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Blues 2011 Year End Music Chart

Blues 2011 Year End Music Chart represents artist receiving airplay during the year of 2011.

1	GREGG ALLMAN	LOW COUNTRY BLUES	ROUNDER
2	TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND	REVELATOR	SONY
3	MARCIA BALL	ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS	ALLIGATOR
4	THE STEVE MILLER BAND	LET YOUR HAIR DOWN	LOUD & PROUD / ROADRUNNER
5	HOT TUNA	STEADY AS SHE GOES	RED HOUSE RECORDS
6	ROOMFUL OF BLUES	HOOK, LINE & SINKER	ALLIGATOR
7	MORELAND & ARBUCKLE	JUST A DREAM	TELARC
8	ALBERT CASTIGLIA	KEEPIN ON	BLUES LEAF
9	BOOKER T. JONES	THE ROAD FROM MEMPHIS	EPITAPH
10	JOE BONAMASSA	DUST BOWL	J&R ADVENTURES
11	BUDDY GUY	LIVING PROOF	JIVE
12	REVEREND RAVEN & THE CHAIN SMOKIN' ALTAR BOYS	SHAKE YOUR BOOGIE	NEVERMORE
13	SOLOMON BURKE & DE DIJK	HOLD ON TIGHT	VERVE
14	BEN WATERS	BOOGIE 4 STU	EAGLE RECORDS
15	VARIOUS ARTIST	LOUISIANA SWAMP STOMP	HONEYBEE
16	TRACY NELSON	VICTIM OF THE BLUES	DELTA GROOVE
17	DAMON FOWLER	DEVIL GOT HIS WAY	BLIND PIG
18	POPA CHUBBY	THE ESSENTIAL POPA CHUBBY	BLIND PIG
19	JOHNNY WINTER	ROOTS	MEGAFORCE
20	BIG HEAD TODD AND THE MONSTERS	BIG HEAD BLUES CLUB - 100 YEARS OF ROBERT JOHNSON	RYKO
21	JOHN-ALEX MASON	JOOK JOINT THUNDERCLAP	NAKED JAYBIRD
22	ROD PIAZZA & THE ALL MIGHTY FLYERS	ALMIGHTY DOLLAR	DELTA GROOVE MUSIC
23	STUDEBAKER JOHN'S MAXWELL STREET KINGS	THAT'S THE WAY YOU DO	DELMARK
24	HARRY MANX & KEVIN BREIT	STRICTLY WHATEVER	STONY PLAIN
25	PETE ANDERSON	EVEN THINGS UP - DELUXE EDITION	LITTLE DOG / VIZZTONE
26	VARIOUS ARTIST	TOMMY CASTRO PRESENTS THE LEGENDARY RHYTHM & BLUES REVUE - LIVE	ALLIGATOR
27	EDEN BRENT	AIN'T GOT NO TROUBLES	YELLOW DOG
28	CANDYE KANE	SISTER VAGABOND	ECLECTO GROOVE
29	TAB BENOIT	MEDICINE	TELARC RECORDS
30	MONKEY JUNK	TO BEHOLD	STONY PLAIN
31	KELLEY HUNT	GRAVITY LOVES YOU	88 RECORDS
32	RORY BLOCK	SHAKE 'EM ON DOWN -- A TRIBUTE TO MISSISSIPPI FRED MCDOWELL	STONY PLAIN
33	ROBERT NIGHTHAWK	35 YEARS OF STONY PLAIN	STONY PLAIN
34	ANA POPOVIC	UNCONDITIONAL	ECLECTO GROOVE
35	SAM HENRY	TREME SOUL -- NEW ORLEANS GUMBO	BISMEUAX RECORDS
36	VARIOUS ARTIST	ALLIGATOR RECORDS 40TH ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION	ALLIGATOR
37	RAY BONNEVILLE	BAD MAN'S BLOOD	RED HOUSE
38	TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT	THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BLUES	VIZZTONE
39	STEVE GRILLS	AFTER HOURS	TOOGALOO RECORDS
40	DUKE ROBILLARD	PASSPORT TO THE BLUES	STONY PLAIN
41	JIM BYRNES	EVERYWHERE WEST	BLACK HEN
42	DUKE ROBILLARD	LOW DOWN AND TORE UP	STONY PLAIN
43	GEORGE THOROGOOD & THE DESTROYERS	2120 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE	CAPITOL / EMI
44	CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE	THE WELL	ALLIGATOR
45	SUZIE VINNICK	ME N MABEL	SELF
46	TERRY HANCK	LOOK OUT!	DELTA GROOVE MUSIC
47	ELVIN BISHOP	RED DOG SPEAKS	DELTA GROOVE
48	JJ GREY & MOFRO	GEORGIA WARHORSE	ALLIGATOR
