I’m very happy to say this weeks interview is with Joe Louis Walker.  A few days ago Joe’s debut CD on Alligator Records was released called Hellfire.  Besides the usual great blues, blues-rock, and gospel that Joe does he takes everything up a notch this time out.  A few weeks ago producer/song writer/drummer Tom Hambridge was on the show and talking about how impressed he was with Joe’s music on Hellfire.  Now you’re going to hear some of those great songs they worked on together along with some great stories from Joe Louis Walker.

Joe Louis Walker’s Website

Buy Hellfire from Alligator Records

This episode is on a LA Blues Band “Idle Hands”.  Vince White is the guitar player for the band I’ll be speaking with.  They just released their new CD On Fire.  You’ll be on fire after listening to this too. Great stuff.

Idle Hands Website

Other stuff about the band

Buy Idle Hands’ CD On Fire  from Amazon.Com

See some cool videos of Idle Hands

This episode is on Texas guitarist Roy Trevino. This is Roy’s first solo CD.  He’ll be talking about this great eclectic CD he’s just put out as well as his background in music and working with veteran producer Jim Gaines. Roy’s catchy song “The Boy Can Play” should be getting a lot of air play along with the Spanish flavored song “Sin Ella”.

Buy Roy Trevino’s CD at Amazon.Com

Buy downloads of Roy Trevino’s songs at iTunes

This episode is about Jumpin’ Jack Benny and their new CD I’ll Be Alright.  Benny is really Benny Cortez the charismatic front man for the band. I’ll Be Alright is a high energy R&B/Rock/ Blues/Soul music that sounds great. After looking at some of the videos at their website I think we’re only getting part of the story.  When they play live it’s even higher-energy.  It’s time to push the play button so you can hear Jumpin’ Jack Benny tell you all about this great CD I’ll Be Alright.

Jumpin Jack Benny’s Website

Buy Jumpin Jack Benny’s CD from Amazon.Com

This week’s show is with Toronzo Cannon.  He will be telling us about how he signed on with Delmark Records and how he got the president of a competing label to write the notes for his new CD. We will also be hearing a song from Toronzo’s CD, Leaving Mood. Toronzo is the vocalist, song writer, and guitarist.  He always turns out really good guitar solos.  Carl Weathersby plays guitar on two tracks and Matthew Sholler is the very capable harp player on three tracks. Toronzo Cannon is a blues man that takes you back to the great Chicago blues sound, great job.

Toronzo Cannon’s Website

Buy Toronzo Cannon’s Leaving Mood from Amazon.Com

Find other great blues artists at Delmark Records

I had the great honor talking with Sam Lay about his career in the music world.
Sam Lay is a drummer that has played in the bands of Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Dylan, Muddy Waters and many others.

Jimmy Rogers, George “Wild Child” Butler, Eddie Taylor were members of his band at one time.

Sam Lay has also played with up and coming blues artists like Chris James & Patrick Rynn as well as Rob Stone.

Get Sam Lay’s CD’s from Amazon.Com

This weeks show is on Tom Hambridge and his newest CD Boom!  Tom is a drummer that sings, writes music with great lyrics, and produces CD’s for other artists.

In 2011 Tom won a Grammy for producing Buddy Guy’s Grammy winning CD Living Proof.  All but two songs on the last two Buddy Guy CD’s have been written or co-written by Tom Hambridge.
As you will hear, Boom is a CD of great music with lyrics that you really relate to.

Tom Hambridge Website

Buy Tom Hambridge’s CD Boom! from Amazon.Com

On this episode I’ll be talking with the real deal, Sharon Lewis.  She has a brand new CD out on Delmark Records called  The Real Deal by Sharon Lewis & the Texas Fire.  Sharon can really sing the blues as you will hear in this show plus she also has two old friends on the CD, Billy Branch and Dave Specter. This is a real Blues CD because Sharon Lewis is The Real Deal.

Buy Sharon Lewis’s CD from Amazon.Com

Also check out Delmark Records for the finest Jazz & Blues since 1953

Look out here comes Matthew Curry & the Fury.  Their new CD If I Don’t Got You is a must have CD.  If you’ve never heard of them don’t feel bad there very new.  Bob Kieser from Blues Blast Magazine just turned me on to this great band and boy are you in for a treat now.  These guys are a very good blues-rock band with sold vocals.

The great Bryan Lee said, “Hurry to hear Matthew Curry, he is the real deal!”

Matthew Curry & the Fury’s Website

Buy Matthew Curry & the Fury’s CD from CD Baby

Buy Matthew Curry & the Fury’s CD from Amazon.Com

I’d like to thank Bob Kieser at Blues Blast Magazine for turning me on to this great CD.

You may also find this review of Matthew Curry & the Fury’s new CD interesting by reviewer Steve Jones he is a Board Member of the Crossroads Blues Society

This interview is with Shane Dwight you should remember the show we did about a year ago on his CD Shane Dwight Plays The Blues.  That CD was incredible with some of the best live tracks of that year.  Shane’s back with a new CD it’s called A Hundred White Lies and it tells the story of his divorce along with all the crazy stuff that was going on around him.

Shane Dwight’s Website

Buy Shane Dwight’s A Hundred White Lies from Amazon.Com

This weeks show is with Kim Simmonds, the founding member of the English band Savoy Brown back in the mid-sixties.  After more than forty years in the business Kim still works hard to put out good blues records.  The newest one just came out a few weeks ago and is called Voodoo Moon.  With good songs like “Shockwaves”, “Round And Round”, and “Voodoo Moon” this CD should be very popular.  His song “Natural Man” has cool lyrics taken from popular sayings and other blues songs.  Savoy Brown has done it once again.

Savoy Brown Website

Buy Savoy Brown’s CD Voodoo Moon from Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview with British Male Vocalist of the year Ian Siegal.
The British Blues Awards gave him that award this year, he won Band of the Year in 2010.  Awards were also given to three former A1Blues interviewees Joanne Shaw Taylor for British Female Vocalist of the Year, Oli Brown British Blues Band of the Year, and Matt Schofield, of course for British Blues Guitarist of the Year.

Ian Siegal’s new CD The Skinny is an Englishman doing his best North Mississippi Blues style playing.  Ian went to Mississippi to record this CD with people from the hill country in order to get something that would resemble those sounds and the sounds of R.L. Burnside.

