It’s a blues rock edition of The Roadhouse, complete with some great harder cuts from Jason Ricci, Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, Oli Brown, Time Bomb. This is about as rock as we’re ever gonna get in The Roadhouse, but it does make for an upbeat and pretty powerful hour of the finest blues—rock—you’ve never heard [...]
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A nice video introduction to an artist with amazingly strong pipes and a killer band.

True pioneers of Chicago blues – Muddy Waters and James Cotton – performing “Got My Mojo Working” in 1966.

His new album, “Skin Deep,” opened at No. 68, his highest position to date on the Billboard 200.

The festival organizers were kind enough to accept my application for press credentials, and I’ll have full access to all the shows this year.
It’s a blues rock edition of The Roadhouse, complete with some great harder cuts from Jason Ricci, Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, Oli Brown, Time Bomb. This is about as rock as we’re ever gonna get in The Roadhouse, but it does make for an upbeat and pretty powerful hour of the finest blues—rock—you’ve never heard – the 196th Roadhouse Podcast.
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It’s been a big week in the US. The election of a new president would put smiles of surprise and joy on the faces of many of the artists who laid the foundation of our favorite musical genre. With new music from Dave Gross, Super Chickan, Paull Reddick, and Shannon Boshears, the 195th Roadhouse is a celebration of the musical form that’s truly and originally American, but played and loved throughout the world. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – The Roadhouse Podcast.
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The 194th Roadhouse Podcast is another high-variety edition, with a full hour of new and interesting blues. Son Seals, Matt Schofield, Super Chickan, Scrapper Blackwell, and Eddie “The Chief” Clearwater mark the diversity of this edition. It features artists who are new to The Roadhouse as well as a few old friends. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 194th Roadhouse Podcast.
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The 193rd Roadhouse Podcast is one solid groove; a show that came together as if struck by a muse. With Elvin Bishop, Byther Smith, Smokey Wilson, Cedric Burnside, and Marie Knight, the pieces all fit together seamelssly for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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The 192nd Roadhouse features blues that transcends a region or a specific time. Consistently popular and continuously updated, swing blues was the early basis for The Roadhouse. This edition features some of the best, including Big Joe Turner, Jackie Payne, Johnny “Big Moose” Walker, The Paladins, and Jay McShann. Just like me, you’ll be grinning like a fool and chair-dancing throughout as the 192nd Roadhouse Podcast swings another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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The 191st Roadhouse is another edition featuring the physics of wire and wood. Elvin Bishop, Otis Rush, Ronnnie Earl, Paul Reddick, and Guitar Shorty pour pure physics into pure blues and, like alchemists, create pure gold. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 191st Roadhouse.
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The 190th Roadhouse features music from Canada to San Francisco, from Minneapolis to New Orleans, Chicago to Arkansas. Also, quite a bit of new blues – including 5 cuts that were either released in the past two weeks or have actually yet to be released. Keep you right out at the cutting edge of the blues. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – The Roadhouse Podcast.
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