With his high-tech lap machine in the shop, Bob had to play the records he just found lying around, so he covered all the genres you’d expect from BS&B with help from Lightnin’ Slim, PPL, Dave Alvin, SCOTs, Jill Sobule, Little Esther, Wild Jimmy Sprull, Moose Jackson and so much more! It didn’t hurt that Bob had all of his old King Records collections at hand.
Bill urged listeners to head to Memorial Hall Thursday to see Allison Russell, whose “Outside Child” was his favorite album last year. They also paid tribute to Procol Harum’s Gary Brooker, who died at 76 this week, and celebrated the 77th birthday of the late Johnny Winter.
After more than a month of giddiness surrounding the Bengals’ run to the Super Bowl, reality set in three days after their loss to the Rams. Bill was a good sport, though, and paid tribute to Los Angeles with tunes by Dawes and Lucero.
Bob went nearly all-in on Bengals hoo-haa with songs devoted to California, site of the upcoming Big Game. He also had special guests Kathy and Jack Greiner in to share the hopes of the WhoDey! faithful. Tributes to the recently departed Hargus “Pig” Robbins and outstanding blues drummer Sam Lay rounded out this sure-to–be-a classic episode.
Technical snafus silenced the usual scintillating repartee, which depending upon your tastes, was a bad/good thing. Great music saluted the Bengals’ win in the AFC Championship and Super Bowl berth, the passing of legendary King Records drummer Philip Paul, and the Thompsons’ anniversary (God bless you, Janinne). Wish us better luck next week.
Bill and Bob marked 8 years on the air (Jan. 22, 2014) by saluting the Bengals (and superfan friend-of-the-show Kathy Greiner) with “Eye of the Tiger” after their playoff win, and celebrating the birthdays of Janinne Thompson, Robert Palmer and Janis Joplin. For all you Blue Snakes & Banjos superfans, check out our very first show.
After wishing daughter Kate, a New Year’s Day baby, happy birthday, Bill finishes the list of best music he heard and saw in 2021, including a number of artists who were unknown to him at this time last year.
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