Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from March 31, 2024

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John Detcheverry

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Blues from every era. Interview with artists, concert listings, blues related events, information and trivia, gearhead heaven…just what kind of harmonica was that?

On Cha Cha Cha In Blue, the longest-running blues show in Montreal, host John Detcheverry devotes equal time to the classics, new releases and Canadian artists. On the air since 1990.

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Favoriting March 31, 2024: HAPPY EASTER! NEW SINGLES & NEW RELEASES! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At!

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Tonight on Cha Cha Cha In Blue we start by wishing HAPPY EASTER with William Clarke's "Easter Bunny Boogie" then it's on to new singles from The Imagine If, Ndidi O, and the Justin Saladino Band. We have a treasure trove of new releases from Shawn Kellerman, Jeff Rogers, Sue Foley, Steve Howell & The Mighty Men, and The Wicked Lo-Down. In the "history" part of the show I've got Bumble Bee Slim, Alberta Hunter, Little Willie John, Jimmy Nolen, Otis Spann, Mitch Woods, Popa Chubby, and Larry McCray. We'll close with a song from Colin Perry who will bring his trio to Bar de Courcelle on Wednesday.

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(✓ = new, ㏄ = CanCon)

Artist Track Album Label Year Comments Images
 
INTRO
Harry Manx  ID - Harry Manx   Favoriting            
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Junior Wells/Talk  Cha Cha Cha In Blue   Favoriting Messin' With The Kid  Charly Records  1957  What's on tonight! & HAPPY EASTER!     
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William Clarke  Easter Bunny Boogie   Favoriting Deluxe Edition  Alligator Records  1986  HAPPY EASTER!     
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HOT NEW CANADIAN SINGLES!
The Imagine If  Devil's Child   Favoriting Great Expectations  Indie  2024  The first single from their debut full-length release "Great Expectations"     
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Ndidi O  Get Gone   Favoriting Simple Songs For Complicated Times  Black Hen Music  2024  New single from her new cd Simple Songs For Complicated Times coming April 19, 2024     
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Justin Saladino Band  Fan the Flames (feat. Ariel Posen) [Live]   Favoriting Fan the Flames (feat. Ariel Posen) [Live] - Single  Indie  2024  Just released Friday. Justin is opening for Ariel in Kingston and Quebec on April 1st and 3rd.     
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Shawn Kellerman receives help from friends Bobby Rush, Jason Ricci, Meghan Parnell, ZOOM, and even Lucky Peterson. A powerful cd from this dynamic performer.     
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Shawn Kellerman  We Are Blues Men feat. Bobby Rush   Favoriting Kell's Kitchen  Songsurfer Records  2024       
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Shawn Kellerman  You're Gonna Learn From This One feat. Jason Ricci   Favoriting Kell's Kitchen  Songsurfer Records  2024       
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  Talk Time ID         Jeff Roger’s new solo album, Dream Job, was recorded at Wishbone Studios in Muscle Shoals. He has also been a member of country/rock band The Cooper Brothers for over a decade, and won the 2020 International Blues Challenge as a member of HOROJO Trio (with Drummer Jamie Holmes and guitarist/singer JW-Jones).     
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Jeff Rogers  Mind of Your Own (featuring Colin Linden)   Favoriting Dream Job  Diesel Entertainment  2024       
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Jeff Rogers  Wish You Wouldn't Go   Favoriting Dream Job  Diesel Entertainment  2024       
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  Talk Time ID         Three time Blues Foundation Traditional Female Artist award winner, Sue Foley’s new album One Guitar Woman is a heartfelt tribute to the female pioneers of the guitar     
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Sue Foley  In My Girlish Days   Favoriting One Guitar Woman  Stony Plain Records  2024  written by Ernest Lawler AKA Little Son Joe who was working with, and married to, Memphis Minnie     
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Sue Foley  ID - Sue Foley   Favoriting            
