Blues it is in the next edition of The Roadhouse. In a way, it's a quiet return to the uptempo mood of years gone by. The Record Company, Robben Ford, The Blues Quarantinos, Hip Lankchan, and Chris Cain fill the hour. I think this is an hour that might just lift you out of your seat a few times. And, that's mostly because it is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 847th Roadhouse.
Sixteen tracks and five debuts make up the next edition of The Roadhouse and provide the freshest view of blues you'll find. The Blues Quarantinos, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram, Tommy Z, Otis Rush, and Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater. Old, new, north, and south - they do have this in common: they're all part of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 843rd Roadhouse.
Consider this hour to be a hallway with many, many doors into the blues. Rick Holmstrom, Mick Fleetwood, Gary Moore, Fantastic Negrito, and Steve Cropper in the hour ahead represent doors from blues, blues-rock, and R&B. Pick your own door, open it up, and find your way in to another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
Circumstance drives a Roadhouse Rewind this week. I'll be back next week with a new edition of the finest blues you've never heard. This edition of The Roadhouse features some old friends, some new one, some quick little ditties, and some of the longest tracks ever played in the show. Tommy Malone, Little Mike & The Tornadoes, Lurrie Bell, Harpdog Brown, and Janiva Magness help make this a well-rounded hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 481st Roadhouse.
I've got music in this edition of The Roadhouse from Detroit, Chicago, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, California - really, just all over the US. There shouldn't be much argument about the tradition of blues in the hour. Eddie Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Winter, Son Seals, and Lefty Dizz. It's a no-doubt hour of blues and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got a good hour of blues ahead. Thorbjørn Risager & Emil Balsgaard, Citizen Cope, The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Son of Dave, and Blues on the Loose are among the artists. You read three Roadhouse debuts in those names, too. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 842nd Roadhouse.
It'll come as no surprise that the next edition of The Roadhouse is full of variety. That's been the hallmark of the show for many, many years. Bonny B., Chris Cain, Rory Block, Justin Howl, and Kaz Hawkins help fill the tank that fuels the next hour - another hour, by the way, of the finest blues you've never heard.
In the next edition of The Roadhouse, we get up a full head of steam to push 15 acts across the bandstand. Duke Robillard, Joe Lewis Band, Dexter Allen, The Mighty Klucks, and Soul Thrivers will have you chair-dancing, if not dancing outright in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got an hour of little moods in the next Roadhouse: groups of songs that fit together based on the mood they evoke. There's a tough mood, a quiet mood, and a mood that's just a little loud. Ryan Kinder & Robert Randolph, Judith Hill, Bjorn Berge, The Kokomo Kings, and Curtis Salgado help share those little moods in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got the goods in this hour, including a great mix of male and female and styles from Chicago to the Delta. Benny Turner, Hitman Blues Band, Bobby Rush, Louis Mezzasoma, and Keb' Mo' will help assure your attention. That means you definitely won't be bored with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
An hour of diversity and introduction brings many styles of blues and some artists who are new to The Roadhouse. Steve Strongman, Michael Kaeshammer, Alastair Greene, Selwyn Birchwood, and Dave Keller help make up the hour. From St. Louis to Toronto, California to Belgium, Tampa to Providence, you're sitting just at the very front edge of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got another great hour ahead - an hour of variety that will surely sweep you up. Samantha Martin & Delta Sugar, Keb' Mo', Johnny Winter, Chris Smither, and Jimmy Burns are all ahead. It's an hour for every blues taste, and absolutely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
From a collection of 40,000 blues tracks, I've managed to pull 15 that fit together perfectly for the next hour of The Roadhouse. Too Slim & the Taildraggers, Damon Fowler, Lloyd Jones, Dustin Arbuckle & The Damnations, and Downchild Blues Band lead the way. I think it all ties together really nicely for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
There's a mountain of blues in the next hour of The Roadhouse. And, once again, I've got a wide portion of the blues spectrum covered with Kai Strauss, Jimmy Burns, Joe Lewis Band, Robert Cray, and The Wildroots. The cool part, here? That we're going to climb this mountain together through another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
In this hour, we put another year behind us and hold tight to a long-standing tradition. It's the sixteenth anniversary of the show, and it features a full hour of opening tracks from the previous twelve months. Vintage Dixon, Eric Johanson, Scoundrels, Lil' Ronnie & The Grand Dukes, and Kim Wilson help us celebrate another year of the finest blues you've never heard in the 833rd Roadhouse.
