This week's playlist: • Dirty Blonde (3:37) by Mike Zito, from Pearl River (2009); available from EclectoGroove.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit MikeZito.com for more information. • Jump For Joy (4:20) by Koko Taylor, from Jump For Joy (1990); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit KokoTaylor.com or Koko's page at Alligator.com for more information. • Full Load Boogie (2:40) by Magic Slim & The Teardrops, from Midnight Blues (2008); available from Blind Pig Records and the iTMS. Visit this page at the Blind Pig Records site for more information. • Free Ride Blues (3:08), Second Chance (5:25) and Slave To Your Love (4:24), all by Andre Bisson, and all from Rhythm and Blues Experience (2008); available from CDBaby.com and the iTMS. Visit AndreBisson.ca for more information. • Kokomo Blues (4:03) by Jeff Norwood, from Awendaw (2009); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit this page at LiveBluesWorld.com for more information. • I Like 'Em Stacked Like That (2:48) by Candye Kane, from SuperHero (2009); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit CandyeKane.com for more information. • Freezer Burn (4:32) by Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, from Blood Brothers (2008); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Thanks also to AirplayDirect for helping make this track available. Visit SmokinJoeKubek.com and this page at the Alligator Records site for more information. • You Belong To Me (5:13) by The Ken DeRouchie Band, from Y2KDB (2005). Visit KDBand.net, the KDB's Garageband page, or their MySpace page for more information. Mentioned during this show: The Mevio.com home page and show notes for Murphy's Saloon are here and the Murphy's Saloon blog is here. To contact me: email me at murphyssaloon (at) gmail (dot) com - you can also contact me through: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. You can check out my Flickr photo collection here. My Google profile is here, and you can read the items I share in Google Reader here. You are also welcome to write reviews of Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast in the iTunes Music Store. Primary sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com. Recommended reading: Today's Chicago Blues (Amazon link) by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. Karen also blogs about the blues at Today's Chicago Blues. For things to do in Chicago: The Local Tourist. Two wonderful non-traditional online sources of Chicago news: Gapers Block and the Chicagoist. (Something noteworthy being done by a remarkable long-ago friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago) (Music on Murphy's Saloon #168 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com, Garageband.com or AirplayDirect)