In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I’ve got a full set of Roadhouse debuts, a track from a deluxe edition follow-up to a first-of-its-kind release, and a surprising Roadhouse debut from a guitarist who’s been around since the early 1960s. Balta Bordoy & the Bad Boys, Gov’t Mule, Delbert McClinton, Bonham-Bullick, and Mindi Abair lead the hour. We’re pretty much right on par with 14 tracks in the hour and that those tracks definitely comprise another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
It’s all about the professionals in the next hour of The Roadhouse. There’s not an artist in the hour who doesn’t labor full-time in the blues. Trudy Lynn, Seth Walker, Oliver Wood, The Nighthawks, and Larry McCray – they’re just five of the thirteen blues professionals in this edition. Let’s tip our hats to the musicians who dedicate their lives to the blues, and who make for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I’ve corraled a good mixture of new artists and old. Ferris & Sylvester, Rory Gallagher, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Delaney & Bonnie, and Abby Girl and The Real Deal get the headline in the hour, but they really just indicate the great mix ahead – a mix of new and old, and a mix of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
I’ve got 17 tracks in the next hour of The Roadhouse, the most of any edition of the show, including music from Love & Light Orchestra, Albert Castiglia, Sugaray Rayford, Delbert McClinton, and Beth Hart. It’s a dense and fast-moving hour of blues and, as always, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I follow up a week with a lot of Roadhouse debuts with a week with a lot of Roadhouse debuts. Just short of a third of the hour is folks who have never been featured and they get the support of some great artists who are, more or less, regulars in the show. John Mayall, Ferris & Sylvester, Larkin Poe, Robben Ford & the Blue Line, and Kirby make up the hour. That all just helps prove the point that we’re headed directly for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
After an hour of show-openers, we go the other direction with five Roadhouse debuts in the next hour – a record for The Roadhouse. Bonham-Bullick, The Sully Band, Night Bluemers, Harley Kimbro Lewis, and Walk That Walk all make their first appearances in our dark little dive in the hour ahead. It’s an hour of new friends, and certainly another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
There’s an anniversary celebration in the next edition of The Roadhouse, commemorating 17 years of the show. As is our tradition, the hour is filled with opening tracks from the shows of the previous year. Johnny Tucker & The Allstars, Tia Carroll, Dave Specter, Curtis Salgado, and Sass Jordan help us celebrate another year of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.