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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 May 4, 2025: HOT 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 our first of two FUNDING DRIVE SHOWS with new singles from Chambers DesLauriers, D.K. Harrell, GA-20, Joe Bonamassa, Aging Disgracefully, and Robert Randolph. This week's featured new releases are by Ginger St. James, Janiva Magness, and John Primer. In the "history" set we've got Sippie Wallace, Blind Willie McTell, Blue Lu Barker, H-Bomb Ferguson, Muddy Waters, Billy Boy Arnold, Cornell Dupree, Albert King, and A.C. Reed. We'll close with a song from Colin Perry who'll be sharing a triple bill with Stony Loner & Blanche Moisan Methe at Bar de Courcelle on Wednesday.

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INTRO
  AD TRACK 72 FUNDING DRIVE_GENERAL         LET'S START BY ASKING FOR DONATIONS ...     
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Harry Manx  ID - Harry Manx   Favoriting            
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Junior Wells/Talk  Cha Cha Cha In Blue   Favoriting Messin' With The Kid    1957  What we're doing on the show tonight.     
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HOT NEW SINGLES!
Chambers DesLauriers  People Gonna Talk   Favoriting Our Time To Ride  Forty Below Records  2025  The 2nd single from upcoming disc was released Friday May 2 and the full album "Our Time To Ride" is due Aug 22, 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx3_8AvUONk  ✓   ㏄  
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D.K. Harrell  Grown Now   Favoriting Talkin’ Heavy  Alligator Records  2025  "Grown Now" is the first single from the album "Talkin’ Heavy", coming June 20. Of the song, Harrell states, "Grown Now is about remembering my days of being without. And now I'm proud and happy that I've overcome those hardships and I feel more responsible, taking care of business." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Luo9hy6wc  ✓    
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GA-20  I Don’t Mind   Favoriting EP Volume 2  Colemine Records  2025  GA-20 takes on the R&B classic “I Don’t Mind.” Though written and best known by James Brown & The Famous Flames, GA-20 take their inspiration from the lesser known versions from The Who and MC5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlexblvO34U  ✓    
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Joe Bonamassa  Breakthrough   Favoriting Breakthrough  J&R Adventures  2025  Blues-rock virtuoso Joe Bonamassa has just announced Breakthrough, his latest studio album, out July 18th via his own J&R Adventures. The title track, co-written with Tom Hambridge, is available now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOE6iF8j39E  ✓    
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Aging Disgracefully  Cheatin'   Favoriting Shatter The Mirror  Indie  2025  Aging Disgracefully is the bluesy duo of Karen Pyra and Mike Elliott who first met at a songwriting workshop in Shelburne, Nova Scotia. Aging Disgracefully represents a refusal to accept the phrase "too old." "Cheatin'" is the third track from the album Shatter the Mirror, available on Bandcamp. https://youtu.be/BBVsrz2CZ0Q?si=7EcwWJQsrAJ2muXL  ✓   ㏄  
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Angel Forrest  ID - Angel Forrest   Favoriting            
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Robert Randolph  Big Women   Favoriting Preacher Kids  Sun Records  2025  The second single from Robert Randolph’s upcoming album Preacher Kids out June 27 on Sun Records “‘Big Women’ is about honoring the women who raised us, danced with us, prayed for us, and weren’t afraid to take up space doing it. When we say ‘big,’ we’re talking about strength, confidence, and lived experience,” he continues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNyey0b7Jhc  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Hamilton singer/songwriter Ginger St. James has just released her fourth album following "Diesel & Peas" in 2015, “One For the Money” in 2016, and 2019’s “Live At Knox Farms”. Ginger wrote all the songs and sings all vocals. The rest of the band is comprised of Snowheel Slim, guitar; Chris Altmann, bass, pedal steel, piano and organ; and Cleave Anderson, drums.     
