04.20.2008: A Tribute to the Big BA's "Sunday Night Blues"

So I discovered a set of tapes which I pilfered off the radio at the tender age of about 9 or 10 from Bob "Big B.A." Ancheta's Sunday Night Blues program broadcast out of the Portland/Vancouver area. Ancheta began his broadcast career in 1970 at Vancouver's KVAN (where Willie Nelson once worked) and has been at it over 30 years - probably the longest consecutive run in Portland radio - and is a leading local authority on Blues in the PDX-Vancouver area.

I felt so good listening to this audio snapshot from my past (and a little smug about the raunchy lyrics I was listening to at the time), that I wanted to share an expanded version of the tapes with you all.

He's still out there - giving young impressionable youth their first exposure to the thrill of real blues music. Next time you are near the mouth of the Columbia River on a Sunday night, spin the dial and seek him out. I hope you enjoy this break from our regular programming. For more info about Bob, checkout a page about him at Cascade Blues Online and his own page at KINK 101.9 FM

Cheers, Sean

Tonight's All-Blues Episode:

Traveling Riverside Blues : Robert Johnson : The Complete Recordings
Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But! (Take 1) : Ida Cox : Classic Blues and Vaudeville Singers (1921-1930)
Cold Woman Blues : Blind Joe Reynolds : Revenant Records
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Fulson's Guitar Boogie : Lowell Fulson : Sinner's Prayer
I'll Keep Sittin' On It (If I Can't Sell It) : Georgia White : Georgia White Vol. 2 1936-1937
Got My Mojo Workin' : Muddy Waters : Muddy "Mississippi" Waters Live!
Back Door Friend : Magic Sam : Back Door Friend
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Keys To The Highway : Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry : New York Blues & R&B 1949-1979
West Winds Are Blowing : Big Walter Horton : The Be-Bop Boy
Prison Blues : T-Bone Walker : The Complete Capitol/Black & White Recordings
Rock Bottom : Little Walter : Confessin' The Blues
Crosscut Saw : Albert King : Born Under A Bad Sign
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Texas Blues : Big Joe Williams & Terry Cooper : Big Joe Williams Revisited
75 Highway : Lightnin' Hopkins : The Greatest Hits 1959 - 1965
Prison Blues Come Down On Me : Lightnin' Hopkins : Penitentiary Blues: Songs To Do Hard Times By
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You Don't Move Me No More : Big Mama Thornton : Hound Dog - The Peacock Recordings
Need Your Love : Little Willie John : The King Sessions
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Cleanhead’s Blues : Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson : The Very Best Of
Sweet Home Chicago : Freddie King : Live At The Texas Opry House
You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover : Bo Diddley : The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
I Put A Spell On You : Screamin' Jay Hawkins : Voodoo Jive - The Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
That's Life : James Brown : Gettin' Down To It
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Rock Me Baby : Johnny Copeland : Ghetto Child - The Houston Sessions
Somebody Loan Me A Dime : Fenton Robinson : Somebody Loan Me A Dime
Wang Dang Doodle : Koko Taylor : The Earthshaker
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Conditional Discharge/Don't Try To Lay No Boogie-Woogie On The King Of Rock And Roll : Long John Baldry : Rhino Hi-Five - Long John Baldry
Black Magic Woman : Fleetwood Mac : s/t
20% Alcohol : Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials : Chicken, Gravy & Biscuits
Devil Child : Kenny Neal : Devil Child
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Reelin' And Rockin (Live) : Roy Buchanan : Live Stock
A Apolitical Blues (Live) : Little Feat : The Last Record Album
Otis Rush : It's My Own Fault (Live) : An Introduction To...