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....
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.
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
This edition features more holiday music and a big variety of styles and tempos. Colin Linden, W.C. Clark, Little Freddie King Blues Band, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Snooky Pryor fill the hour: another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 406th Roadhouse....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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.
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
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....
