Views from Western Australia

This is a work in progress and it has a lot of big gaps.  It should also be noted that it does not include much early acoustic blues, an important area that almost requires a chart of its own. 

These songs are not in any order of priority, rather, they are listed alphabnetically:

(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters 
10 A.M. Automatic - The Black Keys
Ain’t No Sunshine Buddy Guy & Tracy Chapman
Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone - Bobby "Blue" Bland
Albert’s Shuffle - Michael Bloomfield
All Your Love - Magic Sam
As The Crow Flies - Rory Gallagher
As The Years Go Passing By - Gary Moore
At Last -  Etta James
Baby Please Don’t Go - Big Joe Williams
Baby Scratch My Back - Slim Harpo
Back Door Man - Willie Dixon
Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Ball and Chain - Big Mama Thornton
Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang - John Lee Hooker
Beaver Slide Rag - Peg Leg Howell
Black Cat Bone - Albert Collins 
Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac
Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blues After Hours - Pee Wee Crayton
Blues Before Sunrise - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
Blues Brothers - Sweet Home Chicago (1980)
Boogie Chillun - John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
Boom Boom Out Go The Lights - Little Walter
Boot Hill - Johhny Winter 
Born in Chicago - Michael Bloomfield
Born In Chicago - Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Born Under A Bad Sign - Albert King
Born Under a Bad Sign Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan
Bumble Bee - Memphis Minnie
Catfish Blues - Robert Petway
CC Rider - Ma Rainey
Cherry Red - Luther Allison 
Cold Shot Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Come In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
Crazy Blues - Mamie Smith
Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
Crossfire - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Crossroads - Robert Johnson 
Cryin’ Shame - Lightnin’ Hopkins
Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground) - Blind Willie Johnson
Déjà Voodoo Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Dust My Broom - Elmore James
Every Morning - Keb’Mo 
Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - The Blues Brothers
Everyday I Have The Blues - B.B. King
Evil - Willie Dixon
Eyesight To The Blind - Sonny Boy Williamson II
Feels Like Rain Buddy Guy
Five Long Years - B.B. King
Forty Four Blues - Roosevelt Sykes
Further On Up The Road - Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland
Georgia Blues - Jimi Hendrix
Girl Is On My Mind The Black Keys 
Give Me Back My Wig - Hound Dog Taylor
Givin’ It Up for Your Love - Delbert McClinton
God Moves on the Water  - Blind Willie Johnson
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - Sonny Boy Williamson I
Got My Mojo Working - Muddy Waters
Graveyard Dream Blues - Ida Cox
Grinning In Your Face - Son House
Groove Me - King Floyd
Grown So Ugly  The Black Keys
Hard Luck Blues - Roy Brown
Harvey’s Tune - Michael Bloomfield
Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Eric Clapton
Heatwave - Martha Reeves and the Vandellas
Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
Hideaway - Freddie King
Highway 49 - Big Joe Williams
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
How Blue Can You Get? - B.B. King
How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
How Many More Years - Howlin’ Wolf
Howling Wolf - Killing Floor
Hummingbird - B.B. King
I Ain’t Superstitious - Willie Dixon
I Can’t Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
I Can’t Make You Love - Bonnie Raitt
I Can’t Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
I Could’ve Had Religion - Rory Gallager 
I Got My Mojo Working Morganfield - Michael Bloomfield
I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James
I Know What You’re Putting Down - Louis Jordan
I’d Love to Change the World - Ten Years After
I’d Rather Go Blind Etta James Etta James
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down Blind  - Blind Willie Johnson
