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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.

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Favoriting February 9, 2025: VALENTINES DAY?? NEW SINGLES! NEW RELEASES! This Week In Blues History! Where It's At (The Live Music Roundup)!

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Tonight on Cha Cha Cha In Blue we start out with competing Valentine sentiments from The Mighty Duck Blues Band and Benny Turner & Maria Muldaur, followed by new singles from Mitch Ryder, Samantha Fish, Angelica Jones, Steven Troch Band, and The Zac Schulze Gang. This week's featured new releases are from Jimmy Vivino, Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin and Lucas Haneman. In the "history" set we start back in 1942 with Lonnie Johnson and continue with Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Little Walter, Johnnie Taylor, Otis Grand with Debbie Davies & Anson Funderburgh, Mike Bloomfield, Colin Perry & Peter Mika, Dave Specter, Toronzo Cannon, and Sugaray Rayford. We'll close with a tune from The Sugar Darlings who are playing at the Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre in Dorval on Friday.

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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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HAPPY VALENTINES DAY??!??
The Mighty Duck Blues Band  Don't Send Me No Valentine feat. Cheryl Lescom   Favoriting Duck Soup  Indie  2017  Inspired by a comment made by singer Shakura S'Aida when turning down an offer for a Valentines Day gig. "I'm a divorced, single Mother, I don't do weddings or Valentines Day shows".    ㏄  
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Benny Turner & Maria Muldaur  Baby, You've Got What it Takes   Favoriting Baby, You've Got What it Takes - single  NOLA Blue Records  2025  Cover of Brook Benton and Dinah Washington’s 1960 hit. “Brook Benton was a good friend when I played with Dee Clark and we were on the road together during The Show of Stars in 1961,” says Turner. “I used to do his hair. They called it a process." Maria Muldaur was in New Orleans for a recording session with Tuba Skinny for her new Victoria Spivey tribute album.  ✓    
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HOT NEW SINGLES!
Mitch Ryder  Lilli May   Favoriting Lilli May - single  Ruf Records  2025  Last week I played a single from Dion & this week we have another old rocker - Mitch Ryder unveils "Lilli May", the next chapter of his autobiographical new album, With Love, which will be released on February 21, 2025 on Ruf Records. Produced by Don Was  ✓    
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Samantha Fish  Runaway - Radio Edit   Favoriting Runaway - Radio Edit  Ruf Records  2025  Released in 2011 as her solo debut, RUNAWAY is newly available in Transparent Red Vinyl  ✓    
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Angelica Jones  12 Feet Tall   Favoriting 12 Feet Tall - single  Indie  2024  Ottawa’s Angelica Jones was the Angelina Hunter Trio. “We’ve all heard of the types who are larger than life, who feel like they are 12 feet tall…but the truth is, there is always someone taller than somebody else.” "... our music video for 12 Feet Tall has been nominated for Best Music Video at the 6th Annual Capital Music Awards. Vote HERE! (we’re at the bottom): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdThp7KP-yd4UcJ4fb7dZnlNcLUAiNs7lYLkxOl6wydOCUH6A/viewform  ✓   ㏄  
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Steven Troch Band  The Mountain   Favoriting The Dawning  Naked  2025  Belgian Hohner endorser Steven Troch is the winner of two international harmonica contests and is young enough to consider players like Gary Primich and William Clarke as old bluesmasters. This single heralds their fourth studio album. ‘The Dawning’ to be released April 25, 2025 on CD, vinyl and digital services worldwide.  ✓    
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The Zac Schulze Gang  I Won’t Do This Anymore   Favoriting I Won’t Do This Anymore - single  Flat Iron Records  2025  “I Won’t Do This Anymore” channels the manic energy of guitar legend Rory Gallagher whilst injecting the Blues-Pop sensibility of Huey Lewis and the News. Watch the official “I Won’t Do This Anymore” music video for the single on YouTube HERE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH6QZA8AyCc  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Jimmy Vivino may be best known as Conan O’Brien’s musical director on late night TV. It’s a gig he’s been working since the show first debuted in 1993. Before he started working television Vivino formed his band The Black Italians and held residency at the famed Downtime Music Bar on West 30th St. in New York City, backing pianist Johnnie Johnson. Vivino is also a member of Canned Heat and plays on their latest album “Finyl Vinyl”.     
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Jimmy Vivino  Blues In The 21st feat. Joe Bonamassa   Favoriting Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days  Gulf Coast Records  2025  The first single released from the album features bassist Jesse Williams and guitarist Joe Bonamassa.  ✓    
