Back Porch Blues

09/06/2026

I had so much fun doing a 2 hour session yesterday for KZUM’s Blues Blowout that I’m gonna be on for another 2 hour session Monday night from 8:00-10:00! Hope you all can join me.😎🎶

09/05/2026

Happy HOT Saturday! It's gonna be a scorcher today friends! It's Blues Blowout weekend and I'm on today from 1:00-3:00 playing some of my favorite blues. Here's the playlist from 9-4-26,

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"You're So Fine"
Joanna Connor

"Yer Blues"
Albert Castiglia

"Blues Ain't Nothin'"
Johnny Copeland

"Steal Away"
Barbara Blue

"I've Got One Woman"
Retro Deluxe

"Dark Road City Light"
R.J. Mischo

"Blues Man Next Door"
The Cash Box Kings

"Blowin' The Blues"
George "Harmonica" Smith

"Act Like You Love Me"
Bob Corritore

"Back Door Man"
Howlin' Wolf

"Floating Bridge"
Gregg Allman

"Danger Zone"
Freddie King

"Natural Disaster"
Lonnie Mack

"Talkin' Heavy"
D.K. Harrell

"Lights Are On But Nobody's Home"
Albert King

"She's Gone"
Doyle Bramhall

"B-Movie Boxcar Blues"
Delbert McClinton

"My Babe"
Mo Al Jaz & Friends

"It's Too Late Brother"
Mo Al Jaz & Friends

"One Way Out"
John Hiatt

"I'm Not Made That Way"
Curtis Salgado

"Poor Tarzan"
Little Charlie & The Nightcats

"Match Box Blues"
Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan

"People Grinning In Your Face"
Ruthie Foster

"Best Wishes"
Duane Betts

"Wild About You Baby"
The Bel Airs

"North Carolina Bound"
Lil' Ed &Dave Weld

"Love Hurts"
Little Milton

"Under Suspicion"
Bluesguy Schwartz & The New Jack Hippies

"Country Boy"
Eddie Shaw & The Wolf Gang

"Rolling & Tumbling Around"
Studebaker John & The Hawks

"Peggy Sue"
James Kinds

"Ain't Turning Back"
Brandon Santini

"Pride & Joy"
Lil' Ed & The Imperials

Try and stay cool today and thanks for listening. See you next week on the Back Porch.

08/29/2026

Well, it's the last Saturday of August already can you believe it! The time goes so fast these days. Here's the playlist from 8-28-26.

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Bad Case Of love"
Tommy Castro

"I'm Leaving You (Commit A Crime)"
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

"Good Texan"
The Vaughan Brothers

"Hound Dog Man"
Lonnie Mack

"Bad Dreams"
Chris Cain

"Movin' On"
Albert Cummings

"Ain't Got Time For Hate"
Shemekia Copeland

"Fish In Dirty Water"
Koko Taylor

"Lady Of The Night"
Amanda Fish

"That Ain't It"
Magic Sam

"One And Only Lonely Fool"
Pete Anderson

"Down To The River"
Trampled Under Foot

"One Bourbon, One Scotch, & One B**r"
John Lee Ho**er

"Blackjack"
Albert Collins

"Boomerang"
Roomful Of Blues

"Gonna Make Some Changes"
James Wheeler

"Think"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"Can't Get No Grindin'"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"Fire It Up"
Bill Perry

"Two Bit Texas Town"
Sue Foley

"Two Kinds Of Men"
Niecie

"Last To Know"
Dana Fuchs

"When Tomorrow Comes"
Candye Kane

"Ain't I Lucky"
Back Porch Blues

"Big River"
Charlie Musslewhite

"Lose Your Life"
William Clarke

"My Wife Got Mad"
William Clarke

"I Raise My Hand"
Long John Hunter

"Rock Me"
Muddy Waters

"I Won't Go On"
Muddy Waters

"If I Lost You"
B.B. King

"Coffee House Blues"
Lightnin' Hopkins

"Big Car Blues"
Lightnin' Hopkins

"I'm Cryin'"
Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Love Jail"
Coco Montoya

"Maggie"
John Primer

"You Upset My Mind"
Kim Wilson

Thanks for listening and be safe. See you Again next week on the Back Porch!

