Missing Friday nights at the Southgate Club listening to the great bands playing at St Harmonica's? Well, we can't do anything about the lockdown, but we can do our best to recreate St Harmonica's in the comfort of your own home. So pour yourself a glass of beer, move the furniture aside to make yourself a dance floor, click on the first of the music videos below and start a text conversation with some of the people you usually meet up with at the club.Ann Cole - Got My Mojo Working
Got My Mojo Working - composed by Ann Cole; covered by Muddy Waters.
Muddy Waters - Got My Mojo Working
Little Willie John - I Need Your Love So Bad
Need Your Love So Bad - written by Mertis John Jr; first recorded by his brother, Little Willie John. Later re-arranged by Peter Green and covered by Fleetwood Mac.
Fleetwood Mac - Need Your Love So Bad
John Haitt - Feels Like Rain
Feels Like Rain - by John Hiatt; covered by Buddy Guy, with some tasteful slide guitar from Bonnie Raitt, on his album of the same name.
Buddy Guy - Feels Like Rain
Erma Franklin - Piece Of My Heart
Piece Of My Heart - originally recorded in 1967 by Erma Franklin; written by Jerry Ragovoy and Bert Berns. Janis Joplin covered it a year later.
Janis Joplin - Piece Of My Heart
Tampa Red - It Hurts Me Too
It Hurts Me Too - often attributed to Elmore James, but originally written and recorded by Tampa Red in 1940.
Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too
Roy Hawkins - The Thrill Is Gone
The Thrill Is Gone - by Roy Hawkins & Rick Darnell or Hawkins and Taub? Surely most people assume it was written by BB King.
B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
Delmore Brothers - I've Got The Big River Blues
Big River Blues - written and recorded by the Delmore Brothers. Doc Watson changed the title to Deep River Blues.
Doc Watson - Deep River Blues
Howlin' Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
Smokestack Lightning - here's a rare film version of the Howlin' Wolf classic, itself based on earlier blues lyrics, and recorded by him in multiple versions. Covered by the likes of the Yardbirds, Manfred Mann, and even Bob Dylan.
The Yardbirds - Smokestack Lightnin'
Nat King Cole - Route 66
Route 66 - written by Bob Troup and his wife during their long road trip westwards, and first recorded by Nat King Cole. Later given the R&R treatment by Chuck Berry, and in turn covered by the Rolling Stones and numerous others.
Chuck Berry - Get Your Kicks On Route 66
Big Mama Thornton - Ball And Chain
Ball And Chain - powerful stuff from Big Mama Thornton, performing it here with Buddy Guy's band. She originally recorded it in the early Sixties, but it didn't get released for a few years. Then Janis Joplin came along!
Big Brother and the Holding Company - Ball And Chain
Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues
Statesboro Blues - written and recorded by Blind Willie McTell in 1928. The song was covered by Taj Mahal 40 years later, and his version then inspired the Allman Brothers Band.
The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
Tim Curry - Sloe Gin
Sloe Gin - hands up everyone who thought Joe Bonamassa wrote this song. Bob Ezrin and Michael Kamen penned it; Tim Curry released it in 1978. Respect to Joe B for its rediscovery.
Joe Bonamassa - Sloe Gin
