Podcast appearances and mentions of larry mccray

Mid-Michigan's Boss Hog of the blues, your #1 Blues Man, Larry McCray returns to the music bins and online lists with his second helping from the Josh Smith/Joe Bonamassa production stall on June 13, with Heartbreak City. The KTBA Records follow up to 2022's Blues Without You brings McCray back to his roots and offers more than a glimpse of vocal power, delivery, and searing solos that have been his trademark for his illustrious career, nearing 50 years, 35 on the professional circuit as a household name.    Larry stopped by the MMHP989 Studio inside of the Michigan Rock Legends Hall of Fame in Downtown Bay City to give the early word in February on his recording trip to Los Angeles with the team last fall. At the time of this interview, 12 songs were recorded. 10 made the final cut and one of the two cut are a bonus digital download for the streaming services. Bye Bye Blues is already hitting the airwaves and McCray is in the midst of working up tour plans, based around his health and the annual Fall tour with Devon Allman/Allman Betts team that he has been on for three years. McCray takes the team behind the scenes for the writing of Heartbreak City with Peggy Smith, Charlie Walmsley, Josh Smith, as well as MMHP's own Scott Baker, the forward momentum he has been rolling with after getting a blues resurgence over the past few years, and of course tips his cap with great stories about meeting and playing with blues legends such as BB King, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Joe Bonamassa, and the Allman Brothers Family, amongst others. Get your blues on Michigan Music Fans, Brother Larry is back to sing you the blues and bring it on home!

Blues is the Truth – Edition 757 There's something special in the air this week as we proudly announce a brand-new sponsor: the Tuesday Night Blues Jam at the Rising Sun, Isleworth! Huge thanks to them for supporting the show and keeping the blues alive in west London. As always, we've got a packed edition featuring gig news, your regular favourite features, and an incredible selection of blues from across the decades and around the world. This week's soundtrack comes courtesy of Larry McCray, Ledfoot, Neil Sadler, Rusty Ends and Hillbilly Hoodoo, Robert Hokum, Buddy Guy, Cassandra Wilson, Louis Bertinac, Eddie Lang and Lonnie Johnson, Brad Guitar Wilson, Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters, Gina Coleman, JP Soars, Mississippi MacDonald, Dave Specter, Ben Waters, Bad Temper Joe, Coco Montoya, Merel Van Der Keer, and Little Willie Leftfield. Whether you're a lifelong blues lover or discovering new favourites, this episode has something for you.

This week we have interviews with Legendary Minnesota band "CROW" from 2023 it's Larry Weigand, then going to November of 2023 with Drummer of Black Stone Cherry, John Fred Young! Going to 2021 with blues legend Larry McCray. Then finally an interview from 2022 with Upincoming bluesman Nathan Pope! it's a 4 PACK to Start Summer!

Army Veteran, Bluesman, Soul singer, jam Brother, Greg Nagy from Davison wears many hats in the Michigan music scene. Found in many different configurations as a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, Nagy is kindhearted, open to being in the moments, and heavy on being real in his music. Nagy knows the legends, assists the new generation and is blazing his own path as a dominant Billboard chart topping blues artist.    Also moonlighting with Larry McCray's touring band, Nagy came to prominence in the legendary band Root Doctor. His stories from his earliest days and shows, award ceremonies, right through to his brand new album The Real You (heard on all important blues stations everywhere!) gives testimony to why Greg is your favorite player's favorite player. You won't quit listening or laughing. Here is Part two, Greg takes conversation to new heights with his ideas on pop music, Grateful Dead, Steely Dan, Dick Wagner, Ray Goodman working with Motorcity Josh, Thornetta Davis, Larry McCray and fanboying Albert King. A MUST LISTEN for the ages...

Army Veteran, Bluesman, Soul singer, jam Brother, Greg Nagy from Davison wears many hats in the Michigan music scene. Found in many different configurations as a guitarist/vocalist/songwriter, Nagy is kindhearted, open to being in the moments, and heavy on being real in his music. Nagy knows the legends, assists the new generation and is blazing his own path as a dominant Billboard chart topping blues artist.    Also moonlighting with Larry McCray's touring band, Nagy came to prominence in the legendary band Root Doctor. His stories from his earliest days and shows, award ceremonies, right through to his brand new album The Real You (heard on all important blues stations everywhere!) gives testimony to why Greg is your favorite player's favorite player. You won't quit listening or laughing. Here is Part one of two--TURN IT UP!

Larry McCray performs live in South Florida at the Funky Biscuit on Edition 674 of Blues Radio International, with Jimmy Rogers, Charlie Musselwhite, Vanessa Collier and Duke Robillard.Sound by Jeff Kissinger and Michael WolfFind more at BluesRadioInternational.net

This week on Time Signatures, host Jim Ervin welcomes a second generation Blues musician, whose life changed after a chance meeting at his high school with legendary Bluesman, Larry McCray. Tune in and hear the story of Rhett Yocom, how he won a guitar during one of Larry's presentations, and Rhett's never look back attitude since. Erv and Rhett also talk about life since that serendipitous moment, and where things are going in the future. It's another can't miss episode, so tell your friends and join us!_________________________Facebook: Time SignaturesYouTube: Time SignaturesFacebook: Capital Area Blues SocietyWebsite: Capital Area Blues SocietyFriends of Time Signatures _______Website: University of Mississippi Libraries Blues ArchiveWebsite: Killer Blues Headstone ProjectWebsite: Blues Society Radio Network

Tiempos de Radio, tu podcast de música favorito, presenta entrevistas por partida doble a la banda limeña Red Crusher y al solista argentino radicado en Italia, Gabriel Delta. Red Crusher es una banda de música formada en El Agustino, Lima, Perú en el año 2020. La banda se compone de Johany Santiago como voz principal, Stuart Luna en la primera guitarra, John Ayon en la batería, Renzo León en la segunda guitarra, y Gabriel Acevedo en el bajo. Su estilo musical abarca géneros como post hardcore, nu metal y rock alternativo. El grupo tiene como objetivo revitalizar la escena rockera y metalera local, experimentando con melodías modernas y sintetizadores. En 2024, Red Crusher lanzó su primer álbum titulado "Esta Noche", que incluye diez canciones con temáticas variadas entre sociales, superación y desamor. La banda aspira a proyectarse internacionalmente y seguir contribuyendo a la escena musical local y más allá. Por otro lado, Gabriel Delta es un guitarrista, cantante y compositor argentino que, con pasión y talento, ha labrado su nombre en distintos continentes. A lo largo de más de tres décadas, ha tejido una rica trama de sonido, conectando sin problemas el corazón del Mississippi con los ritmos vibrantes de África y América Latina. Nacido en Buenos Aires, el idilio con la música comenzó a los diez años cuando sus padres le entregaron su primera guitarra. Profundamente influenciado por el legendario B.B. King durante su juventud en Buenos Aires, emergió en 1988 en la competitiva escena musical argentina. En 2003 se trasladó a Italia, convirtiéndose en ciudadano de Europa y manteniendo su carrera bicontinental, compartiendo escenarios, sesiones y festivales con leyendas como B.B. King, Taj Mahal, James Cotton, Larry McCray, Billy Branch, Melvin Taylor y muchos otros. La atracción que genera su música va más allá de lo auditivo: su compromiso con causas sociales subraya que la música es un medio para la acción y el cambio, no solo simple entretenimiento. Gabriel Delta no es solo un músico; es un explorador, un narrador y un guardián del blues. Sus cuerdas de guitarra resuenan con lecciones aprendidas de la vida, donde cada acorde cuenta una historia, cada riff pinta un cuadro y la música se convierte en un lenguaje universal que conecta corazones alrededor del mundo. ¡No te pierdas esta doble dosis de rock en Tiempos de Radio! #TiemposDeRadio #Podcast #música #Entrevista #Novedades #rock #blus #Lima #Perú #BuenosAires #Argentina #Italia #Enrockeradas #RedCrusher #GabrielDelta 🎶 Suscríbete, comparte y comenta. Y recuerda, todo en exceso es malo, excepto el rock 🤘. Si quieres participar en la siguiente edición, apresúrate y contáctanos en 👇 linktr.ee/TiemposdeRadio El único requisito es tu entusiasmo. Tiempos de Radio es un podcast transmitido desde Lima - Perú 🇵🇪 para Hispanoamérica Radio en Ecuador 🇪🇨, Metal Rock Station en Puerto Rico 🇵🇷, Radio Krimen online y Radio Dada, ambas en Argentina 🇦🇷, Rock Live Radio en Costa Rica 🇨🇷, y para Perfecta Radio en Cincinnati - Ohio, USA 🇺🇸. Dirección, producción y conducción: Luis Antonio Varela Bohórquez. Copyright de grabación: Todos los derechos de la música utilizada en este podcast pertenecen a los autores, compositores o intérpretes.

