Martino D’Lorenzo is playing the blues on 45s, 78s and LPs from behind the wheel of the Big City Blues Cruise bus, spinning his classic modern radio programs from the 1980s and 1990s originally aired on WEMU-FM in Ypsilanti MI and now heard every Saturday on Radio Free Amsterdam. Episode 47 features music by Red Prysock, A.C. Reed with Stevie Ray Vaughn, Amos Milburn, Lowell Fulson, Marvin & Johnny, The Five Keys, Earl King & Roomful of Blues, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Tom Waits, Steve Nardella, Louis Armstrong, Lightning Hopkins, Lazy Lester, Ozzie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot 5, Clarence Williams Blue 5 with Eva Taylor, and Johnny Winter.
The John Sinclair Foundation Presents
WRONG BUSINESS
BIG CITY BLUES CRUISE 47
Martino D’Lorenzo, WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti, December 1983 [18221]
Red Prysock: Jumbo
A.C. Reed: I’m In The Wrong Business
A.C. Reed with Stevie Ray Vaughn: Please Come Home
A.C. Reed with Stevie Ray Vaughn: These Blues Is Killing Me
Amos Milburn: Let’s Make Christmas Merry, Baby
Lowell Fulson: I Wanna Spend Christmas With You
Marvin & Johnny: It’s Christmas
The Five Keys: It’s Christmas Time
Earl King & Roomful of Blues: It’s Mardi Gras In The City
Earl King & Roomful of Blues: Those Lonely Lonely Nights
Johnny “Guitar” Watson: Those Lonely Lonely Nights
Tom Waits: Step Right Up
Steve Nardella: That’s Where I Belong
Louis Armstrong: Christmas Time In New Orleans
Lightning Hopkins: Merry Christmas
Lazy Lester: Nothing But The Devil
Ozzie Ware with Duke Ellington’s Hot 5: Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back
Clarence Williams Blue 5 with Eva Taylor: Santa Claus Blues
Johnny Winter: Mojo Boogie
A JOINT PRODUCTION
Hosted by Martino D’Lorenzo for Radio Free Amsterdam
Produced by Martin Gross at WEMU-FM, Ypsilanti MI
Post-production, editing & annotation by John Sinclair
Executive Producer: Steve Pratt
© 1983, 2018 Tino Gross. Used with permission.