49	LUCKY PETERSON	YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND	JSP
50	THE DELTA FLYERS	SIXTEEN BARS	SOULBILLY MUSIC
51	JAMES COTTON	GIANT	ALLIGATOR
52	JOHNNY RAWLS	MEMPHIS STILL GOT SOUL	CATFOOD
53	RITA CHIARELLI	SWEET PARADISE	MAD IRIS
54	MARIA MULDAUR	STEADY LOVE	STONY PLAIN
55	RITA CHIARELLI	MUSIC FROM THE BIG HOUSE SOUNDTRACK	MAD IRIS
56	JAMES KINDS	LOVE YOU FROM THE TOP	DELMARK
57	GRAND MARQUIS	HOLD ON TO ME	SELF
58	HUGH LAURIE	LET THEM TALK	WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS
59	SABRINA WEEKS & SWING CAT BOUNCE	TALES FROM LENNY'S DINER	SELF
60	LYNWOOD SLIM & THE IGOR PRADO BAND	BRAZILIAN KICKS	DELTA GROOVE
61	MATT ANDERSEN	COAL MINING BLUES	BUSTED FLAT
62	SUNDAY WILDE	WHAT MAN!? OH THAT MAN!!!	SELF
63	WARREN HAYNES	MAN IN MOTION	STAX
64	JOHNNY SANSONE	THE LORD IS WAITING AND THE DEVIL IS TOO	SHORTSTACK RECORDS
65	THE 24TH STREET WAILERS	DIRTY LITTLE YOUNG 'UNS	SELF
66	BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS	SCANDALOUS	LOST HIGHWAY
67	LARRY TAYLOR	THEY WERE IN THIS HOUSE	AV
68	BLACK JOE LEWIS & THE HONEYBEARS	TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR NAME IS	INDIE
69	RONNIE EARL & THE BROADCASTERS	SPREAD THE LOVE	STONY PLAIN
70	LLOYD JONES	THE LLOYD JONES STRUGGLE	CRIMINAL RECORDS
71	SOUPBONE	LEAD ME ON	CHILLIDOG
72	JOHN MAYS	I FOUND A LOVE	ELECTRO-FI
73	ELAM MCKNIGHT & BOB BOGDAL	ZOMBIE NATION	DESERT HIGHWAY
74	HADDEN SAYERS	HARD DOLLAR	BLUE CORN MUSIC
75	CHRIS BERGSON BAND	IMITATE THE SUN	2 SHIRTS
76	TERRY QUIETT BAND	JUST MY LUCK	LUCKY BAG
77	CHRISSIE O'DELL	IF I HAD A DIME	DIME TIME
78	TOM PRINCIPATO	A PART OF ME	POWERHOUSE
79	MIKE ZITO	GREYHOUND	ECLECTO GROOVE
80	ROBIN ROGERS	BACK IN THE FIRE	BLIND PIG
81	HENRY GRAY	LUCKY MAN	BLIND PIG
82	DOUG MACLEOD	BRAND NEW EYES	REFERENCE
83	CASH BOX KINGS	HOLLER AND STOMP	BLIND PIG
84	DOYLE BRAMHALL	BIRD NEST ON THE GROUND	ANTONE'S
85	REVEREND KM WILLIAMS	WHEN I RISE	DIALTONE
86	KAL DAVID	CROSSROADS OF MY LIFE	CRYTONE
87	ERIC CLAPTON	CLAPTON	REPRISE
88	KENNY 'BLUES BOSS' WAYNE	AN OLD ROCK ON A ROLL	STONY PLAIN
89	RICH DEL GROSSO & JONN DEL TORO RICHARDSON	TIME SLIPS ON BY	MANDOLIN BLUES
90	STEVE GERARD & THE NATIONAL DEBONAIRES	VOODOO WORKIN'	BLUE EDGE
91	BOO BOO DAVIS	UNDERCOVER BLUES	BLACK & TAN
92	SONNY RHODES & THE TEXAS TWISTERS	JUST BLUES	EVIDENCE
93	RAY CHARLES	RARE GENIUS - THE UNDISCOVERED MASTERS	CONCORD MUSIC
94	CAROLYN WONDERLAND	PEACE MEAL	BISMEAUX
95	DAVE SPECTER	SPECTIFIED	FRET12
96	JP BLUES	I WILL NOT GO QUIETLY	MCP
97	RON TANSKI	DRAGGED YOU DOWN	SELF
98	MORELAND & ARBUCKLE	FLOOD	TELARC
99	WYNTON MARSALIS & ERIC CLAPTON	PLAY THE BLUES LIVE FROM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER	REPRISE
100	ARETHA FRANKLIN	A WOMAN FALLING OUT OF LOVE	ARETHA'S RECORDS

Stats for KANAL BLUES for December 2011

Listeners Total sessions (30-day) 6814 session(s)  
Unique listeners 3413 listener(s)
Unique countries 94 countries -
Total listening hours (TLH) 4228.30

Many thanks to all my listeners!
and HAPPY NEW YEAR For 2012!

