Brian Roberts And Humble Harve....The Day Radio Died!

The history of American Radio as told by two of the most famous voices in broadcasting. No punches pulled here. True stories told by the men who lived them. Check out what they describe as the decline of American Radio and the reasons leading to that demise.

This show was posted on BluePower in the year 2000. Since that time, things have become much worse. Clear Channel alone has been allowed to purchase over 1500 radio stations in the USA. This much power in the hands of one conglomerate can be devastating to free radio in general. This is already being proven. So much for the seven station rule that was upheld until this last administration destroyed the agreement and allowed corporate monopolies to run rampant.

John Rhys Eddins/BluePower.com

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Smokestack Lightnin’s Top Ten Blues CDs for the week of June 17,2006
#10 Lee Gates/Black Lucy Moanin’ The Blues/Black Lucy’s Deuce/Music Maker
#9 Willie Big Eyes Smith/If You Don’t believe I’m Leavin’/Way Back/Hightone
#8 Tab Benoit/I Heard That Lonesome Whistle/Brother To The Blues/Telarc
#7 Moreland, Arbuckle & Floyd/Long Past Midnight/Floyd’s Market/Kingsnake Blues
#6 Chris Thomas King/St. James Infirmary/Rise/21st. Century Blues
#5 Dr. John/Personality/Mercernary/Blue Note
#4 Eddie Kirkland/I Cried/Booty Blues/self
#3 R.J. Mischo/Hippie’s Playground/He Came To Play/Crosscut
#2 Guitar Shorty/You Better Get Wise To Yourself/The Long & Short Of It/Shout
#1 Charlie Musselwhite/Just A Feeling/Delta Hardware Co./Real World

All New Blues

Joe Bonamassa/So Many Roads/You & Me/Premier Artists
Walter Trout & Jeff Healey/Workin’ Overtime/’Full Circle/Ruf
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials/Nobody’s Fault But My Own/Rattlesnake/Alligator
Wentus Blues Band/Take It Away/single/Bluelight

New Acoustic Blues

Eric Bibb/Put On Your Robes Son/30 Years Of Stony Plain/Stony Plain
Nelson Adelard/Back Door Man/Unplugged/self
Adam Scramstad/Candy Man/No Sun Around Blues/self
Terry Daily/Trouble In My Way/I’ve Paid My Dues/self
Cephas & Wiggins/Ain’t Seen My Baby/Shoulder To Shoulder/Alligator

Battle Of The Classic Blues Men: Otis Rush vs. Hubert Sumlin

Otis Rush, Eric Clapton, Luther Allison/Every Day I Have The Blues/Otis Rush & Friends/Eagle
Hubert Sumlin/Down In The Bottom/Hubert Sumlin’s Blues Party/Shout
Otis Rush/All Your Love(I Miss Loving)/All Your Love I Miss Loving/Delmark
Hubert Sumlin/Without A Friend Like You/Healing Feeling/Shout

All New Blues

Robin Rogers/Me & My Chauffeur Blues/Crazy Cryin’ Blues/North 95
Lynwood Slim/Not Your Clown/Last Call/Delta Groove
Dave Alvin/Down On The Riverbed/West Of The West/Yep Roc
Tommy Z/The Blues Has Got To Come Home/Universal Love/South Blossom

Blues By Request

B.B. King & Eric Clapton/Ridin’ With The King/Ridin’ With The King/Reprise
Wiley Hunt/Shot Gun Shack/Mad Dogs & Okies/Mint Blue Island
William Clarke/Lollipop Mama/35x35/Alligator

All New This Week

Johnny Ferreira/Wine Women & Song/Rock & Roll Saxophonist/Pair-a-Dice
Rev Raven/My Life/Big Bee/Land-O-Blues
David Kimbrough, Jr./I Dreamed Pop Giged With Us/Shell Shocked/BC
Paul Orta & Lazy Lester/You Were My Lovebird/Shuffle With Lester/Great Blues Recordings
Bernard Allison/A Woman Named Trouble/Energized! Live In Europe/Ruf
Omar & The Howlers/Shake For Me/Bamboozled Live In Germany/Ruf
Pilgrimage/Jam With Mr. Tater The Music Maker/Pilgrimage/Ruf
Indigenous/I’ll Be Waiting/Shasing The Sun/Vanguard
Skin & Bones/Another You/Skin & Bones/self

New Instrumental Blues

Ronnie Earl/Soul Searchin’/Heart & Soul/Shout
Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets/Down At JJs/Blastoff/Shout
Arsen Shomakhov/Rainy Drive/Dangerous/Blues Leaf
Tom Principato/Tango’d Up In The Blues/Guitar Gumbo/Powerhouse

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