Ian Siegal’s Website

Buy Ian Siegal’s CD The Skinny from Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview  with Sugar Ray Norcia of the band Sugar Ray Norcia & the Bluetones.  Early on Sugar Ray had Ronnie Earl in his band and they backed artists like Big Joe Turner, Roosevelt Sykes and Walter Horton among others.  He also made three records while being the lead singer for Roomful of Blues.  Everyone who loves harp playing knows of his work on the Grammy nominated record Superharps with James Cotton, Billy Branch, and Charlie Musselwhite. Sugar Ray will talk about all this and his new CD Evening.  With songs like “Too Many Rules and Regulations” a song we can all relate too. “Dancing Bear” which has one of the most original and very beautiful intros I’ve heard in a long time to the hopping “I’m Certain That I’m Hurting”.  This is a CD you’re really going to enjoy. Oh “Monster” Mike Welch plays guitar on this too what could be better.

Sugar Ray & The Bluetones’ Website

Buy Sugar Ray & The Bluetones new CD Evening from Amazon.Com

This episode is on guitarist Jim McCarty.  He played in Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles Express, Cactus, The Rockets and some lesser know bands. Jim MaCarty is better known as rock guitars but listen to this CD and you will hear Jim has been very underrated.  The new CD Jim McCarty & Friends changes styles of blues through out the CD as well as bands and guest artists.  The only thing that doesn’t change is how impressive all these songs.
Jim McCarty & Friends is a home run or it could be a great Christmas gift.

Jim McCarty & Friends Website

Get Jim McCarty & Friends from Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview with Aaron Moreland from the band Moreland & Arbuckle.  Aaron was one of the very early blues artists I got to interview and I’m very happy their band has become so popular.  Their last two CD’s, 1861 and Flood, did very well but the new CD, Just a Dream is even harder hitting than the last ones.  You are going to be hearing a lot of their unique sound in the coming months as Just a Dream climes the charts.

Moreland & Arbuckle Website

Get the new Moreland & Arbuckle CD Just A Dream from Amazon.Com

This week I have one of my two favorite artists of the year on Dana Fuchs.  Dana is one of the most powerful singers around today.  She starred in the leading roll of the off-Broadway show “Love, Janis” about Janis Joplin and stole the show in the film “Across the Universe”.  Now Dana Fuchs has one of the very best CD’s I’ve heard this year, Love To Beg. Which Dana and guitarist Jon Diamond wrote all but one of the songs on.  Love To Beg is a must have CD.  Her last CD, Dana Fuchs Live In NYC, is right up there too.

Dana Fuchs’ Website

Get Dana Fuchs CD from Amazon.Com

This week Kansas City Blues-Rocker Samantha Fish is going to be talking with us. Samantha is in the band Girls With Guitars and her first  solo CD Runaway just came out on the leading German label Ruf Records. As you will hear Mike Zito also did a fine job producing Runaway.

Samantha Fish Website

Get Samantha Fish’s CD Runaway at Amazon.Com

This week’s interview is with Brandon Santini.  His new CD is called Songs of Love, Money, and Misery. Brandon Santini plays in the traditional Southern Blues style of the old masters.
Everyone always says “keep the blues alive”, Brandon Santini’s new CD Songs of Love, Money, and Misery does just that. Brandon has passionate vocals and harp playing but the real proof is in hearing it, then you will really know the blues of the old masters are alive.

Brandon Santini’s Website

This week I have a new interview with Mike Zito, the winner of the 2011 Blues Music Awards for “Song Of the Year”. The song was the title track off his last CD Pearl River.  As you’ve probably already heard Mike Zito has a new CD out we’ll be talking about called Greyhound on Ecleoto Groove Records which is a division of Delta Groove Music.

Mike Zito’s Website

Get Mike Zito’s CD Greyhound at Eclecto Groove Music

Mike Zito’s CD Greyhound is also available at Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview with the premier west cost harmonica player Rod Piazza.  Rod has a new CD out on Delta Groove Music called Almighty Dollar and like so many of his other CD’s you know this one will be winning some awards.

Buy the CD from Rod Piazza’s Website

Check out some of the great CD Delta Groove Productions
Like Los Fabulocos, Elvin Bishop, Terry Hanck, Shawn Pittman, Mike Zito, Ana Popovic, Candye Kane and Rod Piazza.

If you didn’t get to hear Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo’s first CD It Ain’t Easy, you missed out on a really good CD.  Don’t worry I’ll be talking with Aaron Williams about their new CD 10:49 and playing some songs and you’ll get to hear what all the hype is all about.

Aaron Williams & the Hoodoo’s Website

Hear an interview with singer, songwriter, and great saxophonist Terry Hanck.  His new CD is on Delta Groove Music and its called Look Out! It’s greasy soul rockin’ blues.  Terry Hanck spent many years in Elvin Bishop’s band and is featured on Elvin’s new CD Raisn’ Hell Revue.

Terry Hanck’s Website

Get Terry Hanck’s CD Look Out! from Delta Groove Music

Get Terry Hanck’s CD Look Out! from Amazon.com

The first time I heard Susan Angeletti was a few weeks ago and she wowed me with her new CD Wisdom.  Song after song she keeps pounding away with a powerful voice.  With songs like “Rock Me Right”, “Hypnotized” and “Myrtle Beach” you will understand why Susan Angeletti opened for Johnny Winter’s tour.
Susan Angeletti’s CD is called Wisdom, if you have any you will buy this CD right away.

Susan Angeletti Website

Get Susan Angeletti’s CD Wisdom from Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview with Tom Eliff, the vocalist for the band The Mighty Mojo Prophets.  This is a great west coast blues band I’m very happy to find out about.  This is their first release and their on a new blues label called Rip Cat Records.

Mighty Mojo Prophets’ Website is a great place to get this great Blues CD

Get Mighty Mojo Prophets’ CD from Rip Cat Records
While your there check out some other great Blues artists like Johnny Mastro and Mama’s Boys, Whiteboy James and the Blues Express, The 44’s, John Marx, Barry Levenson, among others.

Get Mighty Mojo Prophets’ CD from Amazon.Com

Sean Chambers is back with another blistering Blues-Rock CD this time called Live from the Long Island Blues Warehouse.  “In The Winter Time” is ten minutes of great guitar playing that holds your attention for the whole song.  The rest of the songs are around three to four and a half minutes long.  You never get tired of a song or want to skip a head, every song leaves you wanting to hear it again and ready for another. His last CD Ten Til Midnight did real good.  This one should do even better.  Please call your local radio station and ask them to play Sean Chambers’ new Live CD.  Ask the rock stations too, but don’t use the “B” word or you’ll scare them off.  Great CD.

Sean Chambers’s Website

Get Sean Chambers’s Live CD from Amazon.Com

This week I have an interview with Victor Wainwright from the band Victor Wainwright & the Wildroots.  You probably remember his last CD Beale Street to the Bayou.  His new one is called Lit Up and it will light you up with some really cool blues.

