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Welcome to KQED.org's Local Life gallery! Our Local Life theme for September 2003 was Local Blues. This gallery features blues music by local musicians who sent their songs into KQED. The songs below are in RealAudio format; a free player is available at real.com.

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"Tippin' Into The Blues"

Hot-wired Big Band Blues
The Delta Wires (deltawires.com)
Oakland, CA

"Lick Train"

A romping shuffle by harmonica player David Barrett and guitarist John Garcia, with other Bay Area blues musicians.
David Barrett & John Garcia (schooloftheblues.com)
San Jose, CA

Photo by Tim Wagar

"Shaggin'"

Cool organ blues for... doin' the Shag, of course!
Danny Caron (dannycaron.com)
Oakland, CA

"Heaven"

Contemporary Blues Instrumental
Alvon Johnson (alvon.org)
Vallejo, CA

Photo by Manfred Pollert

"The Walk"

About a woman who made all the fellows in the 'hood stop whatever they were doing when they saw her, just to watch her do The Walk.
Big Bones (bigbonesblues.com)
San Francisco, CA

"Mad at Me"

First person narrative about narcissistic personality disorder.
Barrelhouse Solly (Joel Fritz) barrelhouse_solly@hotmail.com
Dublin, CA

"Blues for Bette"

Soulful, slow guitar instrumental blues
Greg Cooper (gregcooper-guitar.com)
San Francisco, CA

"Faultline"

Urban blues with female vocalist
Kathleen Cairns & Tattoo Blue (tattooblue.net)
Pleasanton, CA

"Please"

Smooth blues about love & regret
The Stan Erhart Trio (stanerhart.com)
San Francisco, CA

"Scandinavian White Boy Blues"

An acoustic jam of Nordic origins. Vocals, Harmonica and Steelstring by Eric Kjorlien; Bottleneck slide by Mark Cashatt.
Potwisha (potwisha2001@yahoo.com)
Sacramento, CA

"A Tax Cut Will Cure Your Ills"

San Francisco singer and blues harmonica player pays tribute to W's multipurpose panacea.
James Brown (wastedspace.com)
San Francisco, CA

"Blue River"

Soulful guitar and vocals by Berkeley native Owen Roberts.
Owen Roberts (shadymaplesproductions@yahoo.com)
Berkeley, CA

"This Is the Last Time"

Doni Harvey plays solo, his brand of San Francisco blues.
Doni Harvey (at doniharvey.com)
San Francisco, CA

Hear More on Local Blues Musicians' Websites
	carlosguitarlos.com Carlos Guitarlos, San Francisco, CA
	mitchwoods.com Mitch Woods & his Rocket 88's, Mill Valley, CA
	angelastrehli.com Angela Strehli, Nicasio, CA

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