BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE FOR 6/15/25
BLUESMAN CHUCK NORRIS

This week on BBS we’ll feature sides by the under-recorded west coast guitarist Chuck Norris. Chuck played in the style of T-Bone Walker/PeeWee Crayton. We’ll spend Hour #4 listening to sides by Chuck including his sides on Atlantic, Aladdin, Imperial, Mercury labels, + sides on the obscure Coast, Foto and Selective labels. It’s been seventy-five years and everybody’s records have been reissued – but still no CD under Chuck Norris’ name. Chuck Norris – Hour #4 – Don’t miss it – Only on BBS!

HOUR 1

THINGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE

TINY GRIMES

THE JUMPIN’ JIVE

CAB CALLOWAY

UTT DA ZAY

CAB CALLOWAY

A NEW MOON & AN OLD SERENADE

CAB CALLOWAY

GEECHIE JOE

CAB CALLOWAY

A CHOICE TASTE

BABS GONZALES

EVERYTHING IS COOL

BABS GONZALES

ST LOUIS BLUES

BABS GONZALES

PAY DEM DUES

BABS GONZALES

HEY DADDY-O

SY OLIVER

DIT-DOT-DIT

SY OLIVER

CAN’T TELL THE DEPTH OF THE WELL

SY OLIVER

GRAN MA PLAYS THE NUMBERS

SY OLIVER

TAKING MY CHANCE WITH YOU

FOUR VAGABONDS

LET ‘EM JUMP

PETE JOHNSON

HE’S THE LAST WORD

JOSEPHINE BAKER

ARTISTRY BY BOSTIC

EARL BOSTIC

HOUR 2`

TAKE THE HANDS OFF THE CLOCK

TINY BRADSHAW

THAT WAS YOUR LAST MISTAKE GOOD-BYE

AMOS MILBURN

MY PLAYFUL BABY’S GONE

WYNONIE HARRIS

ARE YOUOUT THERE

PERCY MAYFIELD

IT’S RANIN’

RUTH BROWN

HOW TO TRUST YOUR WIFE

PIGMEAT MARKHAM

MY LOVE HAS GONE

CHRIS POWELL

BLUES BOY MARCH

CHRIS POWELL

HELLO STRANGER

GRANT JONES

WEST COAST RAG

WILL EZELL

SOMETIMES I FELL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD

LEROY CARR

I’VE FOUND A NEW BABY

ETHEL WATERS

MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR

ETHEL WATERS

BRING YOUR GREENBACKS

ETHEL WATERS

WHEN THE WORLD’S ON FIRE

BRYANT’S JUBILEE QUARTET

GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD

REV W.A. WHITE

WHEN GOD DIPS HIS PEN

5 BLIND BOYS OF MISSISSIPPI

HOUR 3

YOU CAN’T STOP A TATTLER PT I

WASHINGTON PHILLIPS

HONEY IN THE ROCK

A.C. & BLIND MAMIE FOREHAND

I WANT TO LIVE SO GOD CAN USE ME

BRO WILL EASON

HOW LONG

REV CHARLIE WHITE

JESUS IS MY AEROPLANE

MOTHER McCOLLUM

HALF AIN’T NEVER BEEN TOLD

BLIND JOE TAGGART

YOUR ENEMY CANNOT HARM YOU

REV EDWARD CLAYBORN

MIDNIGHT HOUR BLUES

IDA COX

LAND OF COTTON

LUCILLE HEGAMIN

YOU GET MAD

ROSA HENDERSON

EARLY EVERY MORNING

MAGGIE JONES

WHISKEY HEAD BUDDY

JAZZ GILLUM

GIVE IT TO ME IN MY HAND

MEMPHIS MINNIE

RIVERSIDE

NICK NICHOLS/WHISTLIN’ ALEX MOORE

DOWN ON MY BENDED KNEE

KING SOLOMON HILL

LAST DIME BLUES

PEETIE WHEATSTRAW

TROUBLE HEARTED BLUES

ISHMAN BRACEY

HOUR 4

WEST COAST LOVER

BIG JIM WYNN

LET ME KNOW

CHUCK NORRIS

MESSIN’ UP

CHUCK NORRIS

MONEY’S GETTING’ CHEAPER

CHUCK NORRIS

NO BETTER FOR ME

CHUCK NORRIS

I KNOW THE BLUES

CHUCK NORRIS

ROCKIN’ AFTER HOURS

CHUCK NORRIS

THE GOLDEN RULE

CHUCK NORRIS

I AIN’T GONNA STICK AROUND

CHUCK NORRIS

OOH LITTLE GIRL

CHUCK NORRIS

WHAT’S GOOD FOR ONE’S GOOD FOR ALL

CHUCK NORRIS

KINDA SICK – MOSTLY WORRIED

CHUCK NORRIS

HEY EVERYBODY

CHUCK NORRIS

NO BETTER FOR ME

CHUCK NORRIS

PEOPLE ARE TALKING

CHUCK NORRIS

IN THE EVENING

CHUCK NORRIS

HOUR 5

OUT OF A DREAM

RAVENS

WHISPER NOT

WES MONTGOMERY

A SINNER KISSED AN ANGEL

AL HIBBLER

I DREAM OF YOU

GEORGIA CARR

FUNKY MAMA

LOU DONALDSON

BIG BOY

BILL JENNINGS

633 KNOCK

BILL JENNINGS

GLIDE ON

BILL JENNINGS

TALKS/MY PEOPLE’S GONE

HOWLING WOLF

BLUEBIRD BLUES

HOWLING WOLF

BOOGIE

LITTLE WALTER

MEAN OLD WORLD

LITTLE WALTER

MEET MY HAPPINESS

B.B. KING

OTIS IN THE DARK

OTIS SPANN

TIME CHANGES THINGS

LIL SON JACKSON

8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD

MERCY DEE WALTON

DRUNK AGAIN

LONNIE JOHNSON

ALBATROSS

FLEETWOOD MAC

 

 

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