CKUT: Cha Cha Cha In Blue: Playlist from June 2, 2024

Cha Cha Cha In Blue : Playlist from June 2, 2024

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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.

Listeners can expect to hear the likes of Paul Deslauriers, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Pop Staples, Downchild, Steve Rowe, MonkeyJunk, and Charlie Musselwhite, as well as live performances and interviews.

Every Sunday 9 - 11pm (EST)

June 2, 2024: THE TOP BLUES ALBUMS PER NACC CHART! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At!

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I'm so happy to be back with you tonight on Cha Cha Cha In Blue and I've got so many new releases that I'm going to go to the NACC (North American College & Community) blues chart to help bring you up to date. In the first hour we'll play selections from the top 30 blues albums including Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Tinsley Ellis, Johnny Burgin, Curtis Salgado, Sugaray Rayford, Sue Foley, Anthony Geraci, Big Harp George, Alastair Greene, JP Soars, Chris O'Leary, Billy Price, and Mike Zito . In the "history" part of the show I've got Ethel Waters, Tony Hollins, Percy Mayfield, Junior Wells, Lowell Fulson, Muddy Waters, Koko Taylor, Grant Green, James Harman, Boz Scaggs, and The Derek Trucks Band. We'll close with a song from The Alec McElcheran Trio who'll be at Bistro À Jojo on Thursday.

(✓ = new, ㏄ = CanCon)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments
INTRO
Harry Manx	ID - Harry Manx						㏄
Junior Wells/Talk	Cha Cha Cha In Blue	Messin' With The Kid	Charly Records	1957	So glad to be back! Here's what's on tonight.
FROM THE TOP 10 BLUES ALBUMS PER NACC CHART!
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats	The Hits Keep Coming	The Hits Keep Coming	Alligator Records	2024	Coming in at #1 for the 2nd week on the NACC Top 30 Blues Charts for the WEEK ENDING MAY 28	✓
Tinsley Ellis	Windowpane	The Naked Truth	Alligator Records	2024	Tinsley's in a "Skip James" mood for this song, coming in at #2.	✓
	AD TRACK 60. OFFTA (May 9 - June 2)_EN
Johnny Burgin	ID - Johnny Burgin
Johnny Burgin	Ramblin' From Coast to Coast	Ramblin' From Coast to Coast	Straight Shooter Records	2024	11 original blues from the road cut in Dallas, Cincinnati, Rochester NY and Memphis TN. #3 this week	✓
Curtis Salgado	You Give The Blues A Bad Name	Fine By Me	Little Village	2024	Won't be released until June 30 but somehow #4, up from #9 last week!	✓
Sugaray Rayford	Stuck Between featuring Sam Morrow	Human Decency	Forty Below Records	2024	The latest single; full album is due June 14, already #5, up from #16.	✓
Sue Foley	In My Girlish Days	One Guitar Woman	Stony Plain Records	2024	Written by Ernest Lawler, husband of Memphis Minnie. Sue's acoustic tribute to the women pioneers of the guitar comes in at #6 on the chart.	✓	㏄
Anthony Geraci	Ooeee	Tears In My Eyes	Blue Heart Records	2024	Anthony won the 2021 and 2023 Blues Music Award for Instrumentalist-Piano/Pinetop Perkins Piano Award. The Boston Blues All-Stars were nominated for Band of the Year by The Blues Foundation in 2019, 2021, and 2023. Anthony was nominated for Traditional Male Blues Artist in 2019. Comes in at #9.	✓
MORE OF THE TOP CHARTING BLUES ALBUMS!
	Talk Time ID				Every now & then I have to break in & tell you what the h*** you just heard.
Big Harp George	The Older We Get	Cooking With Gas	Blues Mountain Records	2024	George Bisharat favors the chromatic harp and is a former criminal defense attorney and law professor at the University of California. #14	✓
Alastair Greene	Rusty Dagger	Standing Out Loud	Ruf Records	2024	#15 & the 11th solo record from this former guitarist of the Alan Parsons Live Project	✓
JP Soars	That's What Love Will Make You Do	Brick By Brick	Little Village	2024	A favorite in Quebec, he comes in at #16 even though his album doesn't drop until June 30. Great cover of a Little Milton classic	✓
Chris O'Leary	Who Robs A Musician?	The Hard Line	Alligator Records	2024	#17 for the 6th solo album from this former Marine and federal police officer	✓
	AD TRACK Empower Hour_OFC_Ad
Billy Price	ID - Billy Price_song intro
Billy Price	Change Your Mind featuring Joe Bonamassa (in memory of Roy Buchanan)	Person of Interest	Little Village	2024	#21. Price sang and recorded with Roy Buchanan in the early-to-mid 1970s. Tony Braunagel recruited his friend Joe Bonamassa, a lifelong fan and admirer of Buchanan’s, to play guitar on this song. Album out Aug 2.	✓
Mike Zito	Lonely Man	Life Is Hard	Gulf Coast Records	2024	Arriving less than a year after the death of his wife, who lost her battle with cancer last summer, Life Is Hard shows Zito throwing himself into his work. #26	✓
COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
	Talk Time ID				This week in blues history
Ethel Waters	Second Handed Man	Complete Jazz Series 1929 - 1931	Complete Jazz Series	1929	Recorded June 6, 1929
Tony Hollins	Cross Cut Saw Blues	Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950	Columbia Records	1941	Recorded June 3,1941
Percy Mayfield	Louisiana	Definitive Blues Anthology	Not Now Music	1952	Oops. My mistake. Should have been the funkier one ... Curtis.
Junior Wells	Hoodoo Man Featuring Elmore James	Blues Hit Big Town, the 1953-54 Recordings	Delmark Records	1953	Recorded June 8, 1953
Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues 1960-1967	Chess Records	1960	Recorded June 2, 1960
Muddy Waters	My Love Strikes Like Lightning	The Chess Box	Chess Records	1963	Recorded June 6. 1963
Koko Taylor	Honky Tonky	Chicago Blues Of The 1960's	Paula Records	1963	d. 2009-0603, CHICAGO, IL 80 From her first recording session, produced by Willie Dixon
	AD TRACK 43. BoD - Help Us Spread The Word
Mitch Woods	ID - Mitch Woods
Grant Green	I Can't Stop Loving You	50 Grant Green's Greatest Hits	Unforgettable Record	1962	b. 1935-0606, ST. LOUIS, MO Coincidentally June 2, 1962, Ray Charles' "I Can't Stop Loving You" began a 5 week stay at the top of the singles charts.
	AD TRACK 61. OFFTA (May 9 - June 2)_FR
Paolo Stante	ID - Paolo Stante						㏄
James Harman	Old Man Eyes	Takin' Chances	Cannonball Records	1998	b. 1946-0608, ANNISTON, AL My "old man" theme song
Boz Scaggs	I've Just Got To Know	Out Of The Blues	Concord Records	2016	b. 1944-0608, CANTON, OH Great cover of this Jimmy McCracklin classic
The Derek Trucks Band	Something to Make You Happy	Already Free	Sony Music Entertainment	2009	b. 1979-0608, JACKSONVILLE, FL
WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
	Talk Time ID				Live blues/roots for the week starting June 2 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/
The Alec McElcheran Trio	Perambulator Blues	The Blue in Everything	Indie	2014	APPEARING LIVE THURSDAY JUNE 6, 2024 @ BISTRO À JOJO 1627 St-Denis, Montreal, Qc https://www.bistroajojo.com/calendrier		㏄

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