When Larry McCray's soulful voice and fiery guitar licks join the fray, you know you're in for an electrifying episode of Chewing the Gristle. Season 5 ignites with a homespun blend of stories and strums as Larry details his incredible shift from the assembly lines of GM to the main stages of blues music. We wander through the quirky streets of Smackover, Arkansas, Larry's own stomping grounds, and unearth its peculiar place in the annals of oil history. Strap in, gear enthusiasts, because we also crank up the conversation about the tools of our trade—guitars, amps, and the almighty pedalboard. From the early days of worship at the altar of a first beloved red-knobbed Fender Twin to the zenith of the Soldano amp roar, this journey of sound is one for the books. Discover the evolution of our live rigs and how the "Greg" Koch amp head and a trusty 2x12 cab bring my music to life. Plus, don't miss the scoop on the latest collaboration with Reverend Guitars and the insights gleaned from years of touring, including an upcoming escapade with the Allman Betts Band down under.The episode wraps with a look at the bonds forged through music, like my kindred spirit connection with the Allman Brothers and the prodigious talent of Josh Smith. We navigate the twists of creating a new album during these pandemic times, a testament to the resilience and creativity of musicians like Reese Wyman and Travis Carlton. And it's not all stages and studios; we explore the unexpected, like an adventure in the world of Nickelodeon, and the familial joy of sharing the touring life with my son. It's a heartfelt nod to the unpredictable, yet rewarding, journey of a musician—packed with anecdotes, life lessons, and the unceasing thrill of chasing the next great gig.

Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Interviewing the Legends I'm your host Ray Shasho. BRIAN TARQUIN NEW ALBUM ‘BEYOND THE WARRIOR'S EYES' By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS: HONORING MILITARY SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOMS: ZOOM EXCLUSIVE!  Featuring a true star-studded musician tribute Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford (Miles Davis), Steve Morse (Deep Purple), Dean Brown (David Sanborn), Hal Lindes (Dire Straits), Chris Poland (Megadeth), John Tropea (Billy Cobham), Steve Kindler (Jeff Beck), Carl Verheyen (Supertramp) & Larry McCray (John Mayall), the late Phil Naro, and the Budapest Symphony Orchestra) and more! Lifting our veterans through music is something that Brian Tarquin & his Heavy Friends will do until there are no more wars. Brian's friends include superhero musicians that love working with him on several albums he's released from hard rock to jazz over the past (20) years). “‘Beyond The Warrior's Eyes” was released January 19th on Downtown Music honoring military soldiers who defend our freedoms. Traquin says, I wanted a true star-studded musician tribute of soaring instrumental songs. So, I was very fortune to get such iconic players as Jean Luc Ponty, Eric Johnson, Robben Ford, and Steve Morse to help me express our gratitude.”  “Beyond The Warrior's Eyes” mission is to support the charity, Hope For The Warriors, who provide medical care, mental health counseling, professional training and education, physical conditioning and transition services for wounded, ill, and injured Marines and Navy members. Brian's weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT)  on the Florida Space Coast is streamed on www.wfit.org. He hosts in-depth interviews with world-renowned guitarists every Monday night from 10pm-Midnight. Please welcome three-time Emmy award winner, American jazz fusion guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, sound engineer, record producer, and composer Brian Tarquin to Interviewing the Legends … PURCHASE THE NEW ALBUM 'BEYOND THE WARRIOR'S EYES' By BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS Featuring Jazz violinist Jean Luc Ponty, guitarists Eric Johnson, Grammy winner Robben Ford, Chris Poland, Steve Morse, Phil Naro and others. Available at https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-warriors-eyes “BEYOND THE WARRIOR'S EYES IS A JAZZ ROCK FUSION MAGNUM OPUS. A CELEBRATED PATRIOTIC MELODIC SALUTE TO OUR BRAVE TROOPS WHO GRANT US FREEDOM EVERYDAY… PERFORMED BY AN ALL-STAR CAST OF PROFICIENT MUSICIANS KNOWN AS BRIAN TARQUIN & HEAVY FRIENDS. IT'S JEFF BECK, MAHAVISHNU, COOL JAZZ AND TARQUIN ORCHESTRATION MAGIC." 5 stars! By Music Journalist Ray Shasho   FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT BRIAN TARQUIN VISIT https://www.briantarquin.com/ Official website https://www.instagram.com/tarquinjazz/ Instagram https://www.facebook.com/BrianTarquinheavyfriends/ Facebook https://guitartrax.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp https://twitter.com/guitartrax65?lang=en Twitter https://open.spotify.com/artist/2giMW0q2qh3k6ZIrFEsux2 Spotify https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFIT Brian's weekly NPR radio show called Guitar Trax on WFIT 89.5FM https://support.hopeforthewarriors.org/Beyond-The-Warriors-Eyes “Beyond The Warrior's Eyes” Special Donation Page:     Books By Brian Tarquin Survival Guide for Music Composers (Hal Leonard) - 2018 USA Best Book Winner Award Guitar Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Winner Award Guitar Amplifier Encyclopedia (Allworth Press) - 2017 USA Best Book Finalist Award Stomp on This: The Guitar Pedal Effects Guidebook (Cengage) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award Insider's Guide to Home Recording (Allworth Press) - 2015 USA Best Book Finalist Award Insider's Guide to Music Licensing (Allworth Press) - 2014 USA Best Book Finalist Award Recording Techniques of the Guitar Masters (Cengage) interviews with Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson.   DISCOGRAPHY  studio albums  Ghost Dance 1996 Best of Acid Jazz Vol. 2 1997 (compilation) Last Kiss Goodbye 1997 Last Kiss Goodbye Welcome to the Jazz Café 1998 Smooth Moods 1998 Soft Touch 1999 Sweet Emotions: Smooth Jazz Romance 1999 Bossa Brava: Caliente 1999 (compilation) The Best of Smooth Jazz Blues 1999 (compilation) This is Smooth Jazz 1999 (compilation) Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.1 1999 (compilation) Smooth Jazz Radio Hits, Vol.2 2000 (compilation) Pacific Coast Highway 2000 (compilation) This is Smooth Jazz: Love Bossa Style 2000 (compilation) High Life 2001 This is Smooth Jazz: The Box Set 2001 (compilation) Electro Ave. 2002 (with Asphalt Jungle) Sanctuary 2002 Smooth Operators: Great Smooth Jazz Moments 2002 (compilation) Enjoy This Trip 2005 (with Asphalt Jungle) Junglization 2006 (with Asphalt Jungle) Bob Marley Remixed 2007 (with Asphalt Jungle) Guitar Masters, Vol. 1 2008 (compilation) Get the Led Out! Led Zeppelin Salute 2008 (compilation) Jeff Beck Salute "El Becko" 2008 (compilation) Fretworx 2008 Brian Tarquin Collection 2009 Brian Tarquin Collection II 2010 Jimi Hendrix Tribute "Third Stone From The Sun" 2009 (compilation) Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute "Lenny"2009 (compilation) Eric Clapton Salute "I Feel Free" 2009 (compilation) Guitar Masters Vol. 2 2009 (compilation) Guitar Masters Vol. 3 & 4: Les Paul Dedication 2010 (compilation) Guitars for Wounded Warriors 2014 Smooth Jazz Cafe 2014 Exiled in Paradise 2015 Orlando in Heaven 2017 Band of Brothers 2017 Classic Radio Hits 2017 Guitars For Veterans 2018 Rewind 2018 Crazy Train 2018 (with Asphalt Jungle) Guitar Masters Collection 2018 (compilation) Deck The Halls 2018 Smooth Jazz Cafe 2019 Soundtracks I   2019 Soundtracks II 2019 Vegas Blue 2020 LoFi Smooth Jazz Bistro 2022 Lofi Jazzhop Avenue 2022 Lofi-Licious 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle) Jazz-Fi 2023 (with Asphalt Jungle) Beyond the Warrior's Eyes 2024       Support us on PayPal!

