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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 July 27, 2025: HOT NEW SINGLES! HOT 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 with hot new singles from Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Robert Finley, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Warren Haynes, and the Blood Brothers. This week's featured new releases are from the Renovation Blues Band, Glenn Marais, JP Leblanc, Misty Blues, Devon Allman, and Little Magic Sam. In the "history" set we start in 1934 with Walter Roland and end in the near future (July 30, to be precise) with Buddy Guy. Along the way we'll hear Tampa Red, Kenny Burrell, Aretha Franklin, Classie Ballou, Morris Pejoe, Lightnin' Slim, Billy Lee Riley, Willie Dixon, Roy Milton, Freddie King, and Tony D. We'll close with a song from Dwane Dixon who'll be performing at Bistro À Jojo on Tuesday.

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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  Here's what we're doing tonight     
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HOT NEW SINGLES AVAILABLE NOW!
Christone “Kingfish” Ingram  Bad Like Me   Favoriting Hard Road  Red Zero Records  2025  GRAMMY® Award-winning blues musician Christone “Kingfish” Ingram has shared his new single, “Bad Like Me” from his upcoming album Hard Road, due via his own Red Zero Records on Friday, September 26. “‘Bad Like Me’ is definitely something different,” says Kingfish, “because everyone who knows me knows that I’m not a braggadocious person. But there ain’t nothing wrong with looking around and being like, ‘Hey man, I really dig this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uZT6CChfbE  ✓    
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Robert Finley  Helping Hand   Favoriting Helping Hand - single  Easy Eye Sound  2025  North Louisiana blues singer Robert Finley has released his new single, “Helping Hand”. Produced by longtime collaborator Dan Auerbach (Black Keys) at his Easy Eye Sound Studios in Nashville, Finley is backed by an all-star combo featuring Auerbach and fellow guitarist Barrie Cadogan (Little Barrie, Primal Scream, The The), drummer Malcolm Catto (The Heliocentrics, Madlib, DJ Shadow), bassist Tommy Brenneck, and keyboardist Ray Jacildo, along with call-and-response vocal support from his daughter, singer Christy Johnson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVx6OCbrw9k  ✓    
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Robert Jon & The Wreck  I Wanna Give It   Favoriting Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes  Journeyman Records  2025  The latest single from their upcoming album "Heartbreaks & Last Goodbyes", due Aug 22, “I Wanna Give It” tells a story of fearless love and reckless abandon – of running away with someone even when the outcome is uncertain." [Musically -sic] “I Wanna Give It” takes inspiration from long nights spent jamming with friends on a porch in the city of San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVHmYRTDU0Q  ✓    
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Warren Haynes  You Ain’t Above Me   Favoriting The Whisper Sessions  Fantasy Records  2025  GRAMMY® Award-winning vocalist, songwriter, guitar legend, producer, and Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes has released his new single “You Ain’t Above Me,” from his forthcoming album The Whisper Sessions, out September 12th via Fantasy Records. “You Ain’t Above Me” is a bluesy soul ballad about speaking up for oneself. “This stripped-down version is actually the only time I’ve ever performed it this way,” shares Haynes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2czUbcic0g  ✓    
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Blood Brothers  Help Yourself   Favoriting Help Yourself  Gulf Coast Records  2025  The Blood Brothers are Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia & this is the first single and title track from the band’s upcoming album Help Yourself, available on Sept 19th via Gulf Coast Records. “This song is fun and has some tongue-in-cheek humor to it lyrically, but deep down it’s about ‘doing the work.’ Whatever the work is for any of us, there’s a satisfaction when we’re finished.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftWJAkcGmis  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASES
  Talk Time ID         Renovation Blues Band hails from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, and has been together since 2007. After 18 years of passionate festival & club appearances they have released their 3rd album. Nail It!, featuring 16 tracks consisting of original songs and covers, including tributes to 3 of the bands favourites: Kim Wilson, Tiny Bradshaw, and Memphis Slim. The bonus EP included in the release features 6 original instrumental tracks with a variety of feels and moods.     
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Renovation Blues Band  The O-Kay Groove   Favoriting Nail It!  Indie  2025  Sean played vintage Gibson, Harmony H-62, Fender, Guild, Gretsch, and Kay guitars. Judging by the title I can only assume it was played on the vintage Kay guitar cited in the liner notes.  ✓   ㏄  
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Renovation Blues Band  Mama Likes to Barrelhouse All Night Long   Favoriting Nail It!  Indie  2025  Great cover of Bruce Cockburn’s classic “Mama Just Wants To Barrelhouse All Night Long”  ✓   ㏄  
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  Talk Time ID         Glenn has a long list of awards dating back decades but most recently: Glenn Marais and the Mojo Train were Semi-finalists in the International Blues Challenge in Memphis 2024; Glenn Marais was a Semi-finalists in the solo category for the International Blues Challenge in Memphis 2025. "'Jook: the Story of the Blues' is the culmination of a life’s work, born from personal experience with the brutality and diminishing effects of racism I endured growing up and still face today."     
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Glenn Marais  To the Grave   Favoriting Jook: The Story Of The Blues  Mojo Productions  2025  "Jook" is also the title of a play by Glenn Marais and Todd Phillips which won the prestigious 2023 Tom Hendry Award from the Playwrights Guild of Canada in the musical category.  ✓   ㏄  
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Glenn Marais  Jook   Favoriting Jook: The Story Of The Blues  Mojo Productions  2025  "Jook" (the play) is the story of Isaiah Johnson, a gifted blues musician with the voice of an angel and the fire of a demon inside a tormented soul that desires a life bigger than the southern cage of a sharecropping plantation in Mississippi. It is the story of the American Dream and one of the greatest stories, that has never been told, the great migration." https://www.canadianplayoutlet.com/products/jook-by-glenn-marais-and-todd-phillips  ✓   ㏄  
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JP Leblanc  All In My Blood - Je L'Ai Dans L'Sang   Favoriting All In My Blood - Je L'Ai Dans L'Sang  Acadian Connection  2025  The title track to his new Colin Linden-produced album https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZD4hxwnuRg  ✓   ㏄  
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Gina Coleman  ID - Gina Coleman   Favoriting            
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Misty Blues  I've Got Vices   Favoriting Other Side Of Blue  Guitar One Records  2025  Hot on the heels of her new solo release "Unequivocally Blue" last month, Gina Coleman is back with Misty Blues for their new album "Other Side Of Blue" out Friday Aug 1, 2025  ✓    
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Devon Allman  Blues Is A Feeling feat. Jimmy Hall   Favoriting The Blues Summit  Ruf Records  2025  As the title says: it’s a Blues Summit. One of the stars of this musical gathering is Jimmy Hall, who some may know as lead singer and harmonica player of southern-rock group Wet Willie or for his collaborations with Jeff Beck. Hall puts his stamp on the record almost immediately, singing and blowing up a storm on its de facto theme song, “Blues Is A Feelin’.” The track is a big, brawny, propulsively rhythmic celebration delivered by eight musicians who share an obvious passion for the blues.  ✓    
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  Talk Time ID         Little Magic Sam was the 2024 Maple Blues Award winner, "New Artist/Group of the Year"     
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Little Magic Sam  When I'm Down   Favoriting Live At The Rivoli  889458 Records DK  2025  Recorded live in concert at The Rivoli, Toronto ON, 2025 with no overdubs  ✓   ㏄  
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Little Magic Sam  Pain In My Heart   Favoriting Live At The Rivoli  889458 Records DK  2025  Little Magic Sam Taylor- Guitar, Vocals Drew Danko- Bass Ben Graffam- Drums Maia Van Raes- Piano  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Walter Roland  Every Morning Blues   Favoriting Roots N' Blues: The Retrospective, 1925-1950  Columbia Records  1934  Recorded Aug 2, 1934     
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Tampa Red  Keep On Dealin' (Play Your Hand)   Favoriting Tampa Red Vol. 7 1935-1936  Document Records  1935  Recorded July 27, 1935 plus "My Baby Said Yes", "I'm Betting On You", "Rowdy Woman Blues", and "(I Could Learn To Love You) So Good" for Bluebird.     
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Kenny Burrell  Every Day I Have The Blues   Favoriting Blues - The Common Ground  Verve Records  1968  b. 1931-0731, DETROIT, MI     
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Aretha Franklin  Today I Sing The Blues   Favoriting Jazz To Soul  Columbia Records  1960  Recorded Aug 1, 1960 in NYC     
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Rob Lutes  ID - Rob Lutes   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Classie Ballou  Classie's Whip   Favoriting Los Alamos Grind  Numero Group  1968  d. 2022-0727 WACO, TX 84 Longtime guitarist for Boozoo Chavez     
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Morris Pejoe  Let's Get High   Favoriting The United Records Story  Delmark Records  1954  d. 1982-0727, DETROIT, MI 58     
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Lightnin' Slim (Otis V. Hicks)  I'm Warning You Baby   Favoriting Louisiana Swamp Blues  Flyright Records  1962  d. 1974-0727, DETROIT, MI 61     
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Billy Lee Riley  Flyin' Saucers Rockin' Roll   Favoriting Red Hot - Billy Lee Riley At Sun Records  Charly Records  1957  d. 2009-0802, JONESBORO, AR 75     
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Willie Dixon  29 Ways   Favoriting The Chess Box: Willie Dixon  Chess Records  1956  Recorded July 27, 1956     
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Roy Milton  Information Blues   Favoriting Roy Milton Greatest Hits  Lionfish Music  1950  b. 1907-0731, WYNNEWOOD, OK     
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Freddie King  The Stumble   Favoriting Screaming and Crying  Fantastic Voyage  1969  Recorded July 30, 1969     
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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Tony D (Diteodora)  Kings   Favoriting Electric Delta  Cordova Bay Records  2024  b. 1962-0801, PESCARA, ITALY    ㏄  
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Buddy Guy  How Blues Is That feat. Joe Walsh   Favoriting Ain’t Done With The Blues  Silvertone Records  2025  b. 1936-0730, LETTSWORTH, LA His new cd launches on his birthday!  ✓    
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting July 27 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Dwane Dixon  Whiskey You Don't Lie   Favoriting Betting on a Gambling Man  Indie  2019  TUES JULY 29, 2025 AT BISTRO À JOJO 1627 St-Denis, Montreal, Qc H2X 3K3 https://www.bistroajojo.com/livemusic    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  11:31pm George Akiki:

I felt the new releases were mostly and mainly easy going blues, not slow and smooth, with a sparkling of variety.
You keep me listening and intrigued every week!
Nice show 👍🏼
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