Rolling Stones Special: Got Blues If You Want It!

Join us for the next TWO weeks (1/6/13 & 1/13/13) as Time for the Blues presents a two-part special on the blues roots of the Rolling Stones as they celebrate 50 years of music history! Host and Producer Paul Ingles digs deep to relate how the blues started the group and how they never left it behind! Read on for a full description!

As the Rolling Stones mark their 50th anniversary this fall with a new compilation release, two new songs, some live shows, and a new documentary film - we join the celebration by presenting a public radio special from award-winning producer Paul Ingles called Got Blues If You Want It! A Rolling Stones Special. This program explores the blues and rhythm & blues roots of The Rolling Stones.  Top-notch music writers, musicians and fans provide context for a cavalcade of the Stones blues classics - both their covers of songs by their heroes and their own bluesy takes on their original rock 'n' roll.

The show also features clips from some of the original artists that inspired the Rolling Stones to play music - Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Slim Harpo and more.  This progam is no 'greatest hits' parade of overplayed Stones classics but instead features more of the unsung blues numbers that peppered their repertoire like "Little Red Rooster," "I'm a King Bee," "Love in Vain," "I Just Want to Make Love to You," "Ventilator Blues," and a recently released outtke, "Keep Up Blues," just to name a few.  In other words, the perfect alternative Stones special, just for public radio!

Commentators include roots/blues musician Taj Mahal, Rolling Stone Magazine's Anthony DeCurtis, Grammy Museum Director Bob Santelli, NPR Music's Ann Powers, writers Holly George-Warren and Geoff Edgers, and New York musician Jon Spurney.  Hour Two (airs 1/13/13) adds radio producer David Kunian, Howard Kramer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, and public radio blues show host Putnay Thomas.

John and I knew right away we wanted to present this special as soon as we heard it! We cordially invite you to grap that nap (each week), put on your jammies and enjoy these special shows! You'll also hear a little bit from us--but don't let that stop you from listening! Time for the Blues with John Porter and Henry Cook airs Sundays at 1:00 AM.

Let us know what you think about this two part special! Want to hear more of them in the future?