The Chain That Links STAR BLUES

Starting on 9th January 2011 ....................................

"Need Your Love So Bad" by Fleetwood Mac
song was also covered by Gary Moore ...
"The Blues Is Alright" by Gary Moore
song was written by Little Milton
"We're Gonna Make It" by Little Milton
written by Billy Davis et al and later covered by Taj Mahal
"We're Gonna Make It" by Taj Mahal
in 1966 Taj Mahal met up with Ry Cooder and formed the Rising Sons
"Dust My Broom" by the Rising Sons feat Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
Cooder recorded and released the first all-digital album. The lead off track was
"Little Sister" by Ry Cooder
originally intended for Elvis Presley, the song was written by Pomus & Shuman - as was
"Lonely Avenue" by Ray Charles
a big selling single for the Atlantic label in 1956. Two years earlier Atlantic had hit single with
"Shake Rattle and Roll" by Big Joe Turner
a song later covered by Bill Haley and the Comets who also did a version of
"See You Later Alligator" by Bobby Charles
a song he did in New Orleans for Cosimo Matassa who also produced
"I Hear You Knocking" by Smiley Lewis
The song had the same title as
"I Hear You Knocking" by Lazy Lester
Lester's single came out on the Excello label whose biggest selling record was
"Shake Your Hips" by Slim Harpo
In St Tropez in 1971 the Stones covered in on their "Exile on Main Street" double album
"Shake Your Hips" by the Rolling Stones
The album inspired a blues version of the songs on "Exile on Blues Street" one was
"Sweet Black Angel" by Otis Taylor
No relation to a song from B B Kings classic "Live at the Regal" album
"Sweet Littel Angel" by B B King
Another big selling live blues project, the "MTV Unplugged" session from Eric Clapton had
"Layla" by Eric Clapton
Taken from a 1971 double album that also had a cover of
"Have You Ever Loved A Woman" by Freddie King
whose most celebrated instrumental was about the Hideaway club, covered later
"Hideaway" by Jeff Healey
who was in the movie "Roadhouse" with Patrick Swayze. The soundtrack also featured
"Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett
a song written by "Sir" Mack Rice, who co-wrote
"24-7 Man" by Robert Cray
and Cray later did a cover of a Mel London song
"12 Year Old Boy" by Elmore James
who had an early hit with something he wrote only to be covered by the Delaware Destroyer in 1977
"Can't Stop Lovin'" by George Thorogood
who appeared at the Live Aid gig in Philadelphia. One of his guests was Albert Collins
"Fake ID" by Albert Collins
who was joined by Johnnie Copeland on a version of a song written by Hop Wilson
"Black Cat Bones" by Albert Collins and Johnnie Copeland
the three hander "Showdown!" album came out on Alligator who release albums by Johnnie's daughter
"Better Not Touch" by Shemekia Copeland
from one daughter of a famous bluesman to another
"Will The Circle Be Unbroken" by Mavis Staples
whose dad also took part in a three-handed project called "Jammed Together"
"Baby What You Want Me To Do" by Steve Cropper, Pops Staples and Albert King
written by Jimmy Reed and recorded by him for Vee-Jay, as was
"Big Boss Man" by Jimmy Reed
who inspired the album on Ruf Records from Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan called "Up and Down the Jimmy Reed Highway" including
"Hush Hush" by Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmie Vaughan
Vaughan's band the Fabulous Thunderbirds did a cover of a song they gave credit to Willie Dixon
"Diddy Wah Diddy" by Fabulous Thunderbirds

Dixon also wrote
"Mellow Down Easy" by Little Walter

taken by the multi-racial Butterfield Blues Band and reworked for their debut album
"Mellow Down Easy" by Butterfield Blues Band

whose influential second album "EAST/WEST" had a cover of a Robert Johnson song
"Walking Blues" by Butterfield Blues Band
Robert Johnson's first song at his first session in San Antonio in Nov 1936 was
"Kind Hearted Woman"
Robert Johnson's last song at his last session in Dallas in June 1937 was
"Milkcow Calf Blues"
Elmore James slide guitar on a version of "Dust My Blues" drew many to Johnson's work
"Dust My Blues" by Elmore James
though Elmore owed his recording break to the work done with Sonny Boy Williamson - whose biggest early success for Chess was
"Don't Start Me Talkin'" by Aleck Rice Miller Ford (Sonny Boy Williamson)
that session was eassentially Sonny Boy backed with Muddy Waters band
"Blow Wind Blow'" by Muddy Waters
which was the very first track Bob Dylan chose in his series of 100 Theme Time Radio shows and our Bob Dylan show concluded with a cover of one of his best known compositions
"Highway 61 Revisited'" by Johnny Winter
Winter played at the Woodstock festival in 1969, as did Janis Joplin
"Move Over" by Janis Joplin
Canned Heat was there at Woodstock too

"Lets Work Together" by Canned Heat

the Canned Heat album "Friends in the Can" had a pairing with John Lee Hooker

"Little Wheel" by Canned Heat & John Lee Hooker

and Hooker's "The Healer" project included a guest appearance from Robert Cray
"Baby Lee" by John Lee Hooker & Robert Cray

and Cray guested on the co-written opening track to B B King's "Blues Summit" album
"Playing With My Friends" by B B King & Robert Cray

who inspired Keb Mo in tribute from his "Keep It Simple" album
"Riley King" by Keb Mo

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