The Roadhouse
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Roadhouse 428
It’s a special edition of The Roadhouse, featuring winners from the 2013 Blues Music Awards. I managed to get most of the major categories into the hour ahead and include such great artists as Michael Burks, Tab Benoit, Janiva Magness, The Mannish Boys, and Ruthie Foster. The 428th Roadhouse is one edition where I break a bit from the tagline - “the finest blues you’ve never heard” - to bring you just the finest blues, period, from the previous year.
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Roadhouse 427
This edition of The Roadhouse features live music from Magic Sam, Minneapolis native Sena Ehrhardt, Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa, Albert King, & new music from Robben Ford. A little jazz, a little blues, a lot of female vocalists, and another hour, certainly, of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 427th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 426
This edition of The Roadhouse is is tight and well-balanced. Is it the perfect mix of blues? You decide. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Ana Popovic, The James Hunter Six, Shemekia Copeland, and Robert Cray Band fill the hour. Perfect mix or not, The 426th Roadhouse is definitely a mix of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 425
The 425th Roadhouse provides a little shelter at the end of a tough week. Ana Popovic, Bobby Rush, Otis Taylor, Doug MacLeod, and The California Honeydrops lead us on a road away from trouble and toil and straight into the pick-me-up that is the blues. The 425th Roadhouse is a blues getaway and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 424
The 424th Roadhouse issues a dance alert, with tracks that will compel you to move around. Whether that’s in your chair, or hand-in-hand with a significant other, or even just in a room by yourself, you’ll feel an overwhelming need to move. The Blasters, Reverend Freakchild, The Duke Robillard Band, Voodoo Swing, and Bart Walker will definitely fuel that compulsion. And, of course, you know they provide a strong foundation for another hour, another week of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 423
The 423rd Roadhouse rewinds a fun edition from 2011. Lurrie Bell, Billy Boy Arnold, Hamilton Loomis, Ben Prestage, and Carolina Chocolate Drops help fill out the hour. There’s a chunk of urban, a chunk of youth, a chunk of acoustic, and it’s all up to you to make the connections – that is, of course, beyond being another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. I'll be back next week with a new edition of The Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 422
This edition of The Roadhouse paints a broad swath of blues, including some very new artsts and some that came early in the last century. Nicole Hart & Anni Piper, Chris Antonik, Mississippi Sheiks, Shoshanna Bean, and JJ Grey & Mofro remind us how it’s possible for everyone to love the blues. If you can’t find a style you love in this edition of The Roadhouse, I just can’t help you. And, you’ll have a hard time finding another hour that’s more clearly the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 421
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Roadhouse 420
With a wide range of styles in this edition, The Roadhouse has many gears. Jason Elmore & Hoodoo Witch, Lucky Peterson Band, Jesse Dee, Long Tall Deb, and Hadden Sayers help keep the hour moving along, but there’s plenty to keep you moving for the full 60 minutes. As diverse as they may be, all the pieces work together to blast out another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 420th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 419
Spring is close for The Little Blue House on the Wetlands, and like spring, this edition of The Roadhouse brings lots of good new stuff. James Montgomery, Kevin Selfe, The Quaker City Night Hawks, Robben Ford, and The Slide Brothers get the featured spots - all with brand new blues releases. Given that, like spring, it’s all new, the 419th Roadhouse is very likely to be another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 418
The 418th Roadhouse supports the idea that no two Roadhouse shows are exactly alike. 34 Jacks, Lisa Cee, Grady Champion,. Hitman Blues Band, and Bobby Rush take us through the hour. It’s an hour with twists and turns and a feel like no other, but leading to the same destination - the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 417
The Roadhouse celebrates eight years in the 417th edition. Chris O’Leary Band, R.J. Mischo, Johnnie Bassett, Curtis Salgado, and Magic Slim help us celebrate in a show of show openers, as suggested by a listener. 17 non-stop days of blues, ten work weeks, roughly 5500 blues tracks - we stack one more on the growing pile of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 417th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 416
There’s a great mix of blues in this edition of The Roadhouse. Theodis Ealey, Allison Burnside Express, Hadden Sayers, James Hunter, and Rob Paparozzi mix up the styles. With lots of great new blues, too, the 416th Roadhouse clearly qualifies as another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 415
We’re digging deep into the sound of New Orleans and Lousiana to celebrate Mardi Gras in this edition of The Roadhouse. The Wild Tchoupitoulas, Zachary Richard, Terrance Simien, Dwayne Dopsie & The Zydeco Hellraisers, and Dr. John represent a pretty full picture of the broad range of New Orleans music. Grab those beads - it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 415th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 414
The 414th Roadhouse slows things down a bit from the chair-dancing frenzy of last week. With a set of straight-up blues, blues-rock and a nod to the fathers, this edition mixes it up, as well. Snowy White, The Robert Cray Band, Downchild Blues Band, Charlie Patton, and Four Jacks help make up the hour. We’re in the middle of the blues with another edition of The Roadhouse - another edition of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 413
The 413rd Roadhouse is definitely a chair-dancing edition, guaranteed to get your feet pounding, your fingers tapping and snapping, and your butt moving in the chair. John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Johnny Nicholas, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Mitch Woods & His Rocket 88s, and Kenny “Blues Boss” Wayne take us on an hour of uptempo blues - another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 412
The 412th Roadhouse fills a post-Christmas new release lull with another hour of great blues. Music from Elvin Bishop, Linsey Alexander, Mighty Sam McClain, Billy D & The Hoodoos and Marion James means that even a dearth of new blues can’t keep The Roadhouse from rolling on for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 411
The 411th Roadhouse is another hour of great voices, instruments, broad variety, musical themes. JJ Grey & Mofro, Kelly Joe Phelps, Ann Rabson with Bob Margolin, The Mojo Roots, and Dana Gillespie help make up the hour along with 7 or 8 other great blues artists and tracks - all in total, of course, strong enough to qualify as another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 410
I open 2013 with a look back at some of the great blues releases from 2012. I’ve got a pretty good mix of new artists and familiar artists with new music. Corey Lueck & The Smokewagon Blues Band, The Ben Miller Band, Altered Five, Lady Bianca, and Junior Watson set the tone for another new hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 409
This edition of The Roadhouse ends the year with a real party atmosphere. Freddie King, Buddy Guy, Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Mighty Sam McClain, and the South Austin Moonlighters light up our little juke joint. Throw in a couple of listener requests and the last 60 minutes of 2012 is absolutely an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 408
We close out the 2012 holiday season in this edition of The Roadhouse. But it’s even a much bigger show than that. The hour is also filled with nominees for the 2013 Blues Music Awards. Phantom Blues Band, Blind Blake, Milton Hopkins & Jewel Brown, Robert Cray Band, and Mary Bridget Davies Group stand tall with their peer nominees in another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard, the 408th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 407
This edition of The Roadhouse continues the holiday season. Shaun Murphy, Buddy Guy, Maria Muldaur, Asylum Street Spankers, and T-Bone Walker fill the hour with a great mix of seasonal and regional blues. It’s just enough to pick you up, and always enough to call another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 405
The holiday season kicks off in this edition of The Roadhouse. Joe Louis Walker, Professor Longhair, Tommy Castro, Canned Heat, and Jimmie Vaughan show up alongside the holiday music. It’s the first 2012 holiday edition of The Roadhouse, and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 404
The variety of blues in this edition of The Roadhouse is like looking into a big valley of blues in all its hues and shades. Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts, Gary Clark, Jr, Guy Tortora, Heritage Blues Orchestra, and Samuel James help create the hour. It’s a big mix, and definitely a mix that makes for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 404th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 403
