Billy F Gibbons

A Roadhouse Blues Rockin’ Thursday on BluesMusicFan Radio 3-5 pm ET

Join us today as I spin some Roadhouse blues rock from artists in Europe, Australia, Canada, and the USA on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com from 3-5 pm ET. Tunes from Mark Augustine, Rob Tognoni, Black Pearl, Matt Schofield, Marjorie Martinez, Angel Forrest, and Walter Trout are on the playlist!

Here is the entire intended playlist:

ARTISTTITLE
Elmo KarjalainenThree Days of Peace
Early Times & The High RollersTippin’ Through The Tulips
Xander and the Peace PiratesHeart Stop
Nathan Quick Blues BandTell My Baby
Jim Suhler & Monkey BeatMexicali Run
Dudley TaftLong Way Down (Left For Dead Part II)
Jim KirkpatrickAin’t Goin’ Down Alone
Matt SchofieldHard Lines
Marjorie MartinezNot Gonna Be Easy
Walter TroutMake It Right
Matt Pearce & The MutinyAll the Gods
Black PearlDelivery Man
Luke Winslow-KingHave a Ball
Matt EdwardsNowhere Else to Hide
Mark AugustineRiverside Blues
Travellin’ Blue KingsToo Many People
Keith ThompsonWhat I Know Now
Julian SasWorld On Fire (Electric Version)
Rob TognoniNew Set Of Rays
Billy F GibbonsShe’s On Fire
Joe BonamassaWhen She Dances
Kenny Wayne Shepherd BandI Want You
Janis JoplinMove Over
Angel ForrestGypsy Heart (Feat. Harry Manx)
Handsome JackOld Familiar Faces
Manx Marriner MainlineEverybody Knows
Snowy White and The White FlamesAnother Blue Night

A Veteran’s Day Roadhouse Blues Playlist for Nov 11th

Today is Veterans Day in the USA and I’d like to take this chance to thank the men and women from the United States and around the world that serve their nations and protect the peace. Many spend holidays away from family and do their duty on stations in remote and lonely places. Over the years, I have heard from some of them listening in to my shows from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. To a person, they all comment on how the blues remind them of home and today it reminds me of all of YOU! Thank you for your service and listening to the songs I spin!!

This is the intended playlist for today’s show from 3-5 pm EST on http://www.bluesmusicfan.com.

ARTISTTITLE
Ben GranfeltBecauAse We Can (Live)
Christone “Kingfish” IngramLong Distance Woman
Roger ChapmanRabbit Got The Gun
Maria DainesDown to the Heart
Grizzlee TrainBurned Him Again
Mark SutherlandSuffocation Blues
Kai FjellbergYour Life
Billy F GibbonsShe’s On Fire
Ally VenablePlayed The Game
Mario Rossi BandMidnight Woman
Bjorn BergeA Matter Of Time
The Cold StaresIn The Night Time
West Side Joe & The Men of SoulKeep On Climbin’
Ben GranfeltMy Soul To You (Live)
Tedeschi Trucks BandJust As Strange
Supersonic Blues MachineRemedy (Feat. Warren Haynes)
Buddy GuyRed House
Guitar PeteIt Rained For Daze
Dennis SiggeryCall Me
Uncle Watson’s WidowJust Got Back From Babys
Gary MooreLove Can Make A Fool Of You
TBellyI Know You’re Mine
Simon Kinny-LewisCrawling Kingsnake ( Feat Andy Just )
Southern GentlemenEnd of the World
SantanaWhiter Shade Of Pale (Feat. Steve Winwood)

Roadhouse Blues News – Hot Blues In August

It’s a typically hot and humid August day here…….perfect time to be inside and letting you know about some even hotter roadhouse blues!

Roadhouse Blues Albums I am spinnin’ this summer that you will rock you (link to a single included)

Mike Zito – Resurrection I’ll Make Love To You

Mike is one of the contemporary roadhouse blues’ great singers, songwriters, guitar players, producers, and now co-owner of Gulf Coast Records who just keep rollin’ out awesome roadhouse tunes!

