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Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from July 21, 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.

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.


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Favoriting July 21, 2024: NEW RELEASES! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At!

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Tonight on Cha Cha Cha In Blue we start out with a mix of new & recent releases from Jubu Smith, Aldrich Benson, Matthew Chaffey, JP Soars, Son of Dave, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. This week's featured new releases are by Albert Castiglia, The Commoners, The Zac Schulze Gang and Christopher Wyze & The Tellers. In the "history" part of the show I've got Tampa Red, Joe Williams, Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow, Morris Pejoe, Phillip Walker, Willie Dixon, Champion Jack Dupree, Classie Ballou, and Mighty Mo Rodgers. We'll close with a song from Shane Murphy who'll be hosting a launch party for his new cd "Easy Street" at The Thirsty Boot on Sunday.

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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  Tonight's agenda     
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SOME RECENT DECENT (BLUES, THAT IS!)
Jubu Smith  McLeansville Blues   Favoriting JUBU  Little Village  2024  Guitarist for Tony Toni Toné has also has lent his talents to recording sessions with Luther Vandross, Mary J. Blige, Boyz II Men, Toni Braxton, George Duke, and George Benson.  ✓    
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Aldrich Benson  14 Trains   Favoriting 14 Trains - Single  WOA International  2024  Duo from Seattle, Washington knows that freight trains have always had a home in blues songs.  ✓    
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Cécile Doo-Kingué  ID - Cécile Doo-Kingué   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Matthew Chaffey  Like I Used To   Favoriting Hotel Texas  Gypsy Soul Records  2024  Ottawa's Matthew Chaffey recorded "Hotel Texas" in Austin, Texas, under the guidance of acclaimed producer Kaz Kazanoff. Backed by an ensemble of seasoned musicians, including the Texas Horns who just received an award from Living Blues Critics’ and Readers’ Poll.  ✓   ㏄  
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JP Soars  Jezebel   Favoriting Brick By Brick  Little Village  2024  Several years ago J.P. Soars became aware that he was building his audience one person at a time. “It all seemed very natural,” says Soars, who titled his new album Brick By Brick as a testament to his approach. “The album is very reflective of how I have built my music career, one brick at a time.” “Jezebel” borrows from his gypsy jazz vocabulary.  ✓    
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Son of Dave  Take Your Baby To A Jazz And Blues Bar   Favoriting A Flat City  Goddamn Records  2024  Son of Dave (AKA Benjamin Darvill, former member of the Crash Test Dummies) offers good advice. I took my wife to Rockhead's Paradise to see Ivan Symonds on our first date.  ✓   ㏄  
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Rick Estrin  ID - Rick Estrin - Keep It Here   Favoriting            
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Rick Estrin & The Nightcats  I Finally Hit the Bottom   Favoriting The Hits Keep Coming  Alligator Records  2024  No.1 on the latest Living Blues Radio Chart, No. 2 on the latest Big Blues Chart, and No. 1 on the blues chart from NACC Can't argue with that kind of success!  ✓    
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds  Payback Time (ft. Billy Gibbons)   Favoriting Struck Down  Stony Plain Records  2024  Co=produced by Hamilton's Steve Strongman! No. 6 on the latest Big Blues Chart, No. 2 on the blues chart from NACC  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Fresh from winning another Blues Music Award for “Best Blues Rock Album” as a member of the “Blood Brothers,” along with labelmate Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia has just released his new solo Gulf Coast Records album, Righteous Souls.     
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Albert Castiglia  Get Down To The Nitty Gritty featuring Alabama Mike   Favoriting Righteous Souls  Gulf Coast Records  2024  They stick close to the original on this cover of the 1976 shuffle by Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson.  ✓    
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Albert Castiglia  Come On In This House featuring Rick Estrin   Favoriting Righteous Souls  Gulf Coast Records  2024  One of two covers written by Albert's former boss and mentor, the late, great Junior Wells  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         The Commoners hail from Toronto, Canada. "... we wanted to marry old and new southern rock together in a way that was unique to the band’s Canadian roots," and that their music is influenced by The Black Crowes, The Allman Brothers, and Blackberrry Smoke. The release of Restless will mark the quintet’s return to the road in 2024.     
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The Commoners  Devil Teasin' Me   Favoriting Restless  Gypsy Soul Records  2024  "A bonafide banger with anthemic group vocals and electric riffs." One reviewer believes that Medhurst’s vocals at times bear an uncanny resemblance to Lou Gramm’s.  ✓   ㏄  
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  AD TRACK 80 Cegep MV_ENG Trade              