This edition of The Roadhouse features new ways to look at the blues. Big Time Sarah, Altered Five, Dennis Gruenling, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, and Deb Callahan will light up your blues synapses and create some new neural pathways. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 403rd Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 402
The 402th edition of The Roadhouse lends itself well to high volume. Muddy Waters & The Rolling Stones, Junior Kimbrough, Rick Holmstrom, Eric Bibb, and Alvin Lee make up a big chunk of the show, but there’s plenty of great blues in between those artists. Sit back, throw your feet up, crank up the headphones, or the computer, or the receiver. Make it nice and loud for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 401
This edition is a great mix of blues, with show debuts from three artists, some blues rock, a little classic blues, and surely something that will hit your tastes. Featuring Omar & The Howlers, Black Country Communion, Son House, Gary Clark Jr, and Robert Cray Band, the 401st Roadhouse is, as always, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 400
The 400th Roadhouse jumps with an hour of jump and boogie blues. Louis Prima, Kid Ramos, Louis Jordan, Lavay Smith & Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers, and Bullmoose Jackson take center stage on our little bandstand in the corner. The hour is pretty evenly divided between the jump and boogie pioneers and the relative new kids. But it is an incredibly full and upbeat hour - more music than I’ve featured in any other show - and an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse Announcement
I'm out of town this weekend, celebrating the wedding of my youngest brother. The Roadhouse will be back with a new show on October 27 - Roadhouse 400. In the meantime, enjoy a Roadhouse Rewind: Roadhouse 244 from October 24, 2009.
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Roadhouse Rewind
I'm out of town this weekend, celebrating the wedding of my youngest brother. The Roadhouse will be back with a new show on October 27 - Roadhouse 400. In the meantime, enjoy a Roadhouse Rewind: Roadhouse 244 from October 24, 2009.
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Roadhouse 399
The 399th Roadhouse contains about as much music as I’ve ever had in a show. In fact, it’s so packed full, we’re at risk of breaking the fire code. Little Milton, Colin Linden, Shemekia Copeland, Maria Muldaur, and Robert Cray are among the many artists who fill yet another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 398
In this edition of The Roadhouse, you can look forward to Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Samuel James, Paul Rishell, Albert Ammons, and some new music from Robert Cray. I’ve got a set of acoustic blues, some piano blues, and some straight ahead Chicago stemwinders . It’s all wrapped up in a clean blue package of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 398th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 397
This edition of The Roadhouse contains a couple of especially cool sets - a live set, and a set of hardcore Chicago blues. Trampled Under Foot, Otis Rush, Buddy Guy, Shemekia Copeland, and Lou Pallo are all featured. Cool sets, new tracks, blues classics, stylistic variety - it’s all packed into another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard, the 397th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 396
The 396th Roadhouse is a veritable river of blues. Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods, The Blues Broads, The Juke Joints, and Dave Fields light up the hour. Buckle up the lifejacket and strap in - there’s a heavy undertow in this edition. It’s fast-moving hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 395
This edition of The Roadhouse gets a little groove going to burn another hour of your week. Robert Cray Band, Arthur Adams, Linsey Alexander, Suzie Vinnick, and Chris Thomas King will help you get lost in that hour with tracks that self-propel. While you may not chair-dance through the 395th Roadhouse, you’ll clearly agree that it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 394
The 394th Roadhouse continues to debut much of the fall lineup of new blues. I’ve got new releases from Mississippi Heat, Smokin’ Joe Kubek, Michael Hill’s Blues Mob, Deanna Bogart, and Ian Siegal & The Mississippi Mudbloods. And, just to keep a finger on the touchstone, a set of traditional blues, as well. The 394th hour of The Roadhouse really is another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 393
There’s an avalanche of new blues in this edition of The Roadhouse. More than three-quarters of the show is music that’s been released in just the past two weeks. Mississippi Heat, Robert Cray, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Taj Mahal, and Albert Collins make up the headliners in the hour, but they’re just part of an exceptional hour of blues - an exceptional hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard: the 393rd Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 392
The 392nd Roadhouse will keep your feet tappin’, your butt movin’ and a smile on your face. Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, Michael Burks, Marion James, Mike Avery, and Bryan Lee fill out a great hour of blues from jump to gospel and traditional to contemporary. It’s the 392nd hour of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 391
The Roadhouse bandstand is small, but we’re packin’ ‘em in in this edition. Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, Guitar Shorty, The Bluesmasters, Johnnie Johnson, and Watermelon Slim make up part of the hour, sharing the dark little bandstand in the corner with eight or nine other acts. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 391st Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 390
The 390th Roadhouse is the archetype for the chair-dancing editions of the show. Luther Tucker, Mavis Staples, The Wild Cards, Linsey Alexander, and Jimmy Rogers provide the high-octane low-knock fuel for this edition, and I even throw in a set mostly requested by one of your fellow listeners. It’s a model for all the Roadhouse shows and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 389
The 389th Roadhouse packs a lot of music into an hour. Aaron Williams & The Hoodoo, Peter Green Splinter Group, Keith B. Brown, Kelly Bell Band, and Demetria Taylor lead the full gamut of blues in another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 388
In the 388th Roadhouse, I’ve got blues from all over the US and the world: Chicago, Memphis, Austin, Phoenix, the Bay Area, Boston, and Finland. The Mannish Boys, Linsey Alexander, Mud Morganfield, Slim Butler, and Sue Foley & Peter Karp will help make for a quick hour. Quick or not, it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 387
The 387th hour of The Roadhouse is well within the frame we’ve placed around the previous 386. Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, Dr. John, Peter Novelli, The Windy City Rev Ups, and Lurrie Bell carry on the tradition of powering another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 386
The 386th Roadhouse is right on the beam with a focus on upbeat blues. The Mighty Mojo Prophets, Lavelle White, Kim Wilson, The Nighthawks, and Ronnie Baker Brooks will move you through the hour at aerobic pace. If you love uptempo blues, you’ll find this edition to be a real treasure of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 385
The heat in the Midwestern US is brutal, but heat in the blues is always welcome. The 385th Roadhouse is full of hot tracks with a nice cool acoustic break in the middle. Zac Harmon, Warren Haynes, Omar & The Howlers, Suzie Vinnick, and Sonny Landreth keep the air moving in another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 384
The Roadhouse continues to roll on rollin’ out great blues. With only an hour, it’s a broad view of blues with more than a surprise or two. Billy Boy Arnold, Cash Box Kings, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Paul Rishell, and Cassie Taylor, take the little bandstand in the corner. The bartender’s got a good ear for your problems and you’re gonna need your dancing shoes. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 384th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 383
It’s full summer in the US Northern Hemisphere, and full new release season. Artists get out and support those new releases in blues festivals throughout the summer, and this time of year just seems to ramp up the number of those releases. Ronnie Earl, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, Seth Walker, Harmonica Hinds, and Johnnie Bassett make for a great hour to celebrate the season of festivals and fun. It’s the 383rd Roadhouse and it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 382
It’s blues from the man-cave in the 382nd Roadhouse. The 44s, Malford Milligan Band, Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials, Joe Bonamassa, and Lazy Lester fill out the hour, with no female artists to be seen. Testosterone abounds in another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 381
