Op Grolloo Radio zijn in de muziekprogramma’s uiteraard veel vrouwelijke bluesartiesten te horen.

Vandaag op 8 maart, internationale Vrouwendag, zijn als extra hommage aan bluesvrouwen tussen 21:00-22:00 uur tracks te horen van de Delmark Records release Wild About That Thing, Ladies Sing

Vrouwelijke blueszangeressen maken al sinds de jaren 1920 opnamen. Wild About That Thing bevat het beste van zowel klassieke als moderne blues.

Tracklist Wild About That Thing, Ladies Sing

1. Big Time Sarah Long Tall Daddy 4:53
2. Katherine Davis Wild About That Thing 3:59
3. Karen Carroll Confessin’ The Blues 4:07
4. Blu Lu Barker Don’t You Feel My Leg 3:00
5. Bonnie Lee Got The Blues’Bout My Baby 5:10
6. Edith Wilson He May Be Your Man 3:49
7. Grana Louise You’ve Been A Good Ole Wagon 5:26
8. Dinah Washington Rich Man’s Blues 2:53
9. Shirley Johnson Not For The Love Of You 3:04
10. Betty Roche I Love My Lovin’ Lover 3:12
11. Zora Young Brain Damage 4:35
12. Mary Johnson Never Too Late 3:37
13. Mary Johnson Show Me The Way 3:58

Details over de tracks:

1. BIG TIME SARAH Long Tall Daddy 4:53 (Sarah Streeter, BMI)
From the album BLUES IN THE YEAR ONE-D-ONE (Delmark 692)
BIG TIME SARAH: vocal EMERY WILLIAMS: guitar TONY LLORENS: piano BILL HARGRAVE: bass RICKY NELSON: drums SEPTEMBER 26, 1995

2. KATHERINE DAVIS Wild About That Thing 3:59 (Spencer Williams, P.D.)
From ROY RUBENSTEIN’S CHICAGO HOT 6 album SHOUT ’EM (Delmark 227)
KATHERINE DAVIS: vocal BOB NEIGHBOR: cornet ROY RUBENSTEIN: trombone NORRIE COX: clarinet JACK KUNCL: banjo DICK PIERRE: bass KEN LOWENSTINE: drums JANUARY 21, 1994

3. KAREN CARROLL Confessin’ The Blues 4:07 (Brown/McShann, Sony Tunes Inc./Universal MCA Music Publ., ASCAP)
From THE DIXIE STOMPERS album STOCK YARDS STRUT (Delmark 229)
KAREN CARROLL: vocal BILL MASON: cornet REV. JIMMY HAISLIP: trombone FRANK POWERS: clarinet JOHN CHAPMAN: piano DON FRANZ: tuba WAYNE JONES: drums SEPTEMBER 8, 1994

4. BLU LU BARKER Don’t You Feel My Leg 3:00 (D. Barker/Blu Lu Barker/Williams)
From theBLU LU, WEE BEA & BABY DEE album DON’T YOU FEEL MY LEG (Delmark 684)
BLU LU BARKER: vocal SHAD COLLINS: trumpet TEDDY MCRAE: tenor sax NORMAN LESTER: piano DANNY BARKER: guitar ERNEST WILLIAMSON: bass unknown: drums AUGUST 25, 1946

5. BONNIE LEE Got The Blues ’Bout My Baby 5:10 (Lee/Colliuns, Outer Limit Publ., BMI)
From the album SWEETHEART OF THE BLUES (Delmark 676)
BONNIE LEE: vocal BILLY BRANCH: harmonica WILLIE DAVIS: guitar KENNY BARKER: piano WILLIE KENT: bass BALDHEAD PETE: drums MARCH 4, 1995

6. EDITH WILSON He May Be Your Man 3:49 (P.D.)
From the album HE MAY BE YOU MAN…BUT HE COMES TO SEE ME SOMETIMES! (Delmark 637)
EDITH WILSON: vocal LEROI NABORS: trumpet PRESTON JACKSON: trombone OLIVER ALCORN: clarinet LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY: piano IKEY ROBINSON: banjo ED WILKINSON: bass RED SAUNDERS: drums APRIL 16, 1975

7. GRANA LOUISE You Were A Good Ole Wagon 5:26 (John Henry, P.D.)
From the BAY CITY JAZZ BAND album ALLIGATOR CRAWL (Delmark 242)
GRANA LOUISE: vocal EVERETT FAREY, BOB NEIGHBOR: trumpet JIM SNYDER: trombone JOHN BOLAND: clarinet JOHN COOPER: piano JACK KUNCL: banjo MIKE WALBRIDGE: tuba LLOYD BYASSEE: drums JULY 16, 2002

8. DINAH WASHINGTON Rich Man’s Blues 2:53 (Thelma Lowe, Bess Music Co., BMI)
From the album MELLOW MAMA (Delmark 451)
DINAH WASHINGTON: vocal LUCKY THOMPSON: tenor sax KARK GEORGE: trumpet JEWEL GRANT: alto sax GENE PORTER: baritone sax
MILT JACKSON: vibes WILBERT BARANCO: piano CHARLES MINGUS: bass LEE YOUNG: drums DECEMBER 12, 1945

9. SHIRLEY JOHNSON Not For The Love Of You 3:04 (Nat Foster)
From the album KILLER DILLER (Delmark 757)
SHIRLEY JOHNSON: vocal MAURICE JOHN VAUGHN: guitar ROOSEVELT PURIFOY: organ WILLIE “VAMP” SAMUELS: bass TIM AUSTIN: drums KENNY ANDERSON: trumpet HANK FORD: tenor sax WILLIE HENDERSON: baritone sax and horn arrangement MAY 22, 2001

10. BETTY ROCHE I Love My Lovin’ Lover 3:12 (Duke Ellington, Tempo Music Inc., ASCAP)
From the EARL HINES album EARL HINES AND THE DUKE’S MEN (Delmark 470)
BETTY ROCHE: vocal RAY NANCE: trumpet JOHNNY HODGES: alto sax FLIP PHILLIPS: tenor sax EARL HINES: piano AL CASEY: guitar OSCAR PETTIFORD: bass SID CATLETT: drums APRIL 26, 1944

11. ZORA YOUNG Brain Damage 4:35 (Zora Young, Hard Way Music, BMI)
From the album LEARNED MY LESSON (Delmark 748)
ZORA YOUNG: vocal JAMES WHEELER: guitar KEN SAYDAK: piano JOHNNY B. GAYDEN: bass TIM AUSTIN: drums MAY 23, 2000

12. MARY JOHNSON Never Too Late 3:37 (Traditional, P.D.)
MARY JOHNSON: vocal DON FRANZ: trumpet JIM HAISLIP: trombone BOB SCHROEDER: clarinet JOHN CHAPMAN: piano BILL RULER: bass BOB KORNACHER: drums DECEMBER 23, 1955

13. MARY JOHNSON Show Me The Way 3:58 (Traditional, P.D.)
same personnel and date as 12.