Martino D’Lorenzo is playing the blues on 45s, 78s and LPs from behind the wheel of the Big City Blues Cruise bus, spinning Episode 070 from early 1983 featuring music by Red Prysock, Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Choker Campbell, The Clovers, the Joe Morris Orchestra with Faye Adams, Jimmy Johnson, Carmen Taylor, The Coasters, The Cardinals, Eddie Taylor, The Isley Brothers, Billy Ward & The Dominoes,
Clyde McPhatter & Ruth Brown, and The Drifters.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
LEARNING THE BLUES
BIG CITY BLUES CRUISE 070
Martino D’Lorenzo, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, 1983 [22015]
Red Prysock: Jumbo
Muddy Waters: Young Fashioned Ways
Muddy Waters: Louisiana Blues
Little Walter: Oh Baby
Choker Campbell: Last Call for Whiskey
The Clovers: Hey Miss Fannie
Joe Morris Orchestra with Faye Adams: Sweet Talk
Jimmy Johnson: Strange How I Miss You
Carmen Taylor: Ding Dong
The Coasters: Three Cool Cats
The Cardinals: Please Baby
Eddie Taylor: You Will Always Have a Home
The Isley Brothers: Rockin’ McDonald
Billy Ward & The Dominoes: Over The Rainbow
Billy Ward & The Dominoes: Learning The Blues
Clyde McPhatter & Ruth Brown: I Gotta Have You
The Drifters: Whatcha Gonna Do
The Drifters: Steamboat
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Martino D’Lorenzo for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced by Martin Gross at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI (#20)
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1983, 2022 Tino Gross. Used with permission.