The 381st Roadhouse started with a random track - one that seeded the rest of the show. Rockin’ Johnny Band, Daddy Mack Blues Band, James Kinds, Paul Thorn, and Treasa Levasseur follow that thread in this edition. It’s not the quickest way to build The Roadhouse, but the results will certainly keep you moving for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 380
After a week of vacation, The Roadhouse roars back with a full show of new blues. Mississippi Shakedown, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Rory Block, and Albert Castiglia showcase the best new releases of the past few weeks, rollin’ and tumblin’ down the road to another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 379
On a US Memorial Day vacation weekend, I roll a Roadhouse Replay. Show 300 fills the hour with The Chris O’Leary Band, Mel Brown, Lance Lopez, Lucky Peterson, and Buddy Guy. It’s another hour of full-on chair-dancing and unquestionably another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 378
The 378th Roadhouse is an hour of blues that’ll roll right over you. Mighty Mojo Prophets, RJ Mischo, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Otis Taylor, and Etta Britt help keep us moving. This hour will go by very quickly, I promise, if you just let it do its own thing. It’s definitely an hour of great new blues and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 377
As we’ve done for the past several years, we’re looking to some of the winners of the Blues Music Awards held in Memphis this week. Joe Bonamassa, Samantha Fish, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, and Eric Bibb are but a few of the winners who light up the 377th hour of The Roadhouse. It’s an award-filled hour of blues in this edition and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 376
The 376th Roadhouse is filled with music from all regions of the US - North, South, East, and Midwest. Hollywood Blue Flames, Mud Morganfield, Mannish Boys, Cash Box Kings, and Pinetop Perkins will put you in a chair-dancing mood. It’s not an hour of blue blues, it’s an hour of upbeat blues, and it’s an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 375
It’s another week of The Roadhouse, and, of course, another hour of great blues surprises. With more than 80% of the tracks in the hour ahead released in the past three months, you’d be hard pressed to find fresher blues anywhere else. Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers, Curtis Salgado, Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts, Walter Trout, and Oli Brown pave the road with blues of all styles and hues. The Roadhouse hour 375 is clearly another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 374
This edition of The Roadhouse is filled with upbeat blues, as is often the case. But there’s something about how all these pieces fit together that will make the hour pass very, very quickey. Billy Boy Arnold, Mississippi Big Beat, Rick Holmstrom, Lil’ Cliff & The Cliffhangers, and Peter Karp & Sue Foley crush the hour, leaving only a big old pile of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 374th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 373
The prominent sounds in this edition of The Roadhouse are from nearly opposite ends of the blues spectrum - blues rock and jump blues. The hour features Keb Mo’, Anthony Gomes, Julian Sas, Lance Lopez, and Big Pete, along with lots of new music. It’s the 373rd hour of The Roadhouse, and the 373rd hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 372
I’ve got a fair amount of new music in the 372nd Roadhouse, despite the fact that we seem to be in a bit of a lull week for new releases.Tail Dragger & Bob Corritore, Tab Benoit, Dr. John, Alyson “NightOwl” Shelton, and Curtis Salgado lead the way this week. We’ll range from New Orleans to LA to Phoenix looking for great artists to fill this hour. And fill it, they do. Harp, guitar, piano, and a musical shout-out from the cigar box nation make up the hour this week, and go a long ways toward...
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Roadhouse 371
In this edition of The Roadhouse, we span the blues. Jon Lord Blues Project, B.B. King, Mary Flower, Eric Bibb, and Ghost Town Blues Band work the blues from one end to the other. I’m certain you’ll hear a track or two or three that you love in an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 371st Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 370
The 370th Roadhouse starts rolling at the beginning and doesn’t stop until the hour is done. Mud Morganfield, Wentus Blues Band, Larry Garner, Kipori “Baby Wolf” Woods, and Chuck Leavell dish out tracks with legs that run on forever. It’s another hour of great self-propelled blues and a veritable mudslide of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 369
The 369th Roadhouse full of great blues with a broad mix of new and old. Debbie Bond, Heritage Blues Orchestra, George “Harmonica” Smith, Erja Lyytinen, and James Booker fill the hour admirably, helping to assure another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 368
While I normally lean toward upbeat uptempo blues for The Roadhouse, sometimes you just have to slow it down a bit. Otis Taylor, Taj Mahal, Malford Milligan Band, Duke Robillard Jazz Trio, and Carolina Chocolate Drops mix up the tempos in the 368th Roadhouse. But while we slow it down, you can still feel free to crank it up for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 367
The 367th Roadhouse is without an official frame. There’s such a variety that I’ve left it to you to decide how the music all fits together. Eddie C. Campbill, Janiva Magness, Big James & The Chicago Playboys, Heritage Blues Orchestra, and Nathan James & The Rhythm Scratchers lead this edition in fine style. Or - a fine variety of styles. But, as always, the varitey adds up to one full hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 365
It’s a full-on hour of guitar blues in the 365th Roadhouse. Freddie King, Mississippi John Hurt, Johnny Winter, Gary Moore, and Hound Dog Taylor show just how entrancing a mastery of wires and wood can be. From all over the map, all over the genre, and all over the hundred-year-plus timeline of the blues, it’s another hour of The Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 364
The final edition of the sixth year of The Roadhouse is squarely in the now. Sistah Monica Parker, D’Mar & Chris Gill, Joel DaSilva & The Midnight Howl, Levee Town, and Grady Champion take the stage to lead us into a new Roadhouse year. We’ll put the old one behind us with another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 363
The Roadhouse digs deep into the self-released blues of today’s young artists. Paxton Norris., Levve Town, Microwave Dave & The Nukes, Mary Bridget Davies Group, and Jimmy Bowskill are among the artists with a new view of blues, a new view of music technology, or both. They help make 363rd Roadhouse another satisfying hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 362
It’s warm in The Roadhouse Studios with snow just outside the window. And, an hour of new blues can generate plenty of heat. Trampled Under Foot. Carolyn Wonderland, Big Pete, Fleetwood Mac, and Dion help make a great case that the blues is alive and well. If it’s an hour of new blues, you can pretty well bet that it’s also an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 362nd Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 361
This week, we salute the talent of Etta James, through tracks you may not hear elsewhere. But, it’s not all Etta. Little Freddie King, Studebaker John & The Hawks, Joe Louis Walker, Bryce Janey, and Monkeyjunk are out there waiting to compel uncontrollable chair-dancing. It’s an ubeatable combination and an unbeatable foundation for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 36qst Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 360
The 360th Roadhouse is a bag of gems - little surprises and shining moments spread across an hour. Larry McCray, Ruthie Foster, Johnny Nicholas, Shemekia Copeland, and the Reba Russell Band provide some very nice moments in the hour. And, as I always promise, it’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 359
The 359th Roadhouse takes a little different turn, steering away from traditional blues with new blues sounds as the destination. Jason Ricci, Beverly McClellan, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Treasa Levasseur, and Nick Moss deliver that new sound in an interesting hour of our favorite musical genre. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - The Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 358
The final Roadhouse hour of 2011 is filled with smooth blues. Little Hurricane, Shaun Murphy, Big George Jackson, Carolina Chocolate Drops, and Etta James end the year in smooth style. The 358th Roadhouse is an hour of blues with few rough edges and is also, of course, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 357
This week, we pay respects to the artists who passed in 2011. Big Jack Johnson, John-Alex Mason, George Mojo Buford, Doyle Bramhall, and Eddie Kirkland light up the little bandstand in the corner in this edition. With all due respect, the 357th Roadhouse really is another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard.
