Nashville Babylon: 2 August 2025
Bonnie Raitt
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On this week's show there's weighty blues from Slim Harpo and Lightnin' Slim, Scottish soul from the Fleets, rockabilly the Stray Cats plus a classic cut from Bonnie Raitt.
Artist: Stray Cats
Track: Stray Cat Strut
Composer: Setzer
Album: Stray Cats
Label: Arista
Artist: Jawbone
Track: Hi De Hi
Composer: Zabor
Album: Dang Blues
Label: Loose
Artist: Robert Gordon with Link Wray
Track: The Way I Walk
Composer: Jack Scott
Album: Fresh Fish Special
Label: Private Stock
Artist: Los Lobos
Track: 300 Pounds Of Joy
Composer: Dixon
Album: Antone's 50th Allstars
Label: New West
Artist: Slim Harpo
Track: Hippy Song
Composer: Moore
Album: Slim Harpo Knew The Blues
Label: Excello
Artist: Lightnin' Slim
Track: Rooster Blues
Composer: Hicks
Album: Rooster Blues
Label: Ace
Artist: The Fleets
Track: Please Return To Me
Composer: Doyle / MacCaskill / Kelly / Gallacher
Album: Single
Label: Stax Volt
Artist: Tia Blake
Track: Plastic Jesus
Composer: Rush / Cromarty
Album: Folksongs and Ballads
Label: SFP
Artist: Lana Rebel
Track: Woke Up One Morning
Composer: Lana Rebel
Album: All I Need
Label:
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Artist: Jerry Lee Lewis
Track: Crazy Arms
Composer: Mooney / Seals
Album: Single
Label: Sun
Artist: Little Anthony and the Imperials
Track: Hurt So Bad
Composer: Randazzo / Weinstein / Hart
Album: Goin' Out Of My Head
Label: DCP
Artist: Bonnie Raitt
Track: I Can't Make You Love Me
Composer: Reid / Shamblin
Album: Luck Of The Draw
Label: Capitol
Artist: Bap Kennedy
Track: Loverman
Composer: Kennedy
Album: The Big Picture
Label: Lonely Street Discs
Artist: The Faces
Track: Ooh La La
Composer: Lane / Wood
Album: Single
Label: Warner Bros
Artist: The Noveltones
Track: Left Bank Two
Composer: Wayne Hill
Album: Single
Label: De Wolfe Music
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