The hour ahead is a steady-rollin' escape hatch, with a groove that starts at the beginning and runs to the end. Sonny Landreth, Jim Gustin & Truth Jones, Thorbjørn Risager & the Black Tornado, Vanja Sky, and Jack Mack & The Heart Attack are all just in sight, and they'll make all things right with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 787th Roadhouse.
This hour of The Roadhouse is filled with sixteen great artists who, I'm sure, are more than glad to help you step away from the world. John Primer & Bob Coritore, King Solomon Hicks, Ruthie Foster Big Band, The Jimmys, and The Holmes Brothers provide a little shelter from the storm. They also help provide another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 786th Roadhouse.
This hour of The Roadhouse proves the theory that blues fans are a defiant bunch. Through the best and worst of times, we persevere. With a tough time upon us, the best way to do that is to step away and absorb yourself in great blues. With Kenny "Blues Boss" Wayne, Lucky Peterson, Benny Turner, Mannish Boys, and Chris James & Patrick Rynn, you know this is going to be a special hour. There's nothing out there that we can't forget about for an hour of the finest blues, period, case closed, d...
There's a lot of fun in the hour ahead. That includes new music, at least one Roadhouse debut, and a logical musical progression from one track into the next. Roomful of Blues, Phantom Blues Band, North Mississippi Allstars, Liz Mandeville, and Jack Mack & The Heart Attack are just waiting out there to surprise you. But there's definitely one thing about the hour that's no surprise - it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
We should probably just call this hour of The Roadhouse "The Debut Hour." I've got seven Roadhouse debuts - fully half the hour - this week. The Headcutters, Richard Ray Farrell, Ryan Perry, Mick Hayes, and One Dime Band are all ahead. If seven debuts doesn't make it true, I'm not sure there's anything that would make it more of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got 16 great blues tracks queued up in the next hour of The Roadhouse. Those include a couple of classic artists, a bunch of new artists, and, generally, the variety of blues you've come to expect. Jeremiah Johnson, Mary Jo Curry Band, Tinsley Ellis, The Jimmys, and Lazy Lester. Can we just talk about consistency? Consistent with everything you know about our weekly endeavour - the hour ahead is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
On the 15th anniversary of The Roadhouse, I've got a show so hot you might want to hydrate before listening. Rosie Flores, Shelley King, Altered Five Blues Band, The Cash Box Kings, and Thornetta Davis make for the most consistently upbeat show of the year. The hour ahead is top-notch, top-shelf, top-speed, and a celebration for the finest blues you've never heard - the 781st Roadhouse.
On the 15th anniversary of The Roadhouse, I've got a show so hot you might want to hydrate before listening. Rosie Flores, Shelley King, Altered Five Blues Band, The Cash Box Kings, and Thornetta Davis make for the most consistently upbeat show of the year. The hour ahead is top-notch, top-shelf, top-speed, and a celebration for the finest blues you've never heard - the 781st Roadhouse.
You're going to love the talent in the next hour of The Roadhouse. David Gogo, Sonny Landreth, The B.B. King Blues Band, Casey Hensley, and The James Hunter Six - if you know those names, you know just how diverse this edition is. Let's just say I dove headfirst into the talent pool and came out with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 780th Roadhouse.
I've got a party in the next hour of The Roadhouse with artists who have provided some of the greatest party music in the life of the show. If that wasn't enough, I've got a set of live electric blues to light the place up. Phantom Blues Band, Robert Cray, Bernard Allison, Mark Hummel, and Buster Brody's One Man Band - let the good time party begin with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 779th Roadhouse.
I've got plenty of blues in this hour - 14 tracks across the spectrum of blues, including a set just for those of you who are big fans of pyrotechnic electric blues guitar. Sonny Landreth, Watermelon Slim, Gary Moore, Gregory Porter, and Mike Zito propel us right along down the road to another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 778th Roadhouse.
In the next hour of The Roadhouse, we move to Memphis for the Blues Fouudation's 2020 Blues Music Awards and nominees in the album categories. I've got Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Southern Avenue, Sugaray Rayford, Terry Robb, and Jontavious Willis - an hour of great blues, very few of which have been played recently in The Roadhouse. But, even with those few duplicates, I'm going to get really, really close to another hour of the finest blues you've never hear - the 777th Roadhouse.
Firmly planted in The Roadhouse Studios, I have an hour that ventures from the Bayou to the Mississippi Hill Country, to Brussels, Belguim, and back to the streets of San Francisco. Along the way, we'll stop in Atlanta, and London, and New Zealand. G. Love and Special Sauce, Mark Hummel, R.L. Burnside, Bai Kamara, Jr., and Marcus King help prove that blues is global. And, with four Roadhouse debuts, they also help prove that it's possible to put together another hour of the finest blues you've n...
I've got an hour ahead that's chock full of music you might not be hearing anywhere else, including a mix of new releases and Roadhouse debuts by three artists. Dave Specter, Laura Cox, Down to the River, Rae Gordon Band, and Betty Fox Band provide the foundation for the hour. We also venture off into the world of blues rock for a set. It's wildly diverse, typically uptempo, and, without much doubt, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
This week, I drop a Roadhouse Rewind from 2014. I'll be back next week with a new edition. The 514th Roadhouse closes out the review of new releases in 2014 with Walter Trout, Trudy Lynn, Mississippi Heat, Missy Andersen, and The Duke Robillard Band. Surely, some of the names in this edition were unfamiliar to you until the year just past. It's definitely another hour of the finest blues you might have heard in 2014 - the 514th Roadhouse.