Victor Wainwright’s Website

Get Victor Wainwright’s CD Lit Up! from Wild Roots Music

Man, do I have a show for you. The only thing better than Whiteboy James and the Blues Express’s new CD Extreme Makeover is getting to hear them tell their story.  I spoke with Whiteboy James, the singer, harmonica player, and songwriter as well as Scott Abeyta the guitarist and owner of Rip Cat Records.  This band is great, you are going to have so much fun listening to Whiteboy James and the Blues Express.

Buy the CD at Rip Cat Records Website

This week’s guest is JP Soars. I feel bad I never did a show on his last CD, Back of My Mind, it’s a great CD.  But he’s got a new CD out called More Bees With Honey and I really think you’re going to like this one.

JP Soars’  Website

Get JP Soars More Bees With Honey from Amazon.Com

Eric Clapton said Bryan Lee was one of the best blues-men he had ever heard.
Bryan Lee is an American blues guitarist that sings and also writes some of the songs on his CD’s. Bryan happens to be blind but because of his love for the blues he has not let that hold him back.  Bryan Lee is the real deal song to song CD to CD, he only puts out the best.  This CD also has Buddy Guy, David Maxwell, Duke Robillard and Kenny Wayne Shepherd on it.

Bryan Lee’s Website

Get Bryan Lee’s My Lady Don’t Love My Lady at Amazon.Com

This week’s show is on Shawn Pittman who has a new CD out on Delta Groove Music.  The CD is called Edge of the World.  Shawn’s style is Texas Blues-Rock with just a hint of Mick Jagger in his voice, great stuff. Edge of the World is one of my favorite CD of this summer.

Shawn Pittman’s Website

Get Shawn Pittman’s Edge of the World at Delta Groove Music’s Website
Some other new CD’s at Delta Groove Music you won’t want to miss are Elvin Bishop, Rod Piazza, Terry Hanck, & Mike Zito

This week we have an interview with Kim Wilson who not only is the front man and harmonic player for The Fabulous Thunderbirds but has some great solo CD’s out too.  I probably see Kim Wilson’s name on more CD’s as a guest artist than anyone else.  Kim’s even worked with people like Paul Simon and Eric Clapton recently.

Kim Wilson’s Fabulous Thunderbirds website is the best place to buy his CD’s  including some Cd’s only available at his website.

This week I have an interview with the great Ana Popovic.  In the past we’ve talked about her growing up in Belgrade, Serbia, her father’s love for the blues that he passed on to her, and her rise to popularity.  In this show we really have more time to talk about and play songs from her new CD on Eclecto Groove Records called Unconditional. You are going to love this show.

Buy Unconditional Ana Popovic’s Website

Buy Unconditional at Eclecto Groove Records

Hear the 2009 interview with Ana Popovic on the Blind for Love CD

Hear the 2008 interview with Ana Popovic on Still Making History

Hear an interview with Grady Champion the 2010 International Blues Challenge winner.  With songs like “Thank You For Giving Me The Blues” and “My Rooster Is King” you’re going to hear some great music on this weeks show.

Grady Champion’s Website

Get Grady Champion’s CD from Amazon.Com

This week I’ll be talking with the founder of Stony Plain Records, Holger Petersen, about their new 2 CD and 1 DVD  set called 35 Years Stony Plain. This label has had some great artists over the years like Duke Robillard, Jeff Healey, Rory Block, Long John Baldry, Joe Louis Walker, Rosco Gorden, and many, many more.  Holger Petersen also has some cool stories to tell.

Stony Plain Records Website is a good place to buy this and many other great CDs.  You should already have the new Rory Block CD since she was on the show a while back but check out new CD’s by Kenny Wayne “The Blues Boss”, Monkey Junk, and Harry Manx & Kevin Breit.

This week I have an interview with Lightnin’ Malcolm and songs from his new CD called Renegade on Ruf Records.  Most people probably know Lightnin’ Malcolm from the last two CD’s he made under the band name of Cedric Burnside & Lightnin’ Malcolm.  This is more of that some great style of music.

Lightnin’ Malcolm’s Website

Get Lightnin Malcolm’s CD Renegade at Amazon.com

This week I have Davina from Davina and the Vagabonds on this show. This is a band I’ve been enjoying for quite awhile now both on CD and in concert but just never got around to having them on the show.
So now with the release of their new CD Black Cloud I thought this would be the perfect time to have them on the show.

Davina and the Vagabonds’ Website

Get Davina and the Vagabonds’ CD Black Cloud from Amazon.Com

In this episode you’re going to hear an interview with Jimmy Burns and songs from his Delmark CD Back To The Delta.  Jimmy Burns is one of the many unsung blues legends of Chicago.  It’s really sad because with one listen to Back To The Delta you know Jimmy’s the real deal.

Jimmy Burns Website

Get Jimmy Burns CD Back To The Delta from Amazon.Com

This week hear an interview with Elvin Bishop who was one of the founding members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.  He also had a big hit with his own song “Fooled Around & Fell In Love”. His new CD Raisin’ Hell Revue is out on Delta Groove Records with some cool guest artists like Finis Tasby, Kid Anderson, Terry Hanok (who also has a real good CD out now), and John Nemeth.

Elvin Bishop’s Website

Get Elvin Bishop CD Raisin’ Hell Revue from Delta Groove Records

Get Elvin Bishop CD Raisin’ Hell Revue from Amazon.Com

This week we have the sweet beautiful music of Gina Sicilia.
Can’t Control Myself is her third CD and boy oh boy is it a good one.  Gina gives a fun interview you’ll love her as much as you’ll love this new CD Can’t Control Myself.

Get Gina Sicilia’s CD’s from her Website

Get Gina Sicilia’s CD from Amzon.Com

This week hear an interview with Soul-Blues artist Johnny Rawls.
Johnny talks about his days working with Little Johnny Taylor and being a bandleader for OV Wrght. The real thrill is just getting to hear tracks from Johnny Rawls’ new CD Memphis Still Got Soul.
In 2010 Johnny Rawls won the BMA for Soul Blues album of the year
& it sounds like he has another good shot at it this time.

Get Johnny Rawls’ CDs at his Website

Get Johnny Rawls’ Memphis Still Got Soul at Amazon.Com

This week I’ll be interviewing Danielle Schnebelen from the band Trampled Under Foot or sometimes they just go by the letters TUF. Danielle is the bass guitarist and vocals along with her two brothers that make up the band.
Trampled Under Foot won the IBC in 2008 and have been playing more and more festivals all around the world, were on the cover of last months issue of Blues Revue, and have a brand new CD out called Wrong Side of the Blues.

Trampled Under Foot’s Website

Get Trampled Under Foot’s CD from Amazon.Com

In this episode Kaye Bohler will be talking about her interesting life in the blues world and about her CD Like A Flower.