Billy F. Gibbons – Hardware She’s On Fire

Well into his seventies, Billy has lost none of his verve and the man can just crank it out!

Tedeschi Trucks Band – Layla Revisited (Live) Little Wing

They cover the 1970 Derek and the Dominos album live and it is awesome! Features Trey Anastasio (Phish) and Doyle Bramall II on guitars alongside the fabulous voice of Susan Tedeschi and slide guitar wizardry of Derek Trucks.

Sean Chambers – That’s What I’m Talkin’ About (Tribute to Hubert Sumlin) Rockin’ Daddy

One of blues rock’s great guitar players pays tribute to his mentor Hubert Sumlin and also dedicates the album to the memory of Ben Elliot, a legendary music producer, who died shortly after finishing the album with Sean.

Blues Traveler – Traveler’s Blues Roadhouse Blues

An awesome blues album by John Popper and company. They get help from Keb’ Mo, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Warren Haynes and crank out a great version of the signature tune for the Ben Vee Roadhouse Blues!!

Cactus – Tightrope Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Carmine Appice continues to pound the skins to perfection. I have been a big fan since his days with Vanilla Fudge back in the 1960’s. I love this cover of The Temptations number 1 hit from 1972.

Andy Lindquist – Stand.abide.endure The River Queen

Andy is a native of North Dakota and is now ensconced in the hot and humid climes of Florida. This album of one of the great blues rock releases of 2021.

The Brothers – March 10, 2020 Madison Square Garden (Live) Midnight Rider

Recorded live right before the pandemic closed down most of the world, the alumni of the Allman Brothers keep the jams flowin’ led by Warren Haynes.

Bishop Gun – Gypsy Cadillac Ain’t it a Shame

From Natchez, Mississippi, Bishop Gunn is one of my “break out” artists of 2021. The album is an incredible mixture of Rhythm & Blues and southern rock AND he has an incredible R&B voice as you will hear on this tune!

Bernie Marsden – Kings Me And My Guitar

He was a mainstay of Whitesnake back in the day and has evolved into a master bluesman with a touch on the guitar that few can rival!

Jimmy Barnes – Flesh & Blood This Is the Truth

Jimmy is simply one of the great voices of his generation. Just kick back and drift way as ya listen!

New Tunes to be released in the next couple of months

Doobie Brothers – Liberte

I heard the first single, Oh Mexico, the other day. Can’t wait to get my hand on the album when released in October. If the single is any indication, it will be a great roadhouse release.

Altered Five Blues Band – Holler If You Hear Me

Jeff Taylor is another of my favorite blues singers. The band is allowing us to spin the album now on BMFR. It will officially be released in early September.

In Remembrance

Dusty Hill – He was out on tour with ZZ Top this past month and wasn’t feeling well so he went home to recuperate. Dusty passed away in his sleep on July 28, 2021. Rest in peace brother…..you brought us all some damn fine times and that insistent bass that was a signature of the little band from Texas! La Grange

You will find all these tunes in rotation on my 24 hour roadhouse blues stream at WRHB. They will also be featured during my upcoming roadhouse blues shows on BluesMusicFanRadio from 12-2 pm EDT on Tuesdays and from 3-5 pm EDT on Thursdays.

Roadhouse Blues Music News — New and Upcoming Music Releases

Some new and upcoming music releases that I thought you might like to know about! When you get a chance to listen to them, leave a comment here on my blog with your thoughts!!

Out now:

Van Morrison – Latest Record Project Volume 1

Nancy Wilson (of Heart) – You and Me

Upcoming Releases:

The Black Keys – Delta Kream (May 2021)

Mike Zito – Resurrection (May 2021)

John Hiatt with the Jerry Douglas Band – Leftover Feelings (May 2021)

Robert Finley – Sharecropper’s Son (May 2021)

Eddie 9V – Little Black Flies (May 2021)

Various Artists – Alligator Records 50 Years of Genuine Houserockin’ Music (June 2021)

Billy F Gibbons – Hardware (June 2021)

Sean Chambers – That’s What I Am Talking About….Tribute to Hubert Sumlin (July 2021)

Equinox Blues on BMFR Thursday 3 pm EST with Ben Vee

The equinox was yesterday and it’s now spring time in the northern hemisphere and fall has come for our friends down under. But what evah the season……the roadhouse blues roll on.  Join us at http://www.bluesmusicfan.com for some great contemporary blues at 3 pm EST today…March 21st.

