SCRATCH Blues N Roots - Salty Dog (June 2025)

Visit: www.salty.com.au The SCRATCH Blues N Roots podcast digs deep with guitar grit, soul stompers, and swampy grooves. Slide in and and roll with The Sharp’s “Scratch My Back”, get bent with Rod Paine N The Fulltime Lovers, and roll through the boogie from John Lee Hooker and Muddy Waters. New cuts from Esther Rose, Jeffery Martin, and the mighty James McMurtry, while GA-20, Doug MacLeod, and Delvon Lamarr keep it tight right down in the pocket. New to us from 63 Deluxe, Livingston Daisies, and The Great Unknown. Yep Tune in, turn it up, and let it roll. Listen now syndicators, available online and at the mother ship: salty.com.au #SaltyDogBluesNRoots #BluesPodcast #RootsMusic #AustralianBlues #NewMusic

ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM / LABEL / YEAR ** Australia 01. Omar Kent Dykes N Jimmie Vaughan – You Upset My Mind (On The Jimmy Reed Highway, Ruf Records, 2007) 02. North Mississippi Allstars – Stay All Night (Still Shakin’, New West Records, 2025) 03. GA-20 – Stranger Blues (EP Volume 2, Colemine Records, 2025) 04. John Lee Hooker – House Rent Boogie (Endless Boogie, ABC Records, 1971) 05. Moses Patrou – 7 Days and Counting (Confession of a Fool, Continental Record Services, 2025) 06. ** The Sharp – Scratch My Back (This Is The Sharp, Warner Music Australia, 1993) 07. ** The Great Unknown – Flying Too High (Dirt and Bones, 1907501 Records DK, 2024) 08. ** Rod Paine N The Fulltime Lovers – Slide Into The Bend (Dirt On Velvet, Fulltime Lovers Records, 2023) 09. Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio – Don't Worry 'Bout What I Do (Cold As Weiss, Colemine Records, 2022) 10. Billy Boy Arnold – I Was Fooled (I Ain’t Got You, Vee-Jay Records, 1993) 11. Big Pete N Shawn Pittman – I Was Fooled (Choice Cuts, Continental Record Services, 2023) 12. Doug MacLeod – Between Somewhere and Goodbye (Between Somewhere and Goodbye, Reference Recordings, 2023) 13. James McMurtry – The Color of Night (The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy, New West Records, 2025) 14. Esther Rose – Ketamine (Want, New West Records, 2023) 15. Jeffery Martin – Edge of Lost (Edge of Lost, Fluff & Gravy Records, 2022) 16. The Inspector Cluzo – Do You Make It Right (The Inspector Cluzo, F. TheBassPlayer Records, 2023) 17. Lou Reed – Paranoia Key of E (Ecstasy, Reprise Records, 2000) 18. ** 63 Deluxe – Outta Here (Pre Release, Independent, 2025) 19. Mike Henderson – Wherever You Are (Edge of Night, Dead Reckoning Records, 1996) 20. ** Livingston Daisies – Electrical Storm (Blue Solitude, Independent, 2025) 21. Ruthie Foster – Mileage (Mileage, Blue Corn Music, 2024) 22. Lonnie Brooks – Why Do Things Have To Change (Let’s Talk It Over, Alligator Records, 1974) 23. Muddy Waters – 33 Years (I’m Ready, Blue Sky Records, 1978)