Kaye wrote every song on this CD and besides being a good songwriter she has a great band behind her along with some special guest like Robben Ford, Tommy Castro.

Sit back push the play button and enjoy some beautiful blues by Kaye Bohler.

Get Kaye Bohler’s Like A Flower from Amazon.Com

Go to Kaye Bohler’s Website

This episode I have an interview with Mr. Bass Guitar himself Bob Stroger.  Bob played bass on this years Grammy winning CD by Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.  Bob has also recorded with Otis Rush, Jimmy Rogers, Eddie Taylor, Eddie Clearwater, Sunnyland Slim, Lousiana Red, Homesick James, and Snooky Pryor among many many other blues artists.

Get Bob Stroger’s Cd’s from Amazon.Com

Bob Stroger’s Website

Hear Al Basile talk about his new CD The Goods.  Al’s played with a lot of interesting artists over the years like Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson, Joe Turner, and Johnny Shines who was Robert Johnson’s playing partner.  Duke Robillard asked Al Basile to be in Roomful of Blues back before they ever had a record out. The two have worked together many times over the years. Duke produced and played guitar on The Goods.  Between his well crafted songs with good story lines, Al’s also a writer you’ll love what you’re going to hear in this episode because Al Basile has The Goods.

Al Basile’s Website

Get Al Basile’ The Goods at Amazon.Com

Another CD by Al Basile is Soul Blue 7.
I always felt bad for not doing a show on this CD it too is really good.
Another CD by Al Basile is Soul Blue 7

This week hear an interview with Paul Thorn about his CD Pimps & Preachers. Paul Thorn tells great stories in his songs. You may be like me in thinking a CD with the title of Pimps & Preachers you might not like well, “you might be wrong”. Yes that was a song title and I was wrong, it’s great.

Paul Thorn’s Website

Get Paul Thorn’s Pimps & Preachers from Amazon.Com

Rory Block is a five time Blues Music Award Winner.

She grew up in Greenwich Village in the 60’s and knew Mississippi John Hurt, Reverend Gary Davis, Skip James, Son House, and Mississippi Fred McDowell.

Rory Block’s new Cd is called Shake ‘Em on Down: A Tribute To Mississippi Fred McDowell  You’ll hear songs from the new CD as well as Rory Block talking about her amazing life.

Rory Block’s Website

Get Rory Block’s CD’s from Amazon.Com

This week we celebrate Cinco De Mayo. If you’re having a party like millions of people will this week, no other band will bring a smile to your guest faces like Los Fabulocos.  Their CD Dos is some of the most fun music you will ever get to hear.  If this was a blues CD and it’s not I would truely consider this for CD of the year.
Jesus Cuevas will tell us about the bands interesting history and how they got Kid Ramos to join Los Fabulocos.  We’ll also play you some great songs from their CD Dos.  You have to get this CD to really celebrate Cinco De Mayo properly.

Get Los Fabulocos’ CD Dos from Amazon.Com

Find out more about Los Fabulocos at this website.

Stand back, don’t get to close, Grana’ Louise is a powerhouse with a voice that could knock you over.
Her song “Big Dick M’isipi” should be nominated for song of the year.
Grana’ Louise in my opinion also does the definitive version of “Stagger Lee” – no competition.

Get Grana’ Louise ‘s CD Gettin’ Kinda Rough! from Delmark Records

Get Grana’ Louise ‘s CD Gettin’ Kinda Rough! From Amazon.Com

This week hear an interview with Damon Fowler and songs from his new CD Devil Got His Way.  If you thought his last CD Sugar Shack was really good wait till you hear this new one.

Buy Devil Got His Way from Blind Pig Records

This week hear an interview with Shemekia Copeland and songs from her new Alligator Records’ CD Shemekia Copeland The Deluxe Edition.
As you probably know, her father is the late Texas blues guitarist & singer Johnny Clyde Copeland.  Shemekia has been nominated for and won many blues awards over the years as well as Best Female Blues Artist of 2010 by Blues Blast Magazine’s Music Awards.

Shemekia Copeland Website

Get Shemekia Copeland The Deluxe Edition from Alligator Records

This week we’re going to have a blues party with our guest Charles ‘Big Daddy’ Stallings.

His third CD is out although it could be called his third and fourth since it has enough music for two CD’s.  Push that play button and get ready to have a blues party with us.

Charles “Big Daddy” Stallings’ Website

Get Charles “Big Daddy’ Stallings” CD Blues Party from the CD Baby Website

Get Charles “Big Daddy’ Stallings” CD Blues Evolution from the CD Baby Website

Get Charles “Big Daddy’ Stallings” CD One Night Lover from the CD Baby Website

Hear Tom Principato talk about his brand new CD A Part Of Me as well as the record label he started with artists like Roy Buchanan on it.  Tom Principato may not be a household name but he will be in your household after you hear some of these beautiful songs Tom wrote.  Tom is one heck of a guitarist too.

Tom Principato Website

Get Tom Principato’s Cd A Part Of Me from his Website

Get Tom Principato’s Cd A Part Of Me from Amazon.Com

This week hear an interview with Bruce Iglauer the founder and President of Alligator Records. Bruce will be telling stories about some of the great artists that are on their new Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection.  Rolling Stone magazine gave it a four star ratting.
The 2-CDs set sells for the price of one with a large booklet and contains song from the last 40 years with an emphasis on their current artists.  Quite a few songs are on the newest CDs their artists have out.

Alligator Records’ Website

Alligator Records’ Mailing list

Alligator Records’ MySpace

This week hear an interview with Steven Dee Williams of the band Boogie Bone.  They’ve released their third CD Pro – Bone – O and you will be boogieing to your bones.

Press the play button and let the fun begin.

Boogie Bone’s Website
You can get their CD here and watch some cool videos too

Get Boogie Bone’s Pro- Bone-O from CD Baby

If you have a blues record that was made in Chicago with a saxophone on it there is a good chance Eddie Shaw is playing on it.  Eddie Shaw is truly one of the unsung legends of Chicago Blues.

Eddie Shaw was in Muddy Waters band then switched over to Howlin’ Wolf’s band where he became the band leader up until Wolf’s passing.

Get Eddie Shaw’s CD’s from Jazz Record Mart (Delmark Records)

Get Eddie Shaw’s CD’s from Amazon.Com

In this interview Tad Robinson will be talking about his career and his great CD Back in Style.

Tad Robinson Website (buy his CD here)

Get Tad Robinson’s Back in Style at Amazon.Com

Arron Moore is in his eighty’s but he can still really boogie-woogie at the piano.

Aaron’s style is similar to that of Roosevelt Sykes and Memphis Slim.  He’s played with Tampa Red, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Little Milton and Howlin’ Wolf.

On Boot ’Em Up Aaron is accompanied by James Wheeler, guitar; Bob Stroger, bass; and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, drums.

Buy Arron Moore’s CD Boot ‘Em Up! From Delmark Records

Hear Mitch Wood talk about some of the artist that influenced his jump n’ boogie band the Rocket 88s.  We’re going to hear songs from two of his past CD’s Shakin’ the Shack and Jump For Joy.  If this doesn’t make you want to get up and dance you’re deaf or dead.  Mitch also has a new CD out called Gumbo Blues that I’m not able to play because of the songs being covers but I’ve heard the CD and it’s great too.  Gumbo Blues has also been doing real good on the charts.

Mitch Wood & His Rocket 88s Website

Get Mitch Wood & His Rocket 88s’ New CD Gumbo Blues

Get Mitch Wood & His Rocket 88s’ CD Jump For Joy at Amazon.Com

Get Mitch Wood & His Rocket 88s’ CD Shakin’ The Shack

You asked for it and you got it the one and only Walter Trout is back with us again.  Common Ground has been nominated by The Blues Foundation as the “Rock Blues Album of the Year”.  Few artists have reserved more positive response on this show than Walter Trout.  Enjoy.

Walter Trout’s Website
Check out some of the cool live videos of Walter Trout’ Website too

Get Walter Trout’s CD Common Ground from his website

Get Walter Trout’s CD Common Ground from Amazon.Com

Chainsaw Dupont talks about his Blues Trilogy CD’s and playing at the Maxwell Street Market this past summer. I’ll also be playing songs from several of his CD’s.

If you’ve been using an ax it’s time to let the Chainsaw take over, Chainsaw Dupont.

Chainsaw Dupont’s Website

Be sure to go to Amazon.Com to get any of Chainsaw Dupont’s great music.

This week hear an interview with Big Joe & the Dynaflows’ vocalist, songwriter, and drummer Big Joe Maher.  Their brand new CD You Can’t Keep A Big Man Down is going to be getting a lot of air play.

Big Joe & the Dynaflows’ Website

Get Big Joe’s CD at Amazon.Com

This week hear the Kenny Neal interview. Kenny talks about his current CD  Hooked On Your Love as well as what it was like growing up with his famous father Raful Neal and knowing many of the legendary blues artists.  Kenny tells a funny story about Slim Harpo you won’t want to miss.

Kenny Neal’s Website
Ask Kenny to autograph the CD when you buy it from his website (cool guy)

In this episode I’ll be talking with Studebaker John about his love for the blues. When you listen to That’s The Way You Do it’s easy to hear the style of many great Chicago blues artists that have inspired him over the years.  It’s very fitting that Studebaker John and the Maxwell Street Kings have put this CD out on Delmark Records a label that put out many of the artists they are paying tribute to.

Studebaker John’s Website

Get Studebaker John’s CD That’s The Way You Do from his website

Get Studebaker John’s CD That’s The Way You Do from Delmark Records

Get Studebaker John’s CD That’s The Way You Do from Amazon.Com

I know it’s a long title for a CD but wait till you hear this fine three piece Australian blues band.  I’ll be talking with Jeff Cripps the guitarist and vocalist for Mississippi Shakedown about their catchy lyrics and even catchier beat. Once again our friends down under are really on top of it.

Mississippi Shakedown’s Website

Get Mississippi Shakedown’s CD I Don’t Know… from Amazon.Com

This week we will get to hear from Wendell Holmes of the famed Holmes Brothers.

As you probably know The Holmes Brothers have been nominated by The Blues Foundation for “Band of the Year”, and “Soul Blues Album of the Year” for the CD we’re going to be listening to and talking about Feed My Soul.

The Holmes Brothers Website

Get The Holmes Brothers’ CD Feed My Soul from Alligator Records

Get The Holmes Brothers’ CD Feed My Soul from Amazon.Com

This episode you’ll be hearing Pete Anderson talking about how a young kid name Dwight Yoakam sat in at a gig one night and how the two of them road it to the top of the country charts. Pete has now released his fourth CD  Even Things Up (Deluxe Edition) which is kind of a nod to a lot of the blues guitars he loves.  Pete Anderson really is a guitars players’ guitarist, you’ll love this show.

Pete Anderson Website

Get Pete Anderson’s CD Even Things Up (Deluxe Edition) at his record label.

This weeks interview is with Eden Brent.

Hear Eden Brent talk about being a blues piano player and her great new CD Ain’t Got No Troubles.

Eden Brent is nominated for three Blues Music Awards
1. Album of the Year for her new album Ain’t Got No Troubles.
2. Traditional Blues Female Artists of the Year or The Koko Taylor Award.
3. Piano Player of the Year or The Pinetop Perkins Award.

Listen to the show and understand why so many listeners are buying her music.

Eden Brent Website

Get Eden Brent’s CD’s from Yellow Dog Records.Com

Get Eden Brent’s CD from Amazon.Com

Hear Richie Rich talk about his brand new CD From The Streets.  If you like Chicago Blues like I do you’re going to love this first rate band’s newest CD.  You’re going to be hearing a lot more from Richie Rich & the Chi-Town Blues Band in the months to come, these guys really know how to play the blues.

Richie Rich & the Chi-Town Blues Band’s Website

Get there CD From The Streets from Amazon.Com

Sorry for the waste of your time re-downloading three of these shows.

The Scott Holt show and the Rich Del Grosso & John Del Toro Richardson show are both new shows.

Mark Wade

This week you’re in for a real treat.  Rich Del Grosso is a master  mandolin player like no one you’ve ever heard before and everyone says Jonn Del Toro Richardson has impeccable tone on the Guitar.

This CD Time Slips On By is going to be giving listeners new and exciting in blues to listen to.  Time Slips On By will not be slipping away it will be going to the top this year.

Rich Del Grosso Website

Jonn Del Toro Richardson Website

Scott Holt’s CD Kudzu just came out this week.  Scott will be talking to us about the new CD as well as the many years he spent playing in the Buddy Guy Band.

Scott Holt Website

Get Scott Holt’s Kudzu from his website

Get Scott Holt’s Kudzu from Amazon.Com

No lie, if you were able to have heard this CD back in the late 60’s early 70’s it would have fit in perfectly with what was going on with the Blues-Rock bands of the day.  The Todd Wolfe Band Live CD is well over one hour long and includes a fourteen minute version of “Shame” that you will get to hear in this show.  The DVD of The Todd Wolfe Band Live is even longer.

Get The Todd Wolfe Band Live from his Website

Get The Todd Wolfe Band Live from Amazon.Com

I’d like to thank Rick Lusher and Mark Pucci for their help in setting everything up.