Larry McCray Part 2:In part two, Larry McCray returns for a second helping of Blues talk with host Jim Ervin. This time, the discussion revolves around celebrating Larry's body of work, his work as an elder statesman of the Blues and his role as mentor for up-and-coming Blues musicians of the next generation. Hey, we even discuss the best Perch dinner found at the Oasis in Bay City! It's a second helping of fun you will not want to miss.Official Website: Larry McCrayLarry McCray on SpotifyLarry McCray on InstagramLarry McCray on YouTubeLarry McCray on Facebook_________________________Facebook: Time SignaturesYouTube: Time SignaturesFacebook: Capital Area Blues SocietyWebsite: Capital Area Blues Society

Join host Jim Ervin for an in depth, fun discussion with your number one Bluesman, Larry McCray as they discuss his humble beginnings, the life lessons learned along the way, and getting established within the world of the Blues. We also talk about Larry's collaboration with Blues-Rock superstar, Joe Bonamassa. Gather 'round for some good ol' fashioned Blues talk on part one of our chat.Official Website: Larry McCrayLarry McCray on SpotifyLarry McCray on InstagramLarry McCray on YouTubeLarry McCray on Facebook_________________________Facebook: Time SignaturesYouTube: Time SignaturesFacebook: Capital Area Blues SocietyWebsite: Capital Area Blues Society

For more than 30 years, rust belt blues shouter and guitar slinger Larry McCray's greatness has been hiding in plain sight. A native of Magnolia Arkansas, Larry McCray discovered his love of music at a young age through his sister Clara, who introduced him to the guitar and the transformative music of Blues legends like B.B. King. After moving to Michigan at 12, he spent his teen years harnessing his guitar skills, adding rock riffs to the traditional blues style he loved. After high school, he began playing the local circuit, and by the late 80's he attracted the notice of Virgin Records and was signed as the inaugural artist to their blues label Point Blank Records. In 1990, McCray released his critically acclaimed debut album, aptly named — Ambition. A stunning debut, the record was a convincing hybrid of blues, rock, and soul, with McCray combining the interrelated idioms in sizzling fashion. Throughout the 1990's, he continued to help define blues rock, releasing several albums including 1993's Delta Hurricane, and 1998's Born to Play the Blues. After starting his own record label, Magnolia Records, the bluesman remained active throughout the 2000's, releasing 2001's Believe It and Blues Is My Business, 2006's Live on Interstate 75, and his self-titled album "Larry McCray" in 2007. He toured extensively, playing with blues greats like B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Keb' Mo and Joe Bonamassa, and worked with rock legends like the Allman Brothers, Levon Helm, Chris Robinson, Dickie Betts and countless others. Somewhere along the way, though, his path to the top of the blues world was derailed. During the recording process of his latest release, McCray felt "reborn" as he developed a newfound drive and passions for his career. In 2021, McCray released his first original material in nearly 15 years, "Blues Without You," an album that showcases his power as an instrumentalist and a vocalist. The 12-track record, produced by Joe Bonamassa's Keeping the Blues Alive label, garnered McCray even more critical acclaim with Blues Rock Reviews calling it "the record of a lifetime and the best project of his career." Born and raised on the shores of Lake Superior, Phil Anich served as Big Top Chautauqua's Operations Manager for nearly 30 years. A performer for most of his life, in the 1980's along with other local artists he began singing in shows written by Warren Nelson & Betty Ferris about the history of the local Lake Superior region. This group would go on to become Big Top's famed house band the Blue Canvas Orchestra. Every summer since Big Top's founding in 1986, the Blue Canvas Orchestra have continued to write and perform in original shows that have often celebrated the history, environment, and cultures of the local region. Since then, Phil Anich has continued to perform in shows at Big Top including Riding The Wind, Big Top Does The Beatles, Wild Woods & Waters, and most recently In Spite of Ourselves: The Music of John Prine & Nanci Griffith. During the 2022 summer season, Phil Anich performed under the tent with Dale Engquist, Brian Russ, and Mason Pavel, as Phil Anich & Friends opened for legendary country swing band Asleep At The Wheel. This episode features recordings from each artists' August 2022 performances at Big Top Chautauqua.   First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and entertainers who grace the Big Top Chautauqua stage each summer in beautiful Bayfield, WI. In the program's nearly 30-year history it has featured artists like Johnny Cash, B.B King, Brandi Carlile, Willie Nelson, Don McLean, and many more. Hosted by celebrated New York Times best-selling author Michael Perry-who weaves stories and humor throughout each episode - Tent Show Radio features performances from renowned national & regional artists, with regular appearances featuring Big Top's own unique brand of shows that feature songs and stories performed by its acclaimed house band, The Blue Canvas Orchestra. Tent Show Radio is independently produced by Big Top Chautauqua, a non-profit performing arts organization, with a mission to present performances and events that celebrate history and the environment - along with their annual summer concert series - nestled in the woods on the shores of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands.      EPISODE CREDITSMichael Perry - Host Phillip Anich - Announcer Jaime Hansen - Engineer Gina Nagro - Marketing Support FOLLOW BIG TOP CHAUTAUQUA https://www.facebook.com/bigtopchautauqua/ https://www.instagram.com/bigtopchautauqua/ https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtopchautauqua https://twitter.com/BigBlueTent FOLLOW MICHAEL PERRYhttps://sneezingcow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sneezingcow https://www.instagram.com/sneezingcow/ https://twitter.com/sneezingcow/ 2023 TENT SHOW RADIO SPONSORSAshland Area Chamber of Commerce - https://www.visitashland.com/  Bayfield Chamber and Visitor Bureau - https://www.bayfield.org/  Bayfield County Tourism - https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/150/Tourism  The Bayfield Inn - https://bayfieldinn.com/  Cable Area Chamber of Commerce - https://www.cable4fun.com/  Washburn Area Chamber of Commerce - https://washburnchamber.com/ SPECIAL THANKSWisconsin Public Radio - https://www.wpr.org/ 

