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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 March 9, 2025: TOP OF THE CANADIAN BLUES CHART! NEW RELEASES + HOT SINGLES! 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 salute the artists who capped the Canadian Big Blues Chart: Ollee Owens, Tommy Castro, Blue Moon Marquee, Sue Foley, and Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne. This week's featured new releases are from Cat Wells Blues Band and Jad Tariq plus new singles from Kenny Neal, the John Doe Trio, Ally Venable, and Erja Lyytinen. In the "history" set we start in 1932 with Peetie Wheatstraw and continue with Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Arbee Stidham, Lightnin' Slim, Louis Jordan, T-Bone Walker, King Biscuit Boy, Alain Bashung, Terence Trent D'Arby, John Németh, and Selwyn Birchwood. We'll close with a song from Angelique Francis who will be at Le Zaricot in Saint-Hyacinthe on Thursday.

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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  What's on tonight     
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TOP OF THE CANADIAN BLUES CHART!
Ollee Owens  Nowhere To Hide   Favoriting Nowhere To Hide  Ollee Owens Music  2024  No. 1 on the Canadian Big Blues Chart for February    ㏄  
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Tommy Castro & The Painkillers  Woke Up And Smelled The Coffee   Favoriting Closer To The Bone  Alligator Records  2024  No. 2     
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Blue Moon Marquee  What I Wouldn't Do   Favoriting New Orleans Sessions  Indie  2024  No. 3    ㏄  
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Sue Foley  Lonesome Homesick Blues   Favoriting One Guitar Woman  Stony Plain Records  2024  No. 4    ㏄  
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Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne  Ooh Yeah!   Favoriting Ooh Yeah!  Stony Plain Records  2024  No. 5    ㏄  
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Cat Wells is a Canadian west coast Blues artist, vocalist, and song writer who has been honoured as Vocalist of the year twice by the Okanagan Arts Council and has been featured in Okanagan Life Magazine and Wild Life Magazine. This is Cat's 3rd CD.     
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Cat Wells Blues Band  Brand New Shoes   Favoriting Brand New Shoes  Indie  2024    ✓   ㏄  
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  AD TRACK 50 CKUT is Hiring              
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Toronzo Cannon  ID - Toronzo Cannon   Favoriting            
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Cat Wells Blues Band  Everything I Had is Gone   Favoriting Brand New Shoes  Indie  2024  Duet with the late Sonny Rhodes, who also adds lap steel    ㏄  
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Talk Time ID          This debut disc from Memphis-based guitarist/vocalist Jad Tariq had me with the cover design that looks like a vintage King label release from the 50's. Add in a favourite guitar - an ES5 (and no, I don't have one) plus a cover of one of my fave T-Bone songs and I was hooked.     
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Jad Tariq  Flapjack   Favoriting Jad Tariq Sings  MoMojo Records  2025  The first single. Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dDza7ogjrU  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 54 Syli d'Or_Concerts              
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Matthew Chaffey  ID - Matthew Chaffey   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Jad Tariq  No Sleepin'est Woman   Favoriting Jad Tariq Sings  MoMojo Records  2025  Great T-Bone Walker cover  ✓    
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HOT NEW SINGLES!
  Talk Time ID         A few words about these singles     
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Kenny Neal  Devil's In The Delta feat. Micah Willis   Favoriting Devil's In The Delta - single  Verdict Music  2025  Multi-Blues Music Award-winner and Grammy nominee Kenny Neal released his latest single, “Devil’s In The Delta,” along with his son, Micah Willis, who now officially represents the third generation of Neal-family musicians. “Now I know how my Dad, the late, great ‘Blues Man’ Raful Neal, felt when I would share the stage with him”.  ✓    
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John Doe Trio  First King of Texas   Favoriting JD III  Indie  2025  Who deserves the title “First King of Texas? Phil Woollett explains: “This is an homage to one of my blues heroes, Stevie Ray Vaughan ... I hope it’s a fitting tribute to the great man.” And here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKBucZ7ef7M  ✓    
