[27 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 324 views]
The Roadhouse 228

I’m warming up for a full weekend of blues at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival over the July 4th weekend. Many of the artists in this edition of The Roadhouse will take the stage in Davenport next weekend as I feed real-time reports and pictures to Roadhouse listeners. Junior Watson, Matt Schofield, Duke Robillard, Magic [...]

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Festival Quote
[3 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 32 views]

“Red beans and rice bowl, please.”

“Mild or spicy?”

“Spicy, please. Is it deadly spicy?”

“No, sir. I don’t kill no one. They got time to drag you down to the river if it’s too hot.”

Blues food, indeed.

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MVBF Interviews
[3 Jul 2009 | No Comment | 31 views]

I’ve posted the raw audio for the interviews with Bo Ramsey and Roy Rogers. These will be edited later and included in The Roadhouse. Bear in mind – this is absolutely unedited. Interruptions, background noises, stutters and stammers – it’s all there. But there’s good stuff buried beneath.

Bo Ramsey Interview
Roy Rogers Interview

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Touch base here
[30 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 61 views]

Throughout the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival (7/2 – 7/4), I’ll be posting regularly here on the site. I’ll also be posting real-time updates to Twitter and pictures to Flickr. Daily updates, show summaries and raw interview audio will be posted here.

Touch base regularly to follow live blues.

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The Roadhouse 228
[27 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 324 views]

I’m warming up for a full weekend of blues at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival over the July 4th weekend. Many of the artists in this edition of The Roadhouse will take the stage in Davenport next weekend as I feed real-time reports and pictures to Roadhouse listeners. Junior Watson, Matt Schofield, Duke Robillard, Magic Slim, and Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women make for a short festival in this edition. But, it’s no less an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 228th Roadhouse.

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The Roadhouse 227
[20 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 508 views]

It’s officially summer in the northern hemisphere. The days are as long as they’ll be all year, the temperature’s rising and blues festivals are popping up all over the country like popcorn. Accordingly, the 227th Roadhouse has a decidedly summerlike feel. Candye Kane, Byther Smith, James Wheeler, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, and Jenni Muldaur deliver on the promise I make each and every week, season and season out: another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.

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The Roadhouse 226
[13 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 625 views]

The waitresses and the bartender are working hard in this edition of The Roadhouse. The place is packed with patrons dressed to the nines, cutting loose on Saturday night before church on Sunday morning. Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Louisiana Red, Candye Kane, Zac Harmon, and The Mannish Boys lead the way for another hour of new music in The Roadhouse. It’s the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 226th Roadhouse.

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Rod and Honey
[12 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 171 views]

Rod and Honey Piazza talk about their musical backgrounds and the formation of The Mighty Flyers.

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