Taking a step back and reflecting on three years of the MMHP989, Hosts Dr. J, Sir Fred, and Mr. Mike wanted to kick of Season 4 with the backstory on Scott's new concept album Purpose, relased this past April. The players, the reason it took two and a half years, the sounds, production, the Michigan Rock elements, the concept album elements, and everything in between. Much like Season 1 Episodes 1 and 2 on Dr. J and Sir Fred, they turn the tables to get the low down on what Mr. Mike calls, 'A masterpiece album.'     Scott gets to dive into highlights from other Michigan artists that have been peers and mentors to Scott, such as Dick Wagner, Larry McCray, and Bob Hausler, among others. Studio talk, guitar sounds, and songwriting come to this Michigan Music History Podcast episode and the listener can deep dive into Scott's catalog.    Welcome to Season 4 of the MMHP in the 989!

19. Little Feat / Sailin' Shoes (Demo) 20. Black Crowes / It's So Easy to Slip21. Red Wanting Blue / Hey 8422. Lyle Lovett / June 12th 23. Ally Venable w/ Buddy Guy / Texas, Louisiana 24. Nick Schnebelen / Ten Years After, 50 Years Later25. North Mississippi All Stars / See the Moon26. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Let the Child Ride 27. Joanne Shaw Taylor / Runaway  28. Melissa Etheridge / I've Been Loving You Too Long 29. Los Lonely Boys / She Came in Through the Bathroom Window (The Beatles) 30. Matt Whipkey / Word (Then Beatles) 31. Marcus King Band / One Day She's Here 32. Bernard Allison / Its a Man Down There33. Charley Crockett / I'm Just a Clown34. Lucinda Williams w/ Bruce Springsteen / New York Comeback Upcoming Shows & Events of InterestJune6 Cure, Fiddler's Green, Denver8 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 The Bel Airs, The Jewell 9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 13 Counting Crowes, Steelhouse15 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Bernard Allison: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!16 Pam Tillis, Barnato (Village Pointe, Omaha)16 Flaming Lips, Steel18 Father's Day 21 Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Steelhouse21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)22 Charlie Crocket, Sokol22 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!29 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Selwyn Birchwood: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!30 Melissa Etheridge & Hermans Hermits, Memorial Park (free show) 

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaMay 14, 2023“Don't be the best in town. Just be the best until the best comes around.” Buddy GuyRevisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com 1. Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Hubert Sumlin / Killing Floor2. Trombone Shorty / Do to Me 3. Taj Mahal / One for My Baby (and One for the Road) 4. Charles Brown / Trouble Blues5. Ray Charles /  The Long and Winding Road 6. Dr. John / I Ate Up the Apple Tree7. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Right Place, Wrong Time 8. Keb Mo / Big Yellow Taxi9. Joni Mitchell w/ James Taylor / You Can Close Your Eyes10. Crystal Shawanda / Evil 11. Albert Cummings / Alive and Breathing12. Josh White / Freedom Road 13. Phil Ochs / I Ain't Marching Anymore 14. Staple Singers / We'll Get Over 15. Donny Hathaway / Someday, We'll All Be Free16. Cash Box Kings / Trying So Hard 17. Curtis Salgado / I'd Rather Be Blind 18. Ana Popovic / Strong Taste 19. Ally Venable w/ Joe Bonamassa / Broken and BlueUpcoming Shows & Events of InterestMay15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum18 Travis, MAY 18 Thursday night at Gene Leahy Mall Ampitheater18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly20 Kris Lager's Conduit, Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln20 Josh Hoyer, The Jewell20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. Bar30 Seal and The Buggles, DenverJune1 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/ Rustry Wright and Laurie Morvan: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!2 Swampboy @ Soaring Wings Vineyard, Springfield, Nebraska2 Marcia Ball, Eureka Springs, Arkansas3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons feat Vaness Collier6 Cure, Fiddler's Green, Denver8 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 15 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Bernard Allison: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!16 Flaming Lips, Steel21 Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Omaha21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)22 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!29 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Slewyn Birchwood: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!30 Melissa Etheridge & Hermans Hermits, Memorial Park (free show) July 1 Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6 Larry McCray, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre13 Xperience, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum20 Ron Artis II, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)25 Madonna, Ball Arena, Denver27 Bobby Watson, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown28 Diana Krall @ Holland28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo28 Maha Music Festival29 Boz Scaggs & Keb Mo / Orpheum 29 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des Moines30 Keb Mo, Hoyt Sherman (Des Moines) August 1 Rod Stewart, Mission Ballroom, Denver3 Chad Stoner, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area5 Gov't Mule / Stir Cove 5 In the Market for Blues (Toronzo Cannon, Hector Anchondo)10 Ana Popovic, Jazz on the Green, Turner Park, Midtown11 A.J. Croce / Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, ArkansasSeptember15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) October16 Peter Gabriel, Ball Arena, DenverNovember 10 Aerosmith w/ Black CrowesIn the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler ChildersJune 19, Matchbox 20June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the HeartJuly 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky ChanceJuly 18, Foreigner w/ LoverboyRain - A Tribute to the BeatlesAugust 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonMay 18th, Hamilton LoomisMay 19th, Southern Culture on the Skids,May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,May 31st, Ally VenableJune 9th, Black Joe Lewis & the HoneybearsJune 10th, Robbie FulksJune 10th, Shawn PhillipsJune 15th, Pam TillisJune 15th, Bernard AllisonJune 30th, Tab BenoitJuly 5th, Larry McCrayJuly 7th James HunterJuly 29th Chubby CarrierAugust 4th, Hadden SayersUpcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...May 16th, Martin SextonJuly 6th, Bela FleckJuly 19th, Ann WilsonJuly 29th, Diana KrallJuly 30th, Keb MoAug 4th, KansasAug 15th, The WallflowersAug 31st, Happy Together Tour Sept 8th, Herbie HancockSept 15th, MavericksSept 26th, Kenny Wayne ShepherdNov 5th, Steve Hackett (Genesis)Nov 15th, A.J. CroceThe Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.May 17th, The WailersMay 21st, Rickie Lee JonesJune 14th, James McMurtyJuly 11th, Bela FleckAugust 16th, The WallflowersAugust 28th, Devon Allman & Donovan FrankenreitherSept 10th, Ani DiFrancoSept 13th, The MavericksSept 20th, Herb AlpertOct 18th Tommy EmmanuelRed Rocks AmphitheatreJune 2nd, Michael FrantiJune 5th, Yeah Yeah YeahsJune 10th Big Head Todd & the MonstersJune 11th, Rodrigo y GabrielaJuly 12th, Al Green with Colorado SymphonyJune 23, 24, 25, Widespread PanicJune 28th Lyle LovettJune 29th The Head and the HeartJuly 1st, 311July 4th, Blues TravelersJuly 7, 8, 9, The Avett BrotehrsJuly 14,15,17, String Cheese IncidentJuly 17th, Tori AmosJuly 19, 29, CaampJuly 28, 29th, Tedeschi Trucks BandJuly 31st, Lucinda Willams and Big ThiefAug 6th, Joe BonamassaAug 7th, Govt MuleAug 15, 16, Beck and PhoenixAug 22, 23, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsAug 25, 26, My Morning JacketAug 28, 29, Duran DuranSept 8,9, Brandi CarlileSept 11th, Steve Miller BandSept 14th, Revivalists and Band of HorsesSept 20, 21, StingSept 25th, Counting CrowsSept 27, 28, Tyler ChildersOct 16th, Ryan AdamsDenver's Blue Bird TheatreMay 16th, The Hoodoo GurusJune 12th, Del AmitriJune 21st, Melissa Etheridge, acoustic solo Aug 1st, Better Than Ezra

