Jason Fickel

On this show, I featured the music of Jimmie Lunceford, on what would have been his 120th birthday!

Artist / Song 
Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 
Pete Johnson / G-Flat Blues 
Albert Collins / Ice Pick 
B.B. King / Really the Blues Aka Slidin' and Glidin' 
Sugar Ray and the Bluetones / Reel Burner 
Jerry 'Boogie' McCain / Steady 
Jimmy Lunceford & His Orchestra / Tain't What You Do 
Jimmie Lunceford / Rhythm Is Our Business 
Jimmie Lunceford / Uptown Blues 
Jimmy Lunceford & His Orchestra / Lunceford Special 
Sugar…

This show celebrated the 2022 Blues Music Award Winners.

Here's the playlist:

Artist / Song 
Nina Simone / Blues on Purpose 
George Barnes / Bass Guitar Blues 
Melvin Sparks / Texas Twister 
The Gas Lantern featuring Charlie McCoy / Mach 1 
Freddie King / Butterscotch 
Big Joe and The Dynaflows / Smells Like Bar-B-Q 
Jason Ricci & The Bad Kind / Listen Here 
John Németh / Throw Me in the Water 
Sue Foley / Dallas Man 
Selwyn Birchwood / I'd Climb Mountains 
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram / 662 
Tommy Castro / Somewhere 
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April 11, 2022 playlist

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 
Bobby Rush / Bobby Rush Shuffle 
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers / Boyd’s Tin Roof Blues 
Les Paul / Dance Hall Blues 
Charlie McCoy & The Escorts / Juke 
Kevin Greenwood / New Shoes 
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Get On the Floor 
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / I Gotta Move Out of My Neighborhood 
Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson / Walkin' With You Baby 
John Campbell / Judgement Day 
Dorothy Moore / Funny How Time Slips Away 
Denise LaSalle / Don't Mess with My…

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 
Frank Frost / Jack's Jump 
Sue Foley / Pinky's Blues 
Billy F Gibbons / Crackin’ Up 
Mad Dog Lester Davenport / West Side Blues Harp 
Elvis Presley / A Mess Of Blues 
Charlie McCoy & The Escorts / Juke 
Irma Thomas / There Must Be A Better World Somewhere 
Los Lobos / Lonely Avenue 
B.B. King / Blinded By Love 
Freddy King / The Stumble 
Big Jack Johnson / Oil Man 
B.B. King / Why I Sing the Blues (Summer of Soul Soundtrack - Live at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival) 
Koko Taylor / 63…

This WFHB Blue Monday playlist from 2/14/2022 featured some tunes from Magic Sam on his birthday:

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 

Harmonica George / Sputnik Music 

Snooks Eaglin / You and Me 

Joe Louis Walker / 2120 South Michigan Avenue 

Magic Sam / I Need You so Bad 

Magic Sam / Sweet Home Chicago 

Magic Sam / Lookin' Good 

Magic Sam / It's All Your Fault 

Dinah Washington / Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning 

Joanne Shaw Taylor feat. Mike Farris / I Don't Know What You've Got

Barbara Lynn / Sweet…

This WFHB Blue Monday playlist from 1/17/2022 featured some tunes from Paul Rishell on his birthday!

Playlist 

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 

Little Charlie & the Nightcats / Jump Start 

Jody Williams / Hideout 

Albert Collins / The Freeze 

The Bar-Kays / Soul Finger (Remastered Album Version) 

Little Walter & His Night Cats / Juke 

Jimmy Reed / Ends And Odds 

Billy Stewart / Billy’s Blues, Pt. 1 

Billy Stewart / Billy's Blues, Pt. 2 

Junior Kimbrough / All Night Long 

Junior Kimbrough / Sad Days, Lonely…

The one featured some Christmas Blues gems:

Nina Simone / Blues on Purpose 

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown / Cold Strings 

Bill Doggett / Honky Tonk Pt.1 

Bill Dogget / Honky Tonk Pt 2 

Earl Hooker / The Hucklebuck 

Don Covay & The Goodtimers / Love Boat 

The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Winter Wonderland (Album Version) 

Chuck Berry / Run Rudolph Run 

Ella Fitzgerald / Good Morning Blues 

Elvis Presley / Blue Christmas 

Bob Dylan / The Christmas Blues 

Sonny Boy Williamson / Santa Claus 

Willie Nelson / Christmas…

Featured artist: Bonnie Raitt (on her Birthday)

Playlist: 

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 

Paul Gayten / The Sweeper 

Freddie King / Butterscotch 

Kim Wilson / Strollin' 

Rick Estrin & The Nightcats / Bo Dee's Bounce 

Rusty Zinn / Jr. Jives 

The James Harman Band / Torqueflite 727 

Bonnie Raitt / Walking Blues 

Bonnie Raitt / I Believe I'm In Love With You 

Bonnie Raitt / Unintended Consequence Of Love 

Mississippi Fred McDowell / 61 Highway 

Lonnie Pitchford / Boogie Chillun 

Lightning Hopkins / Sad News…

This show's featured artist is Sippie Wallace, born on November 1, 1898, and died on November 1, 1986.  Includes tunes from her peers and proteges. Here's the playlist:

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 

Sue Foley / Okie Dokie Stomp 

Dave Specter / Soul Drop 

Cleo Brown / Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 

Kim Wilson / Out of the Fryin' Pan 

Sippie Wallace / I'm a Mighty Tight Woman 

Sippie Wallace / Suitcase Blues 

Bonnie Raitt / Women Be Wise (Remastered Version) 

Hociel Thomas / Go Down Sunshine (feat. Mutt Carey) 

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This show featured Little Milton: songs recorded by him plus some tunes he's known for, covered by others: including Allman and Woman's "We're Gonna Make It" (!!)

Nina Simone / Blues On Purpose 

Floyd Cramer / Trouble In Mind 

Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown / Cold Strings 

Billy Byrd / Teen Age Blues 

Lowell Fulson / Pico 

Bo Diddley / Crackin' Up 

Little Milton / Lookin' For My Baby 

Little Milton / Who's Cheating Who? 

Little Milton / Grits Ain't Groceries 

Little Milton / A Possum In My Tree 

Little Milton…