Deep Listening Day #84 — Bobby Bland: Two Steps From the Blues (1961). an all-time classic blues album. Bob Branham, my college debate coach, turned me onto this one. he taped it for me. the cover alone made eventually buying it worthwhile.

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This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #FireSmokeAndHeat. This is one of Bobby Bland's lesser-known recordings, but still quite nice:

Bobby Bland: Building A Fire With Rain (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsznK1p9Jak

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This week's #JukeboxFridayNight theme is #CountingDown. My choice is one of the most played 45s in my collection:

Vi Campbell: Seven Doors (1966)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMkNMPAYNy0

Vi Campbell was a member of the Bland Dolls, the back up vocal group of Bobby Bland, and she also dueted with Bland on "Dear Bobby (The Note)", another great track, which was only issued on one of his albums.

This was her only solo release, with a great brass arrangement by Joe Scott, very similar to the Bobby Bland records from this era.

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@reinodeboer Morrison's live version is quite nice, but Bobby Bland's original is one of my all-time favorite records:

Bobby Bland: Ain't Nothing You Can Do (1964)
https://song.link/i/1484895579

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