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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 November 16, 2025: GRAMMY NOMINEES! 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 congratulate the 2026 GRAMMY nominees - well, as many as I could include in the show - Buddy Guy, Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’, Maria Muldaur, Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Robert Randolph, Eric Gales, Southern Avenue, and Samantha Fish. Apologies to Charlie Musselwhite & Joe Bonamassa. This week's crop of new singles yielded 11 Guys Quartet, Lloyd Spiegel, Laurence Jones, Little Feat, Pat Smillie, Rosie's Smokehouse Deluxe, and Danny Bryant. This week's featured new release is the double-sided single from Danny Marks. The "history" part starts in 1926 with a song by Sippie Wallace and continues with Coleman Hawkins, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Deberry, Junior Parker, Ruth Brown, B.B. King, Dr. John, Hubert Sumlin, Wee Willie Walker, Chris Cain, and The Allman Brothers Band. We'll close with a song from Mr Pinstripes who'll be at Smoke Meat Pete on Saturday.

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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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CONGRATULATIONS GRAMMY NOMINEES
Buddy Guy  How Blues Is That (feat. Joe Walsh)   Favoriting Ain't Done With The Blues  Silvertone Records  2025  Nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. ALSO: Happy Birthday, Joe Walsh b. 1947-1120, WICHITA, KS     
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Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’  Junkyard Dog   Favoriting Room On The Porch  Concord Records  2025  Nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. The 2026 GRAMMY Awards take place Sunday, February 1, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.     
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Maria Muldaur  What Makes You Act Like That? feat. Elvin Bishop   Favoriting One Hour Mama: The Blues of Victoria Spivey  NOLA Blue Records  2025  Nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album. The ceremony will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on demand on Paramount+ but don't expect to see the Blues categories on the TV broadcast.     
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Bobby Rush & Kenny Wayne Shepherd  Hey Baby (What Are We Gonna Do)   Favoriting Young Fashioned Ways  Deep Rush Records  2025  Nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album.     
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Father 'N' Son  ID - Father 'N' Son   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Robert Randolph  Big Women   Favoriting Preacher Kids  Sun Records  2025  Nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album.     
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Eric Gales  You Shouldn’t Have Left Me   Favoriting A Tribute To LJK  Provogue  2025  Nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album.     
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Southern Avenue  Rum Boogie   Favoriting Family  Alligator Records  2025  Nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album.     
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Samantha Fish  Can Ya Handle The Heat   Favoriting Paper Doll  Rounder Records  2025  Nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album.     
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HOT NEW SINGLES!
  Talk Time ID         Background on these singles     
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11 Guys Quartet  Off The Rails   Favoriting Off The Rails - single  Vizztone Label Group  2025  An instrumental workout from 11 Guys Quartet. "Off the Rails" features Richard “Rosy” Rosenblatt's first attempt to play one of Will Wilde's "Wilde-Tuned" harps. The tuning is optimized for draw bends, with all root notes landing on a draw note in all three octaves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36vzl5iMq-E  ✓    
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Lloyd Spiegel  Alligator Shoes   Favoriting Alligator Shoes - single  Indie  2025  Fourteen-time Australian Blues Award winner Lloyd Spiegel previously recorded this song with trio “A’Court, Spiegel and Vinnick” for a 2023 Canadian tour, This version was recorded live in one room at RBD Studios (Melbourne, Australia). Lloyd performs on his signature Cole Clark True Hybrid — a specially designed hybrid guitar to blend acoustic, electric and bass sounds from his guitar at once. The only overdubs were Lisa Baird’s secondary trombone lines. The final product is the 3rd take. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTuymMAaaRI  ✓    
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Laurence Jones  One Life   Favoriting On My Own  Ron Records  2025  “One Life” is the second single from Laurence Jones most personal project to date, his first ever solo acoustic album, On My Own, due for release January 23, 2026, on his own label, RON RECORDS, in memory of his late grandad and best friend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHY_SAYM1Ac  ✓    
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Little Feat  Feathers and a Smile feat Inara George   Favoriting Feathers And A Smile - single  Hot Tomato  2025  A previously unreleased song from “Crazy Captain Gunboat Willie Suite”, the band’s debut. Written by band co-founder Lowell George, it features Bill Payne on piano and vocals, Scott Sharrad on Dobro, Fred Tackett on mandolin, alongside vocals from Lowell George’s daughter Inara George. They also announced that “The Last Farewell Tour” begins next year as they begin their retirement process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvmXvRegs3g  ✓    
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Pat Smillie  Wide Open Heart   Favoriting Wide Open Heart – single  Fat Bank Music  2025  PAT SMILLIE’S new single “WIDE OPEN HEART” finds the singer returning to the blues. Pat says, "This is just a fun song about good love!"  ✓    
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Rosie's Smokehouse Deluxe  Hellhounds On My Trail   Favoriting Wind Of Change  MoMojo Records  2025  "Hellhounds On My Trail" is the second single off Rosie's Smokehouse Deluxe's upcoming second album "Wind Of Change" due out in early 2026 and is available now on all major streaming platforms.  ✓    
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Danny Bryant  Tougher Now   Favoriting Tougher Now - single  Jazzhaus Recxords  2025  British blues rock guitarist Danny Bryant has unveiled the official music video for his new single, “Tougher Now.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQWyEXzc40  ✓    
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FEATURED NEW RELEASE
  Talk Time ID         Toronto-born musician, broadcaster, and storyteller Danny Marks releases his new double-sided single “One Way Ticket Home” b/w “Please Mister Conductor”, out now through Cabbagetunes Records.     
