that.  There would be no more appropriate time than the end of the year, what with the natural break of putting up a new calendar on the wall, and playing favorites strikes me as kind of a Christmas gift.  No artist bios today, but I am including a list of all the dates we are covering in the next segment, beginning right after the conclusion of the Development of the British Blues two and a half year marathon and continuing through two weeks ago.  That way if you want to read up on any artists that pique your curiosity you can go to key2highway.blogspot and catch up.  Many, if not most, of the artists presented have been written up.  All my blogs should still be available.

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2016-09-14
Freddie King
Electric Flag
Joe Houston
Andy Mazzilli
Clarence “Pinetop” Smith

2016-09-28

Louis Jordan
Frankie Lee Sims
Big Maybelle
John Littlejohn

2016-10-12

Jimmy Dawkins
Blind Willie Johnson
Nappy Brown   (music not available)

2016-12-28   No American (Trump protest)

Wailin’ Walker
Boppin’ Blues Band
Carlos del Junco

2017-01-25

Deanna Bogart  
Luther “Snake” Johnson
Louis Jordan

2017-02-08

Billy Boy Arnold
Lou Donaldson
Johnny Shines

2017-02-22   Mardi Gras

Buckwheat Zydeco  (music not available)
John Mooney
Huey “Piano” Smith

2017-03-08   (disc malfunction, unavailable)

2017-03-22   post-St. Patty’s

Phil Seamen
Various Brit

2017-03-29  

Big Maceo Merriweather
Lionel Hampton
Luther Allison

2017-05-10                 

Jimmy Yancey        
Sam and Dave       
Shakey Jake Harris

2017-04-26   Jazz marathon prep

Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald
Mose Allison   (Jazz side)
Octobop

2017-05-10                 

Jimmy Yancey        
Sam and Dave       
Shakey Jake Harris

2017-05-24

Magic Sam

Paul Butterfield Blues Band

Luther AllisonMichael Bloomfield

2017-06-18 Monterey Pop 50^th Anniversary
2017-08-09   Chuck Berry   (Oldies ‘thon edition)

2017-08-23

Hound Dog Taylor
Earl Hooker
Sunnyland Slim

2017-08-30

Jimmy Witherspoon
Freddie King
ZZ Top
Johnny Winter

2017-09-13

Roy Milton & his Solid Senders
Cannon’s Jug Stompers
Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson

2017-09-27

Tiny Bradshaw
Siegel-Schwall Blues Band
Henry Butler  
(Walter Barnes story)

2017-10-25

Ruth Brown
Buddy Guy

2017-11-08

Canned Heat
Memphis Slim
Cannonball Adderly

2017-11-22   with Gil

Memphis Blues
Chicago Blues Band (including John Lee Hooker)

2017-11-29   Canada vacation edition

Nigel Mack and the Blues Attack
Harpdog Brown
Powder Blues

2017-12-13
Luther Allison

John Handy
Mose Allison (Blues side)

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The normal end-of-post playlist is for this show and the next one.  The first portion are studio recordings and the artists are presented in chronological order by the day they aired with some of them held back until the live section, which I tried to put together in a good sounding order.  I don’t know exactly how far the first day will go on the list so I may make changes there, but I’ll worry about that in two weeks.  In the meantime . . . . enjoy

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Since it is still relatively new, I thought I’d mention that KKUP is now streaming on the internet and, while it is still in a developing stage, we have been putting out the word.  I’m not all of that good with high-tech stuff, but it seems pretty easy to access.  If you go to our website at KKUP.org you will see on the home page a strip of options immediately above the pictures of the musicians the next to the last option being LISTEN ONLINE.  By clicking this, it brings up a choice of desktop or mobile.  I can only speak for the desktop but after maybe a minute I was receiving a crystal clear feed.  As already mentioned, this is still a work in progress and we are currently limited to a finite number of listeners at any one time.  I mention this so you will be aware to turn off the application when you are not actually listening.  (I put the player in my favorites bar for the easiest of access.)  Now we can reach our listeners in Los Gatos and Palo Alto, even my family in Canada.  Let your friends elsewhere know they can now listen to your favorite station, and while they have the home page open they can check out our schedule.

