The Roadhouse
By Tony Steidler-Dennison
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Podcast Description
The Roadhouse is a 60-minute weekly podcast of the best independent blues from around the world. Featuring a mixture of independent artists and permissions-based music from independent blues labels, it's 60 minutes of the finest blues you've never heard. An Association of Music Podcasting feed, The Roadhouse is dedicated to the independent blues artist.
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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. | 5/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 5/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 5/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 5/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 making it another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 4/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/3/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 366 | This edition of The Roadhouse perpetuates the feeling that blues is truly good-time music. Albert Cummings, James Harman, The Sugar Prophets, Doug MacLeod, and Dion move us through the hour. One song leads to the next and before you know it, you’ve experienced another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 366th Roadhouse. | 2/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 12/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 12/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 356 | It’s the final Christmas edition of The Roadhouse for 2011, with a holiday track in every set. I’ve also got music from the Blues Music Awards nominations list that was released this week. Big Pete, Mac Arnold’s Blues Revival, Johnny Rawls, Mary Flower, and Jackie Johnson lay down great blues around some great holiday blues tracks. It’s an ad-free hour fit for celebration and another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 12/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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 you’ve never heard. | 12/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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 you’ve never heard: the 354th Roadhouse. | 12/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 11/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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 Victor’s Juke Joint, Harrison Kennedy, Oz Noy, and Eric Lindell round out the hour with debut music you haven’t heard in the show. And, it’s that freshness that makes this hour of The Roadhouse another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 11/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 351 | The 351st Roadhosue takes a look at what’s 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, there’s a good variety of styles in the hour, as well. You’re bound to hear something you like in the 351st hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 11/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 350 | We’re 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 you’ve never heard. | 11/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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 you’ll find to be a winner - and, of course, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 10/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 348 | We’re 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. It’s a big world of blues, and a big hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 347 | This edition of The Roadhouse is clearly upbeat. Nick Moss, Monster Mike Welch, Matt Hill, Mighty Lester, and Monkeyjunk make the point loud and clear that blues is more than just a man with a guitar on a porch. Contrary to what strangers to the form might think, blues can be upbeat, too, as evidenced in this hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 347th Roadhouse. | 10/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 346 | The 346th Roadhouse is all about music that’s 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. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 346th Roadhouse. | 10/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 10/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 9/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 9/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 342 | The 342nd edition of The Roadhouse features an effortless arc from beginning to end. Mighty Mojo Prophets, Steve Gerard & The National Debonaires, Suzie Vinnick, JP Soars, and Elvin Bishop help us move through the hour. And, the pieces all fit together nicely from front to back. If ever there was one, this is it: another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 9/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 341 | The 341st Roadhouse shows off all the colors of the blues. Even with old and new, acoustic and electric, male and female, it's all music that comes from the same place. Solomon Burke, Lurrie Bell, Garty Primich, Son House, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds lead the hour. That'll tell you a little something about the variety in the 341st Roadhouse. Of course, variety is just one of many elements in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 9/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 340 | The dog days of summer roll into the 340th Roadhouse, and slow things down just a bit. The heat of the day plays thief to the clock, but it also brings on a more luxurious feel. Jimmie Vaughan, Brandon Santini, Mississippi John Hurt, Catfish Keith, and Eddie Taylor lead the way in an hour of blues that just has the feel of late summer. They also provide a good excuse to kick up your feet, crack open your favorite cold beverage, and wrap yourself in the respite of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 8/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 8/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 338 | After a week off, it's good to be back in The Roadhouse Studios rested and refreshed. We move forward this week with another fun blues variety hour. Steve Cropper, Candye Kane, Hadden Sayers, Matt Woods & The Thunderbolts, and Ana Popovic propel an hour that's full of new blues and full of blues styles. Maybe you'll get a refreshed set of eyes on the blues yourself after the 338th hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse. | 8/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 337 | August means vacation in The Roadhouse and I've vacated The Roadhouse Studios for a week of R&R. 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 the finest blues. | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 7/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 7/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 7/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 7/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 6/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 6/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 6/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 5/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 5/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 5/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 5/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 4/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 4/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 4/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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. | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 1/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 306 | Though blues has made many migrations, few are quite as distinctive as the one that started primarily in Texas and ended up on the West Coast. That's where we're headed in the first 2011 edition of The Roadhouse. Tommy Castro, Pee Wee Crayton, Big Mama Thornton, Roy Hawkins, and Frank Goldwasser take the stage front and center. The big sound and great entertainers make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 12/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 we close out 2010 in the 305th Roadhouse. | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 12/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 302 | We kick off this holiday season with several great Christmas blues tracks. Unlike other Christmas songhs, they're not light as the snow, but do reflect the realities of life. Joe Louis Walker, Buddy Guy, The Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, The Preston Shannon Band, and The Holmes Brothers help decorate the blues tree with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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', hands slappin', and full-on chair-dancin'. There's another hour of the finest blues you never heard in the 300th Roadhouse. | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 299 | The 299th Roadhouse focuses on one of the bigger slices of the many blues genres - contemporary blues. Mississippi Heat, Roomful of Blues, Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band, Jay Gaunt, and Monkeyjunk showcase some of the best contemporary blues going and provide the basis for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 298 | In the 298th Roadhouse, you're encouraged to haul yourself out onto the sawdust-covered dance floor to generate some heat and sweat. But that's not much of a task. Biscuit Miller, Jackie Scott & The Housewreckers, Cash Box Kings, Buddy Guy, and Joe Louis Walker make it hard to resist the urge to dance in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 297 | This edition of The Raohdouse is a relentless rolling and tumbling of up-tempo blues. Morry Sochat & The Special 20s, Tip of the Top, Lynwood Slim & The Igor Prado Band, Travis Haddix, and Robin Rogers lead a high-thrust, full-push, steady-velocity hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 297th Roadhouse. | 10/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 296 | A great lineup of artists lead us down the two-lane roads from Baltimore to Texas, Chicago to the West Coast. Big Daddy Stallings, James Kinds, Grady Champion, Kim Wilson, and Harmonica Hinds take us all over the country, through the hills and valleys in search of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 296th Roadhouse. | 10/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 295 | While Habitat for Humanity rehabs a house next door to The Little Blue House on the Wetlands, we spend an hour building a solid blues structure. Hubert Sumlin, Jimmy Burns, Mark Robinson, Slim Harpo, and Bob Corritore lay the foundation upon which we build another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 295th Roadhouse. | 10/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 of the finest blues you've never heard, the 294th Roadhouse. | 10/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 10/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 292nd Roadhouse. | 9/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 the Mississippi saxophone. It's clearly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 9/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 290 | Contrary to popular belief, the blues is not all about the bad in life or a genre of exclusively sad songs. But, it is about life and is presented with a broad spectrum of views and styles. Mitch Kashmar & The Pontiax, Eden Brent, Jay Gaunt, Dave Specter, and JW-Jones play songs about life in this hour. It's all part of the real picture of blues - big and small, diverse and defiant. And it definitely builds to another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 290th Roadhouse. | 9/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 - the 289th Roadhouse. | 9/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 288 | The 288th Roadhouse provides a bit of an escape from the rest of the world. New music from The Nighthawks and Jeff Turmes, some pre-war blues from Rev. Gary Davis and Big Bill Broonzy, and a live track boiling over with passion from Luther Allison create a blues getaway. It all takes the form of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 288th Roadhouse. | 8/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 287 | As we roll toward the unofficial end of the sixth summer of The Roadhouse, the 287th edition is full of artists who definitely deliver on the blues. Bob Corritore, Duke Robillard, Treasa Levasseur, Barbecue Bob, and Albert Castiglia provide everything you need for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 8/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 blues you've never heard - the 286th Roadhouse. | 8/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 8/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 284 | The 284th Roadhouse presents a typically strong mix of blues. New tracks, classic artists and a full set of pre-war blues light up the bandstand in the corner of The Roadhouse. Robert Cray, Eddie Turner, Lonnie Johnson, Pinetop Perkins & Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, and Mavis Staples are just a few of the artists providing another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 … heard. | 7/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 Kelly, and Elvin Bishop help provide 60 minutes of new blues in the 282nd Roadhouse. | 7/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 you've never heard. | 7/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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, Hubert Sumlin, and Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue fill the 280th Roadhouse with festival music. It's blues you've probably heard, but it's still an hour of undoubtedly fine music - the 280th Roadhouse. | 7/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 in front for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 Roadhouse is an hour of ubiquitous blues - the finest you've never heard. | 6/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 275th Roadhouse. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 blues is recession-proof really doesn't matter, though. Neither would change the fact that the 274th Roadhouse is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 5/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 edition of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 Taylor, and Ruthie Foster take the spotlight for the hour. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 271st Roadhouse. | 5/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 270th Roadhouse, and it's definitely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 rolls by another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 blues you've never heard - the 268th Roadhouse. | 4/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 by now - the 267th Roadhouse is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 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 by now - the 267th Roadhouse is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 of the finest blues you've never heard - the 266th Roadhouse. | 3/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 bring new blues that touch the past and reach for the future. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 265th Roadhouse. | 3/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 bay. Pass through the escape hatch for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 264th Roadhouse. | 3/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 artists in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 263rd Roadhouse. | 3/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 2/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 we've always tried to develop in the show, Roadhouse 260 is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 Roadhouse. | 2/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 259 Extra | Roadhouse 259 Extra: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Got My Mojo Working | 2/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 258th Roadhouse. | 1/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 heard. | 1/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 257 Extra | Bonus content for the 257th Roadhouse. | 1/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 blues you've never heard. | 1/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 around unexpectedly in the midst of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 254 | The 254th Roadhouse is the fifth first - the fifth first show of a new year. We kick of 2010 with John Lee Hooker, Freddie King, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band, Otis Taylor, and Michael Burks. Though you've heard the artists, the new year starts with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 254th Roadhouse. | 1/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 254 Extra | From the Rounder CD "Essential Recordings: Jump Blues Classics", Roomful of Blues provides the extra content for this week's Roadhouse app with "I Tried." | 1/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 you'll agree it's a mixture that makes for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 12/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 252 | The 252nd Roadhouse closes out the Christmas season with a good mixture of holiday and normal 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 hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 12/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 - the 251st Roadhouse. | 12/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse. | 12/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 249 | After the biggest food holiday of the year, it's a feast of blues in the 249th Roadhouse. Moreland & Arbuckle, Sue Foley, Bob Brozman, Doug MacLeod, and The Holmes Brothers help to serve up enough blues to fill you up for a week. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 249th Roadhouse. | 11/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRoadhouse 248 Extra | "Big Beaver" from Sean Costello's "Sean's Blues: A Memorial Retrospective" provides additional content for The Roadhouse app purchasers this week. | 11/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 heard. | 11/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 11/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 11/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 heard - the 245th Roadhouse. | 10/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 244th Roadhouse Podcast. | 10/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 provide that motivation. Whether on your feet or in your chair, the dancing will be a sign that you're fully engaged in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 243rd Roadhouse. | 10/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 242 | We continue in the theme established last week - a full hour of new blues. With the labels on a new release roll, nearly every track in this edition was released in the past three months. B ig Joe Maher & Jeff Sarli, Roomful of Blues, Delbert McClinton, Tinsley Ellis, and Little Arthur Duncan step out with brand new tracks. It's truly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 242nd Roadhouse. | 10/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 testify that the blues is alive and well in 2009. And a younger generation steps into the spotlight with several other new releases. It’s the newest hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 241st Roadhouse. | 10/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 240 | In the 240th Roadhouse, I turn the mic over to my Dad through his intro, liners, and a comment for Roadhouse 025. It's full of the music he loved from the show - big jump blues and female blues singers. They're all artists and tracks he commented on when they originally aired in The Roadhouse. It's a Roadhouse by and for Dave Moore, in memory of a great blues fan, old radio man and loving father. | 9/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 240 Announcement | There will be no Roadhouse on September 19. I'll return with Roadhouse 240 on September 26. | 9/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 239 | The excellent weather around The Little Blue House On the Wetlands brings a sense that's everything's going to be alright. The music in this edition of The Roadhouse carries that feeling, as well. If you can't imagine how an hour of blues can do that, listen up. Jeff Healey, Charlie Musselwhite, Gina Sicilia, Buckwheat Zyedeco, and Jay Gaunt bring some humor, some calm, and some general feelgood to The Roadhouse. You'll feel good, too, at the end of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 239th Roadhouse. | 9/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 238 | We take a trip to the Windy City in this edition of The Roadhouse. We'll visit the South Side, the West Side, reach back to the early days of Chicago blues, and run straight into the more modern sound from the Windy City. Eddie Boyd, Buddy Guy, Hound Dog Taylor, Willie Dixon, and Johnny Shines - it's a who's who of Chicago blues for the next hour. And it's clearly another hour of the finest blues ... period. | 9/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 237 | We tear down the two-lane in the '57 Cadillac convertible of the blues in this edition of The Roadhouse. The momentum propels us past the corn and small towns without a worry. Erick Hovey, Bugs Henderson, Jeff Healey, Dan Treanor, and Shemekia Copeland help us burn through a full tank of gas as the world slides by. But, we're not worried about the world or the gas. It's all about the blues in the 237th Roadhouse and it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 8/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 236 | Painted with a variety of brushes, the 236th Roadhouse is a blues free-for-all without the usual sub-theme. Hubert Sumlin, Tommy Castro, Professor Longhair, Omar Kent Dykes, and Marcia Ball provide the basic palette from which the different shakes of blues take shape in this edition. They fill the canvas with a solid hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 8/22/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 235 | In this edition of The Roadhouse, we unspool the huge bundle of connections between blues artists, families and regions. Alex Dixon Band, Braithwaite & Whiteley, Slick Ballinger, North Mississippi Allstars, and Boo Boo Davis make up the highway of the blues in the 235th Roadhouse - a highway that's fed by innumerable two-lane and dirt roads. There's a lot of interconnection in this edition, and it's still an hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 8/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 234 | In this edition of The Roadhouse we get re-acquainted with some old friends in The Roahdouse - artists who were fixtures in the early days and helped shape the sound of the show. And, with all the new music of late, I'll also get you up to speed on what's going on now with the blues. Dennis Jones, BB Chung King & The Buddaheads, Shannon Boshears, Freddie King, and Susan Tedeschi propel us through a show that looks both backward and forward, welcoming back some old favorites and welcoming in some great new blues. It's another hour of fine blues; the 234th Roadhouse podcast. | 8/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 233 | This edition of The Roadhouse proves a few things. First of all, that a lot of the music in The Roadhouse might not be exactly what you think of when you think of blues. And, that the sawdust on the dance floor is there for a reason. Bobby Jones, Ana Popovic, Watermelon Slim, Memphis Minnie, and The Twisters are side by side, speaking to the broad range of the blues. They clearly declare that you're in for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 233rd Roadhouse. | 8/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 232 | This week I'm going to throw out any pretense of a formal theme. Let's just have fun! Mostly new blues - a lot of stuff that's yet to be released, listener requests. Not only will this edition of The Roadhouse have you chair-dancing, it's probable that it's also going to have you on your feet dancing, and maybe uncontrollably. Chris Cain, Curley Bridges, The Twisters, Watermelon Slim, and Tommy Castro are - well, let's just call them the carbohydrates for the 232nd Roadhouse. They provide all the energy you'll need to move around for the next hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 231 | The 231st Roadhouse focuses on some classic blues artists, at the request of Roadhouse listeners on The Roadhouse Facebook group. There's a full set of classic artists, with others sprinkled in throughout the hour. Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Eddie C. Campbell, Jenni Muldaur, Lonnie Mack, and Nucklebusters Blues Band will keep you moving while providing the foundation for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 230 | The 230th Roadhouse is a veritable sampler of styles. Jump blues, Chicago, contemporary, acoustic - it's all broken out by set for your convenience. Louis Prima, Greg Nagy, Mississippi John Hurt, Aaron Moore, and Mary Flower represent the big picture of the blues. They set the stage to guarantee that you'll find some new favorite music in the 230th Roadhouse - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 229 | In this edition of The Roadhouse, I'm once again sprinkling in some of the artists from the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival to give you a taste of my weekend. Long John Baldry, James Wheeler, Bo Ramsey, Fiona Boyes, and Robin Rogers lay the foundtion upon which we build another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 229th Roadhouse. | 7/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 228 | I'm warming up for a full weekend of blues at the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival over the July 4th weekend. Many of the artists in this edition of The Roadhouse will take the stage in Davenport next weekend as I feed real-time reports and pictures to Roadhouse listeners. Junior Watson, Matt Schofield, Duke Robillard, Magic Slim, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women make for a short festival in this edition. But, it's no less an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 228th Roadhouse. | 6/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 227 | It's officially summer in the northern hemisphere. The days are as long as they'll be all year, the temperature's rising and blues festivals are popping up all over the country like popcorn. Accordingly, the 227th Roadhouse has a decidedly summerlike feel. Candye Kane, Byther Smith, James Wheeler, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, and Jenni Muldaur deliver on the promise I make each and every week, season and season out: another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 226 | The waitresses and the bartender are working hard in this edition of The Roadhouse. The place is packed with patrons dressed to the nines, cutting loose on Saturday night before church on Sunday morning. Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Louisiana Red, Candye Kane, Zac Harmon, and The Mannish Boys lead the way for another hour of new music in The Roadhouse. It's the finest blues you've never heard - the 226th Roadhouse. | 6/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 225 | The blues suffered a monumental loss this week with the passing of Koko Taylor. An entire segment of this edition is dedicated to Koko, the first time I've done so. Also on tap, a continuation of the new music roll we've been on for a few weeks. Zac Harmon, Alex Dixon Band, Jason Ricci & New Blood, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, and Koko Taylor build a sold wall of blues in the 225th Roadhouse. It's definitely another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 224 | What started out as a traditional jump blues show took a turn while pulling the music. While the 224th Roadhouse isn't an hour of jump blues in the purest sense, you'll likely see it as nouveau jump by the time this hour has passed. Rick Holmstrom, Mighty Lester, Roomful of Blues, Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, and Big Joe Turner will help you stir up the sawdust on The Roadhouse dance floor. It's an hour of upbeat blues in the 224th Roadhouse Podcast - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 223 | The week brings another broad mix of new blues. Jason Ricci, Nick Moss & The Flip Tops, Bog Maceo, Doug MacLeod, and Mia Vermillion lead the mix. Well more than half the music in this edition is new or yet to be released. Come chair-dance with me in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 223rd Roadhouse. | 5/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 222 | The 222nd Roadhouse proves that blues is alive and well, with an hour nearly full of brand new music. Roy Rogers, Buckwheat Zydeco, The Alex Dixon Band, Zac Harmon, and Big Daddy Wilson lead the hour with the freshest blues you'll find. It's truly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 222nd Roadhouse. | 5/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 221 | We finish the two-show salute to the artists of the Blues Music Awards in Roadhouse 221 with an hour-long look at the 2009 winners. Billy Gibson Band, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Jeff Healey, Marcia Ball, and BUddy Guy lead the class of 2009 - the 2009 Blues Music Awards winners in the 221st Roadhouse Podcast. | 5/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 220 | Continuing an annual tradition in The Roadhouse, I'm featuring nominees for this week's Blues Music Awards in Memphis. Many of the artists made their debut in The Roadhouse in the past year. And, you heard new music here first from those who are more established. Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom, Buddy Guy, Curtis Salgado, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, and Homemade Jamz Blues Band are just a few of the top nominees. We're skimming the cream from a large pool of blues in the 220th Roadhouse - another hour of great blues. | 5/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 219 | There's a common groove in the 219th Roadhouse, but you have to immerse yourself in the music to find it. Roy Rogers, Buckwheat Zydeco, Joe Price, Johnny Littlejohn, and Root Doctor propel this hour past faster than you might realize. And they're all building a groove that will sweep you up in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 219th Roadhouse. | 4/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 218 | The 218th Roadhouse is packed full of new stuff - new music, new artists and a new radio affiliate. Albert Castiglia, U.P. Wilson, Shirley Johnson, Buckwheat Zydeco, and Tas Cru lay out the basic music framework. KJZA in Prescott, AZ joins the Roadhouse Radio family. All in all, the 218th Roadhouse is as new as the spring blossoms and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 217 | The 217th Roadhouse takes a turn down a narrow gravel road to ... a roadhouse. The selections in this virtual roadhouse would fit perfectly in any real roadhouse anywhere in the world. Walter Trout, Cyril Neville, Keb Mo, Muddy Waters, and W.C. Clark headline the bill in the 217th Roadhouse with a full slate of other great artists in support. It's an hour of blues bor and best experienced in the dark, hot, crowded little club we call The Roadhouse. | 4/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 216 | Rising temperatures, longer days and the upcoming baseball season opener mean it's spring - and time for spring training. That little pile of songs that didn't get used in other shows perfectly fits the flow of the 216th Roadhouse. Junior Wells, Bobby Jones, Rod Price, Michael Bloomfield, Tad Robinson, and listener comments make for a great spring cleaning and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 215 | New music and new listeners define the 215th Roadhouse. The hour is full with several blues label releases this week and the addition of another radio station to The Roadhouse Blues Network. Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters, Mitch Kashmar, Bennie Smith, Billy Boy Arnold, Floyd Dixon, and several other great cuts from both new and old releases make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 214 | The Roadhouse stretches out a bit this week. We dig deeper than the usual 3- to 4-minute cut to uncover some great blues jams. John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Damon Fowler, Howlin' Wolf, Bobby Parker, and Eric Lindell fill the hour, alongside listener comments. We stretch it out and mix it up in the 214th Roadhouse - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 213 | 88 keys fill the 213th Roadhouse with true roadhouse blues. The tradition of piano in the blues stretches from the Delta to St. Louis, Chicago and beyond. We bring the beat-up old upright to center stage in this edition with Champion Jack Dupree, Big Maceo, Otis Spann, Speckled Red, and James Booker. The 213th Roadhouse lights up the blues by tickling the ivories for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 212 | The 212th Roadhouse Podcast puts a tap in your toes with a selection of upbeat blues cuts. Duke Robillard, Eric Lindell, Jimmy Dawkins, Lightning Hopkins, and Michael Burks lead the hour. If you're new to The Roadhouse and a little unsure of what to expect, this edition reflects the founding philosophy of the show. It's a cutting-edge hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 212th Roadhouse. | 3/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 211 | The tiny bandstand in the Roadhouse lights up with a range of blues broad enough to suit everyone. Big Jack Johnson & The Oilers, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Kelly Joe Phelps, Sugarcane Collins, and John Nemeth take the stage as the bartender pours shots, scowling at anyone who leaves the bar without leaving a tip. Before the waitresses put the chairs up on the tables, you'll have no doubt you've experienced another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 211th Roadhouse Podcast. | 2/28/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 210 | The 210th Roadhouse Podcast takes on a medicinal quality. Super Chikan, John Nemeth, Robert Lockwood, Bobby Jones, and Mitch Kashmar bring sunshine and warm temperatures to The Roadhouse even as the snow continues to fall outside. It's a perfect cure for late winter cabin fever - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 209 | The fifth year opens for The Roadhouse with a great variety of blues. Joanne Shaw Taylor, Elvin Bishop, Charlie Musselwhite, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, and Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers peg the meters in the 209th Roadhouse Podcast. And, they'll keep you chair-dancing with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 208 | 208 shows, 2000 songs, 175 hours of music, 33 hours of talk, 1400 hours of show preparation, 1,463,000 downloads, 90 gigabytes of shows. It all adds up to the 4th anniversary edition of The Roadhouse. Candye Kane, Rod Piazza, Watermelon Slim, Siegel-Schwall, and Marie Knight are among the favorites in this special edition. Their music and your words comprise the 208th Roadhouse - 4 years of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 207 | The 207th Roadhouse is a good mix of past and future. I dig into the vault of the early shows, warming up for next week's anniversary show, and come up with some real gems. There are also four tracks from new releases and requests from Twitter and Facebook, the future of Roadhouse interaction. Joanne Shaw Taylor, Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, Ian Siegel, Toni Price, and Lonnie Brooks crank things up for the 207th Roadhouse Podcast, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 206 | Though I often mix blues styles in a show, I don’t often mix blues eras. The 206th Roadhouse brings in a few more pre-war blues cuts, mixing them with artists who are clearly influenced by these early blues. Sparks Brothers, Bo Carter, Muddy Waters, Kim Wilson, and Willie Kent highlight the hour. We’re sticking a few pre-war milemarkers in the ground to mark our passage up the long road of the blues in the 206th Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 205 | We've got the sawdust on the dance floor, the spots shining on the little stage in the corner, the bartender pouring drafts and mixing drinks, and everyone dressed to the nines. It is Saturday night in The Roadhouse and we're going back to the roots of the show. Albert Collins, Elmore James, Jr., Jimmy Burns, Mighty Joe Young, and Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women headline the bill from that little stage in the corner, inviting you one by one to get up and dance in the 205th Roadhouse. | 1/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 204 | In this edition of The Roadhouse, we go completely green, eschewing alternative fuels for a full hour of acoustic blues. Orville Johnson, Dion, Freddie King, Carey & Lurrie Bell, and Mississippi Fred McDowell power the hour - an hour of green blues, if you will - completely unplugged and acoustic in the 204th Roadhouse. | 1/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 203 | The 203rd Roadhouse welcomes 2009 with a mix of blues from both the center and the edges. Frank Morey, The Holmes Brothers, Ryan Reardon & The Levee Breakers, Delbert McClinton, and Sleepy John Estes provide some great tracks. It's all in a year's work - a new year and a new hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 203rd Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 202 | The 202nd Roadhouse Podcast closes out the year on a high note. Johnny Dyer, Canned Heat, Kinsey Report, Sue Foley, and Chris Cain lead the charge out of 2008 and into 2009. And, everyone gets an ad-free version of the show, as has been the tradition for the past few years. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 202nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 201 | As the end of the year rolls closer, the mood of The Roadhouse shifts to one that's completely laid back. Aaron Morre, Mel Brown & The Homewreckers, R&B Bombers, Koko Taylor, and Shannon Boshears lead us through this edition with piano, guitar, harp, and great vocals. That makes for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 201st Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 200 | The 200th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast marks a strong year in the blues, with a look at my top 10 blues releases of 2008. We hold the milestone show celebration for the 4th anniversay in February and, instead, keep the spirit festive with more great blues Christmas cuts. It’s a celebration of the holidays and the best of 2008 in the 200th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 199 | We mark the passing of a musical treasure in the 199th Roadhouse. In style and substance, we're making connections to Odetta. We also pick up the December Roadhouse tradition of holiday blues music. We feature Braithwaite & Whiteley, Frank Morey, Scrapper Blackwell, Sue Foley, and Charlie Musselwhite in this edition. Folk blues and Christmas blues make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 199th edition of The Roadhouse. | 12/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 198 | After two weeks of blues rock shows, The Roadhouse returns to basics this week with a strong hour of pure blues. Mighty Lester, Paul Rishell, Dave Fields, Cedric Burnside, and Aaron Moore are all part of the big broad picture of the blues and make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 198th Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 197 | The response to last week’s blues rock edition was so strong, I’ve got a follow-on this week. With some warm leftovers from last week and a few additional cuts from the library, the 197th Roadhouse is another strong blues rock edition. Omar and the Howlers, Bernard Allison, Robin Trower, Stephen Dale Petit, and Webb Wilder and the Beatnecks will propel you through 60 minutes with hardly any room to take a breath. Blues had a baby, you know, but it’s pretty much grown up into the music in this edition of The Roadhouse Podcast – a full hour of great blues rock. | 11/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 196 | It's a blues rock edition of The Roadhouse, complete with some great harder cuts from Jason Ricci, Elvin Bishop, Tommy Castro, Oli Brown, Time Bomb. This is about as rock as we're ever gonna get in The Roadhouse, but it does make for an upbeat and pretty powerful hour of the finest blues -- rock -- you've never heard - the 196th Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 195 | It's been a big week in the US. The election of a new president would put smiles of surprise and joy on the faces of many of the artists who laid the foundation of our favorite musical genre. With new music from Dave Gross, Super Chickan, Paull Reddick, and Shannon Boshears, the 195th Roadhouse is a celebration of the musical form that's truly and originally American, but played and loved throughout the world. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 194 | The 194th Roadhouse Podcast is another high-variety edition, with a full hour of new and interesting blues. Son Seals, Matt Schofield, Super Chickan, Scrapper Blackwell, and Eddie "The Chief" Clearwater mark the diversity of this edition. It features artists who are new to The Roadhouse as well as a few old friends. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 194th Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 193 | The 193rd Roadhouse Podcast is one solid groove; a show that came together as if struck by a muse. With Elvin Bishop, Byther Smith, Smokey Wilson, Cedric Burnside, and Marie Knight, the pieces all fit together seamelssly for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 10/25/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 192 | The 192nd Roadhouse features blues that transcends a region or a specific time. Consistently popular and continuously updated, swing blues was the early basis for The Roadhouse. This edition features some of the best, including Big Joe Turner, Jackie Payne, Johnny "Big Moose" Walker, The Paladins, and Jay McShann. Just like me, you'll be grinning like a fool and chair-dancing throughout as the 192nd Roadhouse Podcast swings another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 10/18/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 191 | The 191st Roadhouse is another edition featuring the physics of wire and wood. Elvin Bishop, Otis Rush, Ronnnie Earl, Paul Reddick, and Guitar Shorty pour pure physics into pure blues and, like alchemists, create pure gold. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 191st Roadhouse. | 10/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 190 | The 190th Roadhouse features music from Canada to San Francisco, from Minneapolis to New Orleans, Chicago to Arkansas. Also, quite a bit of new blues - including 5 cuts that were either released in the past two weeks or have actually yet to be released. Keep you right out at the cutting edge of the blues. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse Podcast. | 10/4/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 189 | With the equinox occurring in the past week, The Roadhouse moves into its sixteenth season. And, consistent with years past, autumn and spring seem to bring the most new blues releases. Chris Juergensen, Magic Slim, Glen Terry, Elvin Bishop, and Rory Block supply new tracks to a show that's nearly all new tracks. Another season rolls in and The Roadhouse rolls on with the 189th hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 9/27/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 188 | After a trip to Chicago, The Roadhouse takes on a nice relaxed feeling. Albert Cummings, Carlos Del Junco, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Big Jack Johnson & The Oilers, and Curtis Salgado reflect a certain distance from the world and a nice revitalization. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 188th Roadhouse Podcast. | 9/20/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 187 | The Roadhouse takes on the feel of a smooth shuffle beat like a steady guitar with a little harp for coloration. No big bumps and no sharp edges. We've got Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, new music Albert Cummings and Eddie Turner, Corey Stevens, Sean Costello. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 187th Roadhouse Podcast. | 9/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 186 | This week, we dig back into the vault for music from early editions of The Roadhouse. Artists from Garageband.com (now iLike) take a prominent role and prove to be as strong as ever. David Rotundo, Steve Johnson, Carlos Del Junco, Son House, and Eric Bibb propel us through this edition. Some old, some new but all blue in the 186th Roadhouse. | 9/6/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 185 | As summertime in the US winds down and the presidential election season gears up, we build a little shelter from the world in the 185th Roadhouse. Jay McShann, Elvin Bishop, Lil Ed, JJ Grey, and Carlos Del Junco are the mortar between those bricks in that shelter, helping to hold together a solid hour of the finest blues you've never heard. Come on in - the blues will protect you in the 185th Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/30/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 184 | This hour of The Roadhouse is chock full of great blues by artists you've heard of and artists you haven't. It's music from Chicago and Dockery Farms, from St. Louis and Dallas, from the 1920s and 2008. Sometimes the essence of a thing is so clear it needs no further explanation or exploration. That's the deal in the 184th Roadhouse - it's blues, unaffected, pure and simple. Big George Jackson, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Magic Sam, Charley Patton, and EG Kight paint the deepest shades of blue you can imagine. Deep and fine and simple: the 184th Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 183 | The 183rd Roadhouse Podcast is an hour of brand new music. Music from the past few months and the months ahead make up a nice snapshot of the state of blues during four months in 2008. The hour includes Walter Horton, Alexis P. Suter Band, Carlos Del Junco, Legendary Rhythm & Blues Revue, Big Dave McLean and some other surprises, including a few pre-release cuts from the Roadhouse family of participating blues labels. It's an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 183rd Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 182 | We hop on a train in Chicago's Union Station this week, heading for points west. Crossing through the plains, the mountains and the desert, we arrive at the place where the Pacific meets the land, and blues meets jazz. West Coast blues fill the hour of the 182nd Roadhouse Podcast, with Jimmy McCracklin, Lowell Fulson, Johnny Otis, T-Bone Walker, and Sonny Rhodes welcoming us to the fine tradition of show blues. It's an hour of the coolest blues you've never heard on the California Zephyr - the 182nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 181 | There's a full range of styles in this edition of The Roadhouse. Travis "Moonchild" Haddix, Percy Strother, Liz Mandeville, Erja Lyytinen, Holmes Brothers. It's all the marbles - the cat's eyes, the aggies, the jaspers, the steelies. Though you had to be a marbles player as a kid to understand from those terms, you'll certainly understand the variety of blues in this edition of The Roadhouse. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 181st Roadhouse. | 8/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 180 | There's no particular place to go in this edition of The Roadhouse - no real plan or theme. There is, however, a solid hour of blues with a surprise around every corner. I've got Lonnie Brooks, Hubert Sumlin, Dave Gross, Bo Ramsey, Erja Lyytinen - just an indication of the variety of artists in the 180th Roadhouse. They may be diverse, but the artists all fit together nicely to form another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 180th Roadhouse Podcast. | 7/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 179 | It's the tiny instrument that most closely resembles the human voice in range, timbre and emotion. The harmonica takes center stage in the 179th Roadhouse, and it's an hour of hot blues harp. Watermelon Slim, Mississippi Heat, Big Dave McLean, Junior Wells, and Mannish Boys takes center stage as the backbone of the blues. It's an hour of fine harp playing, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 178 | We top off the tank this week to provide the necessary fuel for the upcoming 7 days. But don't worry - it's not nearly as expensive as the gas pump. We're pumping Jimmy Burns, Carol Fran & Clarence Holliman, Junior Wells, Jolly Jumper & Big Moe, and Robin Rogers into the tank of the '57 Cadillac convertible of the blues. It's a 98 octane edition of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 7/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 177 | The 177th Roadhouse maps new territory – new artists to the show and blues styles I’ve not included in previous shows. JD & The Straight Shot, Steve James & Del Rey, Carolina Chocolate Drops, JJ Grey & Mofro, and a little Professor Longhair take us off in those different directions. Though the styles are different, the feel is the same – another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 7/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 176 | As blues festival season gears up in the US, we create a festival of our own. Long days and bright sunlight create a perfect mood for Bluesiana Hurricane, Buddy Guy, Elmore James, Jr., Robin Rogers, and Oli Brown. In anticipation of my own trip to the Mississippi Valley Blues Festival, the 176th Roadhouse is a festival all its own, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 6/28/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 175 | We shift up a gear in this edition of The Roadhouse, back to the hallmark of the show – the upbeat, uptempo blues that will keep you moving in your chair. 