CKUT: Cha Cha Cha In Blue: Playlist from October 19, 2025

Cha Cha Cha In Blue : Playlist from October 19, 2025

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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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October 19, 2025: THE LATEST 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 with the latest blues singles from The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra feat. Willy Jordan, Luther Dickinson, Eddie 9V, Miss Emily, Rory Block, The British Bluescasting Corporation, and Orianthi. This week's featured new releases are from Ross Neilsen and Jon Hines. Joe Bonamassa has also dropped SIX MORE SINGLES from his epic tribute album "B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100".Tonight we'll present the contributions by Gary Clark Jr. and Paul Rogers. The "history" part starts in 1930 with Barbecue Bob and continues with Muddy Waters, Johnny Shines, Johnny Moore's Three Blazers, T-Bone Walker, Smiley Lewis, Willie Mabon, Magic Sam, Clarence Hollimon, Zuzu Bollin, Dwight Yoakam, and Leslie West. We'll close with a song from Alec McElcheran who will be appearing with his trio at Bistro À Jojo on Thursday.

(✓ = new, ㏄ = CanCon)

Artist	Track	Album	Label	Year	Comments
INTRO
Harry Manx	ID - Harry Manx						㏄
Junior Wells/Talk	Cha Cha Cha In Blue	Messin' With The Kid	Charly Records	1957	Tonight's agenda
HOT SINGLES IN YOUR AREA!
The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra feat. Willy Jordan	Secret	Secret - single	Blue Dot Records	2025	SECRET is about a man who realizes he’s sick of his lowly ways of lying, and cheating, and sneaking around, only to play second fiddle in a dead end dalliance with another man’s woman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCX_SECWOjwX8Yig	✓
Luther Dickinson	One Kind Favor ft. Datrian Johnson	Dead Blues Vol. 1	Strolling Bones Records	2025	This is a set of blues standards performed by the Grateful Dead at various times in their extensive career, now reinterpreted by Luther Dickinson. The backstory is that in 2013, the Grateful Dead’s late bassist Phil Lesh invited Dickinson and brother Cody to tour with his Phil & Friends outfit. Neither brother was familiar with the San Francisco band’s music, making this a revelatory experience. As Luther says in this disc’s promotional notes “The record reflects Phil’s wild musical spirit and approach to re-interpretation.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBDJVPidrc4	✓
Eddie 9V	Love Moves Slow feat. Melt (Acoustic)	Love Moves Slow - single	Ruf Records	2025	Eddie 9V about the acoustic version: When I originally wrote "Love Moves Slow", I argued for it not to go on the record. I had no intention of it blowing up to be our biggest song. Now since it’s been out, it has grown on me. We wanted to put out a stripped down version and we couldn’t think of a better band to collaborate with other than NYC’s Melt. We told them not to listen to the original version so they could definitely put their sauce on it. I’m stoked for everyone to hear it." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUdNxGTax3U	✓
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Miss Emily	ID - Miss Emily
Miss Emily	Solid Ground	The Medicine	Gypsy Soul Records	2025	Solid Ground is a message written for her young daughter during one of the hardest times in Miss Emily’s life. “It’s one of the oldest songs on my new album,” she says. “It was written when my daughter was very young. We were very poor; I had no financial support and no close family nearby. There was so much I couldn’t give her, but I knew I had all the love in the world for her and somehow, I’d find a way to make her feel secure. This song is that promise to her.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMohLah6uxs	✓	㏄
Rory Block	High Heel Sneakers Blues	Heavy On The Blues	M.C. Records	2025	The premiere video from Rory Block record "Heavy On The Blues" is a cover of Tommy Tucker's 1963 hit single, High Heel Sneakers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoN1vIyTn-k	✓
The British Bluescasting Corporation	Saints And Sinners	Saints And Sinners	Blues Corp.	2025	Their first album, High Horse, was Top 20 in both IBBA and Roots Music charts, received international airplay & won rave reviews. Building on that success comes Saints & Sinners, 12 new tracks featuring the regular line-up of Bob Cranham - Ben Keen - Barry Cook - Dave Williamson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeJyLLEIB0U	✓
Orianthi	Dark Days Are Gone	Some Kind of Feeling	Woodward Avenue Records	2025	The fifth single taken from Orianthi’s latest studio album Some Kind of Feeling. Dark Days Are Gone is the story of a woman about to tell a man she’s done with his BS and moving on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOLzMiEpN5Y	✓
FEATURED NEW RELEASES
	Talk Time ID				In 2007 Ross Neilsen traded his house for a hatchback and hit the road. Since then, he has logged over a million kilometers and played thousands of shows across North America, from Louisiana swamps to Beale Street and back again. Now based in Saskatoon, Ross continues to perform across Canada.
