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Six of the best.....Yeoooow!!!

So many months ago, a good friend requested 4 songs on her radio station, I can't remember the reason, and so I did, but my response was "Wow that's hard to narrow down, how about 4 bands beginning with the word Black?" Obviously this went down well, so I started sending her, every week for her show, 5 artist I liked beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
What you have here is a slightly expanded version, these are 6 of my favourite artists  and songs per letter, I hope you will take the time to give each a listen, and enjoy them as much as I do.


AC/DC - Jailbreak
Aerosmith - Dude Looks Like A Lady
Al Green - Lets Stay Together
Alvin Lee & Ten Years After - The Stomp
The Atomic Fireballs - Pango Pango
The Animals - Story Of Bo Diddley

The Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Bo Diddley -  Hey! Bo Diddley
The Black Angels - Sniper at the Gates Of Heaven
The Black Keys - Phychotic Girl
The Black Crowes - Remedy
BB King - The Thrill Is Gone

Carmel - Bad Day
The Cherry Faced Lurchers - Toasted
The Clash - The Guns Of Brixton
The Cramps - Human Fly
The Cult - Edie
Chuck Berry - Maybelline

Dan Sartain - Gun Vs. Knife
The Doors - Backdoor Man
The Dead Weather - New Pony
Dean Martin - Sway
The Dirt Daubers - Get Outta My Way
Dear Tick - Standing At The Threshold

Eels - Tremendous Dynamite
Echo And The Bunnymen - All That Jazz
Elvis Costello - Watching The Detectives
Eddie Vedder - The Face Of Love
Elvis Presley - Hard Headed Woman
Everlast - Black Coffee

Five Horse Johnson - Cry Rain
The Future Primitives - Open Up Your Door
Fruit Bats - Tangie And Ray
The Four Tops - Bernadette
Fever Ray - Keep The Streets Empty For Me
The Flying Neutrinos, Ingrid Lucia - Delta Bound

Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band
G. Love & Special Sauce - Leaving The City
Gary Clark Jr. - Bright Lights
Grinderman - Mickey Mouse And The Goodbye Man
The Greenhornes - Let Me Be
Guns N' Roses - November Rain

Hanni El Khatib - You Rascal You
Hank Williams III - Hillbilly Joker
Heavy Trash - The Hump
The Hold Steady -  Sequestered In Memphis
Hothouse Flowers - It'll Be Easier In The Morning
The Handsome Family - Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythmstick
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Isley Brothers - This Old Heart Of Mine
Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits
Imelda May - Big Bad Handsome Man
Iron & Wine - The Devil Never Sleeps

Jack White - I'm Shakin'
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
James Brown - Please, Please, Please
Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros  - Get Down Moses
Jimmy Reed - You Got Me Dizzy
Jimi Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary

The Kills - DNA
King Khan and The Shrines - Took My Lady To Dinner
King Tuff - Hit & Run
Kongos - Come With Me Now
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis - Mean Son of A Gun
Kidney Thieves - Crazy

Louis Armstrong - I Still Get Jealous
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Little Richard - Lucille
Lou Reed - The Gun
Louis XIV - Pledge Of Alelegiance
Linton Kwesi Johnson - Street 66

Mark Knopfler - Devil Baby
Marilyn Manson - The Love Song
Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy Me
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas - Jimmy Mack
Morrissey - You Have Killed Me
The Mountain Goats - No Children

Nina Simone - Go To Hell
Nick Cave &the Bad Seeds - The Ship Song
New Order - Crystal
Neil Young - Old Man
North Mississippi Allstars - Drinking Muddy Water
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Oasis - My Generation ( cover)
Otis Redding - These Arms Of Mine
Old Crow Medicine Show - Down Home Girl
Of Monsters And Men - Dirty Paws
Oasis - She Is Love
Otis Redding - Mr Pitiful

Paloma Faith - Upside Down
Patsy Kline - Walking After Midnight
Pearl Jam - Just Breathe
Patrick Sweany - After Awhile
PJ Harvey - C'mon Billy
The Platters - Only You

Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head
Queens Of The Stone Age - No One Knows
Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
The Quakes - Killing Moon (Cover)
Finley Quaye - Even After All
Queens Of The Stone Age - Tangled Up In Plaid

Royal Crown Revue - Hey Pachuco!
Rolling Stones - Wild Horses
Ray LaMontagne - Henry Nearly Killed Me (It's A Shame)
The Raconteurs - Carolina Drama
The Ramones - Baby I Love You
Robert Cray - Midnight Stroll

Sarah Vaughn - Whatever Lola Wants
Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You
Stray Cats - Rumble In Brighton Tonight
Squirrel Nut Zippers - Ghost Of Stephen Foster
The Specials - Blank Expression
Stone Temple Pilots - Vasoline

Tool - The Pot
Thin Lizzy -  Jailbreak
T. Rex - Jeepster
Tom Waits - Clap Hands
The Tiger Lillies - Pretty Lisa
Trampled By Turtles - Alone

U2 - Bullet The Blue Sky
Uriah Heep - Stealin'
The Upholsterers - I Ain't Superstitious
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Ultravox - Vienna
The Untouchables - I Spy

Van Morrison - T B Sheets
Violent Femmes - Country Death Song
Von Blondies - Cass & Henry
The Velvet Underground - I'm Waiting For The Man
The Verve - The Drugs Don't Work
Van Halen - Running With The Devil

The White Stripes - Ball & Biscuit
The Wallflowers - Hospital For Sinners
Wolfmother - Joker & The Thief
The Who - Substitute
William Elliot Whitmore - Old Devils
Warren Zevon - Ain't That Pretty At All

XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
X Ray Specs - Warrior In Woolworths
XIT - War Cry
The XX - Chained
Xavier Rudd - Follow The Sun
XXYYXX - Luv U Grl

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Rockers To Swallow
The Yahoos - What Are We Waiting For
Yoav - Greed
Yes - Roundabout
The Yardbirds - For Your Love
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Kiss Kiss

Zola Jesus - Night
The Zutons - Valerie
ZZ Top Consumption
Z.Z. Hill - Down Home Blues
Zakk Wylde - Between Heaven And Hell
zZz - Amanda

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