Tom Marker's Blues Breakers
Sunday, June 6, 2021
Artist of the Week: Howlin' Wolf
Born Chester Arthur Burnett, June 10, 1910 in MS
Died January, 1976, VA Hospital near Maywood
Tom Marker's Blues Breakers airs every Sunday from 9p-10p on
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* = new/current release
# = Chicago artist
KILLING FLOOR - HOWLIN' WOLF - HOWLIN' WOLF BOX SET - CHESS #
HIT 'EM BACK (WITH LOVE) - SHEMEKIA COPELAND AND KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD - SINGLE –PROVOGUE Shemekia will be our Artist of the Week next week on Blues Breakers. *
WALKING THE BACK STREETS AND CRYIN' - CARL WEATHERSBY - COME TO PAPA - EVIDENCE Carl will be doing two shows on both Friday and Saturday nights next weekend at Rosa's Lounge. #
SPIDER IN MY STEW - BOB CORRITORE with LURRIE BELL - SPIDER IN MY STEW - VIZZTONE Lurrie is playing on June 26 at Griffith, Indiana's Broad Street Blues and BBQ Festival. Then in Berwyn on July 6 on a Tuesday at FitzGerald's.
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BACK DOOR MAN - HOWLIN' WOLF - HOWLIN' WOLF BOX SET - CHESS 1960 #
662 - CHRISTONE "KINGFISH" INGRAM - SINGLE - ALLIGATOR *
TROUBLE, TROUBLE - JOANNA CONNOR - 4801 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE - KEEPING THE BLUES ALIVE RECORDS *#
GOD'S GONNA MAKE THINGS OVER - GUY DAVIS - BE READY WHEN I CALL YOU - M.C. RECORDS This just released new record by Guy Davis couldn't be more timely as many of us learn of the terrible race massacre that took place 100 years ago on May 31, 1921 in one of the most prosperous African American communities in the country. *
FORTY FOUR - HOWLIN' WOLF - HOWLIN' WOLF BOX SET - CHESS # SANITY - GUY KING - JOY IS COMING - IBF RECORDS *#
WHO'S BEEN COOKIN' IN MY KITCHEN - DONNA HERULA - BANG AT THE DOOR - SELF RELEASED Donna will be appearing this Tuesday at FitzGerald's. Donna says of her new album, "I really wanted to create an album that told the truth, was from the heart and honored traditional blues." *#
Next week's Artist Of The Week will be Shemekia Copeland
