Almost exactly 20 years ago, on July 22nd, 1990, Thomas did a WREK “Sunday Special” on Guitar Roberts, aka Loren Mazzacane Connors (see Wikipedia entry and his website). Thomas loved his sparse, atmospheric, bluesy meanderings, and listening to this makes for a serene and contemplative experience.
In a nice coincidence, old friends Andrew Burnes and Neel Murgai played with Connors just last month. Andrew and Neel also hosted specialty shows on WREK, and in fact one of our future PeakeCast episodes will be of Thomas substituting for Andrew on his Strung Out guitar show …
Thomas contributes a minimum of chatter to this one. Playlist is transcribed below. Enjoy!
“TB Blues” (Jimmie Rodgers) from album Blues Master 2
“Kath’s Blues” from the Pushin’ up Daisies 7″ EP (1982)
Prelude #1 from album In Pittsburgh (1996)
“Excerpt from Part 2” from album Solo Acoustic Guitar, Volume 6 (1980)
Wee Wee Hours (Chuck Berry)
“Little Tree” (feat. Kath Bloom) from the Pushin’ Up Daisies 7″ EP (1982)
“Blues #5, #6 and #7” from Blues: The Dark Paintings Of Mark Rothko (1990)
“Haunted House” (Lonnie Johnson) feat. Suzanne Languille
“Burdened Blues” feat. Suzanne Languille
“Fallen Son”
“Trouble In Mind”
“Excerpt from Part 1” from Unaccompanied Acoustic Guitar Improvisations, Volume 8
“Horses Blues”
“In Pittsburgh”
“Blues Master”
“Loren’s Blues” from the Pushin’ Up Daisies 7″ EP (1982)
“Lay My Burden Down” (feat.