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Sue Foley  Lonesome Homesick Blues   Favoriting One Guitar Woman  Stony Plain Records  2024  written by Maybelle Carter     
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  Talk Time ID         Steve Howell is a formidable guitarist who's collection of fingerstyle guitar arrangements has been published by Hal Leonard as “Fingerpicking Early Jazz Standards.” He has also published “Snoozer Quinn: Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Pioneer.” In 2011, he received the Academy of Texas Music’s Historical Significance Award. "99 1/2 Won’t Do" is the fifth album from Steve Howell & The Mighty Men.     
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Steve Howell & The Mighty Men  99 1/2   Favoriting 99 1/2 Won't Do  Out Of The Past Music  2024  An early gospel number recorded by Sister Rosetta, Dorothy Love Coates, and others, not to be confused with the Wilson Pickett tune of the same name.     
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Steve Howell & The Mighty Men  Who Will The Next Fool Be?   Favoriting 99 1/2 Won't Do  Out Of The Past Music  2024  Howell pays tribute to fellow Arkansas traveler Charlie Rich on “Who Will The Next Fool Be?,” a deep cut from his early days at Sun Records.     
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  Talk Time ID         The Wicked Lo-Down was formed in 2020 just before the Covid lockdown by guitarist Paul Size (The Red Devils, Mick Jagger, Sugar Ray & the Bluetones) and blues belter Nick David (Mr. Nick & the Dirty Tricks, Queen City Kings), One of my fave new bands.     
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The Wicked Lo-Down  Out Of Line feat. Mike Zito   Favoriting Out Of Line  Gulf Coast Records  2024       
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The Wicked Lo-Down  Toxic feat. Monster Mike Welch   Favoriting Out Of Line  Gulf Coast Records  2024  A Britney Spears pop hit transformed into a Texas barn-burner!     
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This week in blues history!     
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Bumble Bee Slim  Bricks in My Pillow   Favoriting Greatest 1920s & 1930s Blues Licks  Master Classics Records  1935  Recorded 1935-0404     
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Bumble Bee Slim  New Policy Dream Blues   Favoriting Bumble Bee Slim Vol. 6 1936  Document Records  1936  Recorded 1936-0402     
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Alberta Hunter & Alex Hill  Second Hand Man   Favoriting The Ultimate Dirty Blues Collection  Grammercy Europe  1935  Alberta Hunter b. 1895-0401, MEMPHIS, TN     
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Little Willie John  Fever   Favoriting 28 Big Ones  King Records  1956  Recorded 1956-0401     
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Jimmy Nolen  Strollin' With Nolen [Alt.]   Favoriting The Rhythm & Blues Years  Master Classics Records  1956  (g/JOHNNY OTIS/JAMES BROWN) b. 1934-0403, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK NOTE: ALT version!     
Slow Freight Back Home
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Slow Freight Back Home
Otis Spann  Blues for Martin Luther King   Favoriting Rare Chicago Blues (1962-1968)  Bullseye Blues  1968  Recorded 1968-0404     
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  PSA 45 Never Too Late         NEVER TOO LATE TO DONATE! www.ckut.ca     
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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Mitch Woods  Empty Bed Blues feat. Maria Muldaur   Favoriting Friends Along The Way (Deluxe Edition)  Club 88 Records  2023  b. 1951-0403, BROOKLYN, NY     
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Popa Chubby  Sweat   Favoriting Booty And The Beast  OKeh Records  1995  b. 1960-0331, BRONX, NY     
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Larry McCray  Midnight Rambler   Favoriting Paint It Blue: Songs of The Rolling Stones  House Of Blues  1997  b. 1960-0405, STEPHENS, AR     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting March 31 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Colin Perry & Peter Mika  I Hate A Man Like You   Favoriting Hesitation Blues  Indie  2021  Colin Perry Trio live at Bar de Courcelle on Wednesday https://www.facebook.com/events/1538323393410799/     
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