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October 25, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 333x on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, November 2, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

Apologies to any that tuned in to hear the program outlined on this site for last week. It’s hazard of submitting audiofiles to the station rather than being present in the studio that the wrong show may come to air. That happened last week. What aired last Tuesday was a repeat of last week’s program (BRS 332). Beyond our control, but as the Syl Johnson song goes, “Sorry ’bout Dat”. We’ve revised the program and the emphasis on Chicago recordings is now greater than the original show we planned. Things just worked out that way. Brief feature on Syl Johnson; Wolf and Sonny Boy; Cobra; Gospel from Chicago.

“So hard to be nice when you treat me the way you do” — Otis Rush

“Here in the ghetto it’s a sad situation. Call it what you wanna, it’s a concrete reservation” — Syl Johnson

On the Show:

Junior Wells – Jimmy Johnson – Downchild Blues Band – Elroy Hart – Buddy Durham – Ginger St. James – Morgan Davis – Homesick James – Sonny Boy Williamson – Magic Sam – Syl Johnson – Otis Clay – Alvin Cash & the Registers – and others

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until December 22nd as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Contact Us:

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

Next Week:

TBA

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October 18, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 332 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, October 19, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

On this weeks program, more R&B in DC; B.B. King on Kent; new Crystal Thomas; field recordings from the South, c.1970; Jubilee Gospel; Birmingham Sound; Hi label Soul, etc.

“I gotta go baby. Cryin’ won’t make me stay” — Guitar Shorty

“You got to work hard to get what you want” — David Sea

On the Show:

Brother Bones & his Shadows – Van Walls & the Rockets – B.B. King – Donald Kinsey & the Kinsey Report – Hock Walsh – Steve Strongman – Syl Johnson – Grey Ghost – Tommy Johnson – Lotte Merle – Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys – Dixieaires – David Sea – Ann Peebles – R.B. Hudmon – and others

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until December 15th as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Contact Us:

To reach us with comments or queries, write us at sweartotellthetruth@gmail.com.

You can also follow the program at sweartotellthetruth@nosignifying on Twitter.

Next Week:

TBA

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October 11, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 331 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

A look at the Bear Family set R&B in DC. This collection covers 20 years of recordings by artists who came from DC, settled in DC and made records there–although it really begins in 1945 and ends in 1960. We look at the earlier period. Also on the program, a survey of what was known as the Excello Sound, recordings out of South Louisiana emanating from Jay Miller’s Crowley studio but issued on Nashville’s Excello label. Also on the program, Blues from Greenwich Village and Gospel from Houston’s Peacock and Songbird labels.

“Living is good and life is sweet, no matter what your case may be” — Dan Smith

“This lonely, lonely prison is the factory of the blues” — Leroy Washington

On the Show:

Joe Morris & HIs Orchestra – Billy Eckstine & His Orchestra – International Sweethearts of Rhythm – Progressive Four – Cap-Tans – Geoff Muldaur – Wiley & Thomas – Donald Ray Johnson – Marshall Lawrence – Hobart Smith – Lightnin’ Slim – Lazy Lester – Silas Hogan – Gospelaires of Dayton, Ohio – Loving Sisters – Sojourners – and others

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until December 8th as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Next Week:

TBA

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October 4, 2021

Blues and Rhythm Show 330 on 93.3 CFMU (Hamilton, Ontario)

Swear to Tell the Truth for Tuesday, October 5, 2021 (10:00 to 12:00 noon)

Sun Blues singles; Risqué Blues & “The Dozens”: Muddy Waters, live and early; old-time Country; Rhiannon Giddens; Crystal Thomas.

“Into every man’s life some rain has got to fall” — Bumble Bee Slim

“Don’t play the dozens. Don’t know the rules of the game” — Chicago Carl Davis

“i know all about your pappy and your mammy, your big fat sister and your little brother Sammy, your aunty and your uncle and your ma’s and pa’s, you all got drunk and showed your Santy Claus — Memphis Minnie

On the Show:

Joe Houston – Percy Mayfield – Jimmy DeBerry – Muddy Waters – Claude Hopkins Quartet with Rena Collins – Memphis Minnie – Nappy Brown – Big Maybelle – Morgan Davis – Carolina Buddies – Rhiannon Giddens – Smoke Wagon Blues Band – Earl King – Willie May – and others

Listen to the program each week at FM 93.3 in Hamilton or on CFMU online at cfmu.ca. The program will be available to stream or download until for eight weeks until December 1st as a podcast. Just go the website, scroll through 40 shows to Tuesday 10:00 am bring up the right playlist and stream or download the show.

Next Week:

TBA

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