5.19.2010
Stormy Monday Show with Bluesman Joe "Survival" Caruso
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Joe took us through his own devastating experience with Hurricane Katrina, in which he lost everything except for a few photo's (kept dry inside a coffee can) and a waterlogged guitar that he resurrected and still uses today. He discussed his experiences backing R&B legends like Ernie K- Doe, Johnny Adams, Johnny Taylor, The Neville Brothers and the time he spent touring Germany with Buddy Ace. And then he took us along on the joy rides he and his father would take when he was eight; parking across the street from the open doors of the Dew Drop Inn in New Orleans so that he could hear the music.
We heard quite a bit Joe's original music, and I especially liked the very spooky New Orleans song called "Voo Doo Lover" done up on an acoustic guitar to a scary perfection. Joe tickled our ears with a ripping John Lee Hooker cover of "I'm In The Mood" (with the Boogie Woogie Boo Fay Blues Band helping to singe the walls) and then turned us on to a great R& B artist he backed by the name of Mathilda Jones. (When you hear her it takes you back to a good old barroom sound like you haven't heard in a long time.)
You know it's radio, but we dressed for the radio spotlight. I had on a gown and he, after driving for 2 hours, changed from a plaid shirt to a white shirt with grey stripes to match his grey Stetson hat( which he found a way to keep on while wearing headphones.) That's Nawlin's style radio baby!
Joe Caruso and I recorded a duet a few months back called "Your Love Is With Me All The Time," which Caruso wrote and he had me play tonight. You'll be the first to hear it here, but it will be on his next CD and he'll certainly be back on the show soon.
Joe "Survival" Caruso is a heck of a nice guy and a splendid talent, and what an honor it was to have him as a guest on the Stormy Monday Show.
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