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaApril 30, 202313. The Who / Please, Please, Please (James Brown)14. The Who / I'm a Man (Bo Diddley via' Muddy Waters)15. Slim Harpo / I Got Love if You Want It16. The High Numbers / I'm the Face 17. Sonny Boy Williamson / Eyesight to the Blind18. Eric Clapton / Eyesight to the Blind (Tommy OST) 19. Elton John / Pinball Wizard 20. The Who / Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting21. Mose Allison / Young Man Blues 22. The Who / Young Man Blues 23. Pete Townshend / On the Road Again (Tommy Johnson via' Floyd Jones, Canned Heat) 24. Pete Townshend / Corrina, Corrina (Bob Dylan, Taj Majal) 25. Keb Mo & Taj Mahal / Squeeze Box26. Richie Havens / Won't Get Fooled Again27. Betty LaVette / Love Reigh O'Er Me 28. Tina Turner / Acid Queen29. The Blasters / Daddy Rollin' Stone (Otis Blackwell)30. David Bowie / Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere (Pinups: I Can't Explain) 31. The Who / Under My Thumb (Last Time) 32. Bruce Springsteen / Summertime Blues Upcoming Shows & Events of InterestMay2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum4 Harper, B.Bar6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista 10 Pixies, Mission Ballroom, Denver11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland 12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland) 13 Matt Whipkey, Album Release (Beatles), Jewell15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum18 Travis, MAY 18 Thursday night at Gene Leahy Mall Ampitheater18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly20 Kris Lager's Conduit, Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln20 Josh Hoyer, The Jewell20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. Bar30 Seal and The Buggles, DenverJune1 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/ Rustry Wright and Laurie Morvan: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!2 Swampboy @ Soaring Wings Vineyard, Springfield, Nebraska2 Marcia Ball, Eureka Springs, Arkansas3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons feat Vaness Collier6 Cure, Fiddler's Green, Denver8 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Blue House and the Rent to Own Horns: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 15 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Bernard Allison: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!16 Flaming Lips, Steel21 Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Omaha21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)22 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!29 BSO's Biergarten Blues w/Slewyn Birchwood: RATHSKELLER BIER HAUS & RESTAURANT, 4524 Farnam St!30 Melissa Etheridge & Hermans Hermits, Memorial Park (free show) July 1 Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)25 Madonna, Ball Arena, Denver28 Diana Krall @ Holland28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo28 Maha Music Festival29 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des MoinesAugust 1 Rod Stewart, Mission Ballroom, Denver4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area5 Gov't Mule / Stir Cove 5 In the Market for Blues (Toronzo Cannon, Hector Anchondo)11 A.J. Croce / Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, ArkansasSeptember15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) October16 Peter Gabriel, Ball Arena, DenverIn the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss, May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler ChildersJune 19, Matchbox 20June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the HeartJuly 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky ChanceJuly 18, Foreigner w/ LoverboyRain - A Tribute to the BeatlesAugust 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonMay 11th, Brandon Santini,May 18th, Hamilton LoomisMay 19th, Southern Culture on the Skids,May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,May 31st, Ally VenableJune 9th, Black Joe Lewis & the HoneybearsJune 10th, Robbie FulksJune 10th, Shawn PhillipsJune 15th, Pam TillisJune 15th, Bernard AllisonJune 30th, Tab BenoitJuly 5th, Larry McCrayJuly 7th James HunterJuly 29th Chubby CarrierAugust 4th, Hadden SayersUpcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...May 16th, Martin SextonJuly 6th, Bela FleckJuly 29th, Diana KrallAug 4th, KansasAug 15th, The WallflowersSept 8th, Herbie HancockSept 15th, MavericksSept 26th, Kenny Wayne ShepherdNov 5th, Steve Hackett (Genesis)The Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.May 17th, The WailersMay 21st, Rickie Lee JonesJune 14th, James McMurtyJuly 11th, Bela FleckAugust 16th, The WallflowersAugust 28th, Devon Allman & Donovan FrankenreitherSept 10th, Ani DiFrancoSept 13th, The MavericksSept 20th, Herb AlpertOct 18th Tommy EmmanuelRed Rocks AmphitheatreMay 13th, Gary Clark Jr. June 2nd, Michael FrantiJune 5th, Yeah Yeah YeahsJune 10th Big Head Todd & the MonstersJune 11th, Rodrigo y GabrielaJuly 12th, Al Green with Colorado SymphonyJune 23, 24, 25, Widespread PanicJune 28th Lyle LovettJune 29th The Head and the HeartJuly 1st, 311July 4th, Blues TravelersJuly 7, 8, 9, The Avett BrotehrsJuly 14,15,17, String Cheese IncidentJuly 17th, Tori AmosJuly 19, 29, CaampJuly 28, 29th, Tedeschi Trucks BandJuly 31st, Lucinda Willams and Big ThiefAug 6th, Joe BonamassaAug 7th, Govt MuleAug 15, 16, Beck and PhoenixAug 22, 23, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsAug 25, 26, My Morning JacketAug 28, 29, Duran DuranSept 8,9, Brandi CarlileSept 11th, Steve Miller BandSept 14th, Revivalists and Band of HorsesSept 20, 21, StingSept 25th, Counting CrowsSept 27, 28, Tyler ChildersOct 16th, Ryan AdamsDenver's Blue Bird TheatreMay 16th, The Hoodoo GurusJune 12th, Del AmitriJune 21st, Melissa Etheridge, acoustic solo Aug 1st, Better Than Ezra