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Remington Ride
   Freddie King
Killing Floor
   The Electric Flag
I Cover the Waterfront
   Joe Houston
Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
   Clarence “Pinetop” White
Lucy Mae Blues
   Frankie Lee Sims
I Got a Feeling
Gabbin’ Blues
   Big Maybelle   27mins

How Much More Long

   John Littlejohn
What’s the Use of Getting Sober
     (When You’ll Only Get Drunk Again)
   Louis Jordan
Gittar Rapp
   Jimmy “Fast Fingers” Dawkins
The Soul of a Man
   Blind Willie Johnson
Pretty Girls Everywhere
   Wailin’ Walker
Come Back Home
   The Boppin’ Blues Band
You Can’t Get That No More
Beware, Brother, Beware
   Louis Jordan   29mins

Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar

   Deanna Bogart
Please Don’t Take My Baby Nowhere
   Luther “Snake” Johnson
You Don’t Love Me No More
   Billy Boy Arnold
Rough House Blues
   Lou Donaldson
Hey Hey
   Johnny Shines
Baby Please Don’t Go
   John Mooney
Li’l Liza Jane
   Huey “Piano” Smith
Hideaway
   Luther Allison   26mins

Seamen’s Mission

   Phil Seamen
Worried Life Blues
   Big Maceo
Beulah’s Sister’s Boogie
   Lionel Hampton
Wild Man on the Loose
   Mose Allison
Westwood Walk
   Octobop
When I Get Low I Get High
   Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb
Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody
   Sam and Dave
Yancey’s Getaway
   Jimmy Yancey
Just Shakey
   Shakey Jake Harris   27mins

Mama Talk to Your Daughter
   Magic Sam
Shake Your Moneymaker
   The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Raggedy and Dirty
   Luther Allison
House Rockin’ Boogie
   Howlin’ Wolf
Dust My Broom
   Elmore James
I Ain’t Got You
   Jimmy Reed
Johnny B. Goode
   Chuck Berry   26mins

She’s Gone

   Hound Dog Taylor
You Need Love
   Muddy Waters (Earl Hooker on guitar)
Universal Rock
   Earl Hooker
Boogie Man
   Sunnyland Slim
Roy Rides (aka Nip Time)
   Roy Milton and His Solid Senders
Minglewood Blues
Walk Right In
   Cannon’s Jug Stompers
Next Door Neighbor
   Luther “Guitar Jr.” Johnson   24mins

Death Has No Mercy

   Henry Butler
Darktown Strutters’ Ball
   Tiny Bradshaw
Goin’ to New York
   The Siegel-Schwall Blues Band
Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean
   Ruth Brown
Messin’ with the Kid
   Junior Wells (Buddy Guy guitar)
A Liitle Taste
   Cannonball Adderly
Four O’Clock Boogie
   Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon
Whole Lotta Lovin’
   The Powder Blues Band
Moose on the Loose
   Harpdog Brown
Hard Work
   John Handy
V-8 Ford Blues
   Mose Allison   42mins

      LIVE PORTION of the SHOW

2 unidentified tunes from JJ’s 2002
   Andy Mazzilli
You Don’t Love Me
   Nigel Mack and the Blues Attack
Highway 61 Revisited
   Johnny Winter
Forty-Four
   Carlos del Junco
Jailhouse Rock
   ZZ Top   37mins

Wake Me, Shake Me
   The Blues Project
‘Fore Day Train
   Sunny Blake
Early in the Morning
   Booker T. Laury
Going Down
   Freddie King
My Generation
   The Who   26mins

Foxey Lady

   The Jimi Hendrix Experience      *
Bullfrog Blues
   Canned Heat
Respect
   Otis Redding
Carmelita Skiffle
   Michael Bloomfield
Dimples
   John Lee Hooker   17mins

I Got My Eyes on You

   Buddy Guy
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
   Jimmy Witherspoon
Dancing in the Streets
   The Mams and the Papas
Chicago Boogie Style
   The Chicago Blues Band
Soul Fixin’ Man
   Luther Allison   24mins

Unidentified tune from JJ’s 2002

   Andy Mazzilli
Key to the Highway
   Carlos del Junco   10mins