BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 5/19/24
JIMMY ROGERS – BACK TO THE SOURCE  

This week on BBS we rework a playlist from 1998. I recall this program specifically because it featured Chicago’s Jimmy Rogers. Jimmy was one the seminal figures in postwar Chicago Blues – an integral part of the Muddy Waters band and eventually a front man in his own right with many classic recordings. One interesting aspect on many of his greatest hits is that they were reworkings of other Blues singer’s records – and often the original recordings were over a decade old and totally obscure – yet when Jimmy Rogers redid them, they became classics. This week we’ll spend Hours 4 & 5 listening to a boatload of Jimmy Roger’s classics paired along side of the original version of the tune by the original artist – Jimmy Rogers and Tony Hollins, Jimmy Rogers and Bumble Bee Slim, Jimmy Rogers and Yank Rachel – you get the idea? Tune in Jimmy Rogers – The Classic Recordings & The Original Source

– Only on BBS!

(Thanx goes out to Illinois Slim and Dick Shurman for their suggestions on this one)

HOUR #1

WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT ME TO DO

LARRY DARNELL

I’VE GOT A DATE WITH THE RHYTHM MAN

BILLY ECKSTINE

I STAY IN THE MOOD FOR YOU

BILLY ECKSTINE

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU

BILLY ECKSTINE

OPUS X

BILLY ECKSTINE

ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT

ELLA FITZGERALD

BUT NOT FOR ME

ELLA FITZGERALD

YOU GOT WHAT GETS ME

ELLA FITZGERALD

I’VE GOT A CRUSH ON YOU

ELLA FITZGERALD

DEDICATED TO YOU

AL HIBBLER

IF I KNEW YOU WERE THERE

AL HIBBLER

AFTER THE LIGHTS GO DOWN LOW

AL HIBBLER

DANNY BOY

AL HIBBLER

NOBODY’S SWEETHEART

SPIRITS OF RHYTHM

SIXES & SEVENS

CRIPPLED CLARENCE

YOUR HEART & MINE

NICHOLAS BROS

EIGHT BALL

RUSSELL JACQUET

HOUR #2

RED LIGHT

ROY MILTON

THE BIG QUESTION

PERCY MAYFIELD

IF I HAD A WISH

CECIL GANT

WHEN THE WAGON COMES

BILLY WRIGHT

COAL BLACK BABY

CROWN PRINCE WATERFORD

THERE’S SO MUCH TROUBLE

FLUFFY HUNTER

WHAT’S IT TO YOU JACK

LINDA HAYES

YOU AIN’T MOVIN’ ME

LINDA HAYES

I AIN’T COMIN’ BACK ANY MORE

CORA WILLIAMS

MUST GO OUT & PLAY

DOROTHY ELLIS

MR FEDDY’S RAG

FREDDY SHAYNE

IF I LOSE – LET ME LOSE

MAGGIE JONES

MAMA’S GONE – GOOD-BYE

SIPPI WALLACE

YOUR FOLKS WILL START WEARING BLACK

BUTTERBEANS & SUSIE

FIFTEEN CENTS

FRANKIE HALF-PINT JAXON

JESUS IS EVERYTHING TO ME

MITCHELL’S CHRISTIAN SINGERS

WILL YOU OBEY GOD

ELDER J.E. BURCH

WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER

FIVE BLINDS BOYS OF ALABAMA

HOUR #3

IT’S HOT – LEAVE IT ALONE

LONNIE JOHNSON

ST LOUIS TRAIN KEPT PASSING BY

LONNIE JOHNSON

PLAYING WITH THE STRINGS

LONNIE JOHNSON

STOMPING ‘EM ALONG SLOW

LONNIE JOHNSON

EASTERN CHIMES BLUES

HENRY BROWN

I GOTTA FIND MY BABY

DR. CLAYTON

YOU GOT TO REAP WHAT YOU SOW

WALTER DAVIS

YOUR TIME TO WORRY

BLIND WILLIE McTELL

COLD WINTER DAY

BLIND WILLIE McTELL

MOUNTAIN BLUES

SONNY TERRY

NEW LOVE BLUES

SONNY TERRY

CRAWLING KINGSNAKE

TONY HOLLINS

RIDE RIDE MAMA

JOHNNY SHINES

I HAVE GOT TO GO

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I

YOU GOT TO STEP BACK

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I

RUN SINNER RUN

TALLAHASSEE TIGHT

THE DUMMY

BESSIE TUCKER

PENITENTIARY

BESSIE TUCKER

HOUR #4

THAT’S ALRIGHT

JIMMY ROGERS

THAT’S ALRIGHT

OTHUM BROWN

SLOPPY DRUNK

JIMMY ROGERS

SLOPPY DRUNK

LUCILLE BOGAN

WALKING BY MYSELF

JIMMY ROGERS

WHY NOT

T-BONE WALKER

BACKDOOR FRIEND

JIMMY ROGERS

MARRIED WOMAN

TONY HOLLINS

MY LITTLE MACHINE

JIMMY ROGERS

MY LITTLE MACHINE

CHARLIE WEST

CRYIN’ SHAME

JIMMY ROGERS

AIN’T IT A CRYIN’ SHAME

BUMBLE BEE SLIM

WORLD’S IN A TANGLE

JIMMY ROGERS

WORLD’S IN A TANGLE

CALVIN FRAZIER

LEFT ME WITH A BROKEN HEART

JIMMY ROGERS

BROKEN HEART BLUES

MEMPHIS MINNIE

YOU’RE THE ONE

JIMMY ROGERS

ACT LIKE YOU LOVE ME

JIMMY ROGERS

HOUR #5

CARELESS LOVE

RAVENS

CONCERT MEDLEY

JOHNNY HODGES

YOU’RE A SWEETHEART

DINAH WASHINGTON

LET THERE BE LOVE

NAT KING COLE

CANDY

LOU DONALDSON

I USED TO HAVE A WOMAN

JIMMY ROGERS

I FEEL ALRIGHT

WALTER DAVIS

TODAY TODAY BLUES

JIMMY ROGERS

BROWN SKIN WOMAN

SUNNYLAND SLIM

GOING AWAY BABY

JIMMY ROGERS

LORD OH LORD

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I

LUDELLA

JIMMY ROGERS

LOUDELLA

YANK RACHEL

OUT ON THE ROAD

JIMMY ROGERS

TRAVELIN’ BLUES

TONY HOLLINS

ALBATROSS

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