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaApril 23, 2023 (part 2) 20. Blue House & the Rent to Own Horns / Mean Old Lady 21. Bonerama / Misty Mountain Hop  22. Matt Whipkey / It's Only Love 23. Ally Venable (feat Joe Bonamassa) /   Broken and Blue24. Anna Popovic / Doin' This 25. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Soul Sweet Song 26. Joann Shaw Taylor / I Won't Get Fooled Again 27. Bonnie Raitt / Living for the Ones28. Sue Foley / Boogie Real Low 29. Lucinda Williams w/ Bruce Springsteen / My New York Come Back30. Bruce Springsteen / Ghosts 31. Cash Box Kings / Oscars Hotel 32. Danielle Nicole / Burning for You 33. Joe Bonamassa / Never Make Your Move Too Soon 34. Nick Shenebelen / Ten Years After, Fifty Years LaterJune Chicago Blues Fest 8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaApril 23, 2023“Don't be the best in town. Just be the best until the best comes around.” Buddy GuyRevisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com 1. Bobby Blue Bland / Ain't That Loving You2. Ray Charles w/ BB King / Sinners Prayer3. Johnny Adams / One Foot in the Blues4. Jimmy Smith (feat Keb Mo) / Over & Over 5. Kansas City Jay McShann / Confessin' the Blues6. Bob Stroger / Why Do Things Happen7. Nina Simone / I Think It's Gonna Rain8. Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings / Humble Me9. Boz Scaggs / I'll Be Long Gone 10. Chuck Levell / Mean Mistreater11. AJ Croce / So Much Fun 12. Curtis Salgado / The Harder They Come 13. The Nighthawks / Johnny Too Bad 14. Desmond Dekker / Isralites 15. Bonnie Raitt w/ Toots & the Maytall / True Love is Hard to Find 16. The Fabulous Thunderbirds / Wrap It Up 17. Paul Rodgers / I Thank You 18. Melissa Etheridge / Hold On, I'm Coming 19. Sam & Dave / I Can't Stand Up Upcoming Shows & Events of InterestApril28 The New Pornographers, Waiting Room (Neko Case) 29 Boo Boo Davis, The JewellMay2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum4 Harper, B.Bar6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista 10 Pixies, Mission Ballroom, Denver11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland 12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland) 13 Matt Whipkey, Album Release (Beatles), Jewell15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly20 Kris Lager's Conduit, Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. Bar30 Seal and The Buggles, DenverJune2 Marcia Ball, Eureka Springs, Arkansas3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons6 Cure, Fiddler's Green, Denver8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 16 Flaming Lips, Steel21 Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, Omaha21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)30 Melissa Etheridge & Hermans Hermits, Memorial Park (free show) July 1st Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)25 Madonna, Ball Arena, Denver28 Diana Krall @ Holland28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo28 Maha Music Festival29 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des MoinesAugust 1 Rod Stewart, Mission Ballroom, Denver4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area5 Gov't Mule / Stir Cove 5 In the Market for Blues11 A.J. Croce / Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, ArkansasSeptember15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) October16 Peter Gabriel, Ball Arena, DenverIn the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss, May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler ChildersJune 19, Matchbox 20June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the HeartJuly 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky ChanceJuly 18, Foreigner w/ LoverboyRain - A Tribute to the BeatlesAugust 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonApril 30th, The SadiesMay 11th, Brandon Santini,May 18th, Hamilton LoomisMay 19th, Southern Culture on the Skids,May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,May 31st, Ally VenableJune 9th, Black Joe Lewis & the HoneybearsJune 10th, Robbie FulksJune 10th, Shawn PhillipsJune 15th, Pam TillisJune 15th, Bernard AllisonJune 30th, Tab BenoitJuly 5th, Larry McCrayJuly 7th James HunterJuly 29th Chubby CarrierAugust 4th, Hadden SayersUpcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...May 16th, Martin SextonJuly 6th, Bela FleckJuly 29th, Diana KrallAug 4th, KansasAug 15th, The WallflowersSept 8th, Herbie HancockSept 15th, MavericksSept 26th, Kenny Wayne ShepherdNov 5th, Steve Hackett (Genesis)The Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.April 21 & 22, David SedarisMay 17th, The WailersMay 21st, Rickie Lee JonesJune 14th, James McMurtyJuly 11th, Bela FleckAugust 16th, The WallflowersAugust 28th, Devon Allman & Donovan FrankenreitherSept 10th, Ani DiFrancoSept 13th, The MavericksSept 20th, Herb AlpertOct 18th Tommy EmmanuelRed Rocks AmphitheatreMay 13th, Gary Clark Jr. June 2nd, Michael FrantiJune 5th, Yeah Yeah YeahsJune 10th Big Head Todd & the MonstersJune 11th, Rodrigo y GabrielaJuly 12th, Al Green with Colorado SymphonyJune 23, 24, 25, Widespread PanicJune 28th Lyle LovettJune 29th The Head and the HeartJuly 1st, 311July 4th, Blues TravelersJuly 7, 8, 9, The Avett BrotehrsJuly 14,15,17, String Cheese IncidentJuly 17th, Tori AmosJuly 19, 29, CaampJuly 28, 29th, Tedeschi Trucks BandJuly 31st, Lucinda Willams and Big ThiefAug 6th, Joe BonamassaAug 7th, Govt MuleAug 15, 16, Beck and PhoenixAug 22, 23, Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night SweatsAug 25, 26, My Morning JacketAug 28, 29, Duran DuranSept 8,9, Brandi CarlileSept 11th, Steve Miller BandSept 14th, Revivalists and Band of HorsesSept 20, 21, StingSept 25th, Counting CrowsSept 27, 28, Tyler ChildersOct 16th, Ryan AdamsDenver's Blue Bird TheatreMay 16th, The Hoodoo GurusJune 12th, Del AmitriJune 21st, Melissa Etheridge, acoustic solo Aug 1st, Better Than Ezra