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Ed Alstrom  ID - Ed Alstrom   Favoriting            
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Jimmy Vivino  Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days   Favoriting Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days  Gulf Coast Records  2025  The new album “Gonna Be 2 Of Those Days” is co-produced by guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Vivino and drummer Rich Pagano.  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Based in Ottawa, Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin won the Maple Blues Award for New Artist/Group of the Year in 2014 and Laura Greenberg is a two time Maple Blues Awards Bassist of the Year. The act was a semi-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, January 2019. Eye Of The Storm is the band’s fifth recording and features guests Steve Marriner: harp, Jesse O’Brien: piano, organ, & Zeek Gross: horns     
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Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin  Dance With Me   Favoriting Eye Of The Storm  Phoenix Records  2025  A funky Chicago-style blues love song  ✓   ㏄  
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Murray Kinsley & Wicked Grin  Friday Blues   Favoriting Eye Of The Storm  Phoenix Records  2025  A rockin’ blues song about the healing power of music  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Lucas Haneman’s latest 7-tracks instrumental release, I’m Just One Man (2024), takes the concept of a “solo album” to a whole new level - he played every instrument himself.     
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Lucas Haneman  Sorrow & Hot Sauce   Favoriting I'm Just One Man  Indie  2024  I’m Just One Man draws inspiration from Haneman’s favourite things in life: southern cuisine, New Orleans funk, swampy blues, and all things spicy.  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Lonnie Johnson  He's A Jelly-Roll Baker   Favoriting Essential Blues Masters  Goldenlane Records  1942  Recorded Feb 13, 1942     
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins  Yellow Coat   Favoriting The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story 1949-1957  Epic  1958  d. 2000-0212, NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, FRANCE 71     
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Little Walter  Dead Presidents   Favoriting The Chess Box: Willie Dixon  Chess Records  1964  d. 1968-0215, CHICAGO, IL 37 He was involved in a fight while taking a break from a performance at a nightclub on the South Side of Chicago. The relatively minor injuries sustained in this altercation aggravated and compounded damage he had suffered in previous violent encounters, and he died in his sleep.     
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Johnnie Taylor  I Had A Dream   Favoriting Atlantic Blues: Vocalists  Atlantic Records  1967  b. 1943-0211, MEMPHIS, TN     
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Kim Wilson  ID - Kim Wilson   Favoriting            
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Otis Grand, Debbie Davies & Anson Funderburgh  Guitars On Fire   Favoriting Grand Union  Valley Entertainment  1998  Otis Grand [FRED BISHTI] b. 1950-0214, BEIRUT, LEBANON     
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Mike Bloomfield  Albert's Shuffle   Favoriting Don't Say That I Ain't Your Man! Essential Blues 1964-1969  Sony Music  1968  d. 1981-0215, SAN FRANCISCO, CA 37 found dead of a drug overdose in his car. The only details (from unnamed sources) state that Bloomfield died at a San Francisco party, and was driven to another location in the city by two men who were present at the party.     
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Colin Perry & Peter Mika  How Could Red Riding Hood   Favoriting Hesitation Blues  Indie  2021  Peter Mika b.1963-0212 BARRIE, ON     
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Janiva Magness  ID - Janiva Magness   Favoriting            
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Dave Specter  This Time I'm Gone For Good feat. Otis Clay   Favoriting Six String Soul: 30 Years On Delmark  Delmark Records  2014  Otis Clay b. 1942-0211, WAXHAW, MS     
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Toronzo Cannon  I Hate Love   Favoriting Shut Up & Play!  Alligator Records  2024  b. 1968-0214, CHICAGO, IL     
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Sugaray Rayford  Hanky Panky Time   Favoriting Human Decency  Forty Below Records  2024  b. 1969-0213, TYLER, SMITH CO.,TX     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting FEB 9 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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The Sugar Darlings  Love Is All I Need   Favoriting Thirsty For Your Love  Indie  2023  FRIDAY FEB 14 @ Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre, Dorval https://www.ville.dorval.qc.ca/en/events/event/the-sugar-darlings-cabaret-night    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  12:17pm George Akiki:

I listened once and loved it right away. Lots of hard hitting guitar blues throughout the show. Excellent, I’ll be re-listening multiple times for sure. 👍🏼
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