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Cha Cha Cha In Blue Favoriting : Playlist from December 8, 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 December 8, 2024: HOT 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 with the latest singles by Tommy Castro, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Sheryl Youngblood, Larkin Poe, Janiva Magness, Robert Jon & The Wreck, and The Road Kings feat. Jesse Dayton, who, BTW, is opening for Tab Benoit, so I added\ him too. This week's featured new releases are by Freeworld, Guitar Jack Wargo, and Dennis Spencer. In the "history" part of the show I have Bessie Smith, Memphis Minnie, Julia Lee, Count Basie, Guitar Slim, Ike Turner, Lonesome Sundown, Albert King, Hollywood Fats, Sonny Rhodes, and Wes Mackey. We'll close with a song from Fuel Junkie who will be at UPSTAIRS on Thursday.

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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's show     
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HOT NEW SINGLES
Tommy Castro & The Painkillers  Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee   Favoriting Closer To The Bone  Alligator Records  2024  This new advance track is from their 2025 release, Closer To The Bone coming February 7 and is a cover of a Chris Cain song from his 1987 album Late Night City Blues  ✓    
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Joanne Shaw Taylor  I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down   Favoriting I Gotta Stop Letting You Let Me Down - single  Journeyman Records  2024  " ... a story about an on-and-off-again relationship with someone who keeps making promises they can’t fulfill,” Joanne shares. “It’s about someone whose lack of self-esteem governs their choices, to the point where you have to decide to stop letting them disappoint you.”  ✓    
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Sheryl Youngblood  Red Hot Women in Blues   Favoriting Red Hot Women in Blues - single  Delmark Records  2024  Sheryl composed “Red Hot Women in Blues” for a 2024 performance celebrating women in blues, presented by Delmark Records at the Harris Theatre for Music and Dance in Chicago. This single was recorded at Delmark Records’ Riverside Studio by some of the label’s stars, and including Joanna Connor on lead guitar.  ✓    
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Larkin Poe  Little Bit   Favoriting Little Bit - single  Tricki-Woo Records  2024  From their upcoming album, Bloom, arriving Friday, January 24, 2025. They recently appeared with the Coward Brothers (Elvis Costello and T-Bone Burnett) on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and you can catch the songs “Always” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX8CxhKJoQM & "Like Licorice" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWsyQpL_pE4 on YouTube  ✓    
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Janiva Magness  ID - Janiva Magness   Favoriting            
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Janiva Magness  I Was Good to You Baby   Favoriting I Was Good to You Baby - single  Blue Élan Records  2024  Grammy-nominated and seven-time Blues Music Award winner Janiva Magness is back with her latest single, “I Was Good to You Baby,” ahead of her new album set for release in Spring 2025.  ✓    
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Robert Jon & The Wreck  Point Of View   Favoriting Point Of View - single  Journeyman Records  2024  "A story inspired by those rare experiences where things get a little wild,” explains guitarist Henry James. “Every once in a while, someone gets a bit too comfortable, and while it can be challenging in the moment, it always makes for a great story later."  ✓    
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The Road Kings feat. Jesse Dayton  Never Be Untrue (Casting Spells)   Favoriting Never Be Untrue - single  Blue Élan Records  2024  A live recording from last year’s reunion of the Road Kings, captured during a sold-out performance at Houston’s legendary Continental Club. This holiday tradition lives on as Dayton reunites with original members Jason Burns and Eric Tucker for two special shows at the Continental Club on December 27 & 28.  ✓    
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AND BECAUSE JESSE DAYTON IS OPENING ON TOUR FOR TAB BENOIT ...
Tab Benoit  I Hear Thunder   Favoriting I Hear Thunder  Whiskey Bayou Records  2024  No excuse needed but yeah, for context, it's related to the previous song.  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         FreeWorld’s eighth album and is a dedicated tribute to it’s founding father saxophonist Dr. Herman Green.     