08/22/2026

Happy Saturday! I Hope everyone can make it a fantastic day! Here's the playlist from 8-21-26.

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Old Love"
Tommy Z

"H***y Tonk Girl"
Pete Anderson

"West Side Baby"
Little Willie Anderson

"Spread Your Hustle"
R. J. Mischo

"The Fool"
Trampled Under Foot

"Off The Wall"
Tony O Blues

"Those Lies"
Boz Scaggs

"Take A Swing"
Dave Hole

"Nutthouse Blues"
Barbara Blues

"Get Your Back Into It"
The Nick Moss Band Feat. Dennis Gruenling

"Layla"
Eric Clapton

"Malted Milk"
Eric Clapton

"I Had A Dream"
Freddie King

"Mean Old Frisco"
Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials

"Too Much Sugar For A Dime"
Katie Webster

"High Heel Sneakers"
Buddy Guy & Jr. Wells

"I'm Not Your Problem"
Linsey Alexander

"Cool Johnny Twist"
Little Charlie & The Nightcats

"In The Wee Hours"
Jr Wells

"Tall Skinny Mama"
James Harman

"Southern Woman"
Big Walter Horton

"Laundromat Blues"
Albert King

"Cadillac Assembly Line"
Albert King

"Something's Got A Hold On Me"
Etta James

"Lovesick Blues"
Etta James

"The Day I Met B.B. King"
Louisiana Red

"Help The Poor"
B.B. King & Eric Clapton

"Rich Man"
Studebaker John & The Hawks

"Blues On Top"
Buddy Guy

"Sloppy Drunk"
Saffire- The Uppity Blues Women

"I'm Gonna Take The Money"
Shaun Murphy

"Since I Fell For You"
Bonnie Lee

"A Quitter Never Wins"
Jonny Lang

Thanks for listening and I'll see you all again next week on the Back Porch!

08/15/2026

Waking up to a wet Saturday morning. Hope it clears up and the sun comes out this afternoon. Here's the playlist from 8-14-26.

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"My Key Won't Fit That Lock No More"
James Wheeler

"Fetch Me"
Albert Bashor

"Wait A Minute Baby"
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson

"My Mama Rocks Me"
Mad Dog Lester Davenport

"You Can't Call The Blues"
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones

"Let Me Love You Baby"
Mike Wheeler

"Bad Feet"
Long John Hunter

"Hootie Cootchie Backdoor Man"
Retro Deluxe

"My Head Is Bald"
Taildragger

"Turn It On, Turn It Up"
Roomful Of Blues

"It's Been A Long Time"
William Clarke

"How Long Before I Change My Clothes"
Alvin Youngblood Hart

"Corinna"
Taj Mahal

"Statesboro Blues"
Taj Mahal

"Beaver Creek Blues"
Ruthie Foster

"Singing The Blues"
Ruthie Foster

"Can't Stop"
Segel-Schwall Band

"Little Betty"
Otis Taylor

"Don't Take Advantage Of Me"
Mike Zito

"Pain In The Streets"
Luther Allison

"Sugar Mama, Sugar Mama"
The Bel Airs

"Going To The River"
The Bel Airs

"My Kinda Girl"
Bernard Allison

"Down In The Neighborhood"
Marcia Ball

"Gotta Serve Somebody"
Bill Perry

"Satisfy Suzie"
Lonnie Mack

"Forty Days & Forty Nights"
Muddy Waters

"I Feel So Good"
Muddy Waters

"Well, Well"
Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa

"Doubt Everyone But Me"
Ana Popovic

"Walk On"
Shemekia Copeland

"Freight Train Let Me Ride"
Ron Thompson

"Queen Of The Hill"
Niecie

"Sugar Daddy"
The Cash Box Kings

"Rhumba Juice"
James Solberg

"Edwards Blues"
Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers

See you on the Back Porch again next week for another 3 hours of great Blues! Thanks for listening!