Last year ended with a show on Oli Brown, the young British Blues-Rocker that has been turning heads.  This year starts off with another young British Blues-Rocker, Joanne Shaw Taylor who is living in Detroit USA right now.

Last year Joanne Shaw Taylor made a big splash with her debut CD White Sugar on Ruf Records.  Joanne’s new CD Diamonds In the Dirt is going to get a lot more heads turning too.  Wow, what a CD to start the year off with.

Joanne Shaw Taylor Website

Buy Joanne Shaw Taylor’s CD Diamonds in the Dirt from Amazon.Com

Thanks to Mark Pucci for putting up with me always asking when will Joanne record the next CD, when is it coming out, and when can we do an interview.  Thanks for all your help Mark.

Oli Brown is one of the new British Blues Rockers who is attracting a lot of attention with his music.  Hear Oli Brown talk about his new CD Heads I Win Tails You Lose. Between Oli Brown, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Matt Schofield, and others it looks like the Brits are doing a great job again of making Blues-Rock.

Oli Brown’s Website

Get Oli Brown’s Heads I Win Tails You Lose from his website.
Ask Oli to sign the CD for you at his website.

Get Oli Brown’s Heads I Win Tails You Lose from Amazon.Com

Thanks to Mark Pucci for setting this up.

Hear James Kinds talk about his new CD Love You From The Top on Delmark Records.  You may not have heard James Kinds music before but your luck has just taken a turn for the better.  A voice you will love from the top.

Get James Kinds CD Love You From The Top from his record label’s store Jazz Record Mart the biggest Blues & Jazz store in the world.

Check out Delmark Records too with new CD’s like Studebaker John’s Maxwell Street Kings or Junior Wells & The Aces Live from 1966.

Get James Kinds CD Love You From The Top at Amazon.Com

Jay Gaunt has been getting a lot of air play with his new CD Harmonicopia.  This is Jay’s first CD with a real variety of styles of music. Listen and see what you think of this new harp’s.

Jay Gaunt’s Website

Get Jay Gaunt’s CD Harmonicopia from Amazon.Com

You’ve heard me speak many times of Chris James & Patrick Rynn well, their song writing partner is Rob Stone, our guest on this episode.  This is Rob’s third CD, I hope he comes Back Around Here many more times great Chicago blues.

Rob Stone’s Website (you can buy his CD here & watch some videos)

Get Rob Stone’ CD Back Around Here from Amazon.Com

This episode I am talking to Rob Blaine.  He’s grown up playing the blues and now has a record out under his name.  Big Otis Blues you’ll know it when you hear it by Rob Blaine.

Rob Blaine Website

Get Rob Blaine’s CD Big Otis Blues at Amazon.Com

169 – Karen Lovely – Still The Rain

A lot of you have been hearing Karen Lovely’s music in the Blues Revue’s sampler CD. Even more of you have been hearing her on the radio.  Everyone has been talking about this great CD and now you’ll get to hear her talk about Still The Rain.

Karen Lovely’s Website

Buy Karen Lovely’s CD Still the Rain at Amazon.Com

Hear Magic Slim in this episode of A1Blues.Com talk about his last two records.  Magic Slim is one of the last Chicago blues artists from the 50’s. He was even in Magic Sam’s band in the early days.

Buy Magic Slim CD Raising The Bar From Amazon.com

Magic Slim’s Website

This week hear Jim Byrnes talk about all the great blues artists he saw growing up in St. Louis in the 60’s.  Jim just received some awards for his last CD Walking Stick and already put out a new CD this week called Everywhere West.

Jim Byrnes Website

Buy Jim Byrnes CD Everywhere West from Amazon.Com

In this episode hear Willie “Big Eyes” Smith talk about his history working in the blues world with Muddy Waters, Legendary Blues Band, solo records, and his new record with Pinetop Perkins Joined at the Hip. We’ve all read about how Willie was in Muddy Waters’ Band but what they leave out is that Willie “Big Eyes” Smith has been making some of the best Chicago Blues in the last ten years.  This is a blues legend that is putting out music worthy of that title.

Willie “Big Eyes” Smith Website
Watch cool video of Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith working on Joined at the Hip.

Get Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith’s CD Joined at the Hip from Amazon.Com

Get Willie “Big Eyes” Smith’s CD Born in Arkansas

This is a really great CD Willie made Way Back

This episode hear Anni Piper talk about her CD Chasin’ Tail.
Find out why people in the paradise of Australia are throwing money at their concerts .
If you thought Anni’s last CD was good you’re in for a real surprise Anni has taken Chasin’ Tail up a notch or two.

Get Anni Piper’s Chasin Tail from Amazon.Com

Go to Anni Piper’s Website

Hear Russell “Hitman” Alexander talk about his band Hitman Blues Band and their CD Pale Rider.  Hitman took some blues mixed it with a little rock and he’s got a hitman.  You’ll know what I mean when you hear this show.

The Hitman Blues Band Website, first choice to buy their CD’s

Buy Hitman Blues Band’s Cd Pale Rider from Amazon.Com

In this episode you will hear British-Blues-Rocker Matt Schofield talk about his music and hear tracks from his CD’s Heads, Tails & Aces and Live From The Archive.  Alot of you have wanted to hear Matt on this show and here he is.

Matt Schofield Website

Buy Matt Schofield’ CD Live From The Archive from Amazon.Com

Buy Matt Schofield’ CD Heads, Tails & Aces from Amazon.Com

In this episode you will hear Chris O’Leary talk about his new Blues-Roots record Mr. Used To Be.  Chris plays harmonica and fronts a seven piece band, wow that’s a lot of members for a blues band to have to pay but they do sound great as you will hear.

Chris O’Leary Website

Buy Chris O’Leary’s CD Mr. Used To Be from Amazon.Com

This is a must hear episode with Grammy Award Winner James Cotton Mr. Superharp himself.

Mr. Cotton talks about working with Sonny Boy Willimson, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters & more.  You’ll also hear songs from his new Alligator Record GIANT.

James Cotton Website

Buy James Cotton’s CD GIANT from Alligator Records

Also check out all the other new CD’s at Alligator Records like the number one blues CD by Charlie Musselwhite’ The Wall, or JJ Grey & Mofro’s  Georgia Warhorse or one of my favorites Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King’s Have Blues, Will Travel.

Hear a really fun interview with Chrissie O’Dell.  We talk about her new CD If I Had A Dime and play some great tracks from it. This is her first CD and it is HOT HOT HOT.

Please contact your radio station to play Chrissie O’Dell’s CD If I Had A Dime.
Chrissie O’Dell‘s CD is on the National Blues Chart for the first week at number 27.  