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Freeworld  D-Up (Here's to Diversity)   Favoriting More Love  Swirldisc Records  2024  One of the two bonus tracks - the audio track from the band's award winning video “D-Up (Here’s To Diversity)” featuring contributions from over three dozen Memphis legacy artists and talented newcomers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiSK7F4xCpQ  ✓    
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  SCWIST_Women in Science & Tech_PSA              
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Endrick Tremblay  ID - Endrick Tremblay   Favoriting            
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Freeworld  11: 11 On Beale (Featuring Benjamin Theolonius "IQ" Sanders)   Favoriting More Love  Swirldisc Records  2024  The spirit and musical heritage of Beale Street with a narrative of contemporary beat poetry by “IQ” Sanders  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         After touring with Billy Preston, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Hank Ballard and the Moonlighters, and R&B icon Solomon Burke, Jack Wargo is best known as Guitar Jack. He has also recorded with Ray Charles and the Jacksons     
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Guitar Jack Wargo  Color Blind   Favoriting Blues Therapy  Indie  2024  Features the late great Mike Finnigan on the Hammond B3  ✓    
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Guitar Jack Wargo  Blues For Esther   Favoriting Blues Therapy  Indie  2024    ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Dennis Spencer “The Tall Guy” is a NYC bred and Los Angeles based professional musician spreading his blend of Blues, Funk and a little Rock n’ Roll. https://www.facebook.com/TallGuyBluesBand/     
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Dennis Spencer  Bluesman From Jupiter   Favoriting Bluesman From Jupiter  Tall Guy Music  2024  “Bluesman From Jupiter” was produced by Dennis Spencer Goddard, co-produced by Robert Bowman, and recorded at Pacifica Studios in Los Angeles. The album opens with the title track, a narrative with some great Hammond B-3 organ from Mikal Majeed  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Bessie Smith  Lonesome Desert Blues   Favoriting The Complete Recordings, Volume 3  Columbia Records  1925  Recorded Dec 9, 1925 in New York City     
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Memphis Minnie  Looking the World Over   Favoriting 40 Must Have Minnie  One Media iP  1941  Recorded Dec 12, 1941     
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Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends  Decent Woman Blues   Favoriting Kansas City Blues 1944-49  Capitol Records  1949  d. 1958-1208, KANSAS CITY, MO 56 heart attack     
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Count Basie  Goin' To Chicago feat. Al Hibbler   Favoriting Compact Jazz: Count Basie Plays The Blues  Verve Records  1952  Recorded Dec 12, 1952 with “Sent For You Yesterday And Here You Come Today” in New York City. Al Hibbler provided the vocals, Freddie Green, the guitar.     
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  AD TRACK 97 Black Education Trailer              
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Reverend Peyton  ID - Reverend Peyton   Favoriting            
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Guitar Slim  Twenty-Five Lies   Favoriting Sufferin' Mind  Specialty Records  1954  GUITAR SLIM (EDDIE LEE JONES) b. 1926-1210, GREENWOOD, MS     
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Ike Turner  Go to It (Stringin' Along)   Favoriting 1951-1954  Classics  1954  d. 2007-1212, SAN MARCOS, CA 76     
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Lonesome Sundown  My Home Is A Prison   Favoriting Sound Of The Swamp: The Best Of Excello Records, Vol 1  Rhino Records  1957  LONESOME SUNDOWN (Cornelius Green) b. 1928-1212, DONALDSONVILLE, LA     
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  AD TRACK 85. Zamalek              
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Vaneese Thomas  ID - Vaneese Thomas   Favoriting            
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Albert King  Cold Feet   Favoriting King Of The Blues Guitar  Atlantic Records  1967  Recorded Dec 12, 1967 in Memphis for Stax plus “You Sure Drive A Hard Bargain”     
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Hollywood Fats Band  Love Her with a Feeling   Favoriting Blues By The Pound, Vol. 1 (Live)  Topcat Records LLC  1979  HOLLYWOOD FATS (MICHAEL MANN) d. 1986-1208, L. A., CA 32 Heroin overdose     
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Sonny Rhodes  Honey Do Woman   Favoriting 35 Years of Stony Plain  Stony Plain Records  2001  RHODES, SONNY (CLARENCE SMITH) (g/lapsteel/v) d. 2021-1214 age 81     
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  AD TRACK 25 Nora Toutain              
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David Gogo  ID - David Gogo   Favoriting            
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Cityreal & Wes Mackey  Play the Blues for You   Favoriting Good Morning Blues  Soul Of The City Music  2013  Wes Mackey b. 1942-1212, BIG ESTATE, SC    ㏄  
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting DEC 8 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Fuel Junkie  Get Out On The Road   Favoriting All Out  Indie  2019  THURS DEC 12 @ UPSTAIRS’ 1254 MacKay Montreal Qc http://upstairsjazz.com/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  5:04pm George Akiki:

It was another great show.
Started with a blockbuster of female artists and ended with a blockbuster of classic blues artists. AMAZING.
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