BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 11/02/25
JIM O’NEAL INTERVIEW

This week on BBS we interview Jim O’Neal, founder and editor of Living Blues magazine. Jim was raised in Gulf Coast Mississippi and attended Northwestern College, here in the Chicago area where he was exposed to the Blues. He and several other Blues fans decided to start their own magazine devoted to Blues and called Living Blues magazine. He and his wife Amy Van Singel ran the magazine and eventually started their own record label, Rooster Blues. I interviewed Jim in July of 2006 for my Pioneers of the Blues Revival book. This is the first time it’s been presented on air. Our Jim O’Neal interview will air during Hours 3 &4. Also, this is Daylight Savings Fall-Back weekend which means we’ll have an extra hour of BBS for those station that need it. (for those downloading Hrs 1-6 are BBS Hr 7 is Jazz Oasis.) Only on BBS!

HOUR #1

CINDER BOTTOM

BOBBY SMITH

LONG ABOUT MIDNIGHT

CAB CALLOWAY

THERE’S A CABIN IN THE COTTON

CAB CALLOWAY

THE LADY WITH THE FAN

CAB CALLOWAY

I LEARNED ABOUT LOVE FROM HER

CAB CALLOWAY

THE SCAT SONG

CAB CALLOWAY

DON’T WORRY ‘BOUT THAT MULE

JUNE RICHMOND

DON’T JIVE ME LIKE THAT

JUNE RICHMOND

RIDE ON – RIDE ON

JUNE RICHMOND

MIDNIGHT STROLL

JUNE RICHMOND

ARE YOU WITH IT

JUNE RICHMOND

PREACHIN’

JULIAN DASH

MY SILENT LOVE

JULIAN DASH

DEACON DASH

JULIAN DASH

BLUE VELVET

JULIAN DASH

I WON’T BELIEVE YOU

MARSHALL BROS

ST LOUIS BLUES

ALBERT AMMONS

WONDER WHERE MY BABY IS TONIGHT

JOSEPHINE BAKER

DIZZY ATMOSPHERE

EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS

HOUR #2

I TRUSTED YOU BABY

EDDIE CLEANHEAD VINSON

HERE COMES THE NIGHT

WYNONIE HARRIS

KEEP A’TALKIN’

WYNONIE HARRIS

WINE WINE WINE

FLOYD DIXON

FEEL SO GOOD

HADDA BROOKS

THE TRAVELING SALESMAN

PIGMEAT MARKHAM

WHERE’S MY BABY

CAT & JAMMERS

SEND ME PRETTY MAMA

IVORY JOE HUNTER

WHERE SHALL I GO

IVORY JOE HUNTER

PINETOP BLUES

PINETOP SMITH

JIVE MAN BLUES

FRANKIE HALF-PINT JAXON

LOST ALL I HAD

ROOSEVELT SYKES

WAITING AT THE END OF THE ROAD

ETHEL WATERS

TRAVELING ALL ALONE

ETHEL WATERS

LONG LEAN LANKY MAMA

ETHEL WATERS

KEEP YOUR EYE ON YOUR MAN

ETHEL WATERS

SO GLAD I’VE GOT THE STONE

BETHEL QUARTET

RICH MAN & THE NEEDLES EYE

REV J.M. GATES

I WANT TO REST

SOUL STIRRERS

HOURS #3 & 4

JIM O’NEAL INTERVIEW

HOUR #5

I AM TO BLAME

ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD

DUST MY BROOM

ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD

ANGEL CHILD

ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD

LITTLE QUEEN OF SPADES

ROBERT JR LOCKWOOD

DOWN THE LINE

ROBERT NIGHTHAWK

GONNA NEED MY HELP SOMEDAY

MEMPHIS SLIM

BLUES IN THE MORNING

BIG WALTER HORTON

WE ALL GOTTA GO SOMETIME

JOE HILL LOUIS

MONEY-TAKIN’ WOMAN

JOHNNY YOUNG

NOW I GOT A WOMAN

FREDDY KING

MAN HOLE

FREDDY KING

THINK IT OVER

B.B. KING

DON’T ANSWER THE DOOR

B.B. KING

THAT’S THE WAY LOVE IS

BOBBY BLAND

QUEEN FOR A DAY

BOBBY BLAND

SAD AS A MAN CAN BE

IKE TURNER

I’M TORE UP

IKE TURNER

HOUR #6

P.S. I LOVE YOU

FOUR VAGABONDS

GATE SERENE BLUES

HERBIE FIELDS

ON THE OTHER HAND BABAY

RAY CHARLES

TELL HIM I SAID HELLO

BETTY CARTER

ABSOLUTELY FUNKY

JIMMY SMITH

ALONE TOGETHER

RAY & BETTY

COCKTAILS FOR TWO

RAY & BETTY

FOR ALL WE KNOW

RAY & BETTY

T-BONE BLUES

T-BONE WALKER

MEAN OLD WORLD

T-BONE WALKER

LOW DOWN DIRTY SHAME

T-BONE WALKER

CHICA BOO

LLOYD GLENN

SHE MOVES ME

JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON

NOBODY BUT ME

ANN COLE

STOLEN LOVE

LaVELLE WHITE

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC


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