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 another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 175th Roadhouse Podcast. | 6/21/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 174 | In the face of a 500-year flood in Iowa City, we ratchet up the defiance of Mother Nature with an hour of great blues. Songs about floods, rain, rivers, and water fill the hour, bringing a sense of determination and resolve. Cuts from Bernard Allison, Big Mama Thornton, The Holmes Brothers, Toni Lynn Washington, Kansas City Joe and Memphis Minnie allow us to stare straight into the water this week and resolve that we will not be defeated. In defiance of Mother Nature - the 174th Roadhouse Podcast. Please consider a donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund to assist with all the natural disasters occurring around the U.S. | 6/14/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 173 | The 173rd Roadhouse provides a little shelter from a tough old world. And, it's a lively shelter this week with Kenny "Blue" Ray, Big Jack Johnson, Joe Louis Walker, Eric Bibb, and Michael Burks. Throw in a little blues knowledge, a little conversation with that stoic man behind the bar, and a new member of The Roadhouse family of permissions-based labels, and you've got the perfect hour-long weekly escape. It's truly the finest blues you've never heard - the 172nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 6/7/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 172 | The 172nd Roadhouse Podcast features new music from Homemade Jamz Bues Band and Janiva Magness, public domain music from Sister Rosetta Tharp, and great cuts from Elvin Bishop and John Hammond. With a groove from start to finish, it's truly another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 172nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 5/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 171 | The 171st Roadhouse is a free-for-all of blues, featuring new music by Homemade Jamz Blues Band and Janiva Magness. Albert Castiglia, Duke Robillard and John Nemeth round out an hour of blues that will have you busy in your chair. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 171st Roadhouse Podcast. | 5/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 170 | The Little Blue House on the Wetlands is swathed in perfect summer sunshine this week. As a result, The Roadhouse takes a turn toward the youth and carefree attitude of the season. JW-Jones, Dani Wilde, Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Mike Zito, and John-Alex Mason provide a view of where the blues might be in the next few decades. It's a summer youth edition of The Roadhouse, and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/17/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 169 | The 169th Roadhouse looks back at this week's Blues Music Awards, held in Tunica, MS on Thursday. Tab Benoit, Bubby Rush, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Mike Zito, and Koko Taylor take the stage. Some new artists also get to share the spotlight with the legends and 2008 BMA winners. It's an award-winning edition of The Roadhouse and another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/10/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 168 | New blues reverberate throughout The Roadhouse this week. Unlike last week's edition, the 168th Roadhouse is primarily new blues releases. With new music from Eden Brent, Dani Wilde, Doug MacLeod, Julian Fouth, and JW-Jones, it's a good hour-long ride of cutting-edge blues music. And, it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/3/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 167 | For this edition of The Roadhouse, I've got an hour of introductions for you - a show full of artists who have never been featured. They're not necessarily new artists, but they're all brand new to The Roadhouse, and they're a good indication of the big broad world of blues lying out there on the horizon. Chicago Rhythm & Blues Kings, Kevin Gordon, Grayson Capps, Darell Nulisch & Texas Heat, and Joe Calicott set the stage for another great hour of blues - an hour of introductions to artists brand new to The Roadhouse. | 4/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 166 | The 166th Roadhouse is a mess o' blues. It's pretty heavy on guitar and harp. It features youngsters and veterans, artists previously featured in The Roadhouse, and some new to the show. Sue Foley, Jason Ricci, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Sugar Blue, and a moving track from the final Sean Costello CD. It's an hour packed with blues - a mess o' blues - the 166th Roadhouse Podcast. | 4/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 165 | After a week away, The 165th Roadhouse starts at the beginning, runs through the middle, and ends at the end. It's a puzzle of blues that fell together seemingly on its own, including King Biscuit Boy, Sean Costello, Marcia Ball, Eric Bibb, and Cold Blue Steel. Those are just the milemarkers, though, in an hour-long trek through the finest blues you've never heard: the 165th Roadhouse Podcast. | 4/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 164 | While I take care of some family business in Colorado, we rewind one of the most popular Roadhouse shows posted. Enjoy the big guitars, and I'll be back to new shows next week. | 4/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse Announcement | A brief announcement about show number 164 for April 5, 2008. | 3/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 163 | We roll into the streets of Chicago for a one-city edition of The Roadhouse. In the city where electric blues was born, we grab Johnny Shines, Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, Buddy Guy, and Koko Taylor to lead the show, with ten more great cuts from legendary Chicago blues artists. It's all about Chicago in the 163rd Roadhouse, and it's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/29/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 162 | The Little Blue House on the Wetlands moves officially into spring this week, and the music in this edition reflects the volatility of spring in the Midwestern US. Johnny Nicholas & Little Walter, Cold Blue Steel, Michael Burks, Johnny Winter, Odetta are the featured artists. We're in little clubs, big studios, acoustic, electric, male, female. The perfect selection of music to match the wild moods of spring. Seasons may change, but the 162nd Roadhouse is another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/22/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 161 | There's plenty more new music in the 161st Roadhouse Podcast. Two more new releases from Alligator, a couple of tracks released in the past few weeks, and cuts from upcoming Northern Blues. Slick Ballinger, Marcia Ball, Samuel James, Jason Ricci, Michael Burks - a full picture of the blues, and much of it brand new. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 161st Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/15/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 160 | The 160th Roadhouse Podcast is a veritable showcase of new blues music. Fully one-third of the cuts in this edition are pre-release, or released only in the past week. Eddy "The Cheif" Clearwater, Roman Carter, Smokin' Joe Kubek & Bnois King, Bob Brozman, and Samuel James put the sawdust on The Roadhouse dance floor to good use: you'll want to move and dance for the full hour. It's an hour of the finest new blues you've never heard - the 160th Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/8/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 159 | The 159th Roadhouse Podcast is an upbeat affair. You might call it jump, you might call it swing, you might call it boogie. There's even a liberal sprinkling of West Coast blues. But if you follow the walking bass, you'll know that's it clearly a jumpin' edition of The Roadhouse. Mark Hummel, Jay McShann, Ana Popovic, William Clarke, and Rick Holmstrom will make you move and groove for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 159th Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/1/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 158 | The Roadhouse takes a twisy road this week. It's one of those editions where I started screening music and just let it lead wherever. Ivory Joe Hunter, Curtis Salgado, Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra, Ian Siegal and Matt Schofield, and Joe Louis Walker take the driver's seat to no place in particular. Destination or not, the 158th Roadhouse is yet another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 157 | The Roadhouse 157 is chock full of new music, catching up on new releases from the past few months. Taking us deep into the Roadhouse atmosphere, Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King, Ian Siegal, Honeyboy Edwards, Rick Holmstrom, and Charlie Musselwhite encourage plenty of chair-dancing. It's the first edition of the fourth year of The Roadhouse, an hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/16/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 156 | The 156th edition of The Roadhouse celebrates three years of the finest blues you've never heard. The focus is on artists you probably heard first in The Roadhouse; some great music from Garageband.com, some artists who have taken the blues world by storm in the past three years, and some who had a great reputation among their peers but not a wider following. Artist, listeners and fellow podcasters participate in the celebration, as well. It's the third anniversay of The Roadhouse - the finest blues you've never heard. | 2/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 155 | 923 miles straight south of Iowa City lies the biggest party in the country this week. We're heading to Mardi Gras in New Orleans for a celebration of all things zydeco, cajun, swamp, and boogie. Beau Jocque, Katie Webster, Clifton Chenier, Professor Longhair, and James Booker are part of the revelry of Fat Tuesday in New Orleans. Come on along for the king cake on Bourbon Street, the Krewe of Trucks parade on Canal Street, dubloons, beads, and total immersion in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 155th Roadhouse Podcast. | 2/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 154 | The 154th Roadhouse investigates the mystery of a number pair: 6 and 3. It lies at the heart of the blues, but it's simplicity is deceptive. Son Seals, Johnny Winter, Robert Cray, Robert Johnson, Michael Bloomfield - all have mastered the essence of the blues that lies in these numbers: 6 strings and 3 chords. It's a mystical blues guitar edition of The Roadhouse, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/26/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 153 | The 153rd Roadhouse slips off into the no temp zone. Temperatures in beautiful Iowa City, IA are hovering at 0 degrees Farenheit, with temps in The Roadhouse Studios at 58 F. But I've found few better ways to warm up the room than an hour of the finest blues you've never heard. This week, those cuts include Big Jack Johnson with Kim Wilson, Joe Pitts, Mason Casey, John-Alex Mason, and Carlos del Junco. New and old, hot and cool - it's the 153rd hour of The Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/19/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 152 | The 152nd Roadhouse heads down the road to destinations unknown, stopping at every little