Podcast appearances and mentions of billy marquis

This week's playlist: • How Many Times by Eric Coslop, from a single first released in 2001. Eric has a page at Garageband.com, as does his current band The Curbfinders. In the early '90s, Eric also contributed to a series of CDs by the Home At Last Band. • She What? by Bad Influence, from Tastes Like Chicken (2001), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. For more information, visit BadInfluenceBand.com or their MySpace page. • Dust Me Off by Billy Marquis, from the Blues and Beyond, available for sale through Garageband.com. Visit Billy's Garageband page for more information. • Goodbye Daughters of The Revolution by The Black Crowes, from Warpaint, set for release on 3/4/08; the single was made available to podcasters through the Podsafe Music Network. Visit BlackCrowes.com for more information. • Every Shut Eye Ain't Sleepin', Give Me Your Love and Keep On Pleasin' You by Nappy Brown, all from Long Time Coming (2007), and available from Blind Pig Records and the iTMS. Visit the Nappy Brown article at Wikipedia for more information. • Get With You by The Ken DeRouchie Band, from Live At Jimmy Mak's (2007); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. For free downloads of other KDB tracks, go to this page. And visit KDBand.net and their MySpace page for more information. • Trouble by Robb Alan McMahan, from the album Mojo Man (2006); available on CD from BuyDirect.com. There are more tracks on Robb's page at the Podsafe Music Network. Visit Robb's MySpace page for more information. • Everybody Loves Me by Alejandro Escovedo, a previously unreleased live recording from 2005. The original version is available on the album Bourbonitis Blues (1999), while an acoustic version (with strings) is on Room of Songs (2005). A version by legendary harpist Charlie Musselwhite is included on Por Vida - A Tribute to the Songs of Alejandro Escovedo (2004). Visit AlejandroEscovedo.com and his MySpace page for more information. Mentioned during this episode: Blues Music Awards; Roots Music Association; SXSW; New Media Expo. Excellent online resources for more information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #109 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, the PROMONET program of the Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Download.com or Garageband.com)

This week's playlist: • Mississippi Grace by Matthew D and Random Tuesday, from Notes From The Edge (2006), available from CD Baby and the iTunes Music Store. Visit MattDWard.com or their Garageband page for more information. • The Moon Is Full by Albert Collins, Johnny Copeland and Robert Cray, from Showdown! (1985) available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Collins' page, Copeland's page and Cray's page at the Alligator site for more information. • Young and Evil by Billy Boy Arnold, from Back Where I Belong (1993), available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit Arnold's page at the Alligator site for more information. • 1,000 Feet Ahead by The Hitman Blues Band from Blooztown (2000), available at their online store, CD Baby and the iTMS. For more information about the band, visit HitmanBluesBand.com or their MySpace page. • There's A River by Phil Circle, from Searching For Scorpio (2007). Visit Phil's MySpace page for more information and to buy the CD. • Millionaire by Kevin Welch and the Danes, from Millionaire (2001), available from Echotunes.com. Visit KevinWelch.com for more information. • Dust Me Off by Billy Marquis, from the Blues and Beyond, available for sale through Garageband.com. Visit Billy's Garageband page for more information. • Red Clay Back Road Mama by Edwin Holt, from Second Time Around (2005), available from TopCat Records, CDuniverse and the iTMS. Visit EdwinHolt.com for more information. • Amtrak by the Big George Jackson Blues Band, from Southern In My Soul, available from Black & Tan Records and the iTMS. Visit BigGeorgeJackson.com for more information. • Bad Religion by Jimmie Bratcher, from Red (2005), available from his online store and the iTMS. Visit JimmieBratcher.com for more information. Also: the senders of the first three emails I receive with Detroit Women Rule! in the subject line will receive a copy of Detroit Women's new CD, Sassitude, and a Murphy's Saloon logo t-shirt; I'm going to the SXSW conference in March; and don't forget to send in your favorite jokes. For more information about the blues, visit: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; and be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues. (Music on Murphy's Saloon #62 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, where I obtained many of these tracks)

Welcome to the BluzNdaBlood podcast, Show #6!  The set list for Show #6: The Dan Lawson Band, Yo Mama; The Fat Daddy Band, Sweet Tea; Clarence “Gatemouth�? Brown, Information Blues; Big Hammer, Just A Fool; Billy Marquis, Black and White; and WienieBoys Magic, Pontiac Blues. So get a refill on your Sweet Tea, grab Yo Mama, and get ready to get some blues in the blood!  

Billy Marquis has been playing the blues and paying his dues around the Mississippi Delta for over a quarter of a century. Not bad for a guy who doesnt look a day over thirty, huh. He started out with RocknRoll but you cant grow up in the middle of the Mississippi Delta without hearing the Blues and the Blues won out. His music heritage? On the insert of his new CD, The Blues and Beyond He thanks a few poeple who have meant a lot to him over the years. Those people include his father, Billy G Marquis Sr., of whom he refers to as the first musician I ever knew and admired. He shares the Blues stage with an impressive array of musicians. Steve Hauth on bass, Jim Michie on Keys and Robert Marquis on drums. These guys really lay down some rhythm for Billys guitar to wail over. Lately Billy Marquis can be found hangin out at the The Bait Shop on Walnut Street, in Greenville, Mississippi and on Beale Steet in Memphis, to name a few places. His music is different, his guitar work innovative, and his lyrics heartfelt. Give him a listen when pulls into your town.

Murphy's Saloon #3 Show Notes: • The Hipnotics, from Kansas City, Missouri. • George Fletcher and Bourbon Renewal, from Saratoga Springs, NY. • Billy Marquis, from Indianola, MS. • Delta Chuck, from Tulsa, OK. • Punam Verma from the United Kingdom at the Podsafe Music Network and, as promised the photo page at her personal site. • Harpdog Brown, from Vancouver, British Columbia. • Stingray, from Perth, Western Australia. • Show intro from Rocket Science by Brain Buckit, whose CD is available through their site, CD Baby or Tower Records. • Show outro from Play This by Dave at the Chub Creek Podcast. There was also a very brief discussion of bad beer, and the sad and lamentable fact that Murphy was not included in the Chicago Tribune's voting list of the best bartenders in Chicago for 2005. (Music in this week's show courtesy of the PodSafe Music Network, except where noted.)