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Ginger St. James  Please Renee   Favoriting Told Ya  Busted Flat Records  2025  “Please Renee” features some great pedal steel from Chris Altmann, and includes the memorable line “I been arrested for some things I regret”.  ✓   ㏄  
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Bobby Dove  ID - Bobby Dove   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Ginger St. James  Lowdown Lonesome Blues   Favoriting Told Ya  Busted Flat Records  2025    ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Back For Me is the 17th album for seven-time Blues Music Awards winner Janiva Magness, who also earned a Grammy® Awards Contemporary Blues nomination for her 2016 album Love Wins Again. 2019 saw the publication of her memoir, Weeds Like Us     
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Janiva Magness  Masterpiece (featuring Joe Bonamassa)   Favoriting Back For Me  Blue Élan Records  2025  Other guests on the album are Sue Foley & Jesse Dayton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0ibU798EI  ✓    
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Janiva Magness  ID - Janiva Magness   Favoriting            
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Janiva Magness  Back For Me   Favoriting Back For Me  Blue Élan Records  2025    ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Alfonzo “John” Primer was born in Camden, Mississippi, in 1945 on sharecropper land and grew up working in the fields. He migrated to Chicago with his mother in 1963 and began his blues career playing for tips on Maxwell Street. He played guitar in Willie Dixon’s Chicago Blues All-Stars and in The Muddy Waters Band. He later joined Magic Slim and the Teardrops.     
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John Primer  Born In Mississippi   Favoriting Grown In Mississippi  Blues House Productions  2025  It can't get much simpler than a voice & a guitar.  ✓    
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Johnny Burgin  ID - Johnny Burgin   Favoriting            
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John Primer  Let Me Be Your Electrician   Favoriting Grown In Mississippi  Blues House Productions  2025  John’s stepfather’s favorite song was.written by Louisiana Red. Watermelon Slim plays dobro and Steve Bell plays harp.  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 73 FUNDING DRIVE         MAKE A DONATION: CKUT.CA/DONATE CLICK THE "DONATE" BUTTON, WHEN YOU SEE "CHOOSE A SHOW TO DONATE TO" SCROLL DOWN TO "CHA CHA CHA IN BLUE"! PLEASE BE GENEROUS!     
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Sippie Wallace  The Flood Blues   Favoriting Complete Recorded Works 1923 – 1945 Vol 2 (1925-1945)  Document Records  1927  Recorded May 6, 1927 in Chicago for the Okeh Label with Dead Drunk Blues, Have You Ever Been Down, and Lazy Man Blues     
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Blind Willie McTell  Broke Down Engine   Favoriting Atlantic Blues: Guitar  Atlantic Records  1949  b. 1898-0505, THOMSON, GA     
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Blue Lu Barker  Don't You Feel My Leg   Favoriting Wild About That Thing - Ladies Sing The Blues  Delmark Records  1946  NÉE LOUISA DUPONT d. 1998-0507, NEW ORLEANS, LA 84     
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H-Bomb Ferguson  You Made Me Baby   Favoriting Shouting The Blues  Specialty Records  1953  b. 1929-0509, CHARLESTON, SC     
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Victor Wainwright  ID - Victor Wainwright   Favoriting            
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Muddy Waters  Baby Please Don't Go   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1955  Recorded May 4, 1955     
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Billy Boy Arnold  I Wish You Would   Favoriting Definitive Blues Anthology  Not Now Music  1955  Recorded May 5, 1955 with Jody Williams (guitar), Milton Rector (bass), and Earl Phillips (drums)     
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Terry Robb  ID - Terry Robb   Favoriting            
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Cornell Dupree  What Would I Do Without You   Favoriting Teasin'  Atlantic Records  1974  d. 2011-0508, FORT WORTH, TX 68     
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Albert King  Ain't Nothing You Can Do   Favoriting The Ultimate Collection  Rhino Records  1976  Recorded May 10, 1976     
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Reverend Freakchild  ID - Reverend Freakchild   Favoriting            
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A.C. Reed  These Blues Is Killing Me   Favoriting I'm In The Wrong Business  Alligator Records  1987  b. 1926-0509, WARDELL, MO     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting May 4 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Colin Perry, Peter Mika, Costa Zafiropoulos  Shake Your Can   Favoriting No Moon At All  Indie  2024  WED MAY 7 @ BAR DE COURCELLE 4685 Notre-Dame Ouest Montreal, QC H4C 1S7 https://www.facebook.com/events/3103847283098961/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  12:53pm George Akiki:

By Monday morning, I had listened twice to the show. I liked, ‘I Don’t Mind, Cheating and Lowdown Lonesome Blues’ but loved ‘Back For Me’. Awesome show sir, keep it going 👍🏼.
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