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Roadhouse 356
Its the final Christmas edition of The Roadhouse for 2011, with a holiday track in every set. Ive also got music from the Blues Music Awards nominations list that was released this week. Big Pete, Mac Arnolds Blues Revival, Johnny Rawls, Mary Flower, and Jackie Johnson lay down great blues around some great holiday blues tracks. Its an ad-free hour fit for celebration and another hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 355
The 355th Roadhouse takes on holiday blues in more ways than one. I include several blues Christmas tracks. And, we express our own holiday blues at the passing of Hubert Sumlin with a full Sumlin set. Omar The Howlers, Roomful of Blues, Savoy Brown, Oz Noy, and Tracy Nelson stand right out in this edition of The Roadhouse. Yet, they manage to leave plenty of room for a full stable of great blues tracks that fill another hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 354
Time flies in The Roadhouse. Matt Woods The Thunderbolts, CC Bronson, Johnny Winter, Gary Smith, and Grandpa Elliott fill the hour with tracks that will move us closer to 2012 in great blues style. The end of the year is nearing, but one of the few remaining hours in 2011 is filled with the finest blues youve never heard: the 354th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 353
On a US holiday weekend, a Roadhouse Replay fills the plate. Super Chikan, John Nemeth, Robert Lockwood, Bobby Jones, and Mitch Kashmar escort Thanksgiving into The Roadhouse. And, we're always thankful for the blues. The 353rd Roadhouse is the 210th hour - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 352
The 352nd Roadhouse contains a pile of blues. As always, that pile is comprised of new stuff and a pretty wide mix of music. J.C. Rico, Louisiana Red Little Victors Juke Joint, Harrison Kennedy, Oz Noy, and Eric Lindell round out the hour with debut music you havent heard in the show. And, its that freshness that makes this hour of The Roadhouse another hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 351
The 351st Roadhosue takes a look at whats coming down the blues pike with future blues releases. Alexis P. Suter Band, Son Seals, Larry McCray, David Philips, and Eden Brent step up to lead the way. As always, theres a good variety of styles in the hour, as well. Youre bound to hear something you like in the 351st hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 350
Were stepping away from the strife and misery of the world to have a ball in the 350th Roadhouse. Keith B. Brown, The Kinsey Report, Matthew Curry The Fury, Buster Brown, and Nick Moss provide the shelter. Dress to the nines and join the Roadhouse crowd on the dance floor for a wordly escape and another hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 349
The 349th Roadhouse mixes up artists on small labels and large. Many of the tracks are also less than a month old, or less than a month ahead of release. Big Pete, Cash Box Kings, The Sugar Prophets, Sista Monica Parker, and Big Walter Horton pave the way for an hour of blues that I think youll find to be a winner - and, of course, another hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhouse 348
Were finding blues all over in the 348th Roadhouse. From the South, to the Midwest, West, East, and Europe, we fill an hour with great music. Carolyn Wonderland, Popa Chubby, Mike Zito, Big George Brock, and Snooky Pryor light up the map with pushpins from all over in the 348th Roadhouse. Its a big world of blues, and a big hour of the finest blues youve never heard.
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Roadhosue 346
The 346th Roadhouse is all about music thats got legs. Each and every track in this edition has an arc and a self-propulsion all its own. Lazy Lester, Johnny Winter, Maria Muldaur, Junior Kimbrough, and Joe Bonamassa Beth Hart represent a really wide swath of the blues highway and will help hold your attention for the full 60 minutes. Its another hour of the finest blues youve never heard - the 346th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 345
The variety of blues in this edition is matched only by its newness. Carolyn Wonderland, Joe Bonamassa Beth Hart, Ian Siegal The Youngest Sons, Muddy Waters, and Tab Benoit help fill the hour with blues so new it has to be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 345th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 344
This edition of The Roadhouse is an hour of variety, with new music, pre-release tracks and a wide range of styles. Sugar Ray The Bluetones, Diana Braithwaite Chris Whiteley, Rod Piazza The Mighty Flyers, Eric Bibb, and Johhny Big Moose Walker paint a soundscape of blues that'll stay with you for awhile. The 344th Roadhouse is, as we say around these parts, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 343
Some of my favorite artists and tracks fill the hour in Roadhouse 343. It's an hour in Chicago with Walter Horton, Koko Taylor, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, J.B. Hutto, Hound Dog Taylor, and a full stage of other artists who helped make Chicago the home of the blues. They're just a slice of that sound, but they're a big enough slice to fuel another hour of the finest blues -- in the 343rd Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 339
The 339th Roadhouse is stacked with tracks - more tracks than any previous edition of the show. Fourteen or fifteen tracks fill out this edition, with three self-released track and five that have been released in the past two months. If you came looking for the finest blues you've never heard, you found it in the 339th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 337
August means vacation in The Roadhouse and I've vacated The Roadhouse Studios for a week of RR. Never fear, though - it's one of those joints that never really sleeps. I've dug into the vault this week and pulled out Roadhouse 175 for a fun replay from Roadhouse history. Susan Tedeschi, Downchild Blues Band, Watermelon Slim The Workers, Oliver Buck, and Rosco Gordon keep the pace moving, with some surprises along the way. It's a vacation edition of The Roadhouse, but still another hour of...
