Sunday Morning Blues Playlist: 2/26/2012

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This week on Sunday Morning Blues we began with three “Yesterday and Today”-type sets, tracing the progress of three beloved Classic Rock bands noticeably influenced by the Blues. First up, Little Feat – that band’s recent “Join the Band” album revisits many of their classic hits with new lead singers joining in, including Emmylou Harris (who sang “Sailin’ Shoes,” along with Bob Seger, Christ Robinison, Jimmy Buffett and Dave Matthews.

While the Rolling Stones try to figure out what, if anything, they are going to do for their 50th anniversary year, they got together with piano player Ben Waters in a heartfelt tribute to their late piano player/mentor/R.Stones-co-founder Ian Stewart. Their version of Bob Dylan’s “Watching the River Flow” is priceless – and it reunites them with original bassist Bill Wyman.

Finally we offered up a nugget from the Allman Brothers Band’s Beacon Theater run in 2009 – when Eric Clapton got up to dazzle on a solid “Key to the Highway.” This, on the recent occasion of the band’s Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award.

Also, a big thank you to Paul Nastasia of Billerica who gave us a great CHOOSE YOUR BLUES list. A Sunday morning blues T-shirt is on the way!

Sunday Morning Blues Playlist: February 26, 2012

Old Folks Boogie
Time Loves a Hero
Little Feat

Sailin’ Shoes
Join the Band
Little Feat with Emmylou Harris

I Got the Blues
Sticky Fingers
Rolling Stones

Watching the River Flow
Boogie 4 Stu- A Tribute
Ben Waters with the Rolling Stones

Please Call Home
Idlewild South
Allman Brothers Band

Key to the Highway
Beacon Theater 2009
Allman Brothers Band with Eric Clapton

Railroad Story
The Adventures of Fishy Waters
Guy Davis

Train Kept a’ Rollin
Blues Masters Vol. 5: Jump Blues
Tiny Bradshaw

Big Railroad Blues
And Futhermore…
Hot Tuna

Slow Train
Dust Bowl
Joe Bonamassa