We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money. Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Milton | Bad Luck | Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] |  |
| 2 | Rory Block | Jinx Blues | Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House | |
| 3 | Son House | The Jinx Blues | ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41 | |
| 4 | Big Joe Williams | Jinx Blues | Classic Delta Blues | |
| 5 | Black Boy Shine | Gamblin' Jinx Blues | Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2] | |
| 6 | Memphis Minnie | I'm A Bad Luck Woman | Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) | |
| 7 | Mel Walker | Unlucky Man | Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 | |
| 8 | Nat King Cole Trio | Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues) | The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1] | |
| 9 | Dinah Washington | Bad Luck | Dinah Washington Sings The Blues | |
| 10 | Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles | If It Wasn't for Bad Luck | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4 | |
| 11 | Robert Belfour | Bad Luck | What's Wrong with You | |
| 12 | Muddy Waters | Mother's Bad Luck Child | Can't Get No Grindin' | |
| 13 | Lightnin' Slim | Bad Luck Blues | The Best Of Excello Records | |
| 14 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Bad Luck And Trouble | Blues Kingpins | |
| 15 | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Bad Luck Blues | Classic Sides Disc 1 | |
| 16 | Cliifford Gibson | Bad Luck Dice | Complete Recorded Works | |
| 17 | Guitar Welch | Bad Luck Blues | Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered) | |
| 18 | Kokomo Arnold | Bad Luck Blues | Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938) | |
| 19 | Ivory Joe Hunter | No Money, No Luck Blues | The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947 | |
| 20 | Bill Gaither | Bad Luck Child's Request | When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941 | |
| 21 | Leroy Carr | Bad Luck All The Time | Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2] | |
| 22 | Champion Jack Dupree | Bad Luck Bound To Change | Two Classic Albums Plus Singles | |
| 23 | Fats Domino | Bad Luck and Trouble | Fats Domino Out of New Orleans | |
| 24 | John Mayall | Bad Luck Time | Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2] | |
| 25 | Tommy Castro And The Painkillers | Bad Luck | Method To My Madness | |
| 26 | Larry Campbell | Bad Luck Charm | Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams | |
| 27 | The Harlem Hamfats | Bad Luck Man | Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 | |
| 28 | Charlie Musselwhite | If I Should Have Bad Luck | Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite | |