Talkin' The Blues

This week's episode of Talkin' The Blues features selections from the Muddy Waters 100th Birthday tribute by John Primer and others; late 50s blues from Andy T/Nick Nixon Band; and an amalgam of Appalachian, Celtic, bluegrass and blues by Grant Dermody.
 

This episode of Talkin’ The Blues with Microwave Dave features award-winning blues pianist Victor Wainwright and the Wildroots; former Huntsville resident and downtown musician Laurence Luckyman Beall, and veteran songwriter/singer Diane Durrett.

This episode is the annual cigar box guitar show that aligns with the Flying Monkey Cigar Box Guitar Festival in Huntsville, Alabama.  Featured artists include many who have appeared over the festival's eleven-year run including Richard Johnston, Johnny Lowebow, Ben Prestage, April Mae & the June Bugs, Hymn for Her, David Williams/One String Willie, Bill Jehle & Nadaband, and your host, Microwave Dave.

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave opens with vintage-style Chicago blues from the Cash Box Kings; continues with modern slide guitar blues and rock from Californian Roy Rogers; and concludes with emotional vocals and more fine slide from the Amanda Fish Band from Kansas City.

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave features funk ensemble styles with fine vocals from Chris Daniels & the Kings; sacred steel blues and rock from the AJ Ghent Band; Cassandra Wilson's moody and cinematic takes on classic Billie Holiday songs; plus first and last recordings from Chicago artist JB Hutto & the Hawks.

This episode of Talkin' The Blues with Microwave Dave features the Ghost Town Blues Band from Memphis; Canada's Anthony Gomes' new blues rock album; Beale Street fixture Barbara Blue; and a live radio broadcast recording of acoustic music by Ry Cooder from 1972. 

This week's program opens with four late 194Os Chess recordings that were transcribed directly from mono LPs onto CD for broadcast by a collector in Birmingham, Hank Moore; modern soul music by Tad Robinson; Florida ensemble Toots Lorraine records jump blues in California; and Memphis harpman Brandon Santini releases a Live and Extended recording.