The Roadhouse 193
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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Memphis Minnie, Queen of the Country Blues
Memphis Minnie was one of the greatest blues women. Unlike many of her female contemporaries, who sang in front of uptown, jazzy bands, Minnie played guitar - very distinctively - and gave us raw, improvised country blues. She was one of the original inductees into The Blues Hall Of Fame at its inception, and deservedly so.
The Roadhouse 192
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 [...]
The Roadhouse 191
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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Alberta Adams “Detroit Is My Home”
Alberta Adams is somewhere between 80 and 90 years old — various copies of her birth certificate don’t agree on her year of birth. But she stays young by singing the blues. “Detroit Is My Home” finds her in the company of a number of talented blues pianists and singing some very convincing blues.
The Roadhouse 190
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 [...]
John Lee Hooker, Jr. “All Odds Against Me”
John Lee Hooker, Jr.’s new album “All Odds Against Me” offers volcanic emotion, telling observation, and incisive wit — qualities rarely found on recent blues releases.
Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
The Folkways label brought the music of many blue artists to new listeners and larger audiences. This collection of blues piano music by such greats as Meade “Lux” Lewis, Memphis Slim, and Speckled Red, is an excellent sampler of the large body of piano blues that Folkways recorded in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
Tomcat Courtney debuts at age 79
If you can play the blues, you’re never too old to make your debut album. 79-year-old Tomcat Courney has been a fixture on the San Diego blues scene since the 1960’s. Now he reaches out to the wider world with an enteryaining album called “Downsville Blues.”
The Roadhouse 189
With the equinox occurring in the past week, The Roadhouse moves into its sixteenth season. And, consistent with years past, autumn and spring seem to bring the most new blues releases. Chris Juergensen, Magic Slim, Glen Terry, Elvin Bishop, and Rory Block supply new tracks to a show that’s nearly all new tracks. Another season [...]
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