PLAYLIST Pacific St Blues & AmericanaApril 16, 2023“Don't be the best in town. Just be the best until the best comes around.” Buddy GuyRevisit today's show, and our archives at www.podomatic.com/podcasts/KIWRblues.com 1. Eric Bibb / Family2. Stephen Monroe / Storm3. A.J Croce / So Much Fun 4. Bob Malone (Oh Well, Fleetwood Mac) 5. Lucinda Williams feat Bruce Springsteen6. Bruce Springsteen / Jungleland 7. Diana Krall / Simple Twist of Fate 8. Joanna Shaw Taylor / Nobody's Fool9. Gov't Mule w/ Ruthie Foster & Ivan Neville / Dreaming Out Loud 10. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Last Night in the Rain 11. Little Feat / All That You Dream 12. Buddy Guy w/ Billy Gibbons / I'm Gonna Wear You Out13. Billy Gibbons w/ Larkin Poe / Stacking Bones 14. Christone Kingfish Ingram / Another Life Goes By 15. North Mississippi All Stars / See the Moon 16. Danielle Nicole / Cry No More 17. Bonnie Raitt / Blame It On Me 18. Rory Block / I'd Rather Go Blind (Etta James) 19. Etta James / Never My Love Upcoming Shows & Events of InterestApril22 Earth Day 22 Record Store Day28 The New Pornographers, Waiting Room (Neko Case) 29 Boo Boo Davis, The JewellMay2 Jason Isbell & Amythyst Kian, Orpheum4 Harper, B.Bar5 Gov't Mule, Orpheum 6 Built to Spill, Waiting Room6 Blues Society Annual Meeting (5 p.m.), B. Bar10 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly Sports Bar, LaVista 11 Buddy Guy @ The Holland 12 The Killer, Steel Shed (Holland) 15 Beatles Tribute, Orpheum18 Big Al & The Heavyweights, Philly20 Southern Culture on the Skids, Waiting Room25 Curtis Salgado, Waiting Room 26 Blue Venue @ B. BarJune2 Marcia Ball, Arkansas3 Soaring Wings Vineyard Blues, Booze & Balloons8 Chicago Blues Festival / Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Wayne Baker Brooks, Blind Boys of Alabama with Bobby Rush, Centennial Tribute to Albert King featuring Donald Kinsey, Larry McCray, Rico McFarland, Carl Weathersby and Tony Llorens9 Chicago Blues Festival  - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ 70th Anniversary of Delmark Records, Delmark All-Star Band including Dave Specter, Johnny Burgin, Larry Williams, Roosevelt Purifoy, Johnny Iguana, Steve Bell, and Big Ray        Featured performances by Bob Stroger, Sharon Lewis, Willie Buck, Dave Weld & Monica Myhre, Linsey Alexander & Nick Alexander, Shirley Johnson, and Willie Hayes        and Nora Jean Wallace, Jontavious Willis, Jimmy Burns Band, John Primer and the Real Deal Blues Band- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) w/ Mzz Reese, Lightnin' Malcolm, Eddie Cotton, Vasti Jackson- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm, Daily showcase of Chicago Blues legends and emerging artists that have called Rosa's Lounge home over the last 39 year        Stephen Hull, Big Mike and the R&B Kings featuring Sierra Green, Melody Angel, Eddie Taylor - 100th Birthday with the Taylor Family "the Taylor Family, Rico McFarland10 Chicago Blues Festival - Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ Women in Blues - Deitra Farr, Katherine Davis and Sugar Pie DeSanto, Joe Pratt & The Source One Band, Sugaray Rayford, Demetria Taylor with The Mike Wheeler Band, Mud Morganfield- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Chris Gill & The Sole Shakers, Rising Stars Fife & Drum Band, John Primer with Steve Bell, Super Chikan- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) 12-6pm w/ Dave Herrero and Friends, Matthew Skoller and Chicago Wind featuring: Precious Taylor, Milwaukee Slim with the Billy Flynn Band, Lynne Jordan and the Shivers, Rosa's Lounge Jam Session with Mary Lane, Lil Ed, Willie Buck, and Billy Branch11 Chicago Blues Festival- Jay Pritzker Pavilion w/ The Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra featuring Terrie Odabi, Stephen Hull, Sheryl Youngblood, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Los Lobos- Visit Mississippi Juke Joint Stage (South Promenade) Duwayne Burnside, Terry “Harmonica” Bean, Zac Harmon, O.B. Buchana- Rosa's Lounge (North Promenade) Wendy and DB with Blues Friends, The Ivy Ford Band, The Bear Williams Band, Gerald McClendon, Melvin Taylor & The Slack Band9-11 Summer Arts Festival13 Jackson Browne, Omaha 16 Flaming Lips, Steel21 Marcia Ball & Ray Wylie Hubbard, Eureka Springs Auditorium (Arkansas)July 1st Saturday in the Park, Sioux City 6-8 Zoo Fest, Zoo Bar8 Orchestra plays music of Dr. Dre14 Sugaray Rayford & Eddie V, (Playing With Fire)15 Twelve Bar Blues Band, Dom Martin Band, Justin Saladino, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)15 Tori Amos @ Orpheum19 Little Feat & Leftover Salmon, Orpheum25 Tedeshi Trucks Band @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln)28 Diana Krall @ Holland28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #1 w/ Tommy Castro, Sugaray Rayford, Hector Anchondo28 Maha Music Festival29 28 Fargo Blues Fest Day #2 w/ GA 20, Blood Brothers (Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia) 29 Diana Krall @ Hoyt Sherman, Des MoinesAugust 4 New American Arts Festival, Benson area5 In the Market for Blues11 A,J, Croce, Admiral 11 Trombone Shorty, Mavis Staples, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Ziggy Marley @ Pinewood Bowl (Lincoln) 11 Thorbjorn Risager & Black Tornado, Samatha Martin & Delta Sugar (Playing With Fire)12 Bywater Call, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Josh Hoyer & Soul Colossal, Blues Ed (Playing With Fire)14 Blues Traveler, Pinewood Bowl 20 Doobie Brothers, Pinewood Bowl27 Black Keys, Pinewood Bowl31 - 9/4 Kris Lager's Ozark Festival, ArkansasSeptember15-17 Telluride Blues Festival (Bonnie Raitt) In the Mood for a Getaway? (Regional Shows: Des Moines, KC, & Iowa City)Upcoming shows at the Starlight Theatre, Kansas City...May 5th, Robert Plant(Led Zeppelin) & Alison Krauss, May 26th, Chicago, May 10th, Steve Miller w/Cheap Trick, June 11, Barenaked Ladies, June 14, Doobie Brothers, June 15, Tyler ChildersJune 19, Matchbox 20June 30, Revivalist w/ Head and the HeartJuly 1, Young the Giant w/ Milky ChanceJuly 18, Foreigner w/ LoverboyRain - A Tribute to the BeatlesAugust 1,2,3,4,5,6'Jagged Little Pill' (Morisette play) August 25, The Black Keys, September 6. 3 Doors Down, Upcoming shows at Kansas City's Knuckleheads SaloonApril 19th, Rev Peyton's Big Damn BandMay 11th, Brandon Santini,May 20th, Southern Culture on the Skids,May 25, 26, 27, The Mavericks,Upcoming shows at the Hoyt Sherman in Des Moines include...July 29th, Diana KrallThe Englert Theater in Iowa City has some good shows coming up this year.April 21 & 22, David Sedaris

