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at the pub, or at a party, whenever you're stuck, for what to say,

if
you wanna be dinky-di, why don't you give it a try,


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'em right in the eye and say g'day

(Slim Dusty)



Show 118


05-07-2025


The
blues: Willie Dixon called them "the true facts of life
expressed in words and song, inspiration, feeling and understanding."


Damned
If I Do - Adrian Kosky, from his album Dirty White Music, a 2005
release.


Fool's
Game - the Mojos, featuring Fiona Boyes. They were around for a bit
in the early 1990s, we found the song on a 1992 compilation, Real
Australian Blues Volume 1.


News
- Geoff Achison and the Soul Diggers, from 2005, it was on their
album Little Big Men.


Hard
Times Killing Floor - the Backsliders, a blues classic attributed to
Skip James in 1931, this version was on a concert album, Live At The
Royal (in Castlemaine, Victoria), a 1996 release.


I'm
Going To Make It Somehow - Kerri Simpson and Confessin' the Blues,
recorded in 2000 at the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz.


Death
Letter Blues - Murder Mouse Blues Band with their version of the Son
House classic, from their 2009 album Fill The Hole.


A
session with Chris Wilson


Born
Under A Bad Sign, Chris's version of the 1967 Albert King number.


When
The Levee Breaks, made famous by Led Zeppelin but which dates back to
the 1920s


Summertime,
by George Gershwin, written for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.


Back-porch
blues


Evil
- Fat Sam and the Blues Kings, a 1987 session. Paul Cumming playing
the part of Fat Sam.


Rich
Man's Blues - C.W. Stoneking, from his 2011 album King Hokum.


Crystal
Theatre - Belles Will Ring, at 54 seconds what might be the shortest
title track ever recorded, from 2004.


Heavy
Love - Andy Cowan, from 2004, it was on his album Sweet Release.


Intro:
Roulette - Dom Mariani and the Majestic Kelp, Underwater Casino,
2003.


Exit
and extra: Pacific Heights - Baby Langston from their acclaimed 1998
album.






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