The finest blues you've never heard.
Horns, hard blues, new blues, bands from Providence to Sydney, and a Roadhouse debut from an album with a lot of great guest artists – that’s the hour ahead in The Roadhouse. I think we move pretty easily from one track to the next, one set to the next, and right on through our allotted weekly time. Terry Hanck, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Mike Zito, Ash Grunwald, and The Teskey Brothers lay it down to create another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 756th Roadhouse.
This hour is filled with interesting features, including a track-heavy female lineup and a set of blues from the 1950s. Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Janiva Magness & Taj Mahal, Dawn Tyler Watson, Big Maybelle, and Vaneese Thomas help provide yet another shade in the seemingly infinite hues of blues. It’s just ahead – another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard, the 755th Roadhouse.
This hour of The Roadhouse is chock full blues experience – artists with deep catalogs, lots of time on the road in front of fans, and plenty of musical tricks up their sleeves. Altered Five Blues Band, Joe Louis Walker, Billy Price, Sugaray Rayford, and Duke Robillard – it’s a ton of experienced blues in the hour, and it’s certainly another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 754th Roadhouse.
Over the years, I’ve built a list of some of my favorite Roadhouse artists. This week, like some cosmic convergence, I’ve got what might be the biggest collection of Roadhouse favorites of any Roadhouse show. Cash Box Kings, Coco Montoya, Delbert McClinton, Janiva Magness, Doug MacLeod – you’ve heard many of those names multiple times over the years. And, along with nine other artists, many of whom are also constants in the show, I’m really excited about the hour ahead. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – from some of my favorite artists in The Roadhouse.
I’ve got a nice variety of blues in the hour – uptempo, a little slower, blues rock, contemporary blues, and a set of really interesting acoustic blues. I’ve also got music from an upcoming release and yet another Roadhouse debut. The Kokomo Kings, Heather Newman, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Colby James, and The Teskey Brothers fill out the hour, putting in place the framework for what I’m sure you’ll agree is another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 752nd Roadhouse.
There are a lot of surprises and a lot of upcoming releases in this hour. It’s mostly uptempo blues and includes a trip to the North Mississippi Hill Country. Bloodest Saxophone, Bernard Allison, T-Model Ford & GravelRoad, Samantha Fish, and Billy Branch & The Sons of Blues just simply deliver. What is it they deliver? You know the answer. They deliver another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 751st Roadhouse.
This hour could easily be called “The Friends Edition.” About a third of the tracks in the hour are tracks that feature someone else along with the primary artists. And, I’ve got four Roadhouse debuts, as well. King Bee & The Stingers, Gracie Curran, Dallas Hodge, Carla Olson & Todd Wolfe, and Grady Champion are all ahead. Featured artists and Roadhouse debuts – sounds to me like another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 750th Roadhouse.
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