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Roadhouse 336
In the midst of a brutal Midwestern US heat wave, we're cooling with blues in the 336th Roadhouse. Big Daddy Wilson, Monkeyjunk, The Jeff Golub Band, Larry McCray, and The Alexis P. Suter Band provide blues diversity, but never a diversion from being another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 335
There's no special theme in this edition of The Roadhouse. It does, however, stay true to the tagline. The hour is full of new releases, lesser-known cuts from legends, and music submitted directly by the artists themselves. Snooky Pryor, Mike Zito, C.C. Bronson, Johnny Adams, and W.C. Clark lead a no-frills hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 335th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 334
Get your chair-dancing cushion adjusted before settling in for the 334th Roadhouse. The blowout ahead includes Terry Hanck, Mighty Sam McClain, Monkeyjunk, Chris Thomas King, and Jimmy Dillon. With a featured artist set plunked into the middle to give your heart a rest, this edition has a little of everything and a lot of upbeat. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 334th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 333
This edition of The Roadhouse brings 27th annual Mississippi Valley Blues Festival into the spotlight, with an hour of music from artists who performed at the festival. Sherman Robertson, Dwayne Dopsie The Zydeco Hellraisers, Linsey Alexander, Harper, and Chocolate Thunder keep the hour moving right along with the headliners from the festival. The 333rd Roadhouse is another hour - a festive hour - of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 332
In the midst of a summer heat wave in the Midwest, the 332nd Roadhouse delivers a big batch of hot blues. Texas Slim, Guy Davis, Lightnin' Malcom, Roy Rogers Ray Manzarek, and James Harman push the mercury to the top of the thermometer. It's definitely one of the hottest hours in the blues and certainly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 331
In celebration of the blues festivals filling weekend from now until Labor Day, the 331st Roadhouse contains a nice mixture of live and studio blues. Trampled Under Foot, The Jeff Healey Band, Ruthie Foster, Harmonica Shah, and Harry Manx Kevin Breit are part of a lineup that will help prime the pump for your attendance at your own local blues festival. There's lots of live music in this hour, and it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 330
The 330th Roadhouse explores the twisty rood of the blues. Outside the city limits, that road leads to our little club in a way that will keep you guessing. Buckwheat Zydeco, Matt Schofield, South Memphis Sting Band, Taj Mahal, and Sister Monica Parker provide the fuel to get us down the road. It's not necessarily high energy fuel but it is genuine blues and genuinely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 329
The 329th Roadhouse is an exercise in discovery. But, that's what's made it easy to pull together 329 hours of great blues. Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges, Nine Below Zero, Grayson Capps, Eric Bibb, and Super Chikan Watermelon Slim provide the joy of new blues discovery in this edition. And if it's new you know it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 329th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 328
Out on the edge of town, The Roadhouse is feeling a little crowded and dangerous this week. Johnny Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Aretwork Jamal The Acid Blues, Paul Rishell Annie Raines, and Matt Schofield take the little bandstand in the corner. Regardless, or perhaps because of the underlying danger, the 328th Roadhouse is truly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 327
This edition of The Roadhouse proves strong evidence that, despite highs and lows, the blues lives on. Elvin Bishop's Raisin' Hell Revue, Grady Champion, Lucky Peterson, Harry Manx Kevin Breit, and Eric Bibb make the case that the blues is stronger than ever. It's a vibrant and enduring hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 327th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 326
There's a special convergence in the 326th Roadhouse - music that's both new and guaranteed to induce chair-dancing. Elvin Bishop, Morry Sochat The Special 20s, The 44s, Quinn Sullivan, and Theodis Ealey leave barely enough time to catch your breath before the next track rolls in. It's definitely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 326th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 325
This edition of The Roadhouse features winners from the 2011 Blues Music Awards, held May 5th in Memphis. And, it's a show that honors those who passed in 2010, as well. Robin Rogers, Matt Hill, Bob Corritore Friends, Pinetop Perkins Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and Irma Thomas headline the 325th Roadhouse - the 2011 Blues Music Awards edition of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 324
The 324th hour of The Roadhouse is consistent with the plan - a mixture of instruments, regions, tempos, and styles. Tab Benoit, Too Slim The Taildraggers, Los Fabulocos, Lloyd Jones, and Memphis Gold make up and hour that may not always strike you as blues. But, that might just be part of the fun of spending another hour deep in the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 323
The 323rd Roadhouse has legs. You'll know what I mean when you hear how the hour propels itself down the dusty road. Super Chikan, Tab Benoit, Tracy Nelson, Ruthie Foster, and Johnny Rawls will have you moving for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 323rd Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 322
In this edition of The Roadhouse, the music clearly does the talking. Rather than set a theme in the intro, I let the music create its own. Johnny Rawls, Doug MacLeod, Long John Hunter, Hound Dog Taylor, and Trampled Under Foot share the little bandstand in the corner. They set the stage well for all the others who follow in the hour - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 321
This edition of The Roadhouse proves the statement we've been making for six years of Saturdays - that the blues isn't just about the old guy on his porch, an acoustic guitar in his lap. Blues can be upbeat, too. The Chris O'Leary Band, Kelley Hunt, Hamilton Loomis, Janiva Magness, and The Juke Joints set the tone for a chair-dancin' hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 321st Raodhouse.
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Roadhouse 320
This edition of The Roadhouse contains chunks of music that make sense when standing on their own. Lurrie Bell, Billy Boy Arnold, Hamilton Loomis, Ben Prestage, and Carolina Chocolate Drops help fill out the hour. There's a chunk of urban, a chunk of youth, a chunk of acoustic, and it's all up to you to make the connections - that is, of course, beyond being another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 319
We walk the line between traditional and contemporary this week with Byther Smith, Rory Block, John Mayall, Earl Thomas, and Son Seals. They give a nod to the ancestors by shoving the old right in with the newand draw the links from one to the other by the music alone. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 319th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 318
We mark the passage of blues legend Pinetop Perkins in this edition of The Roadhouse. Shaun Murphy, Todd Sharpville, Robert Nighthawk, Earl Hooker, and Joe Bonamassa help fill out the show around a set of Pinetop and his blues friends. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 318th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 317
Spring cleaning in The Roadhouse means new tables and chairs, and new sawdust on the dance floor. But appearances don't matter too much, as The Roadhouse is really all about the music. Big Jack Johnson, Marcia Ball, Pauyl Lamb, North mississippi Allstars, and The 44s will suffle on and off the bandstand in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 316
The 316th Roadhouse features more female blues artists than you'd normally expect, and these ladies in blues keep the hour moving right along. Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley, Byther Smith, The John O'Leary Band, Peter Green Splinter Group, and Kelley Hunt propel the '57 Cadillac convertible of the blues about another hour down the road - another hour, of course, of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 315
This edition of The Roadhouse outdoes itself for diversity of blues. Tab Benoit, Gina Sicilia, Morry Sochat & The Special 20s, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Melvin Taylor all deliver the variety of blues you look for each and every week. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 315th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 314
This edition of The Roadhouse is in full recovery mode from the 6th anniversary, two more snowstorms in Iowa, and a half-century birthday. Shaun Murphy, Matthew Stubbs, Kelley Hunt, Los Fabulocos, and Colin James help set a tone I think you'll find compelling. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard -0 the 314th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 313
The 313th Roadhouse marks another milestone - the show's 6th anniversary. On the suggestion of a listener, we celebrate with a full show of opening songs. Paul Reddick, Curtis Salgado, Phillip Walker & Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Jones, and Kilborn Alley Blues Band guarantee that this celebratory show is an hour of uncontrollable chair-dancing, and another hour of the finest blues ... period.
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Roadhouse 312
There's a good variety of blues in the 312th Roadhouse, with a stronger-than-usual emphasis on Chicago blues. The hour features Luther Allison, Big Bill Morganfield, Smokey Wilson, Todd Wolfe Band, and a great live track to remember Gary Moore. From Chicago to New Jersey to Georgia to Ireland, it's a well-rounded hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 311
There's no question about the blues in the 311th Roadhouse. Nancy McKean Bluez Machine, Diana Braithwaite & Chris Whiteley, North Mississippi Allstars, Doug MacLeod, and Paul Reddick deliver a range of styles I think you'll find appealing. It's obviously all blues and definitely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 311th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 310
The 310th Roadhouse is filled with music that might not immediately strike you as blues - but you'll catch up. Walter Trout, Damon Fowler, Kirsten Thien, Otha Turner, and Chainsaw Dupont take us right to the outer edge of the blues. Along with tracks that leave no doubt about their origins, they'll definitely help propel you from the core on out, and straight through another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 309
The 309th Roadhouse features blues you've never heard, both from well-known and relatively unknown artists. Chris Cain, Geoff Bartley, Blind Boy Fuller, Roomful of Blues, and Buddy Guy provide a very solid foundation for that premise. But whether they're new artists or old, known or unknown, every one provides a solid chunk in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 308
The broad range of blues in this edition includes The Johnny Max Band, Shemekia Copeland, Jimmy Bowskill, T-Model Ford, and Roomful of Blues light up the stage in the 308th Roadhouse. The beauty of blues is that you don't have to like all of it, but there's enough of some of it to keep people listening for a lifetime. And it makes the 308th Roadhouse another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
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Roadhouse 307
It's an in-between week in The Roadhouse - a week between the start of the year and the first batch of new releases for 2011. But I manage to get quite a bit of new music in, anyway. James Kinds, Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, Elmore James, Jr., Jay Gaunt, and Homemade Jamz Blues Band help fill the hour in a fine way. Not even the lack of new releases can prevent another hour of the finest blues you've never heard in the 307th Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 305
We're continuing the theme we started last week of looking back at the new blues releases from 2010. All in all, I think you'll walk away from this hour with a good feeling about the blues and the state of blues this year. Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, The Nighthawks, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, and Nick Moss provide a great mix of older blues artists and new. They also deliver on the promise of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard as...
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Roadhouse 304
It's the last show of the Christmas season for 2010. I've got plenty of holiday blues and we're looking back at the year in blues releases. Chris James & Patrick Rynn, Robin Rogers, Jimmie Vaughan, Mannish Boys, and Junior Wells set the stage for a holiday revue in the 304th hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse.
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Roadhouse 303
The 303rd Roadhouse is a free-form mix of blues of all types. Eddie Turner, Dave Specter, James Cotton, Johnny Max Band, and Eric Bibb stay right up front in this edition, with other great artists filling out the hour with great tracks. It's definitaly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 303rd Roadhouse.
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The Roadhouse 301
The 301st Roadhouse stays true to the tagline. Independent artists and a listener request make up the bulk of this edition. Darren Watson, Marshall Lawrence, Phantom Blues Band, Patrice Moncell, and Wes Jeans round out the show. It really is another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. The Roadhouse Podcast 301 Show Notes Lynwood Slim [...]
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The Roadhouse 300
A big thanks to all who have made the 300th Roadhouse possible – listeners, labels and artists. This milestone edition stretches things out with fewer songs but plus-size creativity. The Chris O’Leary Band, Mel Brown, Lance Lopez, Lucky Peterson, and Buddy Guy provide more than enough propulsion to move through the hour with toes tappin’, [...]
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The Roadhouse 294
The cool fall air infiltrates the 294th Roadhouse, bringing with it all the colors of the blues. Big Moose, Wild Child Butler, Jimmy Yancy, Melvin Taylor, Andrea Marr – they’ll hit you like the snap of a cool fall morning – or a 300 lb linebacker. So, brace yourself. You’re clearly in for another hour [...]
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The Roadhouse 293
Even with no particular plan for the 293rd Roadhouse, the hour comes together nicely. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Robin Rogers, Eden Brent, Kenny Neal, and John Primer are all within earshot, as are many more great artists, filling out the hour with the finest blues you’ve never heard. The Roadhouse Podcast 293 Show Notes Jimmy Rogers Howlin’ [...]
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The Roadhouse 292
This week’s edition of The Roadhouse holds true to its tagline with some older tracks and new, some straight-up blues and some blends, some old familiar names and some you’ve not heard. Monkeyjunk, Lucky Peterson, Jimmy Bowskill, Son Seals, and Freddie King roll out another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the [...]
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The Roadhouse 291
We’re in the middle of a cycle that’s dropped a bunch of new blues harp releases into my lap. The 291st Roadhouse drops at least a single harp cut into every set. The Nighthawks, Hound Dog Taylor, Charlie Musselwhite, Magic Slim, and Jay Gaunt headline an hour that features the best in new blues on [...]
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The Roadhouse 289
This week provides solid pavement for our ‘57 Cadillac covertible of the blues with fewer but longer songs. Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Albert Castiglia, Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, and Dutch Tilders stretch it out and move it along for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – [...]
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The Roadhouse 286
The 286th Roadhouse runs like a blues train from The Little Blue House On The Wetlands to All Points Blue. Albert Castiglia, Angela Strehli, Dr. John, Meade Lux Lewis, and John Primer lead the way in an hour with a big variety of blues and plenty of blues harp. It’s another hour of the finest [...]
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The Roadhouse 285
Week 285 in The Roadhouse brings a strong variety of blues to the hour. Rob Stone, Little Johnny Christian, Stevie Paige, Mississippi Sheiks, and Bob Corritore propel us through this edition. 285 hours of The Roadhouse make for eleven and a half days of non-stop shows, each comprised of the finest blues you’ve never heard. The [...]
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The Roadhouse 283
Summer vacation takes over The Roadhouse this week, with an archived show taking the stage. From late 2007, show 150 brings Kevin Mark, Billy Jones, Janiva Magness, Marie Knight, and Mavis Staples. They’re all important threads in the tapestry of The Roadhouse, and they set the stage for another hour of the finest blues you’ve [...]
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The Roadhouse 282
The tagline I’ve used through the life of the show is beginning to take on yet another meaning. In the 292nd Roadhouse, “the finest blues you’ve never heard” are brand new blues. Nearly 80% of the tracks in this edition have been released in the past 3 months. Teeny Tucker, Matt Schofield, Eddie Turner, Vance [...]
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The Roadhouse 281
High temperatures and near-recovery from the Mississippi Valley Blues festival make for the perfect reasons to stay indoors and listen to some great blues. The summertime mix includes Meena, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Magic Slim & The Teardrops, Luther Allison, and Chris James & Patrick Rynn. The 281st Roadhouse is one quick hour of the finest blues [...]
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The Roadhouse 280
We’re in a festive mood in the 280th Roadhouse. I took the show on the road this week to the 26th annual IH Mississippi Valley Blues Festival in Davenport, IA. Tight to the banks of the Mississippi, it’s one of the longest-running and most well-respected festivals in the country. Bernard Allison, Ana Popovic, Billy Branch, [...]
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The Roadhouse 279
The 279th Roadhouse is a showcase edition for some fine young blues musicans. Heavy on guitar and bordering, at times, on rock, these artists reflect but a few of the new directions for blues in the next several years. Anni Piper, Joe Bonamassa, Jonny Lang, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcom, and John Nemeth help fill [...]
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The Roadhouse 278
The 278 Roadhouse pulls out all the hues of the blues. Jump blues to acoustic, guitar and harp, old names and new faces, big blues labels and small. Daddy Mack Blues Band, Janiva Magness, Ghost Town Blues Band, Chris James & Patrick Rynn, and Eddie C. Campbell represent the full spectrum and stand right out [...]
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The Roadhouse 277
The 277th Roadhouse continues with the recent trend toward an hour nearly full of new music. The labels, big and small, are pushing lots of new releases and you get the benefit. Daddy Mack Blues Band, Mark Hummel, Jeff Turmes, Rory Block, and Watermelon Slim round out the hour. The 277th Roadhouse is another hour [...]
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The Roadhouse 276
This hour of The Roadhouse is full of surprises – tracks that you might think of as blues until we put them in context. Sugar Blue, Johnny Iguana, Sandy Mack, Toni Price, and Treasa Levasseur will broaden your blues horizons. They prove that blues is the foundation for more music than most realize. The 276th [...]
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The Roadhouse 275
It’s unofficially our sixth summer in The Little Blue House on the Wetlands. As the days grow longer, blues is the perfect soundtrack for travel, baseball, family gatherings, and barbecue. Mississippi Heat, Anders Osborne, Robert Belfour, Seth Walker, and Gina Sicilia take on the spirit of sunshine and great weather, propelling us through a summer [...]
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The Roadhouse 274
The 274th Roadhouse keeps the new music roll rolling. With the number of new releases in 2010, you might think blues is a recession-proof commodity. Music from Chanisaw Dupont, John Nemeth, Oli Brown, Hollywood Blue Flames, and Smokin’ Joe Kubek & B’Nois King is among the new releases featured in this edition. Whether or not [...]
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The Roadhouse 273
The 273rd Roadhouse features new music from Chicago and an underlying theme that’s not revealed until late in the show. Matt Schofield, Willie Buck, Susan Tedeschi, Billy Boy Arnold, Eric Bibb and seven or eight other great artists are just enough to fill another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. The Roadhouse Podcast 273 [...]
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The Roadhouse 272
The 272nd Roadhouse puts a wrap on the 2010 Blues Music Awards with some big winners. I also fill the hour with great new blues, some from the past week, most from the past few months. Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Nick Moss, Oli Brown, Jonkeyjunk, and Peter Karp & Sue Foley help provide a well-rounded [...]
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The Roadhouse 271
There’s not much room on The Roadhouse stage, but the sound coming off it is huge, broken only by the occasional reminder to tip your waitresses. With the lineup of acts in the 271th Roadhouse, they deserve the tips, because they’re working hard. Cadillac Pete & The Heat, Reunion Blues Band, Moreland & Arbuckle, Koko [...]
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The Roadhouse 270
The dark little dive we call The Roadhouse is home this week to the broadest range of blues you might find anywhere. Smokey Wilson, Frank Goldwasser, Snooky Pryor, Anders Osborne, and Bluesmasters featuring Mickey Thomas mix it up with various takes on the blues. The spotlight is on the multeity of the blues in the [...]
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The Roadhouse 269
In the 269th Roadhouse, We roll out the ‘57 Cadillac convertible of the blues for the first time in 2010. We’ve got blues destinations all along the two-lane roads. Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, The Alex Dixon Band, Nick Moss, Jessie Mae Hemphill, and Coco Montoya provide the soundtrack as the world of blues [...]
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The Roadhouse 268
The 268th Roadhouse reflects the onset of spring in the Northern Hemisphere with a show that carries a light and easy feeling. Billy Lavender, Janiva Magness, Delta Moon, Lonnie Johnson, and Perry Weber & The Devilles deny the myth that blues is all sad music. They set the cornerstone for another hour of the finest [...]
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The Roadhouse 267
The 267th Roadhouse will move you to the fresh sawdust on the little dance floor. The bandstand is loaded and the talent level off the scale. Mannish Boys, Matt Schofield, The Hollywood Fats Band, T-Model Ford, and The Holmes Brothers headline the show with new music and old, hard electric and pure acoustic. You know [...]
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The Roadhouse 266
The 266th Roadhouse is chock full of new blues – perhaps more than any single show before. They take blues from R&B to Gospel to Rock and back, Kirk Fletcher, Joe Bonamassa, Jimmy Thackery & The Drivers, Nasty Ned, and Peter Karp & Sue Foley take the lead in this edition. It’s truly another hour [...]
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The Roadhouse 265
The 265th Roadhouse is all over the map; from Texas to the West Coast, Chicago to New York, it’s the universality of the blues that brings more than 10,000 of us together weekly in the dark little club we call The Roadhouse. Kirk Fletcher, Popa Chubby, Mannish Boys, Nick Moss, and Kilborn Alley Blues Band [...]
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The Roadhouse 264
The 264th Roadhouse provides an escape hatch from the world. It provides a means to move away from trouble and difficulty and into a far better state of mind. Toni Lynn Washington, Wayme Baker Brooks, Coco Montoya, Teresa James, and Johnnie Bassett open the door to that comfortable world and keep the tough stuff at [...]
