Friday, December 25, 2015

SXSW Blues radio

WHILE "BLUES ROCK RADIO" IS A RADIO STATION CONSTRUCTED IN TRIBUTE TO SOUTHERN ROCK MUSIC, THIS STATION FEATURES SONGS THAT ARE ARE IN TRIBUTE TO TEXAS BLUES/SOUTHERN ROCK. THE FOCUS IS ON BLUES-ORIENTED SONGS WITH ROCK INSTRUMENTATION RATHER THAN ON ROCK AND ROLL DRIVEN SONGS WITH A SOUTHERN TILT. I SUPPOSE THE KEY IS IN VIEWING STEVIE RAY VAUGHN AS A ROCK MUSICIAN WHO PLAYS BLUES-BASED MUSIC AS OPPOSED TO AS A BLUES MUSICIAN WORKING IN A ROCK IDIOM. THIS STATION FEATURES LITTLE FEAT, MARSHALL TUCKER AND DOUG SAHM. I HAD PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED THREE TUNES AS SONG SEEDS, ALL BY TOWNES VAN ZANDT: BLACK WIDOW BLUES, HUNGER CHILD BLUES, WHEN YOUR DREAM LOVER DIES, AS HE WAS ANOTHER GREAT TEXAS MUSICIAN BUT MAYBE THAT'S WHY THIS STATION DID NOT ROCK HARD ENOUGH. EVEN THOUGH HE'S A DEEPLY TOUCHING SONGWRITER, HE HAS BEEN EXTIRPATED FROM THIS STATION. MAYBE DOUG SAHM DOES NOT ROCK HARD ENOUGH EITHER AND SHOULD BE SENT OVER TO HIGH TIME RADIO WHEN TOWNES VAN ZANDT GETS MOVED OVER TO DYLAN FAN RADIO ? UPDATE: I deleted Marshall Tucker and added Leon Russell (December 25, 2015). http://www.pandora.com/station/223924231735912622

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