Smokestack Lightnin' Celebrates 20 Years of Broadcasting Blues out of Orlando Florida

20 Years ago this month, Smokestack Lightnin’, a show dedicated to the musical genre known as “The Blues”,  debuted on WPRK, the radio voice of Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida. The initial show was 2 hours long and had a 6pm Sunday afternoon time slot. Most of the music for the early shows was vintage blues on 12” vinyl discs as the producers only had a very few CDs, and almost no “New” blues CDs. Many record companies were contacted and slowly the new blues CDs began to arrive in the mail.

The objective of Smokestack Lightnin’ was then, and continues to be a vehicle to introduce new blues recordings to our listening audience. The show shifted to WLOQ, the Orlando Market’s leading commercial Jazz station in 1994, and then shifted to WUCF (University of Central Florida) in 2002.

The show’s producers took the show to the internet in 1997, making Smokestack Lightnin’ a webcasting pioneer and began syndicating to radio stations and other webcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada just this past year. The show is currently 3 hours weekly and features as many a 25 brand new releases a week. The Top Ten Blues CDs are counted down weekly and the Top 25 Blues CDs are counted down at the end of each month.

Inquiries should be directed to Program Manager Tommy Thompson via mail at 200 Shell Point West, Maitland, FL 32751, via e-mail nthompsonjr@cfl.rr.com, or blues@smokestacklightnin.com, or by phone at 407-644-0522.  

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PLAYLIST FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW, TO BE AIRED Sep. 17, 2011, 8-11pm

Smokestack Lightnin’ on WUCF, 89.9FM, ,

Opening: Smokestack Lightnin’ by The Howlin’ Wolf

DJ: The Entire Smokestack Lightnin’ Team

Show #0916(SMOKE_091711)

artist/song/cd/label

Smokestack Lightnin’s 20^th Anniversary Celebration

Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter, James Cotton/Mannish Boy/Hard Again/Blue Sky

Billie Holiday/Solitude/Lady Day Disc 7/Columbia

Memphis Slim & Canned Heat/Mr. Longfingers/ Heat/SunnySide

Ace Moreland/Murdered By Love/I’m A Jealous man/Kingsnake

Midnight Creepers/Another You/Breaking Point/Kingsnake

Allman Brothers Out/Eat A Peach/Island

Band/One Way

Saffire: The Uppidy Blues Women/Middle Aged Blues Boogie/DeLuxe Edition/Alligator

Cassandra Wilson/Death Letter/New Moon Daughter/Jazz Heritage

Stevie Ray Vaughan/Lenny/Texas Flood/Epic

Allman Brothers Band/Stormy Monday/Live at The Fillmore East/Polydor

Kim McFarland/Dream On/Sweet Emotions: Songs Of Aerosmith/Heavy Hip Mama

Buddy Guy/Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues/Damn Right I’ve Got The Blues/Silvertone

Johnny Winter/Life Is Hard/Let Me In/Pointblank

Tinsley Ellis/So Many Tears/Fanning The Flames/Alligator

Tab Benoit/Standing On The Bank/Standing On The Bank/Justice

Little Milton/I Can’t Quit You Baby/Chess Blues Guitar Disc 2/Chess

Gary Moore/Driftin’/Blues For Greeny/Virgin

Robert Cray/I Guess I Showed Her/Strong Persuader/Mercury

Bonnie Raitt & Sippie Wallace/Women Be Wise/The Bonnie Raitt Collection/Warner

Little Mike & The Tornados/Payday/Payday/Blind Pig

Ten Years After/I Woke Up This Mornin’/Sssssh/EMI

Aynsley Lister/Wherever I Am/Upside Down/Ruf

Buck69/Sometimes/When She Whispers Your Name/self

Terry Evans/ & Ry Cooder/Get Your Lies Straight/Blues For Thought/Pointblank

Bobby Marchan/There Is Something On Your Mind Parts 1 & 2/Fire & Fury Records Story/Capricorn

Bernard Allison/In The Open/Keepin’ The Blues Alive/Ruf

CLOSE

Debbie Davies/Percolatin’/Holdin’ Court

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