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Danny Marks  One Way Ticket Home   Favoriting One Way Ticket Home - single  Cabbagetunes  2025  The A-side, “One Way Ticket Home”, was born from a personal chapter of resilience following a devastating house fire.  ✓   ㏄  
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Danny Marks  Please Mr Conductor   Favoriting Please Mr Conductor  Cabbagetunes  2025  The B-side, “Please Mister Conductor” is based on a true story of jumping aboard a train to Hamilton to sing with Lori Yates.  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Sippie Wallace  I'm a Mighty Tight Woman   Favoriting The Ultimate Dirty Blues Collection  Grammercy Europe  1926  Recorded Nov 20, 1926     
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Coleman Hawkins  Blues Changes   Favoriting The Big Three: Hawkins, Young, Webster  Sony Music Special Products  1943  b. 1901-1121, ST. JOSEPH, MO     
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Robert Jr. Lockwood  (I'm Gonna) Dig Myself A Hole   Favoriting Chicago Is Just That Way  JSP Records  1951  d. 2006-1121, CLEVELAND, OH 91     
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Jimmy Deberry  Time Has Made A Change   Favoriting Black Music Originals Vol. 1  Sun Records  1953  b. 1911-1117, GUMWOOD, AR     
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Little Junior's Blue Flames  Feelin' Good   Favoriting The Sun Records Anthology  Not Now Music  1953  Little Junior Parker d. 1971-1118, BLUE ISLAND, IL 39 He died in Blue Island, IL during surgery for a brain tumor.     
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Ruth Brown  This Little Girl's Gone Rockin'   Favoriting Top 100 Classics - The Very Best of the 1950's, Vol. 4  GRR Music  1958  d. 2006-1117, HENDERSON, NV 78     
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B.B. King  Every Day I Have The Blues   Favoriting King Of The Blues  MCA Records  1964  Recorded Nov 21, 1964     
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Reverend Freakchild  ID - Reverend Freakchild   Favoriting            
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Dr. John  Jump Sturdy   Favoriting Gris Gris  ATCO Records  1969  MALCOLM JOHN REBENNACK JR. b. 1940-1121, NEW ORLEANS, LA     
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Hubert Sumlin  Blues Is Here to Stay   Favoriting Blues Guitar Boss  JSP Records  1990  b. 1931-1116, GREENWOOD, MS     
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Wee Willie Walker & The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra  I Don't Want to Know   Favoriting After a While  Blue Dot Records  2017  Wee Willie Walker d. 2019-1119 St. PAUL, MN 77     
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Chris Cain  Bad Dream   Favoriting Good Intentions Gone Bad  Alligator Records  2024  b. 1955-1119, SAN JOSE, CA     
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The Allman Brothers Band  Statesboro Blues   Favoriting Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics  Rhino Records  1971  Duane Allman b. 1946-1120, NASHVILLE, TN     
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting NOV 16 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Mr Pinstripes  Oh Someday   Favoriting Oh Someday - single  9141419 Records DK  2025  SAT NOV 22 @ SMOKE MEAT PETE 283 1er Rue Île-Perrot, QC, Canada J7V 5A1 https://www.facebook.com/Smoke-Meat-Pete-227070167344264/  ✓   ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  7:53pm George Akiki:

I was very pleased with the line up of songs. I went walking in the afternoon listening to the show and noticed I had extra pep in my step. I felt very good at the end of my walk.
Great show sir John. 👍🏼
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