To all my Listeners!

I wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012!

Wishing you the happiest of Holiday seasons!

Thank you for your cherished friendship and support.

In gratitude,  Bob Corritore

(Photo of Bob Corritore at the Simi Valley Cajun & Blues Music Festival , May 28, 2011 by Wanda Leavey)

Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter - RIP Hubert Sumlin, RIP Howard Tate, RIP Paul Thomas, RIP J Blackfoot

December 8, 2011

• RIP Hubert Sumlin - November 16, 1931 to December 4, 2011. Best known for his extraordinary guitar work on the 1950s and 1960s recordings of Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin is considered among the greatest guitarists of all time. Hubert passed away of a heart attack on Sunday, Dec 4 after a long bout with respiratory illness. He was 80 years old. Though his health had been problematic for years, he continued to tour and delight concert and festival audiences until close to the end. Born in Greenville, Mississippi in 1931 and raised in Hughes, Arkansas, Hubert got his first guitar at age 6. Hubert was very interested in music and as a boy snuck into a nightclub to see Howlin' Wolf perform. Hubert's youthful enthusiasm won Wolf's heart, who took the young boy in and developed a father-like mentoring role with Hubert. Wolf would move to Chicago in 1953 and a year later would call for Hubert to move to Chicago to join his band. Initially Hubert  played a secondary role in the group with guitarist Jody Williams getting most of the limelight.  But when Jody left the band about 2 years later, Hubert became the star guitarist. Hubert's unorthodox approach, using innovative rhythmic textural lines and wild bursts of lead guitar, became an integral part of the Howlin' Wolf sound., Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters reportedly had a rivalry going as to who had the top blues band in Chicago (both were amazing bands) and for a short period of time Muddy recruited Hubert away from Wolf only to have Hubert return to Wolf's band and never leave again. Hubert's guitar was an essential and consistent part of the success of Wolf's recordings and live shows. The music achieved by the Wolf / Sumlin combination reached the highest of heights in the blues. When Howlin' Wolf recorded the London Sessions in 1970, Hubert began a life long relationship with UK blues artists like Eric Clapton and The Rolling Stones. In 1976, when Wolf died, Hubert was devastated. At first Eddie Shaw (Wolf's saxophonist) tried to keep the Howlin' Wolf band together but Hubert would drift: spending time in Austin, Texas under the care of Clifford Antone, or in Chicago where he stayed with Sunnyland Slim. In addition to recordings with Wolf, Hubert appeared on Chicago sessions with Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang, Andrew McMahon, Sunnyland Slim, Louisiana Red, Carey Bell, Little Eddie, Big Mac, and others. He recorded numerous albums under his own name for L+R, Black Top, Tone-Cool, Rykodisc, APO, JSP, Blind Pig, Blues Planet, Blues Special and other labels. At a point, under the guidance of manager Toni Ann Mamary, Hubert  started to get his due as the guitar legend he was. Hubert found himself hanging around and performing with rock stars, playing major festivals, and having his historic bio, Incurable Blues, published. He was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2008, Through all this notoriety, Hubert remained the kind, gentle soul with the same boyish enthusiasm that first befriended the Howlin' Wolf. His guitar playing was always intriguing, unorthodox, and impossible to copy. As he was bedridden and nearing the last hours of his life, his final request was to play his guitar one last  time. We thank Hubert for the light of joy he shined on the world and the heavenly music that he left for future generations to behold. He was our blues blessing. Special thanks to Hugh Southard of Blue Mountain Artists, Bob Margolin, and Little Frank who worked with him frequently on the road in recent years, Pat Morgan, James Cotton, Paul Oscher, Kim Wilson, Amanda Taylor, Diunna Greenleaf, Twist Turner, Little Mike, and all his friends and fans who all were there at all times to support Hubert.