Below is the intended playlist just in case ya want to download a couple and help the blues to survive & thrive!

ARTIST TITLE
Widow Blue Pow Wow Blues
Black Cat Biscuit Bad James
Glen Clark Accept My Love
Reese Wynans & Friends Shape I’m In
Rick Vito Pretty Women
Gabriel Cox Pretty Little Lady
Joe Bonamassa Love Is A Gamble
Hurricane Ruth Dance, Dance, Norma Jean
Chicken Shack Midnight Hour
Chris Antonik Slow Moving Train
Tedeschi Trucks Band Signs, High Times
Chantel McGregor Help Me
Kenny Parker Baby Come Back To Me
Brandon Santini Back To You
Leroy Ellington’s Sacred Hearts Doghouse
Danny Cowan Group Further On Up The Road
Billy F Gibbons Mo’ Slower Blues
Buddy Guy Bad Day
Tinsley Ellis Gamblin’ Man
Coyote Kings Drive Me
Murray Kinsley and Wicked Grin Dark Nights
Tiffany Pollack & Eric Johanson Diamonds On The Crown
TOMMY CASTRO Can’t Keep A Good Man Down (Live)
Walter Trout Me My Guitar And The Blues
Nick Schnebelen Bad Dream

First Tuesday 12 NOON EST set on Bluemusicfan Radio – Feb 5 2019

NOON EST set today!  Join me at http://www.bluesmusicfan.com! Got some “southern boy blues club” tunes…hope you enjoy!  Below is the intended playlist.

ARTIST TITLE
Johnny & The Headhunters Ace Of Spades
Casey James Fight You For The Blues
Tommy Castro You Only Go Around Once
Mike Zito Mississippi Nights
Jeff Strahan Good Outweighs Bad
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Wall of Denial
Boz Scaggs Little Miss Night And Day
Omar & the Howlers Dimestore Hoo Doo
Carolyn Wonderland Judgment Day Blues
Billy F Gibbons My Baby She Rocks
ZZ Top Sheik (Remastered Version)
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Nothing But The Night
Jamie Lynn Vessels Gypsy Blues
Tab Benoit Whiskey Store
Lance Lopez Every Time I Turn Around
Tom Hambridge This End of the Road (ft Sonny Landreth)
Foghat Honey Do List
Devon Allman Can’t Lose ‘Em All
Gregg Allman I Can’t Be Satisfied (Live)
Lynyrd Skynyrd Ain’t No Good Life
The Allman Brothers Band Ain’t Wastin’ Time No More
Royal Southern Brotherhood Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire
Johnny Winter Mojo Boogie
Alvin Lee I Hear You Knockin’
Joe Bonamassa King Bee Shakedown
The Nighthawks Night Work

Best of the Blues 2018 – Ben Vee’s Roadhouse 66 Song List

Similar to the old Route 66 that wound from the heart of the United States in Chicago to the west coast and captured some of the best of what America has to offer, the Ben Vee Roadhouse 66 song list meanders world wide from Africa to Europe to North and South America.. on then to Australia and up to Asia capturing the best blues songs of 2018. The roadhouse blues is situated at the crossroads of the blues and rock genres so there are plenty of upbeat tunes and a number of belly grinders on the list. The selection includes 15 female singers..a dozen blues rockers…several roots blues tunes and numbers of hot contemporary blues recordings…I hope you download and enjoy listening to all the songs!!

As a DJ, in 2018 I played over 200 sets and 500 hours of blues music or roughly 6,000 songs for listening audiences. On my 24 hour Roadhouse blues stream, I streamed thousands more. Picking the best 66 from my broadcasts was both a labor of love and a huge challenge.  The position of the songs on the list is of little consequence…you might list them in a different order or include ones that I didn’t.  The important thing is that these 66 tunes are a “top shelf” sampling of a vibrant and growing contemporary blues market. Don’t let ANYONE tell you that the blues are dead or dying!!  I encourage you to turn your friends on to songs on the list and help spread the news that, as Buddy Guy said on his latest album, the blues is alive and well!!

