CKUT: Cha Cha Cha In Blue: Playlist from September 29, 2024

Cha Cha Cha In Blue : Playlist from September 29, 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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September 29, 2024: RESTOCK THE JUKEBOX WITH 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 out by stocking your digital blues jukebox with a slew of new singles by Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Larkin Poe, Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans, TJ Wong, JD Simo & Luther Dickinson, Fantastic Negrito, Tony Holiday, and Robert Jon & The Wreck. This week's new releases are by Mitch Woods, Piper & The Hard Times, Heather Pierson, Pontchartrain Shakers, and Jimmy Carpenter. In the "history" part of the show I've got Victoria Spivey, Billie Holiday, John Brim, Howlin' Wolf, Little Walker, J.B. Lenoir, B.B. King, Popa Chubby, Duke Robillard, and Rick Estrin & The Nightcats. We'll close with a song from Justin Saladino who'll be at L'Aquarium Café Bar on Masson on Saturday.

(✓ = 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	Here's what's on tonight ...
TIME TO RESTOCK THE JUKEBOX WITH NEW SINGLES!
Kenny Wayne Shepherd	I Got a Woman	Dirt on My Diamonds Volume 2	Provogue	2024	KWS headed to the legendary FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, co-wrote 14 new tunes, then recorded them in LA’s all analog Band House Studios. Noah Hunt provides the vocals.	✓
Larkin Poe	If God Is A Woman	Bloom	Tricki-Woo Records	2024	‘If God Is A Woman’ was written as a reminder to resist the typecasting of women, both conscious and unconscious. New album "Bloom" due Friday, January 24, 2025.	✓
Brad Vickers & His Vestapolitans	Peace In My Time	Peace In My Time - single	ManHatTone Records	2024	On this new single, produced by guitarist Dave Gross, Margey Peters is featured on vocal with a lineup including Vickers on bass; Bill Rankin on drums, Arne England on piano, and the late Jim Davis on tenor sax. The album is dedicated to his memory.	✓
TJ Wong	Your Love	Kingdom Come	Lightning In A Bottle Records	2024	Portland, OR based Guitarist-Songwriter TJ WONG presents his latest release KINGDOM COME and the debut Single YOUR LOVE.	✓
	AD TRACK 06. Black Theatre Workshop
Cécile Doo-Kingué	ID - Cécile Doo-Kingué						㏄
JD Simo & Luther Dickinson	Lonesome Road	Do the Rump!	Forty Below Records	2024	“Luther was raised in this stuff. It’s his birthright. Doing Jr Kimbrough with him is like doing it with the source. I could stay locked in that trance for weeks!!” – JD Simo	✓
Fantastic Negrito	I Hope Somebody’s Loving You	Son of a Broken Man	Storefront Records	2024	3x GRAMMY® Award-winner's new album "Son of a Broken Man" arrives Friday, October 18. “Try not to cheat on your woman, try not to cheat on your man,” says Fantastic Negrito of “I Hope Somebody’s Loving You.” “ I’ve been on tour a long time. I’ve spent so many days weeks and months away from home and encountered so many beautiful people on the planet and this just became a common theme in my head and heart – I hope we are all experiencing a version of love."	✓
Tony Holiday	Shoulda Known Better	Shoulda Known Better – single	Forty Below Records	2024	Tony Holiday recorded his new album (set to release this winter) at Robby Krieger’s Love Street Sound. It features multi–Blues Music Award-winning guitarist Laura Chavez. "Shoulda Known Better" is a classic blues tale of a man who gives into temptation and is confronted by an (armed) jealous lover.”	✓
Robert Jon & The Wreck	Life Between The Lines	Life Between The Lines - single	Journeyman Records	2024	“‘Life Between The Lines’ was inspired by Robert Jon’s wife and son,” explains lead guitarist Henry James. “It captures the trials of life on the road and balancing that with life at home." The song was born out of a spontaneous sound check jam during their European tour.	✓
FEATURED NEW RELEASES
	Talk Time ID				"Happy Hour", Woods' fourteenth album, is a collection of his all-original tunes recorded at Greaseland Studios in San Jose, California, with Mitch Woods producing, and Christoffer "Kid" Andersen, engineering and mastering. “Happy Hour was recorded during the time of the Covid Lockdown,” recalls Mitch Woods.