Buy Chrissie O’Dell’s CD from Bill Foolery Website

Chrissie O’Dell’s Website

Chrissie O’Dell MySpace

The Long Island Blues Society’s Website

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This week hear the unbelievable blues-rock guitar playing of JP Blues and his second CD I Will Not Go Quietly. If you think his last CD Die Happy was good wait till you hear I Will Not Go Quietly.
JP Blues CD is on the National Blues Chart for the first week at number 16.

JP Blues Website

Buy JP Blues downloads from Amazon.Com

This week I will be talking to the voice of the hit Blues Rock radio and podcast show Blues Nation.  Mark Kerr has also put out two great Blues Rock CD’s One Drink Away from the Blues in 2005 and now Blues Nation.

Buy Mark Kerr’s CD Blues Nation from Amazon.Com

Buy Mark Kerr’s CD Blues Nation from CD Baby

Buy Mark Kerr’s 1^st CD One Drink Away from the Blues from CD Baby

Mark Kerr’s Website

Vance Kelly also stops by to talk to us.

Buy Jimmy Dawkins’ The Leric Story from Delmark Records

Buy Jimmy Dawkins’ The Leric Story at Amazon.Com

This week hear JW-Jones talk about his new CD Midnight Memphis Sun.

JW-Jones Website

JW-Jones on YouTube

JW-Jones on Facebook

Buy JW-Jones’ Midnight Memphis Sun from Amazon.Com

This week you will hear Eddie Turner talk about his new CD Miracles & Demons as well as songs from it. If you’ve only heard Eddie on the Otis Taylor CD’s you’re in for a real treat.

Eddie Turner Website

Eddie Turner MySpace

Buy Eddie Turner’s CD from Amazon.Com

John Nemeth was the winner of the 2010 Living Blues Award for “Most Outstanding Blues Singer” Hear John Nemeth talk about his new CD Name the Day and songs from it.

John Nemeth Website

John Nemeth MySpace

Buy John Nemeth’s new CD Name the Day from Amazon.Com

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Hear Dave Weld from Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames talk about his Chicago Blues CD Burnin’ Love on Delmark Records.

Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames Website

Buy Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames’ CD Burnin’ Love at Delmark Records
Also check out other great CD’s on Delmark Records like Jimmy Dawkins Presents
The Leric Story, Mississippi Heat Let’s Live It Up, Delmark - 55 Years Of Blues

Buy Dave Weld & the Imperial Flames’ CD Burnin’ Love at Amazon.Com

This week hear Bob Carter the drummer for Nick Moss & The Flip Tops talk about his life in the music world.  Bob also talks about the Nick Moss’ solo record Privileged which he plays on.

Buy Nick Moss’ cd Privileged from Amazon.Com

This week hear Elvin Bishop talk about being in the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, his big hit “Fooled Around & Fell In Love”, working with his old mentor Little Smokey Smothers and of course his new CD Red Dog Speaks.

Elvin Bishop Website

Buy Elvin Bishop’s CD from Delta Groove Productions

Buy Elvin Bishop’s CD Red Dog Speaks from Amacon.Com

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This week you will get to hear Charlie Musselwhite talk about his new CD The Well as will as songs from the CD.

Charlie Musselwhite just may be the best known living blues harmonica player around today.  His first record. Stand Back! Here Comes Charlie Musselwhite’s Southside Band, came out in 1967.  Many consider this a classic record but, after more than two dozen records and more years than he’d probably like to remember, The Well shows Charlie is only getting better.  His voice sounds more mature and fuller, the harp playing is great, and Charlie can really tell a story.

“Cadillac Women” is about growing up and learning you should stay out of trouble. “Cook County Blues” is a well written song about being locked up in jail. “Sad And Beautiful World” is an up tempo duet with Mavis Staples. “Clarksdale Getaway” and “Sonny Payne Special” are two great instrumentals that really let you hear why people think so highly of Charlie’s playing.  Then there is the title track “The Well” about a little girl who fell down in a well in Texas that gave Charlie the inspiration to quit drinking.  I know this doesn’t give you much information about the new Charlie Musselwhite CD The Well on Alligator Records but if you just push the play button you will quickly realize that Charlie’s well is overflowing with wonderful music.

2010 Blues Hall of Fame Inductee
7-Time GRAMMY Nominee
24-Time Blues Music AwardWinner
8-Time Living Blues Award Winner

Charlie Musselwhite’s Website

Buy The Well from Charlie Musselwhite’s Website

Buy The Well from Alligator Records

Don’t forget to check out all the new releases at Alligator Records like JJ Grey & Mofro, Smokin’ Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Anders Osborne, The Holmes Brothers & Guitar Shorty.

Thanks to Charlie Musselwhite for taking time out from his tour to talk with me.
Thanks to Bruce Iglauer for setting everything up.

NOTE:

I’m going to be doing some new things with the show in the weeks to come.  Some shows will be about an hour long with one artist, others will have two artists one each half hour.  As you know the shows have been coming out every other week lately, this will be changing too.  I’m going to be shooting for three shows a month with some shows having two artists.  One of my big goals to be able to give you more opportunity to hear from more artists.  The one down side is the articles here at the website will end.  You will still be able to listen to the new show or any of the past shows.  There will be links every week to the artists website and where to buy the CD, just no article. Thank you for listening to this show wether it is on KCOR Kansas City Online Radio, the podcast. or here at the website.  We are going to keep the blues alive.

Mark Wade
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Bob Corritore is our guest this week he’ll be talking about his new CD Harmonica Blues.

Talking to Bob reminds me of talking to Bob Koester at Delmark Records or Bruce Iglauer at Alligator Records because he has such a vast knowledge of the blues. He’s met or played with most everyone.  Like the other two men Bob works very hard to help other blues artists whenever possible as well as recording some great blues himself.

Bob Corritore has played harmonica on over 35 releases to date. He hung around great harp players such as Big Walter Horton, Little Mack Simmons, Louis Myers, Junior Wells, Big John Wrencher, and Carey Bell, receiving harmonica tips and encouragement from many of them. He would regularly see the Aces, Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, Billy Boy Arnold, John Brim, Sunnyland Slim, Smokey Smothers, Eddie Taylor, and in many cases became personal friends with these blues veterans. Corritore worked with Tail Dragger, Big Moose Walker, Willie Buck, Louis and Dave Myers, and Eddie Taylor in the late 70s and early 80s (this paragraph was taken from his website).

Harmonica Blues is a wonderful CD with a real who’s who of the blues world.  Since Bob never sings, he has brought guest artists in to do the singing like Little Milton, Honeyboy Edwards, Nappy Brown, Eddy Clearwater, Big Pete Pearson, Koko Taylor and Dave Riley. If you think these names are impressive wait till you hear the music, it’s even better.  This is a must have CD, you will love every track, and why wait till it wins a bunch of blues awards. Get Harmonica Blues today (see links below).