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Dawn Tyler Watson  ID - Dawn Tyler Watson   Favoriting           ㏄  
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The Commoners  See You Again   Favoriting Restless  Gypsy Soul Records  2024  An ode to love and loss, specifically the loss of drummer Adam Cannon’s father who passed away while the band was touring in the UK and their difficult decision to keep touring.  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         British blues-rock power trio The Zac Schulze Gang won ‘Best Emerging Blues Band’ at the UK Blues Awards in May and is opening for Samantha Fish on her U.S. tour from July 16th through Sunday August 4th.     
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The Zac Schulze Gang  Hole In My Pocket   Favoriting Live & Loud  Flatiron Recordings  2024  “We’re very conscious that there’s only three of us, so we try to make as much sound as possible."  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 82. Nuits d'Afrique_ENGL (July 8 - July 25)              
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Tab Benoit  ID - Tab Benoit   Favoriting            
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The Zac Schulze Gang  Walkin The Dog   Favoriting Live & Loud  Flatiron Recordings  2024  "We didn’t set out to have our first record be live. That was just a regular show; we just dove in and played the way we always do with the mindset of ‘let's see what we can do.’ We found out later it had been recorded, and when we heard how it sounds, we immediately knew it should be released. It’s a great snapshot of who we are as a band.”  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Christopher Wyze earned a “One to Watch” songwriter award from the Nashville Songwriters Association International in December 2023.     
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Christopher Wyze & The Tellers  Money Spent Blues   Favoriting Stuck In the Mud  Big Radio Records  2024  Wyze and his band, the Tellers, recorded “Stuck in the Mud” in two musically historic places – ten tracks in Muscle Shoals, Ala. and three in Clarksdale, Miss.  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 81. Cegep MV_ENG Childcare              
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Kim Wilson  ID - Kim Wilson   Favoriting            
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Christopher Wyze & The Tellers  Hard Work Don't Pay   Favoriting Stuck In the Mud  Big Radio Records  2024  On these two tracks the focus is on money, earning it and spending it  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This week in blues history     
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Tampa Red  Keep On Dealin' (Play Your Hand)   Favoriting Tampa Red Vol. 7 1935-1936  Document Records  1935  Recorded July 27, 1935     
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Joe Williams  Baby, Please Don't Go   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1947  Recorded July 22, 1947     
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Clarence "Bon Ton" Garlow  I'm Hurt   Favoriting Louisiana Swamp Blues  Capitol Records  1953  d. 1986-0724, BEAUMONT, TX 75 Recorded July 24, 1953 plus "Flip Flop" (an instrumental version of "Jumping ...", and "Jumping At The Zadacoe"     
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Morris Pejoe  Let's Get High   Favoriting The United Records Story  Delmark Records  1954  d. 1982-0727, DETROIT, MI 58     
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Phillip Walker  Louisiana Walk   Favoriting Juke Joint Blues Black Cat Rag  JSP Records  1959  d. 2010-0722 PALM SPRINGS, CA 73     
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Willie Dixon  29 Ways   Favoriting Chess Blues 1954-1960  Chess Records  1956  Recorded July 27, 1956     
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  AD TRACK 78. Beres Hammond              
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  AD TRACK 79. Cepeg MV_FRENCH              
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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Champion Jack Dupree  Me and My Mule   Favoriting Definitive Blues Anthology  Not Now Music  1956  b. 1909-0723, NEW ORLEANS, LA     
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Classie Ballou  Classie's Whip   Favoriting Los Alamos Grind  Numero Group  1968  d. 2022-0727 WACO, TX 84 g/BOOZOO CHAVIS     
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  AD TRACK 82. Nuits d'Afrique_ENGL              
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  AD TRACK 83 Riddims Marketing              
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Mike Goudreau  ID - Mike Goudreau   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Mighty Mo Rodgers  The Boy Who Stole the Blues   Favoriting Red, White & Blues  Indie  2002  b. 1942-0724, EAST CHICAGO, IN     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting July 21 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Shane Murphy  Pay No Mind   Favoriting Easy Street  Indie  2024  SUNDAY JULY 28 AT @ THE THIRSTY BOOT 25 Chemin Bolton Pass, Bolton Ouest, QC https://lepointdevente.com/billets/tix240728001  ✓   ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  5:54pm George:

Awesome and amazing music selection. It was sweet, sultry and sexy blues. MY favorite. Thank you very much for a wonderful evening.
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