If Trouble Was Money - Albert Collins
If Trouble Was Money - Albert Collins 
ife Is Beautiful - Keb’ Mo’
I’m a King Bee - Slim Harpo
I’m In The Mood - John Lee Hooker
I’m Ready - Muddy Waters
I’m Tired - Savoy Brown
I’m Tore Down - Freddie King
It Hurts Me Too - Elmore James
It’s Bad You Know - R.L. Burnside
It’s My Own Fault - B.B. King
It’s Tight Like That - Tampa Red
John the Revelator  - Blind Willie Johnson
Key To The Highway - Big Bill Broonzy
Key To The Highway - Freddie King 
Killing Floor - Michael Bloomfield
Let The Good Times Roll - Louis Jordan
Let Your Light Shine on Me  - Blind Willie Johnson
Lie to Me  - Jonny Lang
Little Red Rooster - Luther Allison 
Juke - Little Walter
Little Wing  - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble 
Look over Yonders Wall  - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Lord, I Just Can’t Keep from Crying  - Blind Willie Johnson
Love In Vain - Robert Johnson
Love Me Like A Man  -  Bonnie Raitt 
Mannish Boy - Muddy Waters
Mary Ann R- Michael Bloomfield
Mary Had a Little Lamb Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Me and The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson
Memphis Blues - W.C. Handy
Messin Around - Memphis Slim
Messin’ With The Kid - Junior Wells
Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time  - Blind Willie Johnson
Mustang  -  Sally Buddy Guy
My Head’s In Mississippi  -  ZZ Top
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out - Bessie Smith
Nobody’s Fault But Mine  - Blind Willie Johnson
On The Road Again - Canned Heat
One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer  - John Lee Hooker
One Hundred And Ten In The Shade  - Hans Theessink 
Paying The Cost To Be The Boss  -  B. B. King 
Pine Top Boogie - Pine Top Smith
Pockets  -  Eric Bibb
Pony Blues - Charley Patton
Praise God I’m Satisfied  - Blind Willie Johnson
Preaching The Blues - Son House
Pride and Joy Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Reconsider Baby - Lowell Fulson
Red Devils - Devil Woman
Red House - Jimi Hendrix
Red Light  -  Jonny Lang
Riding with the King  B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Rock Me Mama - Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
Rollin & Tumblin - Elmore James
Room To Move  -  John Mayall 
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - Blind Lemon Jefferson
Shake Your Moneymaker - Elmore James
Shake, Rattle and Roll - Joe Turner
Sleepy Time, Time (Live version) - Cream
Smokestack Lightnin - Howlin’ Wolf
Smoking Gun  - Robert Cray
Something to Talk  - Bonnie Raitt
Soul Man   - The Blues Brothers
Spoonful - Willie Dixon
Statesboro Blues - Blind willie McTell
Statesboro Blues - Taj Mahal
Still Got The Blues (1990) Gary Moore 
Stone Crazy  -  Buddy Guy
Stop - Michael Bloomfield
Stop  -  Lonnie Mack 
Stop Breakin’ Down - Robert Johnson
Stormy Monday - T-Bone Walker
Stormy Weather  -  Etta James
Superstition Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
Sweet Home Chicago - Robert Johnson
Sweet Sixteen  -  B.B. King 
Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do - Bessie Smith
T-Bone Blues - T-Bone Walker
Texas Flood  - Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Little Red Rooster - Willie Dixon
The Messiah Will Come Again  -  Roy Buchanan 
The Messiah Will Come Again  -  Gary Moore 
The Same Thing - Willie Dixon
The Seventh Son - Willie Dixon
The Sky Is Crying - Elmore James
The Sky Is Crying Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble
The Things That I Used To Do - Guitar Slim
The Thrill Is Gone - B.B. King
The Walkin’ Blues - Taj Mahal
Third Degree  -  Eric Clapton 
Three O’Clock Blues - B.B. King
Tight Like That  - Tampa Red & Georgia Tom
Tomorrow Night - Lonnie Johnson
Too Much Alcohol  -  Rory Gallagher
Up All Night Thinking  - Dave Hole 
Walking By Myself  -  Gary Moore
Wang Dang Doodle - Koko Taylor
We’re Gonna Make It - Little Milton
West Coast Blues - Blind Blake
When Love Comes to Town  B.B. King & U2
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?  -   Leadbelly
Whole ‘Nutha Thang  - Keb’ Mo’
Worried Life Blues - Sleepy John Estes
You Don’t Love Me  - Michael Bloomfield

These are a selection of almost 200 great Australian songs.  They are listed alphabetically (by artist) and they are great for a whole range of reasons (that does not mean that I like them all!)

so here goes:

It’s A Long Way To The Top      by AC/DC
You Shook Me All night Long  by AC/DC
Highway to Hell  by AC/DC
Jailbreak  by AC/DC
The Crucifixion  by Aragon
They Took the Children Away   by Archie Roach
The Boys Light Up  by Australian Crawl
Reckless   by Australian Crawl
 My babies gone  by Axiom
A little ray of sunshine  by Axiom
Rush  by Big Audio Dynamite
Breakaway  by Big Pig
Most People I Know  by Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Children of the Sun  by Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
Poison Ivy   by Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs
Seasons Of Change     by Blackfeather 
Brown Skin Baby   by Bobby Randall
I Remember When I Was Young  by Chain
Run To Paradise     by Choirboys 
Bridges  by Chris Bailey
Cheap Wine  by Cold Chisel
Khe Sanh  by Cold Chisel
Don’t Dream it’s Over  by Crowded House
Eagle Rock   by Daddy Cool
Hi Honey Ho too  by Daddy Cool
Come Back Again  by Daddy Cool
One Summer  by Daryl Draithwaite
Alive and Brilliant  by Deborah Conway
Way Out West  by Dingoes
I Touch Myself     by Divinyls
Science Fiction   by Divinyls
That Hanging Business   by Do Re Mi
Without You     by Doug Parkinson In Focus 
April Sun In Cuba     by Dragon
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda  by Eric Bogle
Hey St. Peter     by Flash & The Pan 
Sounds Of Then (This Is Australia)     by Ganggajang
King of Wishful Thinking  by Go West
Solid Rock   by Goanna
What’s My Scene     by Hoodoo Gurus
Bitter Sweet  by Hoodoo Gurus
The Right Time  by Hoodoo Gurus
Breakneck Road  by Hunters & Collectors
Throw Your Arms Around Me   by Hunters & Collectors
Talking To A Stranger     by Hunters & Collectors
When the River Runs Dry  by Hunters & Collectors
Get Rocked!     by Hush
Tuckers Daughter  by Ian Moss
Telephone Booth  by Ian Moss
Great Southern Land     by Icehouse
Electric Blue  by Icehouse
Original Sin   by INXS
Need You Tonight  by INXS
Burn For You  by INXS
Along the Road to Gundagai  by Jack O’Hagan
I’m and individual  by Jacko
Motors Too Fast  by James Reyne
You I Know     by Jenny Morris
Are You Gonna Be My Girl  by Jet
Undecided  by Jim Keays
Working Class Man     by Jimmy Barnes
Quasimodo’s Dream   by Jimmy Little
Royal Telephone  by Jimmy Little
Hit & Run     by Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Shape I’m In   by Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
Hit & Run  by Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons
Yill Lull   by Joe Geia
The Wild One   by Johnny O’Keefe
Rebel Rock     by Johnny Rebb & The Rebels 
From Little Things, Big Things Grow    by Kev Carmody
Gonna See My Baby Tonight     by La De Das
One Perfect Day  by Little Heros
Cool Change   by Little River Band
Help Is On It’s Way  by Little River Band
Living in a Child’s Dream  by Masters Apprentices
Elevator Driver  by Masters Apprentices
Because I Love You  by Masters Apprentices
Turn Up Your Radio     by Master’s Apprentices 
It’s Because I Love You  by Master’s Apprentices 
Western Union Man     by Max Merritt & The Meteors
Down Under  by Men at Work
Who Can It Be Now?     by Men At Work
The Nips Are Getting Bigger     by Mental As Anything
Computer Games  by Mi Sex
You Just Don’t Care  by Mi Sex 
Don’t Wanna Be The One     by Midnight Oil
Blue Sky Mining  by Midnight Oil
Put Down that Weapon   by Midnight Oil
River Runs Red   by Midnight Oil
Beds Are Burning  by Midnight Oil
Power and the Passion   by Midnight Oil
Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight     by Models
State of the Heart  by Mondo Rock
Summer of ‘81  by Mondo Rock
Chemistry  by Mondo Rock
Come Said the Boy  by Mondo Rock
Cool World   by Mondo Rock
What About Me?     by Moving Pictures
The Ship Song   by Nick Cave
We Have Survived   by No Fixed Address
Take Me Back     by Noiseworks 
Shakin’ All Over     by Normie Rowe & The Playboys 
On The Prowl     by Ol’ 55
To Her Door   by Paul Kelly
Reckless   by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls
Before Too Long     by Paul Kelly & The Coloured Girls
Going Back Home  by Pigram Brothers
The Day You Come   by Powderfinger
Aloha Steve & Danno     by Radio Birdman
Decent Into Maelstrom  by Radio Birdman
That Ain’t Bad     by Ratcat
Running With The Hurricane   by Redgum
I Was Only Nineteen   by Redgum
Girls On The Avenue     by Richard Clapton
Deep Water  by Richard Clapton
Every Little Bit of Australia   by Rod Boucher
Maybe Midnight  by Rose Bygrave
Bad Boy For Love     by Rose Tattoo
The Real Thing   by Russell Morris
Truly Madly Deeply  by Savage Garden
Broken Down Man   by Scrap Metal
Better     by Screaming Jets
Don’t Give Your Heart Away   by Scribble
For Your Eyes Only  by Sheena Eastern 
Howzat     by Sherbet
Summer Love  by Sherbet
Anthem for the Year 2000   by Silverchair
Tomorrow   by Silverchair
Horror Movie     by Skyhooks
Lygon Street Limbo  by Skyhooks
Women In Uniform  by Skyhooks
Jukebox in Siberia  by Skyhooks
Living in the 70’s  by Skyhooks
Pub With No Beer   by Slim Dusty
Always and Ever   by Southern Sons
Hold Me In Your Arms  by Southern Sons
Heart in danger  by Southern Sons
I’ll Be Gone  by Spectrum
On My Way     by Spiderbait
I Got You     by Split Enz 
History Never Repeats  by Split Enz 
Dont Tear it Down  by Spy Vs Spy
Evie Pt 1,2 &3  by Stevie Wright
Alone With You  by Sunnyboys
Jump In My Car     by Ted Mulry Gang
I Ain’t The One   by The Angels
Face The Day   by The Angels
Mr Damage  by The Angels
No Secrets  by The Angels
Shadow Boxer   by The Angels
Take A Long Line    by The Angels
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again  by The Angels
Bombora     by The Atlantics
Green Limousine     by The Badloves
Chained to the Wheel  by The Black Sorrows 
 Harley and Rose  by The Black Sorrows 
Shivers  by The Boys Next Door
Under The Milky Way  by The Church
Unguarded Moments  by The Church
Wait Up   by The Cockroaches
She’s The One     by The Cockroaches
The Honeymoon Is Over     by The Cruel Sea
Gee     by The Delltones
Good Times  by The Easybeats
She’s so fine  by The Easybeats
Friday on My Mind  by The Easybeats
Sorry  by The Easybeats 
Don’t Fall in Love  by The Ferrets
Cattle and Cane   by The Go-Betweens
Big Time Operator     by The Id (With Jeff St. John)
Elvisly Yours   by The Johnnys
Second Solution     by The Living End
The Loved Ones   by The Loved One
In the Summertime  by The Mixtures
Out Of Mind Out Of Sight  by The Models
Barbados  by The Models
I Hear Motion  by The Models
Gimme Head  by The Radiators
Quasimodo’s Dream   by The Reels
(I’m) Stranded  by The Saints
No,Your Product  by The Saints
Dont Throw Stones  by The Sports
Who Listens To The Radio?     by The Sports 
Runaway Boys  by The Stray Cats
Wide Open Road   by The Triffids
Get Free     by The Vines
No Aphrodisiac   by The Whitlams
Someday, Someday     by Thirsty Merc
Everlasting Love  by Town Criers
My Island Home  by Warumpi Band.
Woman     by Wolfmother
Treaty  by Yothu Yindi
Jewels & Bullets   by You Am I
Berlin Chair     by You Am I 
The Freak  by Zoot

and finally, You’re the Voice   by John Farnham for the lamest Aussie song of all time!

comments are welcome and might even be appreciated…

This video starts with Bill Murray playing ‘Gloria’ on guitar, which was not quite as bad as his singing on another movie soundtrack. Murray is the MC and while playing his guitar he is ‘rescued’ by Eric Clapton. This is interesting in itself as the Crossroads Guitar Festival is a fundraiser for Clapton’s Crossroads Centre rehab facility in Antigua, which is essentially about rescuing people.

Held in Chicago last July, this event showcases several of the guitarists who featured at the inaugural festival held in Dallas (2004). They were Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, B.B. King, John Mayer, Vince Gill, John McLaughlin, and Robert Randolph.

While most the festival was blues, blues-rock or country, Jeff Beck takes you to another zone with the sounds he creates and no one else comes close. His band features Australian bassist Tal Wilkenfeld who at the age of 22 clearly captures the moment with an extensive solo.

Hubert Sumlin (ex-Howling Wolf guitarist) also makes an appearance and shows why many call him the ‘guitarist’s guitarist”. Los Lobos does a great set and Johnny Winter shows you how to make a Gibson growl!

Steve Winwood plays a great selection, particularly the Blind Faith material which he plays with Clapton.

Eric Clapton plays a ‘Derek & the Dominos’ set with Derek Trucks filling the Duane Allman role spectacularly, which isn’t surprising given he has been playing in the ‘Allman Brothers’ band for the last ten years!

The video also features: Willie Nelson, Susan Tedeschi, Albert Lee, Vince Gill, Robbie Robertson, Jimmie Vaughan and more.

Buddy Guy closes the event with his usual intensity and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was his show.

The Jeff Beck performance makes this video a worthwhile purchase as there is not much footage of him playing available. Overall, there is roughly four hours of music on the two discs, making `Crossroads’ required viewing for all fans of blues-based rock and roll.

PS for trivia buffs: Bill Murray sang ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’ in the 1980 film ‘Where the Buffalo Roam’. The high cost of music licensing has seen DVD release replace most of the original music with generic approximations. I have the 1980 soundtrack album on vinyl and it has not been released on CD.

The Black Keys meets Jethro Tull with the “Same Old Thing” including a flute! 

The Black Keys have perfected their own brand of Delta-tinged, garage rock. Last year they were contacted by producer Danger Mouse to do an album with Ike Turner; but then Ike died.  This left the Keys with a truckload of material that became their most unusual album to date.

The instrumental additions are mind-blowing. As well as the flute you can hear acoustic guitar and organ; along with a banjo in “Psychotic Girl” and bass guitar on a few tracks. Add to that a sonar ping on “Oceans and Streams” and a vibraphone in “So He Won’t Break”.  

People who have enjoyed the Keys earlier material might be surprised the first time they hear Attack & Release.  There is a hint of Memphis soul in "Lies" and a mixture of vintage Southern R&B, British blues rock, and country blues.  But after a couple of listens you notice that the Keys still have plenty of fuzzy riffs and maintain their blues-garage-rock feel.  Having said that, there are songs ("Remember When – Side A”, “So He Won’t Break") that have an early ‘60s sound and there is a bit of country influence in the closing track, “Things Ain’t What They Used to Be”, with pedal steel and vocals from bluegrass and country singer Jessica Lea Mayfield.  Along with this Waits and Elvis Costello guitarist Marc Ribot brings his skill to a number of tracks.