Blues mix for Max Haymes

I first met Max when I got involved with the community radio station Diversity FM. Max did his show on a Monday afternoon and occasionally I would cover for a guy called Reza whose show preceded Max's. I would normally end my hour with a blues track knowing that Max would be in the other studio waiting to take to the airwaves and I would listen to see what comment he would make. But while Max's expertise and love of the blues was the music of the early 20th century, I was more into guitarists who I had discovered in the 1980s like Robert Cray and those who to me were the older generation like BB King and Buddy Guy.

This mix features old blues which hopefully Max would have approved of from the likes of Big Bill Broonzy and Oscar Woods up to the new generation of blues musicians like Jackie Venson and Errol Brown. Listen on Mixcloud to my Blues Mix for Max.

Thanks Max, for giving me a window into a world of early blues which I may not have got round to checking out. Rest in Peace.

John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom
Big Bill Broonzy - Mindin' My Own Business
Sonny Boy Williamson - Sugar Mama
Jackie Venson - Down By The Riverside / Up Above My Head
Little Whitt & Big Bo - I Got A Woman
Odetta - Midnight Special
Little Willie John - Fever
Eric Bibb - Six O'Clock Blues 
Grainne Duffy - Dirt Woman Blues
Errol Linton - Love Gone Cold
Blues N' Trouble - Honey Pot
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Change The Lock On My Door
Keb' Mo' - Kindhearted Woman Blues
Sunjay - Train Home
Blind Boys of Alabama - Just Wanna See His Face
Ted Hawkins - Peace & Happiness
Oscar Woods - Lone Wolf Blues
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - I Love You Baby