greasy spoon along the way. The blue plate special this week includes Big George Jackson, Hubert Sumlin, Bee Houston, Z-Da, and Bo Ramsey. Of course, a great meal doesn't happen with morsels alone. There's plenty of other sustenance on the plate to fill you up in this, the 152nd hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/12/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 151 | The 151st Roadhouse starts 2008 with an eclectic mixture of blues. Artists of all ages, from all regions, and representing many styles make for a solid mix of the finest blues you've never heard. Harmonica Red, Eli Cook, Doug MacLeod, James "Thunderbird" Davis, and Roman Carter represent the broad range of the blues in this edition - the 151st hour of The Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/5/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 150 | It's the last show of 2007 and the 150th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast. We merge those two milestones in this edition: a party feel to close out the year comprised of some of my favorite artists from the first 149 shows. As an added gift, subscribers to the ad-supported version of The Roadhouse get the ad-free Premium edition to ring in the new year. Kevin Mark, Billy Jones, Janiva Magness, Marie Knight, 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 ... heard. Have a great New Year with the 150th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 149 | The 149th Roadhouse falls into a time warp, with the clock moving through the hour with surprising speed. Joe Pitts, Son House, Mike Morgan & The Crawl, Roomful of Blues, and Memphis Minnie will leave you wanting more at the endo of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 149th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 148 | Purchase Mean Gene Kelton and the Die Hards' "Going Back To Memphis: A Biker Band Tribute To Elvis". Proceeds benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and Bikers Against Child Abuse The breadth of blues in the 148th Roadhouse Podcast might come as a surprise to new listeners, but the regulars know just what to expect. A great mix of music from David Wilcox, Watermelon Slim, Magic Sam, The Rounders, and Carey Bell. Plus, two new pre-release cuts from our friends at Alligator Records. It's a broad hour, but still the finest blues you've never heard - the 148th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 147 | Purchase Mean Gene Kelton and the Die Hards' "Going Back To Memphis: A Biker Band Tribute To Elvis". Proceeds benefit St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and Bikers Against Child Abuse The 147th Roadhouse speaks the global language of the blues. Liquid Groove Mojo, Calvin Owens Blues Orchestra, Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters, Shemekia Copeland, and Chris Michie Band provide great blues music that everyone can appreciate and understand. We're counting down the shows remaining in 2007 with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 147th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 146 | In the midst of a typically nasty snow and ice storm, The Little Blue House on the Wetlands heats up with a near-full slate of independent artists. B.C. Read, Bluesman Tom, Chainsaw Dupont, Chris Bell, and Long John Baldry are but a few of the great artists featured in this edition. It’s another hot hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard - the 146th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 145 | The 145th Roadhouse mixes it up between new artists and old. The Rounders, Big Maceo, Big Bill Broonzy, Delbert McClinton, and Angela Strehli represent a full scope of blues. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 145th Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 144 | After a few weeks of tearing it up with electric guitars and jump blues, The Roadhouse slows down a bit. This edition is more acoustic, less electric. Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets, Kenny Neal and Billy Branch, Doug MacLeod, Mississippi John Hurt, and the Joanna Connor Band bring a mixture of the blues to the 144th Roadhouse Podcast that will carry you straight through another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 11/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 143 | Blues doesn't have to be about an old guy on his front porch. Just to prove the point, this edition of The Roadhouse is chock full of upbeat jump and boogie blues. Lil' Cliff and the Cliffhangers, T-Bone Walker, Mighty Lester, Nappy Brown, and Peppermint Harris provide some of the best upbeat blues from yesterday and today. It's an uptempo hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 143rd Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 142 | The 142nd Roadhouse is an hour of big blue guitars. Acoustic, electric, uptempo, laid back, hard, soft - it's all here. Albert Cummings, Tommy Castro, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Robert Cray, Peter Green - some of the finest blues guitars you'l ever hear in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 142nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 141 | Some small format changes in this edition of The Roadhouse - all intended to keep me out of the way of the music. But that doesn't diminish the fine quality of the music. Johnny Laws, Mofro, Memphis Minnie, Long John Hunter, and Susan Tedeschi lead the way in another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, the 141st Roadhouse Pod cast. | 10/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 140 | This edition of The Roadhouse returns, in part, to the roots of the show. More than half the artists featured are truly independent. They’re the artists that are out every night, gigging in your local clubs, and scraping to put together the funds to finance the next CD. With Harrison Kennedy, J.D. and The Straight Shot, Brad Wilson, Paul Reddick, and The Deb Rhymer Band on tap, it’s truly independent’s day in the 140th Roadhouse - another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 10/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 139 | This edition of The Roadhouse is served up as a series of seemingly unconnected threads. Step back, though, and it all starts to make sense. A little blues rock, some acoustic blues, some jump blues, a couple of cuts with a gospel tinge to them, maybe a little R&B. I can’t really pick out a theme, but they do seem to fit together pretty well under the ramshackle roof of The Roadhouse. James Harman, Saturday Night Fish Fry, Marie Knight, Hound Dog Taylor, Albert King - all great artists the 139th hour of The Roadhouse. | 10/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 138 | You can ride the blues highway all week long, but the regular Saturday stop is a little dive with a small stage, a friendly barkeep and sawdust on the dance floor. You know that when the houselights go down, the temperature comes up and the opening chords fill the air, you’re in for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. That little dive is The Roadhouse. Johnny Copeland, Buckwheat Zydeco with Sonny Landreth, Roman Carter, Roxanne Potvin, Mavis Staples crowd the little bandstand in this edition to bring you the 138th Roadhouse Podcast. | 10/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 137 | The 137th Roadhouse is one of those editions that starts on high and never lets up. Great blues music is a tough taskmaster. And the toughest taskmasters leave no mercy. So, brace yourself, because the hour ahead is driven by the merciless pace of the music. Henry Butler, Big Jack Johnson, Roman Carter, Louisiana Red, and James “Thunderbird” Davis show no mercy and take no prisoners as we roll through another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – The 137th Roadhouse. | 9/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 136 | With the final summer colds invading The Roadhouse Studios, it’s time to call on the music to cure all ills – blues, blues, blues. Mason Casey, Kim Wilson, R.L. Burnside, Marie Knight, and Solomon Burke provide such a great motivation for chair-dancing that you might just anything that’s ailing you. It’s blues medicine in the 136th Roadhouse Podcast – the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 9/22/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 135 | The Roadhouse takes on an international flavor in the 135th edition. Artists from Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and The Netherlands take center stage, proving that the great road of the blues is worldwide. Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings, Kate Meehan, Sam Myers and Anson Funderburgh, Mike Andersen Band, and Angela Strehli lead the pack in an international hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 135th Roadhouse Podcast. | 9/15/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 134 | As we roll into September, baseball rolls into the final divisional races of the season. September in The Roadhouse always reminds me of the 7th inning stretch: a time when you hunker down for the final few innings of the game. September in Iowa is the time when you really become aware that hunkering down for the remainder of the year is just around the corner. This week, we prepare for the final months of the calendar with R.L. Burnside, Walter “Shakey” Horton, Larry McCray, Rory Block, Doug MacLeod. It’s the 7th inning stretch for 2007 in the 134th Roadhouse Podcast – another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 9/8/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 133 | This edition of The Roadhouse celebrates some big events in the past week. A new Roadhouse version (The Roadhouse Deluxe), the addition of M.C. Records to The Roadhouse Family, and a new terrestrial radio station pickup in KPVL, Postville, IA. To follow the big events, I’ve got big blues. Big Jack Johnson, Teresa James, Kim Wilson, Marie Knight, and The Bluesbusters will keep you rolling along for a full hour, completely immersed in yet another week of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 9/1/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse Announcement | An Roadhouse announcement, and general cleanup of items on my desk that I'd love to tell you about, but hate taking time in the show with. | 8/29/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 132 | I can’t really put a single frame around the mood of this edition of The Roadhouse, so let’s just say we’re diving into the cool deep pond of the blues. Nick Curran and the Nightlifes, Omar Kent Dykes and Jimmy Vaughan, Stacy Mitchhart, High Octane, and The Insomniacs provide the perfect backdrop to crack open a cold one, sit back and enjoy another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 132nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/25/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 131 | It's another boogie blast edition of The Roadhouse. While some don't think of it right away, boogie blues are as integral to the genre as a lone man on his porch with an acoustic guitar. Saffire-The Uppity Blues Women, Pee Wee Crayton, James Solberg Band, George Smith, and Jimmy Yancy give you the perfect opportunity to scuffle the sawdust on The Roadhouse dance floor. The 131st Roadhouse Podcast will leave you with no reason to act anything but the fool. | 8/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 130 | It's time to open up the vault in The Roadhouse, and feature classic blues. This edition features classic artists, classic cuts and classic styles, all while still providing the musical motivation to keep your toes tapping. Big Mama Thornton, Fenton Robinson, Freddie King, Memphis Minnie, and Son Seals throw the classic vault wide open for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 130th Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/11/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 129 | A Roadhouse perfect for chair-dancing is also the ideal accompaniment to your cardio routine. This upbeat edition features great cuts from Maurice John Vaughn, John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Roxanne Potvin, Slick Ballinger, and R.L. Watson. A two-and-a-half-year labor of love rolls on with another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 129th Roadhouse Podcast. | 8/4/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 