Episode 1 – Blues Women – Singing About Men
December 2012
Women were recording blues songs years before the first males, mainly in the style that became known as “Classic blues.” Over the years this classic blues style has faded, and, as blues music generally has developed, so women have taken a bolder, broader approach to blues. Even so their music has been overshadowed by the many more male blues players.
This is our homage to some of those ladies who have been singing the blues – about men, since the 1920s and now into the 21st. Century.
Play List
| Song Title | Artist | Album | Record Label |
| One Good Man | Saffire and the Uppity Blues Women | Hot Flash | Alligator |
| Put It Right Here or Keep It Out There | Bessie Smith | Empty Bed Blues | CBS |
| Happy Valentine’s Day | Shemekia Copeland | Get The Blues Vol. 2 | NARM |
| I’d Rather Go Blind | Etta James | Tell Mama | Cadet |
| He’s Mine All Mine | Clara Smith | Clara Smith Vol. 3 | VJM Records |
| Full Time Lover | Ann Peebles | Deep Blue | Rounder Blues |
| Finest Lovin’ Man | Bonnie Raitt | The Bonnie Raitt Collection | Warner Brothers |
| Gas Man Blues | Mae Glover | Mississippi Moaners 1927 – 42 | Yazoo |
| Me and My Chauffeur Blues | Memphis Minnie | In My Girlish Days | Blues Encore |
| Loving You Is Killing Me | Rita Chiarelli | Breakfast At Midnight | NorthernBlues Music |
| Don’t You Feel My Leg | Maria Muldaur | 30 Years Of Maria Muldaur – I’m A Woman | Shout Factory |
| My Handy Man Ain’t Handy No More | Alberta Hunter | Amtrak Blues | Columbia |
Producer: David Sillery
Show host: Marie Eleniak
Technical production: Dieter Gade at SilkeSound Studio, Haines Junction, Yukon