WXRT's Blues Breakers
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Artist of the Week: Little Milton
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WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT - LITTLE MILTON - WELCOME TO THE CLUB - CHESS This song hit #1 on the R&B charts in 1965. Born James Milton Campbell, Jr., September 7, 1934. Died at age 70 in August of 2006.
CLEAR CONSCIENCE, BAD MEMORY - ALTERED FIVE BLUES BAND - HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME - BLIND PIG The Altered Five Blues Band will be making a rare Chicago area appearance on September 7 at FitzGerald's. *
IT SERVES ME RIGHT TO SUFFER - JOHN LEE HOOKER - THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION 1948-1990 - RHINO
TERROR TOWN - BIG JAMES - A DOSE OF THE BLUES - JAMOT Big James and the Chicago Playboys, John Primer, Kenny "Beedy Eyes" Smith, Melody Angel, Gerry Hundt, Jimmy Burns and others will all be part of the Bronzeville Blues Festival taking place on Sunday next weekend from 12 to 6:30. Performances will take place at the site of the Checkerboard Lounge on E. 43rd St., at the Forum on 43rd and at Park 43, also on 43rd near the Muddy Waters home. More info can be found at https://chicagobluesrevival.org/bronzevilleblues/. *#
GRITS AIN'T GROCERIES (ALL AROUND THE WORLD) - LITTLE MILTON - WELCOME TO THE CLUB - CHESS From 1969.
COGNAC - BUDDY GUY featuring Jeff Beck and Keith Richards - THE BLUES IS ALIVE AND WELL - SILVERTONE Buddy begins a tour in Marion, Illinois, near Carbondale on Wednesday. The tour takes him all over the country and includes a date at the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet on February 26. Tickets are already on sale for that show.
BIG MISTAKE - MIKE WHEELER BAND - SELF MADE MAN - DELMARK Mike and the band will be at Rosa's Lounge this coming Friday as part of the city's Chicago In Tune series of programs.
THE WORLD CAN BE SO COLD - CEDRIC BURNSIDE - I BE TRYING - SINGLE LOCK Happy Birthday to Cedric who makes 43 Thursday. He will be a part of FitzGerald's three day Berwyn Blues Fest next month.
44 BLUES - JOHNNY IGUANA featuring JOHN PRIMER - JOHNNY IGUANA'S CHICAGO SPECTACULAR - DELMARK Happy Birthday to Johnny Iguana who is having a birthday tomorrow. John Primer will be performing at the free Bronzeville Blues Festival next Sunday on 43rd St.
WALKING THE BACK STREETS AND CRYING - LITTLE MILTON - WALKING THE BACKSTREETS AND CRYING - STAX From 1980.
Next week's Artist Of The Week will be Tyrone Davis