Mitch Woods	Broke	Happy Hour	MoMojo Records	2024	"Broke" was first recorded in 1988 on "Mr. Boogie's Back In Town" and it still sounds every bit the tribute to Louis Jordan that it always was.	✓
	AD TRACK 01. Flux Festival
Mitch Woods	ID - Mitch Woods
Mitch Woods	Cryin' For My Baby	Happy Hour	MoMojo Records	2024		✓
	Talk Time ID				A few words about the upcoming selections.
Piper & The Hard Times	Trouble Man	Revelation	Hard Times Records	2024	They took top honors in the band division at the IBC in Memphis, TN this year. The core of the band, Al "Piper'' Green, Steve Eagon, and Dave Colella have been playing and writing together for over 20 years.	✓
Heather Pierson	Nails Trimmed and Clean	Back To The Light	Indie	2024	Heather Pierson and her trio (with Shawn Nadeau on bass and Craig Bryan on drums) recorded everything live, and after just a day and a half and minimal overdubs of Hammond B3 and backing vocals, they had seven fresh songs. "Nails Trimmed and Clean" is " A swampy, groovy little ditty about paying attention to the little things."	✓
	SCWIST_Women in Science & Tech_PSA
Little Georgie and The Shuffling Hungarians	ID - Little Georgie
Pontchartrain Shakers	I Need A Creole Woman	Pontchartrain Shakers	Southland Records	2024	Amedee "A5" Frederick and Jojjo Wight met in high school as guitarists for the Fontainbleau Jazz Ensemble. After several years away they reconnected at a benefit show and the Pontchartrain Shakers were born. Both hail from accomplished musical families.	✓
Jimmy Carpenter	Night People	Just Got Started	Gulf Coast Records	2024	Jimmy Carpenter's previous releases have won multiple Blues Music Awards. The new album, Just Got Started, was recorded in March at Greaseland Studios in San Jose, Ca and was produced by Christoffer "Kid" Andersen and Gulf Coast Records owner and artist, Mike Zito.	✓
COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
	Talk Time ID				This week In blues history
Victoria Spivey	Blood Hound Blues	Victoria Spivey Vol. 3 1929-1936	Document Records	1929	Recorded Oct 1, 1929
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra	A Fine Romance	Lady Day: The Master Takes And Singles	Columbia Records	1936	Recorded Sep 29, 1936
	AD TRACK 85. Zamalek
Vaneese Thomas	ID - Vaneese Thomas
John Brim	I Love My Baby	Chicago Blues Of The 1950's	Paula Records	1951	d. 2003-1001, ST. LOUIS, MO 81 Recorded Sep 27, 1951 in Chicago, IL; John Brim, voc, g; Sunnyland Slim, p; Moody Jones, b
Howlin' Wolf	My Last Affair	The Chess Box	Chess Records	1952	Recorded Oct 7, 1952
Little Walker	Mellow Down Easy	Chess Blues 1954-1960	Chess Records	1954	Recorded Oct 5, 1954 Robert Lockwood and (probably) Luther Tucker: gtr; W. Dixon, bass, Fred Below, drums
J.B. Lenoir	Mama Talk To Your Daughter	Chess Blues 1952-1954	Chess Records	1954	Recorded Oct 6. 1954
B.B. King	How Blue Can You Get	King Of The Blues	MCA Records	1963	Recorded Sep 30, 1963
	AD TRACK 08. World College Radio Day
	AD TRACK 01. Flux Festival
Popa Chubby	ID - Popa Chubby
Popa Chubby	Sweet Goddess Of Love And Beer	Booty And The Beast	OKeh Records	1995	b. 1948-0930, BRONX, NYC, NY On the rebound from severe health problems (Lumbar Spinal Stenosis, Spinal instability, Lumbar disc herniations at all levels, Diabetes, and more.) the BEAST FROM THE EAST returns to the stage Oct 4 at the Fairfield Theatre in Fairfield CT. Joe Bonamassa, Eliza Neals + more are doing a fundraiser at NYC's Bitter End on Oct. 2 and Popa's GoFundMe page is still active.
Duke Robillard	Just Kiss Me	Roll With Me	Stony Plain Records	2024	b. 1948-1004, WOONSOCKET, RI	✓
Rick Estrin & The Nightcats	I Ain't Worried About Nothin'	The Hits Keep Coming	Alligator Records	2024	b. 1949-1005, SAN FRANCISCO, CA	✓
WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
	Talk Time ID				Live blues/roots for the week starting Sep 29 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/
Justin Saladino Band	Half-Heartedly	Honest Lies	Indie	2023	SAT OCT 5 AT @ L'AQUARIUM CAFÉ BAR 2923 Masson Montréal, Qc https://www.facebook.com/events/845273064420273/		㏄