Show notes for this episode will be written and posted here upon my return from Winter Park, CO.

This week's playlist:

• Grits Ain't Groceries (2:58) by The Homemade Jamz Blues Band, from Got Blues For You (2009); available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit HMJamzBluesBand.com for more information.

• Bitter Rain (4:30) by Roy Rogers, from Split Decision (2009); available from this page at Roy's site, BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS. Visit Roy-Rogers.com for more information.

• Deep End (4:21) by Jo Kelly Stephenson, from BAR, Vol. 6 (2008); available from BluesAndRootsPromotions.com. Visit BluesAndRootsPromotions.com for more information.

• The Boogie Man (3:08) by Papa Don McMinn, from Boogie Man (2009); available from LocoBop.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit DonMcMinn.com for more information.

• Description Blues (8:04), Insomniacs Boogie (3:56) and At Least I'm Not With You (3:29) by The Insomniacs, and all from At Least I'm Not With You (2009); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit this page at the Delta Groove site and The Insomniacs' MySpace page for more information.

• Blues Plate Special (4:46) by Jennifer Marriott & Odd Sheep Out, from Baa Baa Blue Sheep (2008); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit JenniferMarriott.com for more information.

• Take Your Time (4:33) by Mel Brown And The Homewreckers, from Blues - A Beautiful Thing (2006); available from Electro-fi Records and the iTMS. Visit MelBrownBlues.com for more information.

• Shoot First Ask Questions Later (2:51) by David Reo, from David Reo's Greatest Hits Volume II (2003); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit this MySpace page for more information.

• Muddy Bottom Blues (6:34) by Tab Benoit & Louisiana's LeRoux, from Night Train to Nashville (2008); available from the music page at Tab's site, ConcordMusicGroup.com and the iTMS. Visit TabBenoit.com for more information.

Mentioned during this episode: Murphy's Saloon at Mevio.com.

To contact me: in addition to email - murphyssaloon(at)gmail(dot)com - you can contact me through: Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed and Twitter. You are also welcome to write reviews in iTunes.

Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com.

Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. Karen also has a blog by the same name: Today's Chicago Blues. Both the book and the blog are highly recommended.

For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com.

(Something noteworthy being done by a very hard-working, steel-willed, long-ago friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago)

(Music on Murphy's Saloon #163 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)

This week's playlist:

• Till You Go Too Far (3:45) by Candye Kane, from SuperHero (2009); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit CandyeKane.com for more information.

• Pearlee (2:38) by Sid Selvidge, from Live at Otherlands (2005), available from Archer-Records.com, CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit Sid's MySpace page for more information.

• Diddle It (5:10) by Carlos Del Junco, from Steady Movin' (2008); available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. Visit CarlosDelJunco.com for more information.

• Comin' Home To New Orleans (2:46) by The Dare Ya Blues Band, from Lonely Street (2004), available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Also available: Food For Song (2006) from CD Baby. Visit the band's page at Garageband.com for more information and other links.

• Something Ain't Right (2:51) by Blue Dukes, from Wanted (2009); available from Somersault Music and the iTMS. Visit BlueDukes.com.au for more information.

• Hobo Man (4:44), King Snake (3:52) and Grits Ain't Groceries (2:58); all from Got Blues For You (2009); available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTMS. Visit HMJamzBluesBand.com for more information.

• Not Fooling Around (5:14) by David Reo, from David Reo's Greatest Hits Volume II (2003); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit this MySpace page for more information.

• Doncha Know I Love You (4:34) by Harpdog Brown, from Once In A Howlin' Moon (1999), available from HarpdogBrown.com. Visit Harpdog's Garageband page or his MySpace page to hear other tracks.

• Can't Stand To See You Go (3:36) by Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, from Soul Monster (2009), available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit TheMightyFlyers.com and Delta Groove Productions for more information.

• Enough! (5:49) by Zac Harmon, from From The Root (2009); available from NorthernBlues Music and the iTMS. Visit ZacHarmon.com for more information.

• A Mama Like Mine (4:39) by Big James &The Chicago Playboys, from Right Here Right Now (2009); available from BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS. Visit BigJames.com for more information.

• I'm A Man (3:39) by Billy Boy Arnold, from Consolidated Mojo (2005); available from ElectroFi Records and the iTMS. Visit BillyBoyArnold.com for more information.

• I'll Find Someone Who Will (5:10) by by Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps, from Oh Yeah (2003), available from the music page of her Web site, CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit TeresaJames.com for more information.

Mentioned during this show: Mevio.com, RSS in Plain English, FM 102 (Eliat, Israel).

To contact me: There's email - murphyssaloon(at)gmail(dot)com - or you can contact me through: Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed and Twitter. You are also welcome to write reviews in iTunes.

Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com.

Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago.

For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com.

(Something noteworthy being done by a very hard-working, steel-willed, long-ago friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago)

(Music on Murphy's Saloon #162 is courtesy of the artists and their labels, and sometimes the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)