To see some amazing videos of Hubert Sumlin with the Howlin' Wolf:

"Shake For Me" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex3nc0Km77g&feature=related

"Smokestack Lightnin" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxiYgof34iE&feature=related

Hubert Sumlin Funeral Information:

Sunday, December 11, 2011 - Viewing and Receiving of guests

2- 4 PM & 7 - 9PM

Festa Memorial

http://festamemorial.com/

111 Union Blvd.
Totowa, NJ 07512
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Monday, December 12, 2011 - Funeral Service10AM

Festa Memorial

http://festamemorial.com/

111 Union Blvd.
Totowa, NJ 07512 Phone: (973) 790-8686 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (973) 790-8686      end_of_the_skype_highlighting

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 - Chicago Area Musical Celebration Of Life

FitzGerald's

http://www.fitzgeraldsnightclub.com/

6615 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn, Illinois 60402

7pm doors, Donations accepted at door.

Many musicians will honor Hubert this night.

• RIP Paul Thomas - August 27, 1955 to November 20, 2011. Paul Thomas is best known as Phoenix's blues and roots, stand-up bass master. Though not a well known name outside of the Phoenix community, chances are that you have heard some of the celebrated recordings that he played on. Paul Thomas passed away from a reported fatal combination of alcohol and pain relievers while visiting his hometown of Tucson. He was 56. Paul had moved to Phoenix in the mid 1980s and worked in numerous Arizona-based blues and roots units including The Hoodoo Kings, The Rhythm Room All-Stars, Chico Chism, Pat Roberts & The Heymakers, The Jump Back Brothers, Midnite Blues, The Rocket 88s and many others. He also had worked occasionally in bands with Junior Watson, Lynwood Slim, and Rusty Zynn. As a member of the Rhythm Room All-Stars, Paul was called upon to back many of the great blues masters live and in the studio. Paul's great bass work can be heard on nationally released CDs by Henry Gray, Mojo Buford, Pinetop Perkins, Louisiana Red, Bob Corritore, Big Pete Pearson, Chief Schabuttie Gilliame, The Hoodoo Kings and more. He was best known for his stand-up bass work in which he had championed all of the old school nuances of the instrument. He was inducted into the Arizona Blues Hall of Fame in 1999 . Paul simply loved to play bass and brought joy, humor and masterful bass playing to the bandstand each night. His absence leaves a unfillable gap in the Phoenix blues and roots scene. Paul leaves his legacy with his 20 year old son Dylan Thomas, a fine young man and a full-time professional bassist. Thank you Paul for your many years of great contributions to the Phoenix music scene. You will be greatly missed.
• RIP Howard Tate - August 13, 1939 to December 2, 2011 The influential soul singer Howard Tate was best known for soul hits like "Ain't Nobody Home" and "Get It While You Can", with the later covered and re-popularized by Janis Joplin. Tate died in his New Jersey apartment of natural causes at age 72. Born in Macon, Georgia and raised in Philadelphia, Tate came into prominence in the late 1960s through the 1970s with his brilliant collaborations with producer / songwriter Jerry Ragavoy.  The recordings from this period are considered among the greatest examples of soul music ever recorded. After a tragic decline into drug addiction and homelessness during the 1980s, Howard Tate was able to pull himself together to experience a brilliant comeback with the Ragavoy produced 2003 release "Rediscovered", which was nominated for a Grammy for best contemporary blues album. The later part of his career saw many well-received festival and concert appearances and additional great recordings to add to his historic legacy. He will be fondly remembered for his blues-drenched voice complete with brilliant bursts of falsetto. That voice always sold the message of the song. To hear Howard Tate singing the original version of "Get It While You Can" click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9PawalWXUk
• RIP J Blackfoot - November 20, 1946 to November 30, 2011 Soul singer J Blackfoot is best known for his work in the 1970s as lead singer with the group The Soul Children and his 1983 hit "Taxi." He died at age 73 after a year long battle with pancreatic cancer. Born John Colbert in Greenville, Mississippi and raised in Memphis,  he received his moniker as a child from frequently walking barefoot. Musical prominence came when Stax producer / songwriter David Porter recruited Blackfoot, together with Norman West, Anita Louis, and Shelbra Bennett, to form The Soul Children. Between 1968 and 1978, The Soul Children had 15 chart hits and recorded seven well-received albums. Blackfoot later recorded a number of sides under his own name and in 1983  made a hit with the ballad "Taxi". He remained an active recording artist until the end and was a very popular concert attraction in the south and in Japan and Europe. J Blackfoot's sweet voice will live on in soul music history through his legacy of fine recordings.

To hear The Soul Children "Finders keepers" click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS5lSyDDh7Y, and to hear J Blackfoot's hit "Taxi" click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=turF6wSwdH4.

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Stats for KANAL BLUES for November 2011

Listeners Total sessions (30-day) 5953 session(s)   
Unique listeners 3086 listener(s)  
 Unique countries 86 countries - 
Total listening hours (TLH) 4466.30
Best Stats since the beginning of KANAL BLUES streaming (December2009)
Many thanks to all my listeners!


Alain