WXRT's Blues Breakers
Sunday, September 19, 2021
Artist of the Week: Shemekia Copeland
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AIN'T GOT TIME FOR HATE - SHEMEKIA COPELAND - AMERICA'S CHILD - ALLIGATOR Shemekia and her band will be performing this Friday along with Toronzo Cannon, Honey Island Swamp Band, Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials, Dave Specter and Donna Herula as part of the three day Berwyn Blues Festival at FitzGerald's. Shemekia will also be a part of the Logan Center Blues Fest at the University of Chicago in mid-October. More about that next week.
3AM IN CHICAGO - EDDIE 9V - LITTLE BLACK FLIES - RUF RECORDS Eddie 9V will be at the Berwyn Blues Festival at FitzGerald's on both Saturday and Sunday next weekend. *
312 BLOOD - NICK MOSS BAND featuring DENNIS GRUENLING - LUCKY - ALLIGATOR Nick appears at the FitzGerald's Berwyn Blues Festival on Saturday of next weekend. #
THAT DON'T APPEASE ME - THORNETTA DAVIS - HONEST WOMAN - SWEET MAMA MUSIC Thornetta will be appearing Saturday of this coming weekend at the Berwyn Blues Fest at FitzGerald's on the same day as Black Joe Louis, Jackie Venson, Mike Wheeler, Nick Moss, Smiley Tillmon and others.
AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY - FENTON ROBINSON - I HEAR SOME BLUES DOWNSTAIRS - ALLIGATOR This is a song written for and recorded first by Fenton. That was in 1959. This version is from 1977. Fenton was born on September 23, 1935, in Greenwood, Mississippi.
AIN'T GONNA BE YOUR TATTOO - SHEMEKIA COPELAND - 33 1/3 - ALLIGATOR
THE BALLAD OF GEORGE FLOYD - DAVE SPECTER AND BILLY BRANCH - SINGLE - DELMARK Dave Specter and Billy Branch will both be appearing at the Berwyn Blues Fest at FitzGerald's this next weekend: Dave and his band featuring Brother John Kattke on Friday and Billy with his band the Sons Of Blues on Sunday. #
MARTELL - NORA JEAN WALLACE - BLUES WOMAN - SEVERN Nora Jean will be at the Berwyn Blues Fest at FitzGerald's on Sunday. *#
WALK UNTIL I RIDE - SHEMEKIA COPELAND - UNCIVIL WAR - ALLIGATOR
REMEDY - RONNIE BAKER BROOKS with BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS - UNRELEASED #
Next week's Artist Of The Week will be Koko Taylor
