Episode 174: Exploring the Blues & Rn'B roots of The Who

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & Americana April 30, 2023 13. The Who / Please, Please, Please (James Brown) 14. The Who / I'm a Man (Bo Diddley via' Muddy Waters) 15. Slim Harpo / I Got Love if You Want It 16. The High Numbers / I'm the Face 17. Sonny Boy Williamson / Eyesight to the Blind 18. Eric Clapton / Eyesight to the Blind (Tommy OST) 19. Elton John / Pinball Wizard 20. The Who / Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting 21. Mose Allison / Young Man Blues 22. The Who / Young Man Blues 23. Pete Townshend / On the Road Again (Tommy Johnson via' Floyd Jones, Canned Heat) 24. Pete Townshend / Corrina, Corrina (Bob Dylan, Taj Majal) 25. Keb Mo & Taj Mahal / Squeeze Box 26. Richie Havens / Won't Get Fooled Again 27. Betty LaVette / Love Reigh O'Er Me 28. Tina Turner / Acid Queen 29. The Blasters / Daddy Rollin' Stone (Otis Blackwell) 30. David Bowie / Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Pinups: I Can't Explain) 31. The Who / Under My Thumb (Last Time) 32. Bruce Springsteen / Summertime Blues Upcoming Shows & Events of Interest May 2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum 4 Harper, B.Bar 6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room 6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar 10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista 10 Pixies, Mission Ballroom, Denver 11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland 12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland) 13 Matt Whipkey, Album Release (Beatles), Jewell 15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum 18 Travis, MAY 18 Thursday night at Gene Leahy Mall Ampitheater 18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly 20 Kris Lager's Conduit, Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln 20 Josh Hoyer, The Jewell 20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room 25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. Bar 30 Seal and The Buggles, Denver June 1 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/ Rustry Wright and Laurie Morvan: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St! 2 Swampboy @ Soaring Wings Vineyard, Springfield, Nebraska 2 Marcia Ball, Eureka Springs, Arkansas 3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons feat Vaness Collier 6 Cure, Fiddler's Green, Denver 8 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St! 8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens 9 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band - Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin’ Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson - Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland 10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield - Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan - Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa’s Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch 11 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos - Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana - Rosa’s Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band 9-11 Summer Arts Festival 13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 15 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Bernard Allison: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St! 16 Flaming Lips, Steel 21 Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Omaha 21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas) 22 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St! 29 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Slewyn Birchwood: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St! 30 Melissa Etheridge & Hermans Hermits, Memorial Park (free show) July 1 Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar 8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre 14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire) 15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire) 15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum 19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum 25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 25 Madonna, Ball Arena, Denver 28 Diana Krall @ Holland 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo 28 Maha Music Festival 29 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des Moines August 1 Rod Stewart, Mission Ballroom, Denver 4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area 5 Gov't Mule / Stir Cove 5 In the Market for Blues (Toronzo Cannon, Hector Anchondo) 11 A.J. Croce / Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire) 12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire) 14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl 27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl 31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, Arkansas September 15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) October 16 Peter Gabriel, Ball Arena, Denver In the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City) Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City... May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss, May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler Childers June 19, Matchbox 20 June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the Heart July 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky Chance July 18, Foreigner w/ Loverboy Rain - A Tribute to the Beatles August 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads Saloon May 11th, Brandon Santini, May 18th, Hamilton Loomis May 19th, Southern Culture on the Skids, May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks, May 31st, Ally Venable June 9th, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears June 10th, Robbie Fulks June 10th, Shawn Phillips June 15th, Pam Tillis June 15th, Bernard Allison June 30th, Tab Benoit July 5th, Larry McCray July 7th James Hunter July 29th Chubby Carrier August 4th, Hadden Sayers Upcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include... May 16th, Martin Sexton July 6th, Bela Fleck July 29th, Diana Krall Aug 4th, Kansas Aug 15th, The Wallflowers Sept 8th, Herbie Hancock Sept 15th, Mavericks Sept 26th, Kenny Wayne Shepherd Nov 5th, Steve Hackett (Genesis) The Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year. May 17th, The Wailers May 21st, Rickie Lee Jones June 14th, James McMurty July 11th, Bela Fleck August 16th, The Wallflowers August 28th, Devon Allman & Donovan Frankenreither Sept 10th, Ani DiFranco Sept 13th, The Mavericks Sept 20th, Herb Alpert Oct 18th Tommy Emmanuel Red Rocks Amphitheatre May 13th, Gary Clark Jr. June 2nd, Michael Franti June 5th, Yeah Yeah Yeahs June 10th Big Head Todd & the Monsters June 11th, Rodrigo y Gabriela July 12th, Al Green with Colorado Symphony June 23, 24, 25, Widespread Panic June 28th Lyle Lovett June 29th The Head and the Heart July 1st, 311 July 4th, Blues Travelers July 7, 8, 9, The Avett Brotehrs July 14,15,17, String Cheese Incident July 17th, Tori Amos July 19, 29, Caamp July 28, 29th, Tedeschi Trucks Band July 31st, Lucinda Willams and Big Thief Aug 6th, Joe Bonamassa Aug 7th, Govt Mule Aug 15, 16, Beck and Phoenix Aug 22, 23, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Aug 25, 26, My Morning Jacket Aug 28, 29, Duran Duran Sept 8,9, Brandi Carlile Sept 11th, Steve Miller Band Sept 14th, Revivalists and Band of Horses Sept 20, 21, Sting Sept 25th, Counting Crows Sept 27, 28, Tyler Childers Oct 16th, Ryan Adams Denver's Blue Bird Theatre May 16th, The Hoodoo Gurus June 12th, Del Amitri June 21st, Melissa Etheridge, acoustic solo Aug 1st, Better Than Ezra