The Weekly Blues Hour for the week of June 17th:

Follow the list on Spotify Blues Hour: Current Releases and Discovery- new updates each week. Like what you see? Want a song preview? Click on the album image which links back to Amazon.com.

As always, please comment with your thoughts, discoveries or favorites to share with greater Blues Community.  Scroll down for the Curators Notes.

Artist: Muddy Waters
Song: “Hoochie Coochie Man”
Album: Live at The Checkerboard Lounge (1981)
Release Date: June 16, 2017 (as a standalone CD)
Label: Eagle Rock

Artist: Karen Lovely
Song: “Nice and Easy”
Album: Fish Outta Water
Release Date: June 16, 2017
Label: Independent

Artist: Carolyn Wonderland
Song: “Leopard Skin Pillbox Hat”
Album: Moon Goes Missing
Release Date: June 9, 2017
Label: Home Records

Artist: Rochelle and the Sidewinders
Song: “Drinking at Noon (Live)”
Album: Live in Austin, Texas
Release Date: January 8, 2017
Label: Self Release

Artist: Elton John (with Jack White)
Song: “2 Fingers of Whiskey”
Album: Music from the American Epic Sessions
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Label: Lo-Max/Columbia

Artist: Mark Searcy
Song: “Chance in Your World”
Album: Grapetown Rail
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Label: Moose Milk Music

Artist: Tampa Red’s Hokum Jug Band
Song: “It’s Tight Like That”
Album: Rough Guide to Jug Band Blues
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Label: World Music Network

Artist: Peter V
Song: “I’ve Got a Woman”
Album: On Track Blues Train
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Label: private

Artist: Imelda May
Song: “Black Tears”
Album: Life Love Flesh Blood
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Label: Verve Int’l

Artist: Lisa Biales
Song: “Disgusted”
Album: The Beat of My Heart
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Label: Big Song

Artist: Peter Karp
Song: “Alabama Town”
Album: Alabama Town
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Label: Rose Cottage Records

Artist: Luis Oliart
Song: “French Soul”
Album: Love Remains the Same
Release Date: June 16 ,2017
Label: Mesa BlueMoon Recordings

Artist: Robert Randolph and the Family Band
Song: “Love Do What It Do”
Album:  Got Soul
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Label: Masterworks

Artist: Black Joe Lewis and The Honeybears
Song: “PTP”
Album: Backlash
Release Date: February 10, 2017
Label: Self Release

Artist: George Thorogood
Song: “Who Do You Love? (Live)”
Album: Live at Rockpalast (Featuring the Destroyers) (1980)
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Label: M. I. G. -music

Curators Notes:
Must be my birthday week to be able to include the very best blues song of all time (Muddy Waters “Hoochie Coochie Man” – see the list) on a new releases post. Even better, he backed by the band that was my window to the blues – The Rolling Stones. Yes, the album was originally released back in 2012 as part of a DVD/CD set. This past week, the standalone CD was released by Eagle Rock, thus on this new releases list. Enjoy. AND… a unique pairing of Elton John and Jack White in a even more unique genre. They kick out a great blues-y “2 Fingers of Whiskey” as part of The American Epic series. Five of the Fifteen fresh releases over the past two weeks. Two great finds whose albums received multiple plays this week were Karen Lovely and Luis Oliart. Highly recommend both. We wrap it up a live George Thorogood classic on a live release from earlier this year.

Enjoy!

Tone Deaf Terry