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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 June 8, 2025: NIGHT OF THE 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 remind you that although the funding drive is over it's never too late to give! You know what to do. Now let's start the show. It's a night of new releases! We've got the latest singles from Dyer Davis, Joanne Shaw Taylor, A.J. Croce, and Walter Trout plus songs from new albums by Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars, Bob Stroger, Emma Wilson, Alison Joy Williams, Reverend Freakchild, Dave Specter, Gina Coleman, The Alexis P. Suter Band, and Sean Poluk. In the "history" set we go back more than a hundred years for a 1923 recording by Bessie Smith followed by Bo Carter, The Nite Owls, Junior Wells, Howlin' Wolf, Monster Mike Welch, Boz Scaggs, Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Barrence Whitfield, and Derek Trucks. You'll have 2 opportunities to see Pat Loiselle this week - Wednesday at Brutopia and Friday at Smoke Meat Pete. Of course you'll hear him here, too.

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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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NIGHT OF THE NEW RELEASES - PART 1
Lisa Mann's Northwestern All-Stars  I Sing The Blues   Favoriting Lisa Mann & Groove Now Present The Great Women In Blues Featuring Terrie Odabi  JayRay Records  2025  Since 2010, Patrick Kaiser has hand-selected premier blues artists to perform at the world renowned Groove Now concert series and asked for a tribute to the great women of blues to be among the three nights of shows booked at the historic Atlantis Basel music hall in Switzerland. “I Sing The Blues” was originally performed by Etta James in 1992.  ✓    
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Bob Stroger & The Headcutters  Thinking And Drinking   Favoriting Bob Is Back  Delmark Records  2025  From the second album as a leader on DELMARK RECORDS, and the second with Bob’s favorite Brazilian blues partners, The Headcutters.  ✓    
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Emma Wilson  I Want To Be Loved   Favoriting A Spoonful Of Willie Dixon  Select-O-Hits  2025  Her 3rd Album shows her deep appreciation for Willie Dixon and it was recorded live in Sheffield, England in one day.  ✓    
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Alison Joy Williams  I Ain’t Easy To Love   Favoriting How You Look At Things  Indie  2025  Gives a gentlemen a simple warning that looks don’t always tell the story of who a lady is.  ✓    
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  AD TRACK 26 Suoni              
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Dyer Davis  ID - Dyer Davis   Favoriting            
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Dyer Davis  Have Mercy   Favoriting Kiss The Ring  Big Wing Records  2025  "Have Mercy ... discusses the way I feel about myself, and is written as a message to both God and my wife to have mercy on me. I have a lot of internal battles that I deal with, and sometimes I’m not great at keeping them internal." The full album drops Friday June 13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHHChQFUKCM  ✓    
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Joanne Shaw Taylor  Love Lives Here   Favoriting Black & Gold  Journeyman Records  2025  Brit blues-rocker celebrates the release of her new cd with a cover of a classic Faces song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrFKYjE9TYY  ✓    
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A.J. Croce  Turned Around   Favoriting Heart of the Eternal  BMG Rights Management  2025  “Writing the lyrics to ‘Turned Around’ began as a songwriting exercise. I was attempting to make sense out of nonsense. Each verse strings together a story via connecting oxymorons. When there wasn’t an existing oxymoron, then I made one up the way Ogden Nash or Roger Miller made up rhymes when none existed.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljYNh_6JsDM  ✓    
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Walter Trout  Artificial   Favoriting Sign Of The Times  Provogue  2025  First single from new album due Sept 5, 2025. “We got artificial photos, artificial music, you could go on and on,” says Walter Trout. “I’m freaked out by AI. I read articles about how it’s gonna do all these wonderful things in the medical world. Then I hear Bill Gates say that eighty percent of jobs are gonna disappear. What happens then?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXncWfav44c  ✓    
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NIGHT OF THE NEW RELEASES - PART 2
  Talk Time ID         Catching up on all this info     