128 | I do love it when we get to introduce new labels to The Roadhouse family. This is one of those weeks, with the addition of Arhoolie and Fuel 2000. Both have great traditional and acoustic blues catalogs, and the 128th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast follows that trail. The tough tradition of the blues is showcased with Earl Hooker, Mance Lipscomb, Chris Bell, Etta James and Reverend Gary Davis. They were and visionaries, as are the newest labels to The Roadhouse family. It’s a tough tradition, but one that’s maintained and honored in the 128th Roadhouse Podcast. | 7/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 127 | The hoppin’ little juke joint we call The Roadhouse is full of customers dressed to the nines. The crowded bandstand will keep you dancing on the sawdust dance floor for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. As the bartender pours a steady stream of draws and shots, you’ll be entertained by North Mississippi Allstars, Memphis Minnie, Arthur Adams, Tinsley Ellis, and Sam Myers with Anson Funderburgh. There are just enough slow blues to pull that special person close for a dance. Otherwise, it’s all upbeat in the 127th Roadhouse Podcast. | 7/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 126 | A crossroads is a place where traffic can be pretty heavy, and where diversity converges. Traffic in The Roadhouse crossroads this week was heavy enough to bring down the database for a few days. The 126th Roadhouse is a real crossroads – a place where musicians from all over the world have converged for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. New music from Mem Shannon, Ana Popovic, Elvin Bishop, and Matt Schofield. Plus some great cuts from Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Earl King and Debbie Davies. Welcome to the crossroads – the 126th Roadhouse Podcast. | 7/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 125 | Only three words can describe the weather in Iowa this week: hot, hot, hot. Temperatures in 90s F have definitely influenced the 125th Roadhouse Podcast. Though I spent the morning pulling music in the air-conditioning with a huge glass of sun tea on the desk, the heat crept into the musical selections. Jimmy Witherspoon, Snooks Eaglin, Junior Wells, Chris Cain, and Curtis Salgado provide the weekly blues fix you’ve come to expect from The Roadhouse. A little guitar, a little harp, some big horns – all in all, another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard in the 125th Roadhouse Podcast. | 7/7/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 124 | We’re following the mood of the music in this edition of The Roadhouse. Twelve great contemporary blues cuts that blaze a path all their own. And, it’s a fine chair-dancing mood from start to finish. Tommy Castro, Duke Robillard, West of Memphis, Shemekia Copeland, and Charlie Wood lead the way in a show that’s filled with new blues music. Don’t let your co-workers look at you too funny when they catch you rocking in your own world to another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 124th Roadhouse Podcast. | 6/30/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 123 | If you’ve ever become a regular in any eating or drinking establishment, you’ll understand the underlying theme in this week’s edition of The Roadhouse. It’s all about the atmosphere that draws you in and keeps you coming back. Though it happens for a bunch of reasons, music is the most important element of the atmosphere in a roadhouse. And, the 123rd edition of The Roadhouse is all about that atmosphere. Patrick Vining, Maria Muldaur, Koko Taylor, Walter “Shaky” Horton, and Harper set a crowded stage and fill the place with a mood that will draw you back regularly. It’s the 123rd hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – The Roadhouse. | 6/23/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 122 | Sometimes a mood just falls together as I’m pulling the music for The Roadhouse. That’s the case this week. Every cut I pulled was hard with guitars and bordering on the blues rock side of the crossroads. So, I followed what was clearly a mood in the 122nd Roadhouse Podcast, the “Rock You Right” edition. Omar and the Howlers, Tinsley Ellis, Louisiana Mean Tooth Grin, Popa Chubby, and Tracy Conover are gonna have you at the edge of your seat with devastatingly tough takes on the blues. This edition of The Roadhouse might make a good case for iPod volume limiting. Don’t say you weren’t warned. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 122nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 6/16/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 121 | Sunshine fills The Roadhouse this week - summer sunshine. Inspired by an XM Radio set while driving home from work on Friday, I pull out the stops in this edition. Alex Wilson, Johnny "Clyde" Copeland, Charles Avery, Eric Hughes Band, and The Mighty Lester fill the 121st Roadhouse Podcast with a definite summer feel. Some new summer releases add to all-out pursuit of summer fun. It's the 121st hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse Podcast. | 6/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 120 | In the first full week after the Memorial Day weekend in the US, we’re full-on into unofficial summer, full of sunny skies, long days, and a generally pretty upbeat mood. And, we break out the ‘57 Cadillac convertible of the blues for a long full-speed road trip down Highway 61. Little Charlie and the Nightcats, Robert Ward, Mark Hummel, Roy Rogers, and Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers are going to make it nearly impossible to avoid moving around in your seat. It’s a good the the ‘57 has huge bench seats, because you won’t be able to sit still. Don’t buckle in, just let it all out for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 6/2/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 119 | Don't let anyone tell you that the blues is dead. The 119th Roadhouse Podcast provides ample proof that great labels continue to release great blues music. Whether they're pushing the blues off into new directions or sticking close to the roots, these new releases provide ample evidence of a thriving genre we call our favorite. E.C. Scott, Anders Osborne, Roxanne Potvin, Rick Holmstromm, and Smokin' Joe Kubek and B'Nois King provide both traditional and new blues in the 119th Roadhouse Podcast, from the early 20th century straight through to the early 21st. We honor the traditions in the 119th Roadhouse - another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/26/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 118 | We return the freewheelin' feel of The Roadhouse this week, with the Blues Music Awards shows behind us. Dave Hole, Hamilton Loomis, Anson Funderburgh, Roosevelt Sykes, and Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women are just some of the artists you'll love in this edition. It may be a tough genre to pin down, but you're sure to find each and every artist in the 118th Roadhouse Podcast deeply rooted in the blues - the finest blues you've never heard. | 5/19/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 117 | This week, we’re focused on the winners of the 2007 Blues Music Awards, though not exclusively. We pull the major winners into The Roadhouse, include some additional new music received this week, and say goodbye to a Chicago blues legend. Any way to you look at it, it’s another fine hour from The Roadhouse Studios in beautiful Iowa City, Iowa – the 117th Roadhouse Podcast | 5/12/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse Spotlight: Candye Kane | In the first edition of The Roadhouse Spotlight, who better to turn the spotlight on than an old friend of The Roadhouse, Candye Kane. With a new CD out in two weeks, it's a good time to take a look at the life and career of this blues dynamo. It's a new weekly feature in The Roadhouse - The Roadhouse Spotlight. | 5/9/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 116 | It's a tailgate party for this week's Blues Music Awards in the 116th Roadhouse Podcast. This hour features artists nominated for the prestigious awards, including Ronnie Baker Brooks, John Mooney, janiva Magness, Slick Ballinger, and Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers. It may not be the finest blues you've never heard, but it is the finest of past year - much of which you heard first here in The Roadhouse. The 116th Roadhouse Podcast - celebrating the best of the best with a tailgate party for the Blues Music Awards. | 5/5/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 115 | The 115th Roadhouse Podcast is a mish-mash of styles, including some overflow from Roadhouse 114. With just a few exceptions, this edition is less jump and a bit more serious than your normal Roadhouse. Some would call it a bit more blues, but I'd just call it another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. Carey Bell, Hamilton Loomis, Rory Block, Luther Allison, and Roscoe Gordon take center stage in this hour, with several other great cuts rounding out the hour. Overflow or not, you'll know you've spent another hour with some fine, fine blues - the 115th Roadhouse Podcast. | 4/28/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 114 | The 114th Roadhouse Podcast provides shelter from the storms of life in a world that seems to get tougher by the day. And, isn't the blues all about a little shelter? The walls of The Roadhouse are strong and the foundation firm with Billy Jones, Solomon Burke, Earl King, Watermelon Slim, and Anders Osborne. You can step right inside, pull up a chair at a table with some friends, and shed the cares of the world for another hour - the 114th hour - of the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/21/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 113 | With the grass getting greener, the temperatures rising and Major League Baseball into its third week, the things of most importance come to the forefront in The Little Blue House on the Wetlands. I call them the four Bs: blues, baseball, bikes, and my babies. Closing the gap on all four brings a very upbeat mood to The Roadhouse Studios. And that mood is refected in this edition of The Roadhouse. Roy Rogers, Lady Bianca, Henry Gray, Brad Wilson, and Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters all lift the spirits with some great uptempo blues. We're looking toward the summer in the 113th Roadhouse - rolling out the '57 Cadillac convertible of the blues and heading out on the highway for an hour-long cruise through the finest blues you've never heard. | 4/14/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 112 | The 112th Roadhouse Podcast is all of a style - a rough edge to the blues. Whether it's music from old sources or new, it's all got that edge. Holland K. Smith, Koko Taylor, Kansas City Joe and Memphis Minnie, Kokomo Arnold, and R.L. Burnside take the lead with a handful of other great artists included. It's another hour of the finest - and toughest - blues you've never heard: the 112th Roadhouse Podcdast. | 4/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 111 | Old, new, it’s all blue in the 111th Roadhouse Podcast. This hour is chock full of fine blues, including some overlooked classics and cuts that have yet to be released. It’s also got some big names, including Solomon Burke, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Shines, Curtis Salgado, and John Hammond. Whether it’s new music to The Roadhouse or just plain new, these great cuts make for another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 111th Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/31/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 110 | It's been a huge week in The Roadhouse. With the addition of five more visionary blues labels to the permissions-base family of Roadhouse labels, the catalog of available music has increased by roughly 2,500 songs. That also means a boatload of music in this edition that I haven't been able to play until now, including Freddie King, Mike Morgan & The Crawl, Slick Ballinger, Dr. John, and Reverend Gary Davis. The 110th Roadhouse is, in fact, almost completely music new to the show from great new additions to The Roadhouse label family. