Annual Ice & Snow Program

BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 01/04/26 Annual Ice & Snow Program
This week on BBS finds us at the beginning of a new three-year cycle (I can put together playlists for three years without repeating records – then we start all over again and I pretend I’ve never played any of the records before) So, this week found me at the start of a new cycle – but it also found me without heat or electrical power for two days(our whole town was blacked-out due to winter storms) and two days behind schedule. So, I’ve grabbed an old playlist (1/4/1998) which was that year’s annual Ice & Snow program. My voice at 46 wasn’t quite as withered and wizened as it sounds today – and the records weren’t nearly as old. We turn back time – Only on BBS! Here's another Blues Before Sunrise chestnut - The Annual Ice & Snow Program. One of the biggest adjustments for Bluesmen and women coming from the sunny South to the Industrial North were the harsh winters in Chicago and Detroit. Their recordings reflected this change with titles like - 10 BELOW ZERO, IT'S SO COLD UP NORTH THE BIRDS CAN'T HARDLY FLY, and WINTER TIME BLUES. There's a couple of hour's worth of these Ice & Snow records and we'll dust off as many as we can find. Folks in Florida dig this show for sure! Only on BBS!
HOUR #1
HIP HIP HOORAY	KING COLE TRIO
DO YOU WANNA JUMP CHILDREN	CAB CALLOWAY
LONG LONG AGO	CAB CALLOWAY
TWEE TWEE TWEET	CAB CALLOWAY
THE FUEHRER'S GOT THE JITTERS	CAB CALLOWAY
KILLIN' MYSELF	IVY ANDERSON
ROCKS IN MY BED	IVY ANDERSON
RUG CUTTER	IVY ANDERSON
AND THE ANGELS SING	MILLS BROS
SOUTH OF THE BORDER	MILLS BROS
I UNDERSTAND	CHARIOTEERS
STARDUST	CHARIOTEERS
WHY DON'T YOU DO RIGHT	MAURICE ROCCO
BLUES IN MY HEART	ETHEL WATERS
DRIFTING TIDE	ALBERTA HUNTER
BABY	ADELAIDE HALL/ELLINGTON
SANDSTONE	PAUL QUINICHETTE
HOUR #2
IT'S GETTIN' KINDA CHILLY	SLIM & SLAM
WINTER WEATHER	JOE WILLIAMS
FROSTY MORNING	CAB CALLOWAY
THE SNOW IS FALLING	RAY CHARLES
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE	LOUIS JORDAN & ELLA FITZGERALD
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE	PEARL BAILEY & HOT LIPS PAGE
BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE	RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER
IT'S GONNA BE A COLD WINTER	ALBERTA PRIME
FROSTY MORNING BLUES	BESSIE SMITH
COLD WEATHER PAPA	CLARA SMITH
WINTER WEATHER	MADLYN DAVIS
WINTER TIME BLUES	BIG MACEO
ICE & SNOW BLUES	PEETIE WHEATSTRAW
ICE & SNOW BLUES	CLIFFORD GIBSON
IT'S SO COLD IN CHINA	ISIAH NETTLES
SO COLD IN THE U.S.A.	LYIN' JOE HOLLY
WINTER TIME BLUES	GRAY GHOST
HOUR #3
NINE BELOW ZERO	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
NINE BELOW ZERO	SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II
TEN BELOW ZERO	BOBO JENKINS
WINTER TIME BLUES	ROOSEVELT SYKES
SNOWBOUND & BLUE	ELZEE FLOYD
COLD WINTER DAY	BLIND WILLIE McTELL
COLD COUNTRY BLUES	BUDDY MOSS
COLD WAVE BLUES	BARBEQUE BOB
A FROSTY NIGHT	PEEWEE CRAYTON
MIDDLE OF WINTER	PEPPERMINT HARRIS
WINTER TIME BLUES	LESTER WILLIAMS
COLD COLD WINTER	ROSCOE GORDON
COLD OUTDOORS	TAILDRAGGER
WINTER TIME BLUES	PIANO SLIM
RAINY & SNOWY	ROCKY FULLER
IT'S SO COLD UP NORTH	SCOTT DUNBAR
HOUR #4
CHICAGO BOUND	JIMMY ROGERS
THAT'S ALRIGHT	JIMMY ROGERS
LUEDELLA	JIMMY ROGERS
GOING AWAY BABY	JIMMY ROGERS
YOU'RE THE ONE	JIMMY ROGERS
LEFT ME WITH A BROKEN HEART	JIMMY ROGERS
BACK DOOR FRIEND	JIMMY ROGERS
ACT LIKE YOU LOVE ME	JIMMY ROGERS
THE LAST TIME	JIMMY ROGERS
TODAY TODAY BLUES	JIMMY ROGERS
THE WORLD'S IN A TANGLE	JIMMY ROGERS
SLOPPY DRUNK	JIMMY ROGERS
MONEY MARBLES & CHALK	JIMMY ROGERS
SHE LOVES ANOTHER MAN	JIMMY ROGERS
IF IT AIN'T ME	JIMMY ROGERS
CRYIN' SHAME	JIMMY ROGERS
WALKING BY MYSELF	JIMMY ROGERS
HOUR #5
I'VE GOT MY LOVE TO KEEP ME WARM	MILLS BROS
YOU GO TO MY HEAD	HAROLD LAND
IF I'M LUCKY	JOHNNY HARTMAN
YOU'RE NOT MY KIND	SARAH VAUGHAN
MY ONE & ONLY LOVE	JIMMY SMITH
WHAT'S THE MATTER BABY	EDDIE BOYD
HOTEL BLUES	EDDIE BOYD
I BEGAN TO SING THE BLUES	EDDIE BOYD
LIFE COULD BE SO MISERABLE	WILLIE MABON
I LOVE MY BABY	WILLIE MABON
LUCINDA	WILLIE MABON
I GOT TO GO	WILLIE MABON
HUNGRY COUNTRY GIRL	OTIS SPANN
BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE	LEROY CARR
ALBATROSS	FLEETWOOD MAC