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St. James Infirmary is of an unknown origin but it was first made famous by Louis Armstrong in '28.

Dave Van Ronk with one of my favourite blues standards, St. James Infirmary (Gambler's Blues), recorded live at The Barns At Wolf Trap in '97. Yeah, this is from '97 but both Van Ronk and the song are from our era and earlier. I'm not opposed to posting artists from the 60's and earlier thru the 80's who continue to release material after 1990. What's the consensus on that?

The J. Geils Band with Pack Fair And Square off of their '72 "Live" Full House LP.

Here's another lady who has the Perfect (excuse the pun) voice for this song. Granted, it's not quite the soft strains of Perfect's voice, as xylophone accurately describes it, but softer than Beth's. Koko Taylor from her '81 From The Heart Of A Woman album. I'll throw in her excellent live version from a Chicago concert in '87 just to add some more variety. I look at it as eating pigs in a blanket with pickles and pigs in a blanket without pickles and pigs in a blanket with carrots. O.K., terrible analogy. But you get the drift. While they're all different they're all extremely tasty.

Motown in the 60's was a golden, limitless source of fine music.

Nice cover. The '66 Left Banke version remains my favourite, though. Perhaps it's due to the associated memories of an up-to-then blissful and sheltered life for me.

Some well known names and otherwise local talent. It's all good. Memphis '69: The 1969 Memphis Country Blues Festival full documentary. I'm beginning the video during the start of a very humourous announcement of an unfortunate 'event', LOL Rewind to the beginning if this excellent video interests you. Classic.

Just added to my collection Chicken Shack's I'd Rather Go Live show at the Marine Theatre in Lyme Regis during the summer of 2004. What's posted is the playlist so if you have the time the full set is worth listening to. Begins with You Tell Me. Good to see Stan is still going strong. Too bad this playlist is audio only. Watching him is so much better.

Nice version, jvs. Thanks. She's certainly got the right voice to fit the song. I hate to bring out a negative but gawddam, I think it's a shame that so many women these days defile their beautiful bodies with tattoos which, for the most part in my humble opinion, aren't even that artistic. I know. To each their own. But they don't accent a woman's beauty for me. Turns me off.

Another one for the Ladies Theme . . . Christine Perfect and Chicken Shack with the non=album '69 single I'd Rather Go Blind.

Canned Heat covering Rollin’ & Tumblin' live at the Monterey Pop Festival on June 17, '67.

After that last number this one will calm ya down a bit. Elmore James And His Broom Dusters with Rollin' And Tumblin' recorded in '60.

Feeling down and out? A bit under the weather? Is it another blue day, matie? Well, here's an otic elixir guaranteed to get you back in the groove with plenty of swing and added step in everything you do today. Or yer money back. Sadly, If this doesn't help then maybe it's just time to call the undertaker. bannork, this'll make your plants, trees and bushes sprout like crazy. You're animals'll be swinging and rollicking in the barnyard. Good time to break open a bottle of Leo, mate, and grab the wifey for a romp. The Bep Brown Orchestra with Elmore James boppin' with the Round House Boogie, aka the Sax Symphonic Boogie. Recorded sometime between '54 and '56. This tune has 'good times' written all over it - in boldface, italicised, and underscored to boot.

The Mothers Of Invention with Trouble Every Day off of their '66 Freak Out! debut. Set to some discombobulated video flashes. Had I been watching this back then I might of put the video effects off to myself.

some soul / funk from Tower Of Power performing Back On The Streets Again live, also off of the Fillmore: The Last Days DVD from '72.

The Walker Brothers with the title track of their '66 The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore LP.

Some Mexican salsa by Pana on Malo off of the Fillmore: The Last Days DVD from '72.

Leslie West's pre-Mountain days with The Vagrants on Otis Redding's Respect, which became a hit on the East Coast in '67.

Mountain with a grand live version of Mississippi Queen. Date and concert venue unknown.

Captain Beyond with a live cut of Astral Lady off of their '72 self-titled debut.

Bill Black's Combo with Tequila off of their '64 Solid And Raunchy LP.

Jerry Lee Lewis performing Mean Woman Blues live at the Star Club in Hamburg in '64.

Eric Clapton with Joe Cocker performing Worried Life Blues live at Madison Square Garden on 9 Dec. '83.

Some excellent guitar work and drumming on the Kraut highly progressive band Can's Mother Sky. Off of their '70 Soundtracks LP.

The good die young. Not sure why I've been around so long then. Paul Kossoff with the mellow Time Away off of his '73 Back Street Crawler LP.