After an easy holiday, it's time to get back to where we land every week - an hour of great blues. This week, that includes six Roadhouse debuts. Phillip Fankhauser, Dana Gillespie, Marcia Ball, Matt Wanderscheid, and Layla McCalla provide a typically broad range of blues to end 2019. It's an hour full of Roadhouse debuts and absolutely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 773rd Roadhouse.
After an easy holiday, it's time to get back to where we land every week - an hour of great blues. This week, that includes six Roadhouse debuts. Phillip Fankhauser, Dana Gillespie, Marcia Ball, Matt Wanderscheid, and Layla McCalla provide a typically broad range of blues to end 2019. It's an hour full of Roadhouse debuts and absolutely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 773rd Roadhouse.
We're right up against Christmas in The Roadhouse and chock full of some great blues. I've got new music from Hollywood Fats Band, Matty T Wall, Popa Chubby, Van Morrison, and Frank Bey. I've also got five more holiday blues tracks and that restrospective feeling that comes at the end of the year. It may be the final hour of the holidays and one of the last two for the year in The Roadhouse, but it's still, at its core, just another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got more Christmas blues in the next hour of The Roadhouse, along with three Roadhouse deubts, some old favorites, and some artists we kind of discovered together in 2019. Sugar and Spice Revue, Sugar Blue, Santiago Perrioti, Diane Blue, and Gary Nicholson help fill this edition. The year behind us just gets me charged up to deliver another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 771st Roadhouse.
It's the first edition of the 2019 holiday season and I've got 6 great Christmas blues tracks to help spread the cheer. Samantha Fish, Keb' Mo', Breezy Rodio, Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, and Rae Gordon Band mix it up to help put you in the spirit. It's another holiday in The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest holiday blues you've never heard.
On a US holiday weekend, the 769th Roadhouse is a Roadhouse Rewind from February 2010. I'll be back next week with a new edition. 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.
It's a notable week in The Roadhouse. I've got five Roadhouse debuts - the most ever in a single edition - and a tempo that will take your breath away. Johnny Neel, Crooked Still, Biscuit Miller & The Mix, Chickenbone Slim, and Diane Blue absolutely blast us down the road with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 768th Roadhouse.
With a couple of very focused sets, this hour of The Roadhouse drifts off into territory you might not find in other blues shows. Shaun Murphy, Lincoln Durham, Brody Buster's One Man Band, Terry Hanck, and Annika Chambers are just five of the fourteen artists in the hour. We're going from one end of the blues to the other and along that trip, we'll paint another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 767th Roadhouse.
Guess what? I've got a bunch of great blues ahead - go figure. With a couple of Roadhouse debuts, I'll roll 15 tracks in the hour, including Our Native Daughters, Booker T. Jones, Mike Zito, Vaneese Thomas, and Luther Dickinson. It's a plentiful hour, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 766th Roadhouse.
Guess what? I've got a bunch of great blues ahead - go figure. With a couple of Roadhouse debuts, I'll roll 15 tracks in the hour, including Our Native Daughters, Booker T. Jones, Mike Zito, Vaneese Thomas, and Luther Dickinson. It's a plentiful hour, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 766th Roadhouse.
In the next hour of The Roadhouse, I've got a huge variety, including a set of blues rock right up against a set of acoustic. Dave Specter, Danny Bryant, Mary Flower, Tasha Taylor, and Seth Walker get the nod, along with 9 other great artists and tracks. Together, they make up another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 765th Roadhouse.
The next hour of The Roahouse is mystery-free. I've got some great tracks from Biscuit Miller & The Mix, Johnny Rawls, Giles Robson, Bob Margolin, and Screamin' John & Td Lind. And they're strung together in a way that I think just logically leads you from one end of the hour to the other. I'm sure you'll find it to be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 766th Roadhouse.
The next hour of The Roahouse is mystery-free. I've got some great tracks from Biscuit Miller & The Mix, Johnny Rawls, Giles Robson, Bob Margolin, and Screamin' John & Td Lind. And they're strung together in a way that I think just logically leads you from one end of the hour to the other. I'm sure you'll find it to be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 766th Roadhouse.
It's another week in The Roadhouse, and another week with some new artists, three of whom are making their Roadhouse debut. Teresa James & The Rhythm Tramps, GA-20, North Mississippi Allstars, Dave Specter, and Henri Herbert are ahead. All in all, they provide the perfect environment to hide away from the real world. They definitely help provide another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 763rd Roadhouse.
Two weeks removed from a new edition of The Roadhouse, the next edition has new life, new blues, and five - count 'em five - Roadhouse debuts. Ghost Town Blues Band, Mike Zito, Victor Lawson and Little John Crisley, Mike Duke, and Beth Hart lie straight ahead. It just doesn't get any newer than this hour of The Roadhouse. As always, it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
