Rockin' the Blues with Sonny Burgess & Snooks Eaglin

Tune in and rock the blues with two guitar men who do it with great authority. First up is Arkansas wild man and original Sun Records rockabilly Sonny Burgess who still tears it up, playing his hits “We Wanna Boogie,” “Red-Headed Woman” and others well into his seventies. And hear a live set from the great New Orleans bluesman and human jukebox Snooks Eaglin, recorded onstage at his home base, the famous Rock ‘N’ Bowl nightclub, where one can do either of those, or both, at the same time. Feel the beat in blues, jazz, Western swing and more with a music mix designed to rock your blues away.

HOUR ONE

Open Bed: Rockhouse Part 1&2 Ray Charles
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection, Rhino

Rockin' Blues Johnny Otis & His Orchestra / Mel Walker
Savoy on Central Avenue, Savoy Jazz

Lost Week End Smiley Lewis
Shame, Shame, Shame, Bear Family

Gin House Blues Nina Simone
The Colpix Years, Rhino

Whiskey c'est Mon Ami Racines
Allons Boire un Coup, Valcour

New Pretty Blonde Moon Mullican and His Showboys
Classic Country Music: A Smithsonian Collection, Smithsonian

Instrumental: Honky Tonk Swing Bill Monroe
The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers, BMG

Little Maggie Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys
Classic Bluegrass, Rebel

Maggie's Farm Bob Dylan
Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia

Cotton Picker Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran, United Artists

Cotton Fields Charley Pride
Charley Pride In Person, Koch

Country Boy Rock Lloyd Price
Lloyd Price, Vol. 2: Heavy Dreams, Specialty

INTERVIEW: Sonny Burgess

Instrumental: Blue Guitar Stomp Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band
Hillbilly Boogie!, Columbia

My Baby's Boogying Amos Milburn
Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie: 1946 - 1955, Capitol

I Got a Mind to Ramble Alberta Hunter
The Bluesville Years, Vol. 8: Roll Over Ms. Beethoven, Prestige

Cattin John Coltrane
The Prestige Recordings, Prestige

End Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes original recording

HOUR TWO

Open Bed: Rock My Soul Sammy Price
Rib Joint, Savoy Jazz

We're Goin' Rockin' Tonight Roy Brown
The Complete Imperial Records, Capitol

So Let's Rock Bob Wills
Country Music Hall of Fame Series, MCA

Bailando El Rock & Roll Freddy Fender
Interpreta El Rock, Arhoolie

Baby, Scratch My Back Slim Harpo
The Best of Slim Harpo, Hip-O

Oh Lonesome Me Southern Culture on the Skids
Countrypolitan Favorites, Yep Roc

When the Sun Goes Down Joe Williams
Joe Williams Sings, Savoy Jazz

I'll Go Down Swinging The Knitters
The Modern Sounds of the Knitters, Zoe

This Should Go on Forever Wanda Jackson
Vintage Collections, Capitol

Instrumental: Guitar Rock and Roll Joe Maphis
Whistle Bait! 25 Rockabilly Rave-Ups, Columbia/Epic

(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll, Bear Family

I'm Gonna Wash that Man Right Outta My Hair Peggy Lee
The Capitol Collector's Series, Capitol

Give Me Back My Wig Hound Dog Taylor
Hound Dog Taylor and the House Rockers, Alligator

Looka, No Hair Professor Longhair
Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino

Instrumental: Blues Hangover Lloyd Glenn
Honky Tonk Train, Night Train

INTERVIEW: Snooks Eaglin live at Mid-City Lanes Rock 'N' Bowl in New Orleans

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