BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 6/28/26

BBS REVISITS HARLEM  

+ BLUES RECORDS FROM 1941

+THE COMPLETE L.C. McKINLEY(WHEW!)

This week on BBS we’ll revisit and update our Salute To Harlem, which we originally broadcast back in September 1993. Our Harlem Salute takes place during Hours # 1 & 2. During Hour #3 we profile the year of 1941 in terms of Blues records. And finally, we present the complete recorded output of Chicago Bluesman L.C. McKinley. We’ll feature sides for the Parrot, States, and VeeJay record labels + a couple more. Stay awake and dig the broadcast or sleep-in and check out the archives later, either way BBS is timeless listening. And don’t forget – Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

GOT AN UNCLE IN HARLEM

HOT LIPS PAGE

HARLEM CAMP MEETING

CAB CALLOWAY

THE MAN FROM HARLEM

CAB CALLOWAY

HARLEM HOSPITALITY

CAB CALLOWAY

HARLEM HOLIDAY

CAB CALLOWAY

TARZAN OF HARLEM

CAB CALLOWAY

RED HOT FROM HARLEM

ADELAIDE HALL

HARLEM ON A STURDAY NIGHT

LIL ARMSTRONG

BREAKFAST IN HARLEM

BUCK & BUBBLES

A SAD NIGHT IN HARLEM

IVIE ANDERSON/ELLINGTON

HARLEM WOOGIE

ANNA ROBINSON JAMES P JOHNSON

HARMONY IN HARLEM

QUINTONES

HOT IN HARLEM

TINY GRIMES

HARLEM HUNCH

SLIM GAILLARD

DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM

ELLA FITZGERALD

A HARLEM YANK

TIMMIE ROGERS

HARLEM SANDMAN

IDA JAME

HARLEM NOCTURN

ILLINOIS JACQUET

HOUR #2

HARLEM NOCTURNE

JOHNNY OTIS

TAKE THE A TRAIN

DELTA RHYTHM BOYS

JUMPIN’ ON SUGAR HILL

HELEN HUMES

BLUE MONDAY ON SUGAR HILL

COOT GRANT SOX WILSON

TAKE THE A TRAIN

BETTY ROCHE

HARLEM NOCTURNE

HERBIE FIELDS

HARLEM STOMP

LOUIS ARMSTRONG

HARLEM GIN

RUBY SMITH

YOU CAN’T LIVE IN HARLEM

NOBLE SISSLE

UNDERNEATH A HARLEM MOON

WASHBOARD RHYTHM KINGS

HARLEM SUSIE-Q

VICTOUIA SPIVEY

WHEN I TAKE MY VACATION IN HARLEM

TAMPA RED

THE HARLEM STRUT

JAMES P. JOHNSON

HARLEM ON MY MIND

ETHEL WATERS

YOU’VE SEEN HARLEM AT IT’S BEST

ETHEL WATERS

OLD MAN HARLEM

ETHEL WATERS

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN IN HARLEM

HARLEM HAMFATS

HARLEM JAMBOREE

ROSETTA HOWARD

WHAT THE WELL DRESSED MAN IN HARLEM

FATS WALLER

HOUR #3

SHORTCUT TO THE GRAVE

BILL AGITHER

OLD MAN BLUES

CURTIS JONES

CROWING ROOSTER

LONNIE JOHNSON

DOIN’ THE SALLY LONG

ROOSEVELT SYKES

RIDE ‘EM ON DOWN

ROBERT PETWAY

THE ONLY WOMAN

WALTER DAVIS

DRINK ON LITTLE GIRL

SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON I

BISCUIT BAKING WOMAN

YANK RACHELL

PIGMEAT IS ON THE LINE

MEMPHIS MINNIE

WHEN I BEEN DRINKIN’

BIG BILL BROONZY

CRAWLING KINGSNAKE

TONY HOLLINS

BACK DOOR MAN

DR CLAYTON

CAMP HOLLARS

SON HOUSE

I BE’S TROUBLED

MUDDY WATERS

DEATH VALLEY BLUES

BIG BOY CRUDDUP

JINKIE LEE BLUES

JOHNNY TEMPLE

YOU NEED A WOMAN

BUDDY MOSS

HOUR #4

PAIN IN MY HEART

L.C. McKINLEY

ROSALIE BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

ALL ALONE BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

DISGUSTED

L.C. McKINLEY

TORTURED BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

COMPANION BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

WEEPING WILLOW BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

STRANGE GIRL

L.C. McKINLEY

BLUE EVENING BLUES

L.C. McKINLEY

SHE’S FIVE FOOT THREE

L.C. McKINLEY

I’M SATIS FIES

L.C. McKINLEY

DOWN WITH IT

L.C. McKINLEY

LONELY

L.C. McKINLEY

NIT-WIT

L.C. McKINLEY

SHARPEST MAN IN TOWN

L.C. McKINLEY

MIND YOUR BUSINESS

L.C. McKINLEY

SO STRANGE

L.C. McKINLEY

HOUR #5

WHEN I DREAM OF YOU

GENE AMMONS

GROOVEYARD

MONTGOMERY BROS

AUTUMN SERENADE

JOHNNY HARTMAN

BUT NOT FOR ME

LURLEAN HUNTER

BLUE SMITH

JIMMY SMITH

APACHE WAR DANCE

EARL HOOKER

OH MAMA

LILLIAN OFFITT

FROSTY

EARL HOOKER

GREASY CHICKEN

ANDRE WILLIAMS

AW SHUCKS HUSH YOUR MOUTH

JIMMY REED

I’MA LOVE YOU

JIMMY REED

DRIVING ME MAD

JR PARKER

HE LIED

WILLIE MABON

GOIN’ THROUGH THE PARK

JIMMY ANDERSON

TIDE OF LOVE

LaVELLE WHITE

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC

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