Something Blue - for air 12-18-93  Christmas

play - Charles Brown, Please Come Home for Christmas    2:42
        C-17

Welcome to Something Blue.  This is Hairy Larry and I've got
the Blues ... for you.

play - Manhattan Transfer, Birdland                     5:55
        Down in Birdland - Rhino

play - Charlie Parker, Blues for Alice                  2:46
        The Original Recording of C.P. - Verve

play - Charles Brown, Boogie Woogie Santa Claus         3:12
        Christmas Collection - Alligator

And that's a very Merry Christmas from Charles Brown singing
"Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.  Charles Brown started the show
tonight with his mainstream Christmas Classic "Please Come Home
for Christmas".  Then we heard Manhattan Transfer do "Birdland"
followed by the Bird himself, Charlie Parker, doing "Blues for
Alice".

And we have some Blues for Christmas tonight on Something Blue
and on Blues Scene so stay tuned for Marty Scarborough and let
KASU give you the blues for a couple of hours tonight.

Now let's listen to Albert Collins, joined by B.B. King and Coco
Montoya, do an Albert Collins instrumental, "Frosty".

play - Albert Collins, Frosty                           3:22
        Collins Mix - Pointblank

play - Albert King, I'll play the Blues for You         7:17
        I'll Play the Blues for You, Stax

All right, Albert King, the Godfather of the Blues, playing "I'll
Play the Blues for You".  And right now, I'll tell you what I'll
do.  I'll play the Blues for you.

play - Charmaine Neville, Santa Baby                    4:01
        Christmas in New Orleans - Mardi Gras Records

play - Lawrence Lebo, I'm Your Christmas Present, Baby  3:55
        On the Air Records

play - Milton Batiste, Big Fat Santa is Coming to Town  4:33
        Christmas in New Orleans - Mardi Gras Records

And that's "Big Fat Santa is Coming to Town" sung by Milton
Batiste on the "Christmas In New Orleans" CD.  We also heard,
from the same album, Charmaine Neville singing "Santa Baby" and a
brand new single we just got at KASU, "I'm Your Christmas
Present, Baby", written and sung by Lawrence Lebo.

Now here's a Merry Christmas from the King of the Blues.

play - B.B. King, Merry Christmas Baby                  3:56
        C-60

play - B.B. King, I Like to Live the Love               3:25
        Box Set - MCA

B.B. King singing "Merry Christmas Baby" and "I Like to Live the
Love".  B.B. can keep the message of Christmas in his music all
year long.  So many of his songs bring Joy to the World.

Now we're going to feature a blues CD that Alligator Records
released just for show like this.  From their Christmas
Collection let's listen to Elvin Bishop do "The Little Drummer
Boy", Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women do "One Parent Christmas",
and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown do "Christmas".  Like John Lee
Hooker says, "This is Hip".

play - Elvin Bishop, The Little Drummer Boy             2:52
        Christmas Collection - Alligator

play - Saffire, One Parent Christmas                    3:35
        Christmas Collection - Alligator

play - Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Christmas            3:13
        Christmas Collection - Alligator

play - Charlie Musselwhite, Silent Night                2:43

voice over

Closing the show we have Charlie Musselwhite doing "Silent
Night".  Until next year then, this is Hairy Larry reminding you
once again, Blues is the Mainstream.

credits

Something Blue is a production of KASU at Arkansas State
University.  I'm Larry Heyl your producer and host.  This show
was engineered by John Sifford and myself.  If you have enjoyed
the show call me at Jonesboro Computer Services, 501-935-6659, or
write to Something Blue, Post Office Box 2160, State University,
Arkansas 72467.  Thanks for listening.