Songs played on this week’s show:
“1815 West Roosevelt” with Eddie Shaw
“That’s All Right” with Robert Lockwood Jr.
“Sundown San Diego” with Tomcat Courtney
“Big Fat Mama” with Pinetop Perkins
“Things Have Changed” with Henry Gray
“Tell Me ‘Bout It” with Louisiana Red
“I Need To Be Be’d With” with Carol Fran

If you’re a real blues fan you should get on Bob’s mailing list for his news letter, it’s really good, and it’s free. See his website to sign up.

Bob Corritore’s Website

Bob Corritore MySpace

Get Bob Corritore’s CD Harmonica Blues at Delta Groove Productions

Get Bob Corritore’s CD Harmonica Blues at Amazon.Com

Thanks to Frank Roszak for setting everything up and of course to Bob for a very interesting interview. I hope to have Bob back many more times.

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Hear Albert Castiglia [pronounced ka-steel-ya] talk about his new CD Keepin On that came out this week.

Albert Castiglia’s song “Bad Year Blues” was nominated in 2009 for “Blues Song of the Year” by the Blues Foundation.  I still say “Godfather Of The Blues” about Albert’s former boss Junior Wells is every bit as good or better of a song than “Bad Year Blues”.  Both songs were from the 2008 CD These Are The Days.  You can check this out for yourself after this week’s show by going to the first interview I did with Albert were we talked about his then new CD These Are The Days.

Keepin On is exactly what you want to do with Albert Castiglia new cd Keepin On because you want to keep on hearing more of his diverse guitar playing.  From the powerful guitar intro and tuff vocals on the first song “Cadillac Assembly Line” (killer guitar solo) through “My Baby Is Now On My Mind”, a slow kind of Latin shuffle (ditto on the guitar solo), to the last song “Closing Time” where Albert gives a passionate vocal and guitar performance.  Throughout the CD it is evident that he is able to change styles of playing without ever dropping his standers.

Keepin On also has Nicole Hart on some backup vocals and our old friend Sandy Mack doing some great harp work.  Even before I know it was Sandy I was really getting into what he was doing.   Hear the show on Sandy Mack.

Albert Castiglia has done it again with a great CD full of tight blues songs, some covers, and some he’s written are all worth owning.  Hopefully this time around people will realize what a great talents Albert has with both the guitar and his voice.

Don’t forget to get out this year to see Albert Castiglia in concert because he puts on a really good show.  I’ve seen him a few times and I always enjoy it.

Buy Albert Castiglia’s Keepin On at Amazon.Com

Albert Castiglia’s Keepin On is also available at iTunes, Barns & Noble, Napster & Rhapsody.Com

Albert Castiglia Website

Albert Castiglia MySpace

To book Albert in your town contact JoAnn Freda.

Thanks Albert Castiglia for doing the interview.

Thanks also to Rick Lusher, Mark Pucci and Blues Leaf Records.
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This week hear Chris Bell talk about his brand new CD Devil, My Guitar & Me.

If you’ve been listening to this show for awhile you know about the last show I did with Chris on his CD Real Bluesman.  This time around Chris goes from blues to more blues rock and it works good for him.  All but one of the 14 songs are Chris Bell originals.  The exception is an old Allman Brothers song “It’s Not My Cross To Bear” which Chris does a nice job on.  Songs like “Sweet Josephine”, “Devil, My Guitar & Me”, and many others are good blues-rockers.  The song “My Jimi Hendrix Stuff” stands out with its cool lyrics.  Chris took the titles of a bunch of Hendrix songs to make the lyrics for this song.   It’s fun to listen to and pick out the song titles while still following the present story line.

Chris is also a huge John Lee Hooker fan.  He tells us about the time he got to meet John Lee Hooker which is the inspiration for Chris’ song titled “John Lee Hooker (Told Me So)”.  The last track, “Don’t Wake Me Up”, breaks out a sax player that gives a nice change of sound.  Chris Bell is the lead vocalist and plays electric, acoustic, slide, dobro and any other guitar as well as bass guitar on six tracks.  Chuck England is the bass guitarist and Bill Nuti plays drums.

Chris Bell & 100% Blues will be on tour all this summer so be sure to check their MySpace page for tour dates.  There are some great photos of Chris with other blues artists at his MySpace page too.  You really should check it out.

Chris Bell MySpace

Chris Bell Website

Buy Chris Bell & 100% Blues – The Devil, My Guitar & Me at Amazon.Com

Buy Chris Bell & 100% Blues – The Devil, My Guitar & Me at CD Baby

Hear Chris talk about his last CD Real Bluesman, it has a lot of great music too.

Thanks to Chris Bell for taking time away from his tour to talk about his new CD.

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This week hear both Chris James & Patrick Rynn talk about their new cd Gonna Boogie Anyway.

Chris James & Patrick Rynn were on this show back in 2008 talking about their last cd Stop and Think About It. Chris talks this time about how both cd’s are Chicago Blues but, this time around there is a change to Gonna Boogie Anyway.  It’s a little more stripped down including three real nice acoustic numbers with Patrick playing upright bass and Chris doing guitar and vocals.  One of them, “Heading Out West”, really comes off as sounding like there are more musicians playing than there really are. Then they add our old friend David Maxwell on piano for another acoustic number “You Can’t Trust Nobody”.

I was really pleased to hear David Maxwell on four of the numbers then Henry Gray shows up to play piano on four more songs.  Sam Lay even plays on a couple of songs which is very  appropriate because it’s the old blues artists like these that have drawn Chris James & Patrick Rynn to this kind of music.

Most of the songs are by the team of Chris James, Patrick Rynn and Rob Stone with four covers including one by Jimmy Reed and one by Robert Lockwood Jr.  Rob Stone also plays harp and some guitar on both their cd’s.  Be on the lookout for a new cd by Rob Stone called Back Around Here that just came out.

Like their last cd Stop and Think About It the new one Gonna Boogie Anyway is a great Chicago blues cd.  That will be winning a lot of awards because this is some of best Chicago Blues you will hear anywhere.   Chris James & Patrick Rynn are two blues artists we will be hearing a lot more from and that’s a good thing.

Songs in this week’s show:
You Can Trust Nobody  (with David Maxwell)
The Tables Have  Turned   (with David Maxwell)
Headed Out West
Money Don’t Like Me        (with David Maxwell & Sam Lay)
Gonna Boogie Anyway      (with Henry Gray)

Chris James & Patrick Rynn’s Website

Chris James & Patrick Rynn’s MySpace

Buy Chris James & Patrick Rynn’s new cd from Amazon.Com

Thanks guys, it was real fun talking with you again and get to St. Louis sometime.