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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.

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Favoriting November 23, 2025: FATHER'N'SON ARE GOING TO MEMPHIS! 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 new singles by the Altered Five Blues Band, Spencer Mackenzie, Dylan Triplett, Mike Finnigan, Tyler Bryant, and our own Jesse Creatchman. Our featured new release this week is by Toronto's Lily Sazz. I have a conversation with Father 'N' Son, winners of the Montreal Blues Society's Quebec-To-Memphis contest about their upcoming trip and their new album. The "history" part starts with a couple of Robert Johnson tunes and continues with Dr. Isaiah Ross, Big Joe Turner, H-Bomb Ferguson, R.L. Burnside, Albert Collins, Dawn Tyler Watson, Shakura S'Aida, and Mike DeWay. We'll close with a song from Steve Strongman who will perform an acoustic show at Studio Victor sponsored by Godin Guitars on Thursday, along with special guest Justin Saladino.

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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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HOT NEW SINGLES IN YOUR AREA!
Altered Five Blues Band  I Got It Good   Favoriting Hammer & Chisel  Blind Pig Records  2025  Milwaukee quintet Altered Five Blues Band returns with their eighth studio album, Hammer & Chisel out February 27 on Blind Pig Records & shared the first single I Got It Good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ercmnE5-JQw  ✓    
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Spencer Mackenzie  Frozen Hearts   Favoriting Empty Chairs  Gypsy Soul Records  2025  JUNO nominated and Maple Blues Award winner Spencer Mackenzie just released “Frozen Hearts”, his third single from his upcoming studio album Empty Chairs due Feb 20, 2026 on Gypsy Soul Records. "I wrote Frozen Hearts as a personal tribute honouring the victims of residential schools,” says Spencer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88lISrG5_-A  ✓   ㏄  
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Dylan Triplett  Can’t Run From It   Favoriting Can’t Run From It – single  Red Zero Records  2025  St. Louis, MO-based Dylan Triplett is the first signing to Christone “Kingfish” Ingram’s Red Zero Records and is making his label debut with the release of the new single, “Can’t Run From It,” as well as an acoustic version, preceding his full-length album due in 2026. About the song “Can’t Run From It” Dylan says, "You can’t outrun what’s real. The only way forward is to face it and do the work." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEIOUTyY_c  ✓    
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Mike Finnigan  20 Years of B.B. King feat Joe Bonamassa   Favoriting 20 Years of B.B. King - single  Forty Below Records  2025  The debut track from the upcoming posthumous Mike Finnigan album, scheduled for release in March and highlighting his blues-focused artistry. His career included hundreds of studio and live credits with major artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bonnie Raitt, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and Joe Cocker. This song, written by Curtis Salgado and Dave Duncan, puts a clever spin on the blues tradition, featuring the lyric “I learned more about the blues from two weeks with you, than 20 years of B.B. King.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmcCcbjI9rM  ✓    
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Tyler Bryant  Mama Like To Rock   Favoriting Mama Like To Rock - single  Crosstie Recordings  2025  Tyler Bryant has released his third solo single, “Mama Like To Rock,” along with an official music video, co-written with his wife, GRAMMY Award winner Rebecca Lovell of Larkin Poe. The song began on a nylon-string guitar inherited from Rebecca’s grandfather, a sentimental instrument central to their writing process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWSR_YZcsJM  ✓    
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Jesse Creatchman  Fairytale Blues   Favoriting Fairytale Blues - Single  Indie  2025  Montreal’s Jesse Creatchman returns with Fairytale Blues, a folk-blues ballad from the 12-bar dungeon. It's a tale of enchantment, liberation, and revenge and features Jim Zeller on harp, Dwane Dixon on guitar and Marjo's rhythm section. Produced by Tom Shemerr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Mcp77WodE  ✓   ㏄  
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Bywater Call  ID - Bywater Call   Favoriting           ㏄  
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Father 'N' Son  Goodbye   Favoriting Night Time For Sinners  Indie  2025  FnS will represent Quebec at the IBC in Memphis in January! Stay tuned for our conversation and more music.  ✓   ㏄  
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FATHER 'N' SON TAKE AIM AT MEMPHIS
  Father 'N' Son interview         Help FnS get to Memphis! https://fathernson.one/ https://fathernsonblues.bandcamp.com/ (The next Bandcamp Friday is December 5, 2025.) Go Fund Me for Father 'n' Son https://www.gofundme.com/f/mbs-quebec-a-memphis-2026-categorie-soloduo    ㏄  
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Father 'N' Son  Lucky 7   Favoriting Night Time For Sinners  Indie  2025  FATHER 'N' SON SPECIAL IBC FUNDRAISER: FRIDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2025 AT 8 PM AT Le Saint-Luc 1045 Route Marie-Victorin, Verchères, QC J0L 2R0 https://www.facebook.com/events/1371947251316200/  ✓   ㏄  
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Father 'N' Son  ID - Father 'N' Son   Favoriting            
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Father 'N' Son  Mississippi Blues   Favoriting Night Time For Sinners  Indie  2025  FATHER 'N' SON SPECIAL IBC FUNDRAISER: SUNDAY DEC 7, 2025 AT 4 PM. AT L'Albatros, Brasserie artisanale 2928 Chemin Ste-Marie, Mascouche, QC J7K 1N7 https://www.facebook.com/events/2002572177202711/  ✓   ㏄  
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FEATURED NEW RELEASE
  Talk Time ID         Lily Sazz’s first solo album “What Just Happened” was released on Oct 24, 2025 and is available via Bandcamp and all the usual streaming platforms. Among the many guests appearing on her debut are Colin Linden – slide guitar, Harry Manx – slide guitar and vocals, Suzie Vinnick – acoustic & electric guitar and Steve Marriner https://www.lilysazz.com/     
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Lily Sazz  I Can't Jam   Favoriting What Just Happened  Indie  2025  Special guest Mike Branton (guitar, background vocal) Scott Apted (drums, tambourine, background vocal), Wayne DeAdder (bass, background vocal), Lily Sazz (piano, vocal). “I Can’t Jam” was a late addition, written just before it was recorded. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It’s ironic. And I can’t remember having more fun recording a song. I’m so glad to have feminist male musician friends who got the irony and played their parts perfectly! A kickass performance that’s perfect in its spontaneous imperfection. Don’t miss the devolution of the jam and the punchline at the very end.  ✓   ㏄  
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Lily Sazz  Future Me   Favoriting What Just Happened  Indie  2025  Special guest Darcy Hepner (tenor saxophone) Robin Pirson (drums), Carrie Clark (bass), Lily Sazz (piano, vocal). "I finally wrote a love song for my beloved, Paul Fayter. Paul, this one’s for you. Sorry I couldn’t be completely serious, and I still haven’t got that tattoo."  ✓   ㏄  
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COMMEMORATING THIS WEEK IN BLUES HISTORY
  Talk Time ID         This Week In Blues History     
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Robert Johnson  Phonograph Blues (Take 1)   Favoriting The Complete Recordings  Columbia Records  1936  Recorded Nov 23, 1936 plus Kind Hearted Woman Blues, (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom, Sweet Home Chicago, Rambling On My Mind, When You Got A Good Friend, Come On In My Kitchen, and Terraplane Blues     
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Robert Johnson  They're Red Hot   Favoriting The Complete Recordings  Columbia Records  1936  Recorded Nov 27, 1936 plus They're Red Hot, Dead Shrimp Blues, Cross Road Blues, Walking Blues, Last Fair Deal Gone Down, Preaching Blues, and If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day.     
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Dr. Isaiah Ross  Dr. Ross' Boogie   Favoriting Chess Blues 1947-1952  Chess Records  1951  Recorded Nov 29, 1951     
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Big Joe Turner  Life Is A Card Game   Favoriting Shouting The Blues  Specialty Records  1949  d. 1985-1124, INGLEWOOD, CA 74     
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H-Bomb Ferguson  You Made Me Baby   Favoriting Shouting The Blues  Specialty Records  1953  d. 2006-1126, BLUE ASH, OH 77     
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Mitch Woods  ID - Mitch Woods   Favoriting            
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R.L. Burnside  See What My Buddy Done   Favoriting Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down  Fat Possum Records  2000  b. 1926-1123, HARMAN TOWN, MS     
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Albert Collins  I Got A Mind To Travel   Favoriting There's Gotta Be A Change  Tumbleweed Records Inc  1971  d. 1993-1124, LAS VEGAS, NV 61     
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Dawn Tyler Watson  ID - Dawn Tyler Watson   Favoriting            
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Dawn Tyler Watson  This And That   Favoriting Mad Love  Indie  2019  b. 1963-1124, MANCHESTER, ENGLAND Happy Birthday, DAWN!    ㏄  
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Shakura S'Aida  Glad for Today   Favoriting Hold On To Love  Indie  2022  b. 19XX-1128, BROOKLYN, NY    ㏄  
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Mike DeWay  Je Suis Cool !   Favoriting Turbulence  Production Bluesenville  2011  b. 1955-1125 QUEBEC, QC Bonne fête!    ㏄  
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WHERE IT'S AT (MONTREAL EDITION)
  Talk Time ID         Live blues/roots for the week starting NOV 23 (and beyond). The full list is on the blog https://ckut.ca/music/     
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Steve Strongman  Haven't Seen It Yet   Favoriting A Natural Fact  Indie  2012  THURS NOV 27 W/ Justin Saladino @ Studio Victor 1050 Rue Lacasse, Montréal, QC H4C 2Z3 https://www.facebook.com/events/1385912319919320/ & SAT NOV 29 W/ Otis Ali Blues Band @ Gentilly En Blues - Salle Yvon Guimond 1500 Avenue des Galaxies, Bécancour, QC G9H 4K2 https://www.facebook.com/events/1154702106127276/    ㏄  
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Listener chat!

  9:18am George Akiki:

Very nice show sir John,
Mike Finnigan’s 20 years of B.B.King was very good and funny. 😁
Keep up the good work 👍🏼
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