1 Joe Bonamassa King Bee Shakedown
2 Anthony Gomes Whiskey Made Me Do It
3 Lance Lopez Blue Moon Rising
4 Larkin Poe Bleach Blonde Bottle Blues
5 Billy F. Gibbons Hollywood 151
6 Danielle Nicole Save Me ft. Kenny Wayne Shepherd
7 Boz Scaggs Little Miss Night And Day
8 Buddy Guy Cognac (feat. Jeff Beck & Keith Richards)
9 Shemekia Copeland Ain’t Got Time For Hate
10 Widow Blue Who’s Gonna Take Care of Lucille?
11 Bettye LaVette Things Have Changed
12 Mike Zito Mississippi Nights
13 Layla Zoe Are You Still Alive Inside
14 Ray Bonneville South of the Blues
15 Markey Blue Ric Latina Project Raised in Muddy Water
16 Colin James I Will Remain
17 Jim Allchin Voodoo Doll
18 Tinsley Ellis Nothing But Fine
19 Sean Chambers All Night Long
20 Ryan McGarvey Ain’t Enough Whiskey
21 The Nick Moss Band The High Cost of Low Living
22 Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps The Day The Blues Came To Call
23 Delta Moon Skinny Woman
24 Chris Smither Maybelline
25 Janiva Magness Down Below
26 Curtis Salgado/Alan Hager You Got to Move
27 Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats Coolin’ Out
28 The Record Company Roll Bones
29 Travis Bowlin Vicksburg Blues
30 Damon Fowler Ain’t Gonna Rock With You No More
31 Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Give It Everything You Got
32 Dana Fuchs Ready To Rise
33 Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite The Bottle Wins Again
34 Sue Foley The Lucky Ones (ft Jimmie Vaughan)
35 Anthony Geraci Why Did You Have to Go
36 Joe Goldmark Beautician Blues
37 Mud Morganfield Oh Yeah
38 The Lucky Losers The River
39 Fiona Boyes Ember
40 Johnny & The Headhunters Watch And Chain (Hey Gyp)
41 Hannah Wicklund & The Steppin Stones Mama Said
42 The Reverend Shawn Amos Moved
43 Dry Johnson Drunk Girl With a Tamborine (feat Snit)
44 Tom Hambridge This End of the Road (ft Sonny Landreth)
45 Anthony Gomes Take Me Back Home
46 Ally Venable Backwater Blues
47 Kat Danser Hol’ Up Baby
48 Dan Patlansky Judge A Man
49 Marcia Ball Take a Little Louisiana
50 Sari Schorr Thank You
51 Too Slim And the Taildraggers Trouble
52 Jamie Lynn Vessels Done Me Wrong
53 Lindsay Beaver Dangerous
54 Steve Krase Dirty Dirty
55 Black River Delta Keeps Me Bleeding
56 The Marcus King Band Side Door
57 Kris Barras Band Wrong Place, Wrong Time
58 Dany Franchi Wanna Know
59 Niecie Thank God for Fools
60 Eric Steckel We’re Still Friends
61 Luke Winslow King Chicken Dinner
62 John Akapo Maui Drive
63 Kat Riggins A Girl in the Boys’ Club
64 The Bob Lanza Blues Band Hey Baby
65 Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne That Raggedy Shack
66 Elvin Bishop That’s the Way Willy Likes It

Ben Vee Roadhouse Blues Playlist for Thursday Nov 15 2018 3-5 pm EST

If you get a chance, join us today at BluesMusicFan Radio from 3-5 pm EST! Here is my intended playlist for the set!  Not only can ya listen but you can chat with me as the set goes along!  Just click the chat button to the right on the web page!  CYA there!

