NCPR Playlists
The Blue Note
with Ellen Rocco
Apr 24, 2012
3:00PM - 4:30PM
A tribute to two great artists, separated by 400 years...Levon Helm, who died this past week, and William Shakespeare, who died this past week...396 years ago...YES, a tip of the hat to the Bard, on the Blue Note...
| Name | Song Title | Name of CD | Track Label | Release Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Band, Levon Helm vocalist | Rag, mama, rag/Up on Cripple Creek | The Band | Capitol LP | 1970 |
| Levon Helm | Stuff you gotta watch | Electric Dirt | Vanguard | 2009 |
| Levon Helm Band | Deep elem blues | Ryman Auditorium | Vanguard | 2011 |
| Guy Davis | HOuse of the rising sun | A Nod to Bob @ | Red House | 2011 |
| John Hammond | Fannin Street | Wicked Grin | Pointblank | 2001 |
| Tom Waits | Looking for the heart of Saturday night | Used Songs | Rhino | 2001 |
| Solomon Burke | Diamond in your mind | Don't give Up On Me | Anti | 2002 |
| Paul Butterfield Blues Band | Born in Chicago | Anthology: Elektra Years | Elektra | 1997 |
| Greg Brown | I don't know anybody in this town | Freak Flag | Yeproc | 2011 |
| Johnny Winter w. Susan Tedeschi | Bright lights, big city | Roots | Megaforce | 2011 |
| Solomon Burke | That's how I got to Memphis | Nashville | Shout | 2006 |
| Lyle Lovett | If I had a boat | Pontiac | MCA/Curb | 1987 |
| Taj Mahal | Frankie & Albert | Essential Taj Mahal | Columbia | 2006 |
| Jimi Hendrix | Hey Joe | The Best of Jimi Hendrix | MCA | 1997 |
| Delbert McClinton | Willie | Acquired Taste | New West | 2009 |
| Jimmy Thackery and the Drivers | Blues man on Saturday night | True Stories | Telarc | 2003 |
| Bruce Springsteen | John Henry | Seeger Sessions | Columbia | 2008 |
| Muddy Waters | Caldonia | Woodstock Album | MCA/Chess | 1995 |