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Reverend Freakchild  Big Boss Man   Favoriting A Bluesman Of Sorts  Treated And Released Records  2025  Reverend Freakchild creates the illusion that he died and describes “A Bluesman of Sorts” as a “posthumous retrospective collection” Here's his unique take on a Jimmy Reed classic.  ✓    
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Dave Specter  Bluebird Blues   Favoriting Live At Space  Delmark Records  2025  Classic John Lee Sonny Boy Williamson with Brother John Kattke on vcl & keys; recorded March 19th, 2024, at SPACE  ✓    
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  Masters at Work              
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Gina Coleman  ID - Gina Coleman   Favoriting            
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Gina Coleman  Stoop Stomp   Favoriting Unequivocally Blue  Guitar One Records  2025  This album was recorded within an hour of Gina returning from her mother’s funeral. She hit an unexpected snow storm coming back from the service, resulting in a 9 hour drive to the studio taking 18 hours. She was up for 40+ hours when her final vocals were recorded.  ✓    
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The Alexis P. Suter Band  Just Stay High   Favoriting Just Stay High  NOLA Blue Records  2025  A slow, gospel-infused blues from one of Levon Helm’s favorite singers  ✓    
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Sean Poluk  You Go I Go   Favoriting Gamut  Indie  2025  This is the sixth studio album from Sudbury native Sean Poluk  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Bessie Smith  Lady Luck Blues   Favoriting The Complete Recordings Volume 1 (1923-1924)  Columbia Records  1923  Records Recorded June 14, 1923 in NYC with Fletcher Henderson on piano     
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Bo Carter  West Jackson Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1930  Recorded June 10. 1930     
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The Nite Owls  Memphis Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1938  Recorded June 12, 1938 in Dallas, Texas for Vocalion     
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  AD TRACK 13. Zamalek_Freestyle_30 Sec              
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  AD TRACK 24 Spirit Walk Ad_English              
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Reverend Peyton  ID - Reverend Peyton   Favoriting            
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Junior Wells  Tomorrow Night   Favoriting Blues Hit Big Town, the 1953-54 Recordings  Delmark Records  1953  Recorded June 8, 1953 with Johnny Jones, Elmore James, and Odie Payne     
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Howlin' Wolf  Howlin’ Wolf Talks #2   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1968       
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Howlin' Wolf  I'm The Wolf   Favoriting The Chess Box  Chess Records  1954  b. 1910-0610, WEST POINT, MS     
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  AD TRACK 25 Spirit Walk Ad_Inuk              
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  AD TRACK 27 Initial Shock              
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Vaneese Thomas  ID - Vaneese Thomas   Favoriting            
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Monster Mike Welch  Walking To You Baby   Favoriting Nothing But Time  Gulf Coast Records  2023  b. 1979-0611, LEXINGTON, MA     
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Boz Scaggs  I've Just Got To Know   Favoriting Out Of The Blues  Concord Records  2018  b. 1944-0608, CANTON, OH     
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Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd  Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do)   Favoriting Young Fashioned Ways  Deep Rush Records  2025  Kenny Wayne Shepherd b. 1977-0612, SHREVEPORT, LA     
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Barrence Whitfield and The Savages  Dust On My Needle   Favoriting Let's Lose It  Stony Plain Records  1990  b. 1955-0613, JACKSONVILLE, FL     
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The Derek Trucks Band  Something to Make You Happy   Favoriting Already Free  Sony Music Entertainment  2009  b. 1979-0608, JACKSONVILLE, FL     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting June 8 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Pat Loiselle  Dreaming of My Cheesecake   Favoriting Sonny Boy Gumbo's Blues  Indie  2015  WED JUNE 11 @ BRUTOPIA https://www.brutopia.net/ FRIDAY JUNE 13 @ SMOKE MEAT PETE https://www.facebook.com/Smoke-Meat-Pete-227070167344264/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  11:25am George Akiki:

Sir John, very nice show.
Monster Mike, I remember him when he was starring out as a young kid.
I believe Dan Aykroyd gave him that name.
Keep up the great work. 👍🏼
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