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 110th Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 109 | The 109th Roadhouse Podcast pays tribute to the visionaries - the labels who have made The Roadhouse possible by providing permissions, and the artists who make the music. Bernard Alliison, Carey Bell, Muddy Waters, Hound Dog Taylor, and George "Harmonica" Smith are among a full slate of both contemporary and classic blues artists. It's visionaries all around - both labels and musicians - in the 109th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 108 | Once again, we brush up against what might actually be a theme show in the 108th Roadhouse Podcast. It's a boogie blast, full of rolling piano, growling harps and all the uptempo jump blues you'll need to get through the week. This week's edition features Roy Rogers and Norton Buffalo, Charlie Wood, John Long, Charlie Musselwhite, and The Twisters. Chair-dancing and steering-wheel-pounding is encouraged for this hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 108th Roadhouse Podcast. | 3/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 107 | The music of the 107th Roadhouse Podcast came as a series of small surprises throughout the week - cuts that popped up in the iPod and just stayed with me. They lead us down a bit mellower path than the past few shows, diverting us away for a week from the harder edge of recent shows. Sunset Travelers, Sue Foley, Doug Cox and Sam Hurrie, Dave Gross, and Harry Manx take the lead in yet another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 3/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 106 | A brutal winter storm sweeps into the Midestern US this weekend, leaving The Roadhouse Studios encased in a solid block of ice. But, the music keeps the place hot an hopping. Luther Allison, Rory Block and Bob Margolin lead the way, with additional new music from Billy Jones, Tommy Castro and JJ Grey and Mofro. If you're in a cold clime, stay inside and chair dance. If it's warm where you live, take it outside and think of the frozen Roadhouse Studios when you do. It's another hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 106th Roadhouse Podcast. | 2/24/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 105 | The 105th Roadhouse Podcast starts year three with a broad view of the blues. Those broad stylings start with great cuts from Mitch Woods and His Rocket 88s, Blind Willie McTell, Tommy Castro, Snooky Pryor, and Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown. Strong and lean from that starting point, the 105th Roadhouse Podcast is a little more than an hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 2/17/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 104 | Two years on, the Roadhouse rolls on with an edition that rolls back the calendar. The two-year anniversay of The Roadhouse is an hour of some of my favorites fro the previous 103 editions, but certainly not all. Some of the great artists include Joe White, Susan Tedeschi, Kelly Richey Band, Shannon Boshears, and Johnny Nicholas. Thanks to everyone who has subscribed, listened, mentioned, or written about The Roadhouse since its inception. It's not the finest blues you've never heard, but it's still the finest. | 2/10/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 103 | A chance meeting this week provides strong motivation to smoke the place up this week. We’re rolling with Formerly Brothers, Double Trouble, Louisiana Bob Kirkpatrick, and new music from Tommy Castro and JJ Grey & Mofro. The next to last show of the second year of The Roadhouse is the 103rd hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. | 2/3/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 102 | Temperatures in beautiful Iowa City, IA are headed toward single digits Farenheit. That means we need fuel for the blues furnace. And, we've got it this week in the form of Koko Taylor, Eddie C. Campbell, Billy Boy Arnold, Smokey Wilson, and Lowell Fulson. I've got details on a Roadhouse event upcoming this week, as well. You can easily participate, so listen closely. Hot blues and a great community - it's the stuff of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard: the 102nd Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/27/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 101 | Things are still winding down in The Roadhouse from the excitement of the 100th edition. Since we just can't maintain the pace of that edition in every show, I'm mixing it up in the 101st edition with more variety in tempo and style. Pee Wee Crayton, Tom Doughty, Otis Taylor, E.C. Scott, and Chris Beard set the varied pace. Mixin' it up in the 101st Roadhouse Podcast, another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/20/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 100 | The 100th Roadhouse Podcast is a party. Hop in as we roll the '57 Cadillac convertible of the blues, top down and full speed, straight down highway 61. Double Trouble, Tommy Castro, Roscoe Chenier, and Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials headline the party, without so much as a break in the pace. It's the 100th party in The Roadhouse - 100 hours of the finest blues you've never heard. | 1/13/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 099 | The 99th Roadhouse Podcast digs up some blues gems to fill your hour. Deborah Coleman, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith, Mitch Kashmar, Frankie Lee, and John Jackson lead us through another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard. Be sure to leave your comments on the show at (501) 588-2251 for inclusion in the upcoming 100th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast. | 1/6/07 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 098 | The 98th Roadhouse Podcast puts 2006 to rest with a review of some of the great music you've heard over the past twelve months. Eddie Turner, Johnny Nicholas, Rory Block, Candye Kane, and Guitar Shorty help user out the old year. It's a party in the 98th Roadhouse Podcast - a full hour of the finest blues ... you've heard in 2006. | 12/30/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 097 | As I'm off work for two weeks, I've had plenty of time in the past few days to dig up some great music for the year-ending 97th Roadhouse Podcast. Billy Boy Arnold, Kelly Pardekooper, Kirk Fletcher, Coco Montoya, and The Holmes Brothers lead the finest blues you've never heard. It's the usual broad mix and, as always, the finest blues you've never heard. | 12/23/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 096 | The Christmas edition of The Roadhouse Podcast rolls from The Little Blue House on the Wetlands this week. 096 Is a mixture of Christamas music, rewound cuts, brand new music, and listener requests. The lineup includes W.C. Clark, Dave Gross, Carey Bell, Candye Kane, and Calvin Owens, among other great artists. Enjoy another hour of the finest blues you've never heard, and have a safe and happy holiday week. | 12/16/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 095 | The mixture of blues styles in this week's Roadhouse Podcast might just qualify it as a blues mashup. Eddie Turner, Big Bill Morganfield, Chris Juergensen, Lonnie Brooks, and Muddy Waters lay the foundation that lets you escape from the big world for another hour of mystical musical therapy. It's the finest blues you've never heard - the 95th Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/9/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 094 | There's nothing like a little technical adversity throughout the week to bring out a full appreciation of the musical part of The Roadhouse. After a hosting change, we're back on track to deliver another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. This week's headliners include Phantom Blues Band, Billy Boy Arnold, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Curly Bridges, and Lowell Fulson. Tap your foot, snap your fingers, nod your head, or chair-dance wherever you might be - it's the 94th edition of The Roadhouse Podcast. | 12/2/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 093 | The 93rd Roadhouse Podcast is full of blues of all shapes and sizes. But the cuts are tied together by one common color: electric blue. If they're not full electric blues cuts, they're definitely electrifying. Michael Burks, The Teague Stefan Band, Duke Robillard, Walter Trout, and Boo Boo Davis put a drain on the local power company and leave your mp3 player gasping for juice. It's the Electric Blue edition of The Roadhouse Podcast - the finest blues you've never heard. | 11/25/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 092 | A boogie mood sweeps over the 92nd Roadhouse Podcast, punctuated by the occasional approving squeals of my daughter. Gary Primich, Ronnie Baker Brooks, Diana Braithwaite and Chris Whiteley, and Ronnie Earl set the tone. We also welcome a new label to The Roadhouse family - Stony Plain Records. Be prepared to boogie in the 92nd Roadhouse Podcast - the finest blues you've never heard. | 11/17/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 091 | With the cold weather of an Iowa winter starting to set in, Saturday afternoons mean a hot pot of coffee and some of the hottest blues around. This week’s heat: Shane Pruitt, Dave MacKenzie, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Shemekia Copeland, James Solberg, and other great blues artists. Whether or not you live in a cold-weather area, this edition will keep you warm and dancing in your chair. It’s another hour of the finest blues you’ve never heard – the 91st Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/11/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 090 | It's time to just tune out the world for an hour, and the 90th Roadhouse Podcast provides the perfect opportunity. Toni Lynn Washington, Bernard Allison, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, North Mississippi Allstars, and the Billy Gibson Band provide a perfect escape from politics, strife - even the boss. It's a little more than an hour of the finest blues you've never heard - the 90th Roadhouse Podcast. | 11/4/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 089 | The Roadhouse Studios are infused with joy this week at the World Series win of the St. Louis Cardinals. That joy makes for an upbeat show, with little room for slow blues. New music from Inside Sounds leads the way with Charlie Wood, The Billy Gibson Band and The Daddy Mack Blues Band. Professor Longhair & Jimmy Thackery with The Cate Brothers also take the bandstand with loads of great music to follow. It's a home run in the 89th Roadhouse Podcast - the finest blues you've never heard. | 10/28/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Roadhouse 088 | Boosted by a prime placement on the front page of the iTunes podcast directory, The Roadhouse listenership is taking off like a rocket. Fueled by great artists like Eric Burdon, Katie Webster, Creighton Lindsay, Arthur Adams, and Plainfield Slim, we'll just call this "The Rocket 88 Edition." To the thousand-plus new Roadhouse listeners, welcome. It's the 88th hour of The Roadhouse Podcast - yet another hour of the finest blues you've never heard. | 10/21/06 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
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Tony Steidler-Dennison digs deep to find the most outstanding blues musicians and the best of thier work. Noy only unsigned acts, but also permission based music from forward thinking labels. Of all the podcasts I download, this is the one I listen to first. An excellent replacement for morning drive-time radio. This is one of the most professional sounding podcasts out there. Been listening since the podcasts were in there teens. And I still have most of them. You know they're great if worth listening to over and over again.
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This was the very first Roadhouse Podcast that I downloaded and I was not disapointed! The selections are fresh, interesting and pack a great energy level. The DJ commentary is clear and to the point yet provides nice insights into the music. As soon as I started to listen I want to replay some tracks. Five stars on the selection and commentary. One song was choppy with some distortion. Rock on with the blues !!
Sweet and in depth
This is where I kick back to get away from it and get immersed in long format blues. Keep it up!!
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