08/08/2026

Here's the playlist from 8-7-26

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Every Kind Of Blues"
Niecie

"Twenty Pounds Of Taters"
Dave Duncan

"Fox Squirrel"
Muddy Waters

"38 Special"
Charlie Musselwhite

"I'm Your Man"
Big Al & The Heavyweights

"Something To Do Man"
Toronzo Cannon

"One Less Reason"
Tinsley Ellis

"Midnight Special"
Otis Taylor

"Black Cat Bone"
Albert Collins

"She Moves Me"
Mud Morganfield & Kim Wilson

"You Never Really Loved Me"
Trampled Under Foot

"It's A Man's Man's World"
Trampled Under Foot

"Crazy Woman"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights"
The Bo-Keys

"The Blues Lover"
Mike Zito

"Blues Prisoner"
Tommy Castro

"Last Time Around"
A.C. Reed

"Come To Mama"
Koko Taylor

"Five Long Years"
Eric Clapton

"Dirty Pool"
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

"I Just Came To Play"
Debbie Davies

"Soulmate"
Selwyn Birchwood

"Wanna Be My Lover"
Joanne Shaw Taylor

"Trip, Stumble And Fall"
Coco Montoya

"Paying The Cost To Be The Boss"
B.B. King

"Riley B. King"
Keb' Mo'

"I'm Amazing"
Keb' Mo'

"The Underqualified Blues"
Siegel-Schwall Band

"Baby Shot Me Down"
Beth Hart

"4:59"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"Everybody"
R.J. Mischo

"Tried To Kill Me"
R.J. Mischo

"Cool Breeze"
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats"

Thanks for listening and see you next week on the Back Porch!

08/01/2026

Playing 1 set of Jerry Garcia Band & 1 set of the Grateful Dead. This is going to be a fun time! See you there!

08/01/2026

Can you believe it's August 1st already? Crazy how fast the days go by. Here's my playlist from 7-31-26

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Walk A Mile In My Blues"
Curtis Salgado

"Honey Babe"
Elvin Bishop

"Come Into My Arms"
Sue Foley

"Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter"
Joe Bonamassa

"Bad Girl"
Demetria Taylor

"The Barrelhouse Funeral"
Fiona Boyes

"Broke"
Albert Collins

"Ain't No Hoochie Coochie Man"
Johnny "Yard Dog" Jones

"Can't You See What You're Doin' To Me"
John Primer

"Away, Way Too Long"
Jimmy Thackery & Tab Benoit

"She Just Wants To Dance"
Gaye Adegbalola

"Lock & Chain"
Studebaker John & The Hawks

"Respect Me Baby"
William Clarke

"Prison Blues"
Kenny Wayne Shepherd

"Twelve Year Old Boy"
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin

"Against The Wind"
Shaun Murphy

"A Hard And Thankless Job"
Reverend Raven & The Chain Smokin' Altar Boys

"Take A Bullet"
Warren Haynes

"Sit In The Easy Chair"
Pinetop Perkins

"That's Your Daddy Yaddy Yo"
Omar & The Howlers

"Two More Bottles Of W**e"
Delbert McClinton

"White Rabbit"
Grace Potter & The Nocturnals

"Do You Mean It"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"She Is Mine"
Magic Slim & The Teardrops

"Mother Earth"
Little Milton

"If You Have To Know"
Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Life Is A Journey"
Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials

"Midnight Blues"
Gary Moore

"Better Off With The Blues"
Junior Wells

"One Night With You"
E.C. Scott

"Drowning At The Bottom"
Luther Allison

"John Burge Blues"
The Cash Box Kings

"Jimmie's Texas Blues"
Duke Robillard

Thanks for listening and I'll see you on the Back Porch again next week!

07/25/2026

Waking up to a super foggy Saturday morning. Here's the 7-24-26 playlist. Remember, if you missed this show, you could always go to kzum.org/archive click on Back Porch Blues and listen for up to 2 weeks.