ARTIST TITLE
Bob Lanza Raritan River Stomp
Lance Lopez Blue Moon Rising
Joe Bonamassa Self-Inflicted Wounds
Beth Hart I’d Rather Go Blind (Bonus Track)
Bob Lanza Walking After Midnight
Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne That Raggedy Shack
Jamie Lynn Vessels Done Me Wrong
Larkin Poe Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
Chris Stapleton Death Row
Ray Bonneville South Of The Blues
The Lucky Losers The River
Steve Krase My Baby Walked Off
John Akapo Ramblin’ On My Mind
Layla Zoe I’ll Be Reborn Blues
Cary Morin Carmela Marie
Colin James Dig Myself a Hole
Billy F Gibbons My Baby She Rocks
Damon Fowler Up the Line
Casey James Fight You For The Blues
Michele D’Amour & the Love Dealers No Good
Taj Mahal & Keb Mo Don’t Leave Me Here
Anthony Geraci Long Way Home
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters You Don’t Know What Love Is
Crystal Shawanda Ball and Chain
Markey Blue Worries
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Blues All Around Me

Ben’s Playlist for Thursday, Oct 25, 2018 on BluesMusicFan Radio

Here’s the intended playlist for today’s show from 3-5 pm EST. Hope you have time to tune in from your computer, tablet, or phone on BluesMusicFan Radio .  Doin’  all I can to bring YOU the best of the contemporary roadhouse blues each and every week!

ARTIST TITLE
Lurupean Dub Stars The Blues Ain’t Never Gonna Die
Delta Moon Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers Feat. Mike Zito Rock Bottom
Mike Zito I Wouldn’t Treat A Dog (The Way You Treat Me)
Sue Foley Fool’s Gold (feat. Billy F Gibbons)
Beth Hart Drive
Trigger Hippy Rise Up Singing
JJ Grey & Mofro Georgia Warhorse
Fiona Boyes What You Put on Me
Lance Lopez Never Came Easy To Me
Travis Bowlin Vicksburg Blues
Boz Scaggs Down In Virginia
John Fogerty Blueboy
Jim Allchin Two Bad Dreams (ft Bobby Rush)
Reloaded Squeeze My Jeeves
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band Poor Until Payday
Sean Chambers Black Eyed Susie
Dry Johnson Long Live Them Blues (Feat. Trudy Lynn & Steve Krase)
Jeff Strahan Hard Headed Woman
Joe Bonamassa Love Is A Gamble
Jim Allchin Enough Is Enough (ft Mike Zito)
Lindsay Beaver Dangerous
Billy F Gibbons Standing Around Crying
Eugene Hideaway Bridges I Can’t Stop Loving You Baby
Kirk Fletcher Two Steps Forward
Gov’t Mule Mule

Doin’ Some Roadhouse with Billy Gibbons on “The Big Bad Blues”

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He has been a superstar for decades: an iconic figure complete with sunglasses, beard, hat, and a smoke of one sort or another hangin’ from his lip. Billy Gibbons is the epitome of the Texas roadhouse blues.  On only the second solo album of his illustrious career, The Big Bad Blues,  Billy celebrates his roots.  Big guitar sound, insistent beats, and that rough gravely voice melt together into a robust roadhouse jambalaya of the electric blues and rock..

Hollywood 151 is just pure badass Billy Gibbons crankin’ it out on his Gibson guitar. Missin’ Yo Kissin’ is classic ZZ Top style Boogie. Mo’ Slower Blues, My Baby She Rocks, That’s What She Said, Let the Left Hand Know, and his cover of Rollin’ and Tumblin’ are all stellar Texas Roadhouse tunes. On Second Line, he rolls down the bayou to create some great swamp blues. On Standin’ Around Crying, he takes the blues low and grindin’…tasty tune!  Crankin’ Up is an interesting song with a late fifties feel that I really enjoyed…Buddy Holly came to mind immediately.

Billy Gibbons Big Bad Blues

This is a perfect album to play while drinkin’ beer and grillin’ steaks or boilin’ crawfish with a bunch of friends. The ZZ Top influence is refreshingly familiar and the upbeat sound will have folks swaying, chatting, and havin’ a damn fine time!

Billy F. Gibbons – The Big Bad Blues (Concord 2018)