In the next hour of The Roadhouse, you'll find every reason you need to get up and dance. Early Times & The High Rollers, Ryan Perry, Lynanne Hyde, Soul Thrivers, and Selwyn Birchwood provide the backdrop for an hour of high activity. Mash 'em up with eight other artists, and you find yourself with a big old plate of the finest blues you've never heard.
The next hour of The Roadhouse is everything you've come to expect over the years - a variety of blues and a bunch of new blues artists. Ghalia Volt, Kai Strauss, Duke Shelby, Doug MacLeod, and Trickbag step out front and center, but they're really just a part of a whole. And, how to describe the whole? It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
With five Roadhouse debuts, a set of soul-blues, and a dip into a deep variety of styles, the next edition of The Roadhouse is full of surprises. Blues Company, Tab Benoit, Soul Messin' Allstars, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, and the Soul Thrivers help fill the hour. It's a perfect way to get away, and absolutely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
This hour of The Roadhouse is about an immutable fact of life - that most of us have to work for food and shelter. It's a fertile theme in the blues and a great seed for this edition. Vanja Sky, Son Seals, Howlin' Wolf, Otis Rush, and Ruthie Foster take us through an hour of working blues. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 829th Roadhouse.
This edition helps contribute to the resilience of the blues by featuring four Roadhouse debuts. Ally Venable, John Németh, Veronica Lewis, Westside Sheiks, and Clarence Spady are all ahead. It's new artists, new music, and another new hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
The next hour of The Roadhouse is another hour of fitting together puzzle pieces to make a beautiful whole. Chickenbone Slim, Johnny Nicholas, Harmonica Shah & Howard Glazer, Kirk Fletcher, and Indigenous fill out the edition. While it's hard to tell how those artists all fit together, let's give it a shot in the hope that it really will turn out to be another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 827th Roadhouse.
The next hour of The Roadhouse leans toward blues rock. There are also three Roadhouse debuts and a pretty nice mix of male and female artists. Albert Cummings, Greg Sover Band, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Grainne Duffy, and Chicken Shack are all out there just waiting to entertain you. And, there are nine other great artists and tracks to help push us through the hour. Fourteen tracks, a bit heavier than normal and, as always, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
The crowd, the bandstand, and the bar. We've got all the elements of The Roadhouse covered in this edition. The bandstand is full with Mary Lane, John Blues Boyd, Jimmy Johnson, Lurrie Bell, and Biscuit Miller & The Mix. The crowd is virtual. And, the bar is serving up blues, neat, with nothing in between that's even on the edge. It's all squarely down the middle and unquestionably another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 825th Roadhouse.
The next hour of The Roadhouse has George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Lonnie Brooks, Johnny Nicholas, Curtis Salgado, and Rick Homstrom painting the background with nine other artists adding the details. There's sure to be something in this hour you'll find memorable, but it all points to another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
It's another holiday edition in the next hour of The Roadhouse. Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers, Josh Tesky & Ash Grunwald, Kat Riggins, Charlie Bedford, and Frank Bey bring the year just a bit closet to its end. And, it's a good opportunity to step away - enjoy the holiday season, and experience yet another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
I've got the first of three holiday hours this week. With a holiday blues track in each set, Ally Venable & Quinn Sullivan, Trey Johnson & Jason Willmon, Shemekia Copeland, Nora Jean Wallace, and JJ Grey & Mofro will take you by the arm and lead you through the hour. It's definitely an hour for the holidays, and absolutely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
A Roadhouse Rewind from ten years ago comes your way for the US Thanksgiving weekend. I'll be back next week with a new edition. 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.
It's an interesting hour in The Roadhouse, with a set of Chicago blues, a set from Southern Asia, and a mix you won't find anywhere else. Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim, Harry Manx, Jackie Venson, Larkin Poe, and Mojo Morganfield take the bandstand in the hour. It's exactly what we do - grab a big pile of blues, stir it all together and serve it up as another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
The next hour of The Roadhouse has a distinctively British flavor. Savoy Brown, Long John Baldry, and John Mayall are among the five British artists in the hour, along with music from Koko Taylor and Eric Bibb. The international flavor makes it especially easy to enjoy another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 819th Roadhouse.
If there's one reason to keep hanging around The Roadhouse, it's for the variety of blues you get in every hour. In the next edition, I've got John Nemeth, Vanessa Collier, GA-20, Bette Smith, and Kevin Burt, among many others. That's a range of blues you might not find anywhere else. But, I think, you're gonna find some tracks to love in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.