Ross Neilsen	Road To Memphis	Within Tension	Indie	2025	A multiple award winner and two time International Blues Challenge semifinalist, it makes sense that His latest album, Within Tension, was recorded at the legendary Sam Phillips Recording Services in Memphis.	✓	㏄
Ross Neilsen	Salt And Sea	Within Tension	Indie	2025	WITHIN TENSION is the seventh studio album from Ross Neilsen. The album was born over four days at the historic Sam Phillips Recording Services with a handpicked crew of top-tier Memphis musicians.	✓	㏄
	Talk Time ID				Jon Hines is a Cape Breton based, Canadian blues musician who has partnered with Godin Guitars, Black Mountain Picks and Wild Dog StompBoxes.
Jon Hines	Working Man	Memphis Sun	Indie	2025	Fresh off a two month Australian tour, Hines is a two time winner of the East Coast Blues Society, “Maritime to Memphis” blues challenge, where he represented Atlantic Canada in Memphis, Tennessee during the International Blues Challenge, placing as a semi finalist in 2025 band category.	✓	㏄
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Bywater Call	ID - Bywater Call						㏄
Jon Hines	Until The Wheels	Memphis Sun	Indie	2025	Hines is also a Blues Recording Artist of the Year award recipient for Music Nova Scotia and a two-time ECMA nominated artist for Blues Recording of the Year. He recently released his first band recording "Memphis Sun".	✓	㏄
	Talk Time ID				Following the powerful launch of B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100 last month – to celebrate B.B. King’s 100th birthday – Joe Bonamassa returned Friday with the next six songs [Vol. II] of the landmark tribute project. New songs from the 32-track album will continue to roll out each month leading up to the full release on February 6th, 2026, in digital, double CD, and triple vinyl formats. The remaining tracks released were: Bad Case Of Love feat. Joanne Shaw Taylor, I’ll Survive feat. Keb’ Mo’, So Excited feat. Aloe Blacc, and Think It Over feat. Train & Chris Buck
Joe Bonamassa	Chains And Things feat. Gary Clark Jr.	B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100	KTBA Records	2025	At the heart of Vol. II is “Chains And Things,” featuring Gary Clark Jr. “I reached out to Gary early in the planning and threw out this tune and he immediately said it was his favorite (especially the Live in Japan version),” says Josh Smith, Co-Producer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpHFhTIfTME	✓
Joe Bonamassa	Night Life feat. Paul Rodgers	B.B. King’s Blues Summit 100	KTBA Records	2025	“We had tracked Night Life to pitch to Paul and he came back to us asking for the Blues Is King version,” Josh Smith recalls. “I loved that because it showed a true love for the original, and Blues Is King is my personal favorite B.B. live album.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTuRNv-GTeo	✓
COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
	Talk Time ID				This Week In Blues History
Barbecue Bob	Monkey and the Baboon	Presenting Barbecue Bob	Columbia Phonograph Company	1930	d. 1931-1021, LITHONIA, GA 29 combination of tuberculosis and pneumonia brought on by influenza
Muddy Waters	Louisiana Blues	The Chess Box	Chess Records	1950	Recorded Oct 23, 1950
Johnny Shines	Joliet Blues	Chess Blues 1947-1952	Chess Records	1950	Recorded Oct 23, 1950
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Mitch Woods	ID - Mitch Woods
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	Blazers Boogie	The Cocktail Combos	Capitol Records	1946	b. 1906-1020, AUSTIN, TX
T-Bone Walker	Vida Lee	The Imperial Blues Years	Not Now Music	1953	Recorded Oct 21, 1953
T-Bone Walker	Bye Bye Baby	The Imperial Blues Years	Not Now Music	1953	Recorded Oct 21, 1953
Smiley Lewis	One Night	Definitive Blues Anthology	Not Now Music	1955	Recorded Oct 25, 1955
Willie Mabon	Something For Nothing	Chicago Blues Of The 1960's	Paula Records	1964	b. 1925-1024, HOLLYWOOD,TN
Magic Sam	Easy Baby	Legacy	Delmark Records	1968	Recorded Oct 23, 1968 plus "What Have I Done Wrong", "I Just Want A Little Bit", and "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" in Chicago at Sound Studio with Mighty Joe Young, guitar, Eddie Shaw, tenor sax, Lafayette Leake, piano, Mac Thompson, bass, & Odie Payne, Jr., drums
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Marcus Trummer	ID - Marcus Trummer						㏄
Clarence Hollimon	Blues For Carol	Blues Guitar Spotlight	Black Top Records	1992	b. 1937-1024, HOUSTON, TX Carol Fran b. 1933-1023, LAFAYETTE, LA
Zuzu Bollin	Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night?	Texas Bluesman	Antone's Records & Tapes	1991	d. 1990-1019, DALLAS, TX 68
Dwight Yoakam	I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide	Sharp Dressed Men: A Tribute to ZZ Top	RCA Records	2002	b. 1956-1023, PIKESVILLE, KY
Leslie West	Don't Start Me Talkin'	Blues to Die For	Shrapnel Records	2003	b. 1945-1022, QUEENS, NY
WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
	Talk Time ID				Live blues/roots for the week starting OCT 19 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/
Alec McElcheran	Just Wasn't Your Day	A Year Of Someday	Indie	2023	THU OCT 23 @ BISTRO À JOJO 1627 St-Denis, Montreal, Qc H2X 3K3 https://www.bistroajojo.com/livemusic		㏄

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