For more than 30 years, rust belt blues shouter and guitar slinger Larry McCray's greatness has been hiding in plain sight. A native of Magnolia, Arkansas, Larry McCray discovered his love of music at a young age through his sister Clara, who introduced him to the guitar and the transformative music of Blues legends like B.B. King. After moving to Michigan at 12, he spent his teen years harnessing his guitar skills, adding rock riffs to the traditional blues style he loved. After high school, he began playing the local circuit, and by the late 80's he attracted the notice of Virgin Records and was signed as the inaugural artist to their blues label Point Blank Records. In 1990, McCray released his critically acclaimed debut album, aptly named — Ambition. A stunning debut, the record was a convincing hybrid of blues, rock, and soul, with McCray combining the interrelated idioms in sizzling fashion. Throughout the 1990's, he continued to help define blues rock, releasing several albums including 1993's Delta Hurricane, and 1998's Born to Play the Blues. After starting his own record label, Magnolia Records, the bluesman remained active throughout the 2000's, releasing 2001's Believe It and Blues Is My Business, 2006's Live on Interstate 75, and his self-titled album Larry McCray in 2007. He toured extensively, playing with blues greats like B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Robert Cray, Keb' Mo and Joe Bonamassa, and worked with rock legends like the Allman Brothers, Levon Helm, Chris Robinson, Dickie Betts and countless others. Somewhere along the way, though, his path to the top of the blues world was derailed. During the recording process of his latest release, McCray felt "reborn" as he developed a newfound drive and passions for his career. In 2021, McCray released his first original material in nearly 15 years, Blues Without You, an album that showcases his power as an instrumentalist and a vocalist. The 12-track record, produced by Joe Bonamassa's Keeping the Blues Alive label, garnered McCray even more critical acclaim with Blues Rock Reviews calling it "the record of a lifetime and the best project of his career." Born and raised in Ashland, WI, Phillip Anich served as Big Top Chautauqua's Operations Manager and member of the Blue Canvas Orchestra for nearly 30 years. Phil was a vocalist in UWEau Claire's singing Statesmen and then launched a career in the US postal service. But, a performer at heart, he couldn't resist the invitation to join the troupe performing the shows written by Warren Nelson & Betty Ferris about the history of the local Lake Superior region. Every summer since Big Top's founding in 1986, Phillip Anich has continued to perform in shows at the tent including, Riding The Wind, Big Top Opry, Wild Woods & Waters, and most recently In Spite of Ourselves: The Music of John Prine & Nanci Griffith. Last August, Phillip Anich, Dale Engquist, Brian Russ, and Mason Pavel performed together as "Phil Anich & Friends" playing the opening set for legendary country swing band Asleep At The Wheel. Mason Pavel is the son of the late, great bandleader of the Blue Canvas Orchestra, Don Pavel. Dale and Brian are long time musical friends from Fairmont, now Minneapolis, MN. This episode features recordings from each artists' August 2022 performances at Big Top Chautauqua.   First broadcast in 1994, Tent Show Radio is a weekly one-hour radio program showcasing the best live recordings from acclaimed music acts and entertainers who grace the Big Top Chautauqua stage each summer in beautiful Bayfield, WI. In the program's nearly 30-year history it has featured artists like Johnny Cash, B.B King, Brandi Carlile, Willie Nelson, Don McLean, and many more. Hosted by celebrated New York Times best-selling author Michael Perry-who weaves stories and humor throughout each episode - Tent Show Radio features performances from renowned national & regional artists, with regular appearances featuring Big Top's own unique brand of shows that feature songs and stories performed by its acclaimed house band, The Blue Canvas Orchestra. Tent Show Radio is independently produced by Big Top Chautauqua, a non-profit performing arts organization, with a mission to present performances and events that celebrate history and the environment - along with their annual summer concert series - nestled in the woods on the shores of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands.   EPISODE CREDITSMichael Perry - Host Phillip Anich - Announcer Jaime Hansen - Engineer Gina Nagro - Marketing Support FOLLOW BIG TOP CHAUTAUQUA https://www.facebook.com/bigtopchautauqua/ https://www.instagram.com/bigtopchautauqua/ https://www.tiktok.com/@bigtopchautauqua https://twitter.com/BigBlueTent FOLLOW MICHAEL PERRYhttps://sneezingcow.com/ https://www.facebook.com/sneezingcow https://www.instagram.com/sneezingcow/ https://twitter.com/sneezingcow/ 2023 TENT SHOW RADIO SPONSORSAshland Area Chamber of Commerce - https://www.visitashland.com/  Bayfield Chamber and Visitor Bureau - https://www.bayfield.org/  Bayfield County Tourism - https://www.bayfieldcounty.wi.gov/150/Tourism  The Bayfield Inn - https://bayfieldinn.com/  Cable Area Chamber of Commerce - https://www.cable4fun.com/  Washburn Area Chamber of Commerce - https://washburnchamber.com/ SPECIAL THANKSWisconsin Public Radio - https://www.wpr.org/ 

1. George Thorogood And The Destroyers 2. Freddie King 3. Big Daddy Wilson 4. Canned Heat 5. Fleetwood Mac 6. Rolling Stones 7. Snowy White 8. Howlin' Wolf 9. Big Mama Thornton 10. Otis Rush 11. Little Milton 12. John Mayall And The Bluesbreakers 13. Foghat 14. Tony McPhee 15. Jimmy Reed 16. Larry McCray

Legendary blues artist Larry McCray comes to the podcast to talk about his new album "Blues Without You" and tour.

Song playsIntro by hostWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Go to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: NEVADA CURRENT:Tribes in six states awarded $73MM in new high-speed internet grants.Three Nevada tribes will receive $11.6 million for high-speed internet, in the latest round of “internet for all” grants, federal officials announced Wednesday.The funding will directly connect more than 800 homes on tribal lands in Nevada to high-speed internet, improving access to education, jobs, and healthcare on tribal lands.Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said“The Biden administration is committed to fostering meaningful partnerships with Tribal Nations, which have been vital to our goal of connecting everyone in America, with affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service,” So far, about $1.6 billion has been awarded to 121 tribal nations with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed last year. Those funds have connected more than 3,100 unserved Native American households that previously had no connectivity to high-speed Internet, as well as businesses and community institutions.These awards are part of a series of commitments the Biden administration announced Wednesday to strengthen nation-to-nation engagement between the federal government and Tribal Nations.The Walker River Paiute Tribe in Mineral County will receive more than $6 million to install fiber internet directly to more than 400 households, 22 community institutions, and 10 tribal businesses. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe in Nye County is set to receive more than $3 million to install fiber internet to nearly 80 homes and 11 tribal institutions. The Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe in Churchill County will be awarded nearly $2 million to directly connect more than 300 households.Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who has pushed for more broadband funding on tribal lands, praised the announcement Wednesday.“Throughout my time in the Senate, I've worked to make sure Tribes in Nevada have access to critical broadband,” she said. “I made sure these funds would get to Tribes in Nevada in a timely and efficient fashion, and I'm committed to helping Nevadans in every community access the critical educational, business, health care, and cultural resources that the internet provides.”Additionally, the national Affordable Connectivity Program - ACP - provides a discount of $30 per month toward Internet service for eligible households, and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying tribal lands. You're eligible for the benefit If you currently receive SNAP benefits, are on Medicaid, or earn less than 200% of the federal poverty line. That's about $27K for a single person household, or $55K for a family of four.To Apply, visit AffordableConnectivity.govCOLORADO SUN: Colorado Democrats ready to move on gun safety laws.A host of changes to Colorado's gun laws, from a ban on assault weapons to tweaks to the existing red flag law, are already being considered by Democrats at the state Capitol in response to the shooting last month at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. “Pretty much everything is on the table,” according to Senate President Steve Fenberg, a Boulder Democrat. “The question now is: What is the highest priority?”Democrats will return to the Colorado Capitol in early January with expanded majorities in both the House and Senate, and facing pressure to act after the state's latest mass shooting. Five people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a Nov. 19 attack on Club Q, allegedly carried out by a 22-year-old shooter armed with a semi-automatic, AR-15-style rifle.“Tay” Anderson, a Denver School board member, posted on Twitter that Democrats should immediately use their majority at the Capitol to pass an assault weapons ban.Saying “If folks refuse to act, vote them out,”Senate President Fenberg, who said gun control conversations were underway even before the Club Q shootings, said a ban on assault weapons is certainly a possibility. The challenge is figuring out how to write the law - how to define what an assault weapon is, what should happen to weapons already in the possession of Colorado residents, and how to address people traveling through Colorado to neighboring states where the weapons are permitted. It's more likely that Democrats pursue other changes to Colorado's gun laws first, such as raising the minimum age to purchase a rifle or shotgun to 21 from 18. The minimum age to purchase handguns in Colorado is already 21. Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat, is working on changing the minimum age to purchase a gun. He initially wanted to raise the age only for so-called assault weapons, but thinks a broader change would be easier. “That will save us having to come up with a definition of what assault weapons are,” said Sullivan, whose son, Alex, was murdered in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting. “And that seems to be the consensus that we're hearing from the rest of the Democratic caucus.”There are also discussions about enacting a waiting period that looks like those passed in California and Hawaii, which have 10- and 14-day waiting periods, respectively. Illinois has a 72-hour waiting period after purchases a firearm, before they can access it.Colorado already requires universal background checks on all gun purchases, and has laws limiting gun magazines to 15 rounds, and requiring the safe storage of firearms. People whose guns are lