Ruta 61

La última edición de Ruta 61 va dedicada a Manolo Martínez Molina, que fue quien hace 15 años me animó a presentar el piloto de Ruta 61 a la entonces directora de Radio 3, Lara López. Gracias a Lara y al entonces subdirector de Radio 3, Diego Manrique, por aprobar el proyecto. Gracias a todos los oyentes del programa por haberlo escuchado a lo largo de los años. Por último, pero no por ello menos importante, gracias a todos los intérpretes de blues por regalarnos esta música tan profundamente humana. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Done Got Old – Buddy Guy; Am I Wrong – Keb' Mo'; Low Down Ways – Jontavious Willis; Blues for Charlie – Ike Quebec; Bad Avenue – Valerie Wellington; Wade in the Water – Big Mama Thornton; Born Under a Bad Sign – Albert King, con Stevie Ray Vaughan; Cross Road Blues – Robert Johnson; Come On In My Kitchen – Cassandra Wilson; Black Girl (Where Did You Sleep Last Night) – Lead Belly; Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes – Taj Mahal; All Night Long – Junior Kimbrough; Hoodoo Man Blues – Junior Wells.

El lema de esta penúltima edición de Ruta 61 es sencillo pero significativo: el blues tuvo un hijo y lo llamaron roc'n'rol. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; I'm A King Bee – The Rolling Stones; I'm A King Bee – Slim Harpo; I'm A Lover Not A Fighter – The Kinks; I'm A Lover Not A Fighter – Lazy Lester; The Blues Had A Baby And They Named It Rock And Roll – Muddy Waters; Ball and Chain – Big Mama Thornton; Ball And Chain – Janis Joplin; Back Door Man – The Doors; Back Door Man – Howlin' Wolf; Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues – Skip James; Hard Time Killing Floor – Pura Fé; Crow Jane – Skip James; Crow Jane – Samantha Fish; Wassulu Don – Oumou Sangaré.

Llega a España el quinteto neoyorquino de blues rock más cañero con un nuevo disco autoeditado bajo el brazo titulado “Rollin’.” Sus dos anteriores álbumes, "No B!" y "Spiritus," se editaron en Ruf Records. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Wade in the Water – Jane Lee Hooker; Shadowman, Where’s My Baby?, Q Blues, Sundance – Will James; In the Valley, Free Me, The Hunter, Champagne and Reefer, Didn’t It Rain, Mannish Boy, Shake For Me – Jane Lee Hooker.

Nos despedimos de dos poderosas cantantes: la irrepetible Tina Turner, que ha fallecido en Suiza a la edad de 83, y la gran Velma Powell, a quien sus amigos y compañeros de escena darán un homenaje en la sala madrileña El Sol. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Dust My Broom – Ike & Tina Turner; Nothing But the Cat, Let's Do It Again, Blues To The Bone, Too Late – Velma Powell & Bluedays; Rocket 88 – Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats; My Baby Stole Off – Howlin' Wolf; Five Long Years, Early In the Morning, A Fool For You, Something's Got A Hold On Me – Ike & Tina Turner; Undercover Agent For the Blues – Tina Turner; Proud Mary, Good Times – Ike & Tina Turner.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Sunday Afternoon Blues – Ilya Portnov; Knocking Myself Out, Cool Can of Beer, Walk Across the Ocean, Reefer Head – Catfish Keith; What You Put On Me, Dark and Dangerous Love, Call Their Name, Party at Red's – Fiona Boyes; Cincinnati Flow Rag; In a Town Garden, Behind the Wall, Strong Brew, Till the Early Morning – Ilya Portnov.

Esta semana tenemos dos dúos y un trío: Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia acaban de editar el álbum "Blood Brothers" (Gulf Coast Records); volvemos a escuchar a Stefano Ronchi & Marcos Coll predicar el blues en la calle en "Street Preachin'" (Gaztelupeko Hotsak); y el bluesman de Chicago Will Jacobs une fuerzas con las blueswomen Ghalia Volt y Katie Henry en el álbum "Blues Caravan 2022" (Ruf Records). Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Tooth and Nail – Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia; She's Got It, Me and the Devil – Stefano Ronchi & Marcos Coll; Hop On a Ride, I Play the Blues For You – Will Jacobs, Ghalia Volt & Katie Henry; My Business, You're Gonna Burn, Bag Me Tag Me Take Me Away, No Good Woman, Hey Sweet Mama, Hill Country Jam, One Step Ahead of the Blues – Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia.

Escuchamos el blues de dos dúos hispano-estadounidenses: Will Jacobs & Marcos Coll, que están de gira por España esta semana (Madrid, León, Cuenca, Navalmoral de la Mata, y Éibar), y Rockin' Johnny Burgin & Quique Gómez. Y también disfrutamos del blues y boogie woogie del pianista catalan Lluís Coloma, que vuelve a Madrid para actuar en el Café Central. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; It Ain't Safe, Blues Cazorla Boogie – Will Jacobs & Marcos Coll; Lux's Boogie #2 – Lluís Coloma Trio; Libertyville Blues, Balearic Shuffle, Trip to Everywhere – Lluís Coloma & His Musical Troupe; Your Charm Won't Help You, Coffee Can Blues, Otro hombre – Rockin' Johnny & Quique Gómez; One Too Many Times, C. J.'s Bounce, Hey Baby – Will Jacobs & Marcos Coll.

¡Vivan las mujeres! Escuchamos a grandes blueswomen en el Día Internacional de la Mujer. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Bumble Bee – Jane Lee Hooker; Wang Dang Doodle – Koko Taylor; Hound Dog – Big Mama Thornton; Crazy Blues – Mamie Smith; Downhearted Blues – Bessie Smith; Blues Oh Blues – Ma Rainey; The Ball Game – Sister Wynona Carr; God's Mighty Hand – Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Good Daddy Blues – Dinah Washington; Me and My Chauffeur – Memphis Minnie; Knockin' Myself Out – Lil Green; Dream Lucky Blues – Julia Lee; Why Don't You Do Right – Carolina Chocolate Drops; Walking Blues – Bonnie Raitt; The Devil Is An Angel Too – Janiva Magness; Crow Jane – Samantha Fish; Eyes On the Prize – Mavis Staples.

Disfrutamos de temas del nuevo álbum del bluesman de Florida, Damon Fowler, Live at The Palladium,  editado en Landslide Records. Entre los amigos que acompañan a este guitarrista fuera de serie está el gran armonicista Jason Ricci. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; It Came Out of Nowhere, The Guitar, I've Been Low, Some Things Change, Don't Feel Like Going There, Tax Man, Up the Line – Damon Fowler & Friends.

Disfrutamos de temas de cuatro nuevos álbumes de artistas de blues norteamericanos: From the Shoals, de Barbara Blue en Big Blue Records; Hi-Fi Drive By, de Jeremiah Johnson en Ruf Records; Live! At the Fallout Shelter, de la Diane Blue All-Star Band en Diane Blue Music; y Big World of Trouble, de Walk That Walk. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Nothing Lasts Forever, Nutthouse Blues, The Shoals – Barbara Blue; '68 Coupe Deville, The Squeeze, Skippin' School – Jeremiah Johnson; I'm Gonna Get You Back, Insomnia, Push On Through – Diane Blue All-Star Band; See Poppa C, You Can't Stay Here, Good Woman, Boogie Chillen – Walk That Walk.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Lovin' In My Baby's Eyes, Corinna, What Am I Living For?, I Need Your Loving –Taj Mahal; Waking Up the Dead, Count Your Chickens, Blue Mirror, Root Down, You Got Me Whipped – Joe Louis Walker; That's What Love Will Make You Do, I Need A Man, I'm Glad You're Mine, Slipped Tripped and Fell In Love – Janiva Magness; (You've Got To) Love Her With A Feeling – Taj Mahal.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Everyday I Have the Blues, Standing At the Crossroads, You Never Can Tell – A Contra Blues; State Street Rag, Honey Bee, Mean Red Spider – Quique Gómez & Curro Serrano; She Belongs To Me, Time Out, Whole Lotta Rosie – The Blind Lemons; Howling Blues, Someday Baby, I Want To Do Something For You – Ñaco Goñí & Xulián Freire; Stick Around, After All – Cotton Gang.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Hombre rural, Yo canto blues, John soy minero – La Rural Blues Band; Amor amor, Bla bla bla, Julito – Flaco Barral; Key to the Highway, Diez cervezas, Solo quiero ser bluesman – Anomia Blues Band; How Can You Be So Mean, Wild Cat Tamer, Just Keep Lovin' Her – Mingo-Sanpa & Bárez Bros.; What's Going On, Cissy Strut, I Just Wanna Make Love to You – Miguel Talavera Power Trio.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Come Back To Me – Will Jacobs; Happy New Year – Lightnin' Hopkins; Katie's Blues, Goldfish Blues, Grooving With You, I Wish, Dirty Dog, One Day At A Time, Funky Woman, You Do You, Don't Burn Down The Bridge – Will Jacobs; La mujer del capitán – Stefano Ronchi, Marcos Coll; Before I Say Goodbye – Stefano Ronchi, con Will Jacobs y Marcos Coll.

Descripción breve del programa y playlist:Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Mojo Blues, Stranger Blues, Johnny B. Good [sic] – Johnny Winter; Smokestack Lightning, Down in the Dumps, Bad Avenue, Love Don't Love Nobody – Valerie Wellington; Howling Wolf Blues, Milk Cow Blues, Welfare Blues, Black and Evil Blues – Josh White; Eyesight To the Blind, Nine Below Zero, I Can't Do Without You – Sonny Boy Williamson II; You Can't Have My Monkey – Valerie Wellingston.

Descripción breve del programa y playlist:Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Merry Christmas – Lightnin' Hopkins; Santa Baby – Eartha Kitt; Christmas Date Boogie – Big Joe Turner with Pete Johnson & His Orchestra; Boogie Woogie Santa Claus – Mabel Scott with Les Welch & His Orchestra; Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree – Lou Ann Barton; Jesus's Coming Soon – Blind Willie Johnson; Jesus Is Here To Stay – Sister Rosetta Tharpe; Good Morning School Girl – Sonny Boy Williamson; Good Morning Schoolgirl – Junior Wells; Hard Time Killing Floor – Pura Fé with Danny Godinez; Son's House – The Guy Forsyth Band; Archetypal Blues No. 2 – Watermelon Slim; Love Again Blues – Leyla McCalla; If You Love Me – Johnny Hoy & The Bluefish; Crow Jane – Samantha Fish; Crow Jane – Skip James; St. Louis Blues – Eartha Kitt.

Disfrutamos del blues de Chicago de uno de los últimos bluesmen de los que llegaron a la ciudad del viento después de haber trabajado en los campos del sur. John Primer, que nació en Mississippi en 1945 y llegó a Chicago hace 50 años, sigue en activo y este mes edita un nuevo álbum, "Hard Times," que hoy escuchamos (casi) entero. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; You Got What I Want, Hard Times, Don't Wait Too Long, Blues Blues Blues, I Won't Sweat It, Chicago, My Sugar Mama, You Mean So Much To Me, Try To Make You Mine, Hot Meal – John Primer and The Real Deal Blues Band; Tough Times – Aliya Primer, John Primer and The Real Deal Blues Band.

Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Damn Right I've Got the Blues – Buddy Guy; Early in the Morning – Buddy Guy, feat. Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck; Before You Accuse Me, Malted Milk, Layla – Eric Clapton; Ten Long Years, Days of Old – B. B. King, Eric Clapton; Every Day I Have the Blues, The Thrill is Gone – B. B. King; Done Got Old, Baby Please Don't Leave Me – Buddy Guy; Dimples – John Lee Hooker; Dimples – James "Blood" Ulmer.

El nuevo álbum "Mississippi Son" (Alligator Records) del gran bluesman Charlie Musselwhite, nacido en ese estado sureño en 1944, nos ocupa en esta edición del programa. También charlamos con el cantante y guitarrista de California afincado en Madrid, Jeff Espinoza, que nos comenta varios temas de su nuevo álbum "Breathe" (Paella Records), que ha editado hace poco con su banda The Gypsy Runners. Playlist: Snatch It Back and Hold It – Junior Wells; Betrayal Blues, Heartless One, The Blood – Jeff Espinoza & The Gypsy Runners; Blues Up the River, Hobo Blues, In Your Darkest Hour, Stingaree, When the Frisco Left the Shed, Remembering Big Joe, The Dark, Pea Vine Blues, Crawling King Snake, Blues Gave Me A Ride, My Road Lies In Darkness, Rank Strangers, A Voice Foretold – Charlie Musselwhite.