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Ally Venable  Keep Me In Mind   Favoriting Money & Power  Ruf Records  2025  The 2nd single from the new album “Money & Power” due Friday 18 April 2025. video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkMqxPfsYL4 Ally is part of the 27-date "Experience Hendrix Tour” which kicks off in Cincinnatti on Tuesday with Samantha Fish, Devon Allman, Eric Johnson, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, and more.  ✓    
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Erja Lyytinen  The Ring   Favoriting The Ring - single  Tuohi Records  2025  Award-winning Finnish blues guitarist Erja Lyytinen, who we saw at Trois Rivieres a couple of years ago, has released “The Ring.” It’s the second single taken from her forthcoming studio album Smell The Roses, due March 28. "The story is about someone challenging you, so you have no other chance than to get into the ring and defend yourself." Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPzaZUpYICI  ✓    
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Peetie Wheatstraw  Police Station Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1932  Recorded Mar 15, 1932     
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup  Dust My Broom   Favoriting Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Vol. 2 1946-1949  Document Records  1949  Recorded Mar 10, 1949     
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Arbee Stidham  Mr. Commissioner   Favoriting Chess Blues 1947-1952  Chess Records  1952  Recorded Mar 12, 1952     
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Lightnin' Slim  Bad Luck Blues   Favoriting Sound Of The Swamp: The Best Of Excello Records, Vol 1  Rhino Records  1965  b. 1913-0313, ST. LOUIS, MO     
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Reverend Peyton  ID - Reverend Peyton   Favoriting            
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Louis Jordan  G. I. Jive   Favoriting G. I. Jive  Charly Records  1944  Recorded Mar 15, 1944     
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T-Bone Walker  High Society   Favoriting The Imperial Blues Years  Not Now Music  1952  Recorded Mar 10 1952 with Party Girl, Love Is Just A Gamble, and Lollie Lou     
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T-Bone Walker  Party Girl   Favoriting The Imperial Blues Years  Not Now Music  1952  Recorded Mar 10 1952 with Love Is Just A Gamble, High Society, and Lollie Lou     
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  AD TRACK 33 House Justice              
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Murray Kinsley  ID - Murray Kinsley   Favoriting            
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King Biscuit Boy  You Done Tore Your Play House Down   Favoriting Badly Bent - The Best Of King Biscuit Boy  Daffodil Records  1971  b. 1944-0309, HAMILTON, ON     
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Alain Bashung  Osez Joséphine   Favoriting Osez Joséphine  Polygram  1991  d. 2009-0314, PARIS, FRANCE 61 French Rolling Stone mag gave this album the #1 spot on their list of the greatest French rock albums (out of 100). Recorded in Memphis with Sonny Landreth on slide     
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Terence Trent D'Arby  Who's Lovin' You   Favoriting Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby  Columbia Records  1987  b. 1962-0315, NEW YORK CITY, NY     
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John Németh  The Last Time   Favoriting May Be The Last Time  Nola Blue Records  2022  b. 1975-0310, BOISE, ID     
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Selwyn Birchwood  Florida Man   Favoriting Exorcist  Alligator Records  2023  b. 1985-0309, ORLANDO, FL     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting MAR 9 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Angelique Francis  Train Coming feat Eric Gales   Favoriting Train Coming - single  Indie  2024  THURS MAR 13 @ Le Zaricot 1460, rue des Cascades, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC https://www.facebook.com/events/412969161748976/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  11:36am George Akiki:

I was dumbfounded by my liking of the powerful and painful blues.
Last week’s Will Wilde’s Broken Dream Blues stood out and smacked me around.
This week you ran me through an enormous roller coaster of emotions starting with Cat Wells’s Everything I Has Is Gone to Terence Trent D’Arby’s (I remember him) Who’s Loving You to Bradly Brent and John Németh and ending with Angelique Francis’s Train Coming.
I listened to the whole show multiple times and will do some more after this week’s show. (That’s a long commen: sorry)
  1:52pm George Akiki:

I know it’s my 2nd comment, but every time I listen to this weeks show, I like it even more!
Thank you for all that powerful and painful blues 👍🏼.
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