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The Roadhouse 263
The 263rd Roadhouse marks a change of mood and attitude in The Little Blue House on the Wetlands. A hard winter is finally breaking and this edition of The Roadhouse reflects the change in the weather. Canned Heat, Hollywood Blue Flames, Tail Dragger, Nick Moss, and Shirley Johnson are just a few of the great [...]
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The Roadhouse 262
The 262nd Roadhouse gets back to the normal weekly groove. It’s a well-rounded groove full of new music. Jimmy D. Lane, The Holmes Brothers, Moreland & Arbuckle, Chris Beard, and Shakura S’Aida are sound and solid, providing the base for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. The Roadhouse Podcast 262 Show Notes Kirk Fletcher School [...]
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The Roadhouse 261
It’s the 5th anniversary of The Roadhouse, and the artists in this edition have helped define the sound of the show. Doug MacLeod, Joe White, Kelly Richey, Tinsley Ellis, and Watermelon Slim gather with listeners to share congratulations. It’s an hour of great friends in the 261st Roadhouse. The Roadhouse Podcast 261 Show Notes Big Hammer Just [...]
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The Roadhouse 260
The blues propulsion is strong in the 260th Roadhouse. The Radio Kings, Paul Reddick, Carlos Del Junco, Lonnie Brooks, and Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue push us through the final hour of year five. Consistent with the mood and feel we’ve always tried to develop in the show, Roadhouse 260 is another hour of the [...]
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The Roadhouse 259
Like a big blue boulder at the top of a hill, the 259th Roadhouse starts strong and finishes even stronger. Michael Powers, Fiona Boyes, Hollywood Blue Flames, Sam Lay, and Junkyardmen set the tone and help assure we keep moving forward. It’s a strong hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 259th [...]
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The Roadhouse 258
The 258th Roadhouse keeps the Northern Hemisphere warm and the Southern Hemisphere cool. Phillip Walker, Junior Watson, James Cotton, Duwayne Burnside, and The Hollywood Blue Flames lead this edition. With plenty of new blues, legendary artists and classic tracks, it’s a well-rounded edition of The Roadhouse, and one that really never takes a break. It’s [...]
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The Roadhouse 257
Though some might not believe it, blues can be fun music. The 257th Roadhouse proves out that theory with fun tracks from J.B. Hutto, Monkeyjunk, Moreland & Arbuckle, Roy Rogers & Norton Buffalo, and Little Arthur Duncan. You’ll be smiling at the end of the hour – another hour of the finest blues you’ve never [...]
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The Roadhouse 256
The Roadhouse focuses on blues guitar. To do only an hour is tough. Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton, Junior Kimbrough, T-Bone Walker, Mississippi John Hurt, and B.B. King bring the touch and feel of dedicated musicians expressing the blues with six strings. It’s “Wire and Wood III” in 256th Roadhouse – another hour of the finest [...]
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The Roadhouse 255
The 255th Roadhouse is dark and dangerous and exciting, much like the place it was named for. Billy Flynn & Chris James, Jimmy Rogers, Mike Dowling, Samuel James, and Little Mack Simmonsa will have you seeing the blue lights and hearing the clink of glasses by the end of the hour. You might even shake [...]
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The Roadhouse 253
It’s a tweener week in The Roadhouse – the week between Christmas and New Years. With a freewheeling feeling, the 253rd Roadhouse fills an hour with a big variety of blues. Lonnie Brooks, Siegel-Schwall Band, Dave Spector & The Bluebirds, Peter Green, and Cyril Neville create a mixture you might not hear anywhere else. But [...]
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The Roadhouse 252
The 252nd Roadhouse closes out the Christmas season with a good mixture of holiday and non-holiday blues. Koko Taylor, Indigenous, Luther Allison, Gina Sicilia, and Sonny Boy Williamson take front and center in this edition. They’re backed by a full bandstand of other artists that will leave you with no doubt that this is another [...]
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The Roadhouse 251
The nominations for the 2010 Blues Music Awards lead us into a year-end review of the blues in Roadhouse 251. The Mannish Boys, Monkeyjunk, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Billy Branch, and Ruthie Foster help us split the time between BMA nominees and holiday blues music. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard [...]
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The Roadhouse 250
The 250th Roadhouse takes on an old blues tradition – the rent party. Roy Gaines, Johnnie Marshall, Sugar Ray & The Blue Tones, Memphis Clim, and Nick Moss & the Fliptops front a selection of music that would make any tenant, landlord or neighbor get up and dance. It’s the 25th hour of the finest [...]
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The Roadhouse 248
The 248th Roadhouse cuts a wide swath through the varying styles of blues. Elvin Bishop, Harrison Kennedy, Bessie Smith, Arthur Adams, and JJ Grey represent a lineup that’s diverse style, in era and in feel. Though there’s no real theme in this edition, it is, as always, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never [...]
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The Roadhouse 247
The blues had a baby and left it in The Roadhouse. Gary Moore, Joe Bonamassa, The Black Keys, Mike Zito, and Bugs Henderson provide a departure into the world of blues rock. There’s a lot of guitar and a tougher edge, but it’s still the finest blues you’ve never heard in the 247th Roadhouse. The Roadhouse [...]
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The Roadhouse 246
It’s a perfect fall day in The Little Blue House On the Wetlands. Though you won’t find blue in the fall leaves, you’ll find blue aplenty in the 246th Roadhouse. Arthur Adams, Samuel James, Rob Paparozzi, Snake Charmers, and Son Seals compliment the sunshine for an upbeat edition of The Roadhouse. The Roadhouse Podcast 246 Show [...]
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The Roadhouse 245
The 245th Roadhouse is a rainbow of blue, featuring the range of styles and artists that’s made for the most popular shows. Kilborn Alley Blues Band, Jack Bruce and Robin Trower, Meantooth Grin, Keb Mo’, and Eden Brent paint the picture that guarantees fun for all. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never [...]
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The Roadhouse 244
We’ve got no particular place to go in the 244th Roadhouse Podcast. Instead, we put together a lot of little puzzle pieces to create a coherent hour. Fiona Boyes, Aynsley Lister, Blueskillet, Kilborn Alley Blues Band, and Bluff City Backsliders provide the mile markers with a whole lot of great blues scenery in between. It’s [...]
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The Roadhouse 243
Take a place on a barstool, at a table or on the dance floor. Mark it as your own territory. But, know you won’t be there long. The 243rd Roadhouse provides the motivation to move, whether on your feet or in your chair. Carolyn Wonderland, Big Walker, Mike Zito, Tinsley Ellis, and James “Thunderbird” Davis [...]
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The Roadhouse 241
After a bit of a break for the past few weeks, it’s good to be back in familiar territory. And, with new releases stacking up, I feature more new music than perhaps any other single edition of The Roadhouse. Rob Paparozzi, Aynsley Lister, Mike Zito, Boo Boo Davis, and Eddie C. Campbell step forward to [...]
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