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Oreo Cookie Blues"
Lonnie Mack & Stevie Ray Vaughan

"Betrayed"
Guitar Shorty

"I Need Your Love So Bad"
Bonnie Lee

"Up Your Sleeve"
Albert Cummings

"Smoked Jowl Blues"
The Cash Box Kings

"Don't Talk In My Sleep"
Deborah Coleman

"Every Body Needs Somebody"
Big Al & The Heavyweights

"Love One Another"
Big Al & The Heavy Weights

"Time Has Come"
Joanne Shaw Taylor

"My Kinda Lover"
Ruthie Foster

"Midnight Love"
Bob Corritore Feat. Johnny Rawls

"Illinois Blues"
Alvin Youngblood Hart

"Tumbleweed
Coco Montoya

"I Cry So Much"
Carey Bell

"Let The Good Times Roll"
Bob Stroger & The Headcutters

"Right Back At It"
Marcia Ball

"Why Are People Like Tat"
Junior Wells

"Few Feet Away"
Otis Taylor

"Astatic Stomp"
Goerge "Harmonica" Smith

"Dr. Feelgood (Love Is A Serious Business)”
Aretha Franklin

"You'll Never Get Me Out Of Your Mind"
Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women

"Down Into Mexico"
Delbert McClinton

"You Can Have My Husband"
Koko Taylor

"Morning Train"
Curtis Salgado & Alan Hager

"Caldonia"
Muddy Waters

"I Can't Have Nothin'"
LI' Ed & Dave Weld

"Robbin' Me Blind"
Jimmie Vaughan

"Let's play A Game"
Carolyn Wonderland

"Hello Stranger"
Samantha Fish

"I Can't Quit"
Robert Cray Band

"Buzz Me"
James Solberg

"Mother-In-Law"
John Nemeth

"The Fool"
Trampled Under Foot

"Ritzville"
Back Porch Blues

"Molten Swing"
William Clarke

Thanks for listening and see you on the radio again next week!

Program Archive

07/18/2026

Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far. Here's the playlist from 7-17-2026.

"Room On The Porch"
Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo'

"Rock Me Mama"
Jimmy Burns

"Gonna Get Cha"
Grana Louise

"Side Step"
Bernard Allison

"Up The Line"
Sugar Ray Norcia

"Freedom Is Just Beyond That Door"
Janiva Magness

"Mississippi Blues"
Rory Block

"Living On The Moon"
Joe Bonamassa

"Rock Me To Sleep"
Candye Kane

"Alligators Around My Door"
Lonnie Brooks, Long John Hunter & Philip Walker

"Blue And Lonesome"
Kim Wilson

"Goin' Fishin'"
Bob Corritore Feat. Sugar Rayford

"When You Got A Good Friend"
Eric Clapton

"King Of The Blues"
Steve Earl & The Dukes

"Baby, Baby, Baby"
Steve Earl & The Dukes

"I Don't Know What Love Is"
Jimmy Dawkins

"Never Let You Break My Heart"
Chris Cain

"Lady Luck"
Chris O'Leary

"Can't Stop"
Siegel-Schwall Band

"Poor Johnny"
Robert Cray

"The Itch"
Keb' Mo'

"You Knew The Job Was Dangerous"
Tommy Castro

"I Know You're Fine"
William Clarke

"Drug Store Candy Smile"
Omar & The Howlers

"Your 10 Dollar Bill"
Otis Taylor

"Such A Pretty Flame"
Shemekia Copeland

"Forever Lonely"
Muddy Waters

"Gypsy Woman"
Mem Shannon

"Got A Bad Case Of Loving You"
Mighty Joe Young

"Don't Drink And Drive"
A.C. Reed

"Too Close Together"
Little Charlie & The Nightcats

"Walkin' In The Shadow Of The Blues"
Little Charlie & The Nightcats

"Now Who's The Fool"
Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin

"You Know, I Know"
John Lee Ho**er

"Steal Away"
Etta James

"Take You Back"
The Jimmys

"Chained To The Blues Line"
Jimmy Thackery

"I'm A Write That Down"
Tab Benoit

"Wall Of Denial"
Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble

Thanks for listening.
See you on The Back Porch again next week!