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Elliott's Radio Show Playlists

Playlist – September 7, 2026 – Labor Day Special

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Johnny Copeland	Working Man’s Blues	Working Man’s Blues	Fuel 2000
Watermelon Slim & The Workers	Hard Labor	Watermelon Slim & The Workers	NorthernBlues Music
Deb Callahan	Work a Little Harder	Grace + Grit	Blue Pearl Records
Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed	Rhino Records
Ben Levin	I’m Your Essential Worker	Still Here	VizzTone Label Group
Walter Trout & Jeff Healey	Workin’ Overtime	Full Circle	Ruf Records
Albert Castiglia	Big Toe	A Stone’s Throw	Blues Leaf
The Nighthawks	Let’s Work Together	Damn Good Time	Severn Records
Billy Price + Fred Chapellier	Night Work	Night Work	Dixie Frog Records
Diunna Greenleaf	Answer to the Hard Working Woman	I Ain’t Playin’	Little Village Foundation
Marcia Ball	The Right Tool for the Job	Live! Down the Road	Alligator Records
ZZ Top	Just Got Paid	Rio Grande Mud	Warner Bros.
William Clarke	The Work Song	Serious Intentions	Alligator Records

Playlist – August 24, 2026

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	The Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell	Arhoolie Records
Dinah Washington	Evil Gal Blues	Single	Mercury Records
Dustin Arbuckle and the Damnations	Must Be Travelin’ On	Fight Like The Devil or Run Like Hell	self release
Danielle Nicole	Memories	Fireflies	Forty Below Records
Kevin Burt	You Gone	This Trip	Gulf Coast Records
Walk That Walk	One Sunny Day	The Lifer	self release
ZZ Top	Precious & Grace	Tres Hombres	Warner Bros. Records
Ron Holloway & Friends	Sidewinder	Live at Montpelier!	JAZZMONT Records
Jonathan Sloane	Can’t Use It	Alive and Well	Gold Lion Records
Omar & The Howlers	Mississippi Hoodoo Man	Essential Collection	Ruf Records
Jim Suhler & Monkey Beat	Deja Blue	Bad Juju	Lucky Seven Records
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Life Without You	Soul to Soul	Epic Records

Playlist – August 10, 2026

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Jimmy Reed	Shame Shame Shame	Blues Masters: The Very Best of Jimmy Reed	Rhino Records
Otis Rush	All Your Love (I Miss Loving)	An Introduction to Otis Rush	Fuel 2000 Records
Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Koko Taylor	MCA/Chess Records
T-Bone Walker	Strollin’ With Bones	Blues Masters: The Very Best of T-Bone Walker	Rhino Records
Elmore James	It Hurts Me Too	Blues Masters: The Very Best Elmore James	Rhino Records
Bobby “Blue” Bland	Farther Up the Road	The Anthology	MCA/Duke/Peacock
Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	The Atlantic Years	Rhino Records
John Lee Hooker	Boom Boom	The Very Best of John Lee Hooker	Rhino Records
Muddy Waters	Trouble No More (Live)	Muddy “Mississippi” Waters Live	Epic/Blue Sky/Legacy
B.B. King	Caldonia	The Best of B.B. King	MCA Records
B.B. King & Eric Clapton	Riding With the King	Riding With the King	Reprise/Warner
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Pride and Joy	Texas Flood	Epic Records
Howlin’ Wolf	The Little Red Rooster	His Best	Chess Records

Playlist – August 3, 2026

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Buddy Guy	The First Time I Met the Blues	The Best of Buddy Guy-The Millennium Collection	MCA Records/Chess Records
Interview with Buddy Guy	re His First Guitar, First Gig & First Meal in Chicago	Recorded December 4, 2006	na
Interview with Buddy Guy	re Why He Plays a Polka Dot Guitar	Recorded December 4, 2006	na
Moreland & Arbuckle	Fishin’ Hole	1861	NorthernBlues Music
Southern Hospitality	Going Fishin’	Yard Sale	Soho Records
Dr. John	I’m Gonna Go Fishin’	The Best of Dr. John – The Parlophone Years	Blue Note
Taj Mahal	Fishin’ Blues	Taj’s Blues	Columbia/Legacy
The Nighthawks	Fishin’ Hole Theme	American Landscape	Powerhouse Records
Walk That Walk	Gone Fishin’	You Good.?!	self release
Fiona Boyes	Fishin’ Hole	Blues Woman	Yellow Dog Records
The Cash Box Kings	Everybody’s Fishin’	Holding Court	Blind Pig Records
Louis Jordan	Saturday Night Fish Fry	The Best of Louis Jordan	MCA Records

Playlist – July 27, 2026

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Buddy Guy w Peter Frampton	It Keeps Me Young	Ain’t Done w The Blues	RCA/Silvertone Records
The Rolling Stones	Ventilator Blues	Exile on Main Street	Rolling Stones Records
Gov’t Mule	Hole in My Soul	Heavy Load Blues	Fantasy Records/ Concord
Joe Bonamassa	I Wonder Who	The Spirit of Rory: Live from Cork	J&R Adventures
Interview w Joe Bonamassa
Skyla Burrell Band	August	Broken 45s	self release
Chris O’Leary	How’d I Ever Get Along?	Blue Collar	Alligator Records
The Robert Cray Band	Smoking Gun	Strong Persuader	Mercury Records/ Hightone
Jovin Webb	Pull ‘Em In	Son of Sinner	Blind Pig Records
Luther Allison	Bad New is Coming	Bad News is Coming	Motown Records

Playlist – July 22, 2026 (substitute host for Wednesday blues show)

Artist	Song Title	Album	Label
Muddy Waters	Sugar Sweet	The Anthology	MCA Records/Chess Records
Elmore James	Can’t Stop Lovin My Baby	Dust My Broom	Tomato Records
The Rolling Stones	Happy	Exile on Main Street	Rolling Stones Records
Santana	As The Years Go Passing By	Live at the Fillmore ’68	Columbia/Legacy/Sony
Mikey Jr	Happy Anniversary	Look Inside My Pocket	self-release
Joe Bonamassa	Calling Card	The Spirit of Rory: Live From Cork	J&R Adventures
Clarence “The Blues Man” Turner	Slide Away	Pay Day	self-release
Clarence “The Blues Man” Turner	Happily Married Man	The Caster Blaster	self-release
Eliza Neals	Colorcrimes	Colorcrimes	E-H Records
Bywater Call	How Long	Broken Souvenirs	Bywater Call Records
Carolyn Wonderland	Sooner or Later	Truth Is	Alligator Records
Elmore James	Shake Your Money Maker	Dust My Broom	Tomato Records