What Are You Listening To?

[Beach]

Very much 'in the background', as it is on the tape deck in the loungeroom, I am listening to a tape that comes from a trip Shirley and I made to Melbourne in July 1990.
We would always listen to an FM station called 3PBS in those days and among all the alternative music played there would be some of the best Blues, Jazz and 'Live-To-Air' programs one could wish for.
This particular tape starts off with three tracks from the old 'Blues On Saturday' show;

• I Came From Clarkesdale: Otis Spann
  
• Shetland Pony Blues: Son House
  
• Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor: Willie Brown
  

These are followed by a slab of the regular Saturday morning 'Live-To-Air' program of local band The Swinging Sidewalks who played damned near any kind of Blues and Jazz music you cared to name when they were of a mind to.

• Flat Foot Floogie
  
• Chris's Boogie Woogie
  
• Tipitina
  
• Chain of Fools
  
• Like A Wheel
  
• Elevate Your Mind
  
• I Couldn't Sleep
  
• Send Help
  

The Sidewalks used to appear on an ABC TV program called 'The Big Gig' as the 'house band' back in those days and also included many local identities in their Saturday morning shows. It was a great era and a great time to be in Melbourne.