Something Blue for air 12/14/96 - Paul Butterfield play - Percy Mayfield, Never Say Naw Welcome to Something Blue. This is Hairy Larry and I've got the Blues ... for you. play - Paul Butterfield, One More Heartache play - Paul Butterfield, Strawberry Jam All right, the Paul Butterfield Blues Band playing "Strawberry Jam" recorded in 1968 and recently released by his keyboard player, Mark Naftalin, on the Winner label. Before that we heard their version of "One More Heartache" and kicking us off blues poet laureate, Percy Mayfield, sang his classic "Never Say Naw", one I first learned from Butterfield's first album. For a band largely forgotten in pop music history it is hard to overestimate the importance of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Butter was the first white bluesman to play real blues clubs on Chicago's southside and he played in an integrated band at a time when that made a difference. He launched careers for Mike Bloomfield, Elvin Bishop, David Sanborn, and Mark Naftalin just to name a few. His extended improvisations brought jazz into a Chicago Blues sound later emulated by bands like Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears, and the Allman Brothers. Later in the show we will hear a live version of the Butterfield classic "East West". Now here's my favorite Delta Blues harp man, Frank Frost playing an instrumental he wrote called "Frank's Boogie Woogie". play - Frank Frost, Frank's Boogie Woogie play - Allman Brothers, It's not My Cross to Bear play - Mark Sallings, Mark's Harpo play - Mark Sallings, Mighty Oaks That's Marks Sallings and the Famous Unknowns with two of Mark's compositions, "Mighty Oaks" and "Mark's Harpo". Mark pays tribute to many bluesmen in "Mighty Oaks" including the man considered to be the father of the amplified blues harp, Little Walter. Before that we heard the Allman Brothers do a Greg Allman tune "It's not my Cross to Bear". Winner's latest Butterfield release features three live versions of his band's most famous song "East West" recorded in the sixties. Here's version number two now, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band and "East West". play - Paul Butterfield, East West When Paul Butterfield first started playing the Chicago Blues scene everyone was blown away by the white kid that played just like Little Walter. In fact all of our featured harmonica players tonight love Little Walter's blues. Well, here's the man himself, Little Walter doing his original hit on a Willie Dixon classic, "Mellow Down Easy". play - Little Walter, Mellow Down Easy play - Frank Frost, Everything's Gonna Be Alright That's my blues mentor, Frank Frost, doing his version of Little Walter's song, "Everything's Gonna Be All Right". This is from Frank and Sam's latest release "Keep Yourself Together" produced by Fred James. Now closing the show here's Percy Mayfield singing his song "The River's Invitation". Until next week this is Hairy Larry reminding you once again, Blues is the Mainstream. play - Percy Mayfield, The River's Invitation Something Blue is a production of KASU at Arkansas State University. I'm Larry Heyl your producer and host. If you have enjoyed the show write to "Something Blue", Post Office Box 2160, State University, Arkansas 72467 or call me at Blues Alley in Jonesboro, 501-935-6659. Access "Something Blue" on the internet. Just search for Hairy Larry, that's HAIRY LARRY. Thanks for listening.