Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from August 18, 2024

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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 August 18, 2024: HOT NEW (BLUES) SINGLES IN YOUR AREA! 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 new singles from Joanne Shaw Taylor, Carlise Guy & Nu Blu, Colin James, and Lions in the Street. This week's featured new releases are by Bywater Call, Misty Blues, Guy Davis, and Willie Buck. In the "history" part of the show I've got Lonnie Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Robert Anderson, Vann "Piano Man" Walls, T-Bone Walker, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford, Bruce Katz Band, Wayne Nicholson & John Campbelljohn, and Dave Specter & Lynwood Slim. We'll close with a song from west coast pianist David Vest who'll be making a rare appearance at Upstairs on Friday.

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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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HOT NEW (BLUES) SINGLES IN YOUR AREA!
Joanne Shaw Taylor  Hold Of My Heart feat. Sav Madigan   Favoriting Hold Of My Heart - single  Journeyman Records  2024  The first release from a slate of material Joanne is set to unveil over the next year. "This song is about telling a good friend that you actually like them as more than a friend,” Joanne shares, “and realizing, if only for your own sake and the sake of honesty in a friendship to finally tell them.” This song features violinist Sav Madigan, one-third of the all-female indie-folk-roots band, The Accidentals.     
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Carlise Guy & Nu Blu  A New Day   Favoriting A New Day - single  Delmark Records  2024  Written by Buddy Guy’s daughter, Carlise, and Marcil Maddox. This digital single is their first release for Delmark Records.     
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Colin James  Protection featuring Lucinda Williams   Favoriting Chasing The Sun  Stony Plain Records  2024  For the spiritual flip side of “Devilment,” listen to album opener “Protection,” a cover of Williams’ 2014 plea for salvation     
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Lions in the Street  Movin Along   Favoriting Movin Along  Indie  2024  The title track taken from the band’s upcoming album Moving Along to be released Friday 8 November 2024     
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Toronto roots, rock, and soul band Bywater Call released their third studio album Shepherd on August 9th. The album is available on CD, vinyl, and digital via www.bywatercall.com     
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Bywater Call  Holler   Favoriting Shepherd  Indie  2024  “Lyrically and musically, Holler embodies seedy motel rooms, dirty little secrets, and a woman who knows what she wants, unashamedly and without apology,” says Bywater Call’s lead singer, Meghan Parnell. Official Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDqgtuz_Ems     
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  Young Agrarians PSA voice only - NCRA PSAs              
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Matthew Chaffey  ID - Matthew Chaffey   Favoriting            
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Bywater Call  Colours   Favoriting Shepherd  Indie  2024  To celebrate the release of the album, the band has also released an official video for the ballad “Colours.”  Filmed as a single shot in the slow-motion style of Coldplay’s “Yellow” by Zack Murray of Lightning House Media – the video reflects the dreamy raw emotion of the song. Official Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLW2XWyTsFI     
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  Talk Time ID         A 2nd live tribute album, "l'm Too Old For Games," was released a year after their first tribute album to Odetta, and on the heels of Misty Blues‘ most recent original album "Silver Lining" in their 25th Anniversary year.     
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Misty Blues  Homeless Blues (feat. Gina Coleman)   Favoriting I’m Too Old For Games: A Live Tribute A Odetta  Guitar One Records  2024       
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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Misty Blues  Jim Crow Blues (feat. Gina Coleman)   Favoriting I’m Too Old For Games: A Live Tribute A Odetta  Guitar One Records  2024       
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  Talk Time ID         The long-awaited follow-up album to 2021's Grammy-nominated recording Be Ready When I Call You. He performed a few of these songs on his recent visit here. Coming August 23     
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Guy Davis  Sugarbelly   Favoriting The Legend of Sugarbelly  M.C. Records  2024       
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  AD TRACK 93. MUTEK              
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Guy Davis  ID - Guy Davis   Favoriting            
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Guy Davis  Black Snake Moan   Favoriting The Legend of Sugarbelly  M.C. Records  2024  A classic by Blind Lemmon Jefferson; arr. Huddie Ledbetter     
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  Talk Time ID         This album was recorded at Buddy Guy’s Legends on Sunday August 28, 2023. Album drops Aug 30, 2024     
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Willie Buck  What We Were Talking About   Favoriting Live At Buddy Guy's Legends  Delmark Records  2024  Willie brought his right-hand man of many years, guitarist Thaddeus Krolicki, to join the Delmark All-Stars consisting of some of the most experienced and respected performers of the Chicago tradition.     
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Willie Buck  Let's See If We Can Come Together   Favoriting Live At Buddy Guy's Legends  Delmark Records  2024  Willie “The Touch” Hayes: drums IN MEMORIAM • WILLIE “THE TOUCH” HAYES • 1950-2023 This is was the last recording in the amazing career of the great Willie Hayes     
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This week in blues history.     
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Lonnie Johnson  Best Jockey In Town   Favoriting Lonnie Johnson Vol. 7 (1931 - 1932)  Document Records  1931  Recorded Aug 21, 1931     
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John Lee Hooker  Black Man Blues   Favoriting No Friend Around  CD Drive  1948  b. 1917-0822, VANCE, MS     
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Robert Anderson  Come In the Room   Favoriting The United Records Story  Delmark Records  1952  Recorded Aug 18, 1952     
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  AD TRACK 85. Zamalek              
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Reverend Freakchild  ID - Reverend Freakchild   Favoriting            
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Vann "Piano Man" Walls  Blue Sender   Favoriting Atlantic Blues: Piano  Atlantic Records  1952  b. 1918-0824,MIDDLESBORO,KY     
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T-Bone Walker  I'm About to Lose My Mind   Favoriting The Imperial Blues Years  Not Now Music  1951  Recorded Aug 20, 1951 in Los Angeles plus "I Get So Weary", “You Just Wanted To Use Me”, and “Tell Me What’s The Reason”.     
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Wynonie Harris  Tell A Whale Of A Tale   Favoriting Atlantic Blues: Vocalists  Atlantic Records  1956  b. 1913-0824, OMAHA, NE     
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Paolo Stante  ID - Paolo Stante   Favoriting            
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Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford  Goin' Down Slow   Favoriting Live  Rhino Records  1976  Jimmy Witherspoon b. 1922-0818, GURDON, AR     
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Bruce Katz Band  All About That   Favoriting Connections  Dancing Rooster Records  2023  b. 1952-0819, BROOKLYN, NY     
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Wayne Nicholson & John Campbelljohn  If I Was Blue   Favoriting Elmore's Blues  Grindstone Records  2020  John Campbelljohn b. 1955-0818, SYDNEY, NOVA SCOTIA     
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Dave Specter, Lynwood Slim  Get Back Home   Favoriting Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark  Delmark Records  2021  Lynwood Slim b. 1953-0819, LOS ANGELES, CA     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting Aug 18 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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David Vest  Party in the Room Next Door   Favoriting David Vest  Cordova Bay Records  2018  FRIDAY AUG 23 AT @ UPSTAIRS’ 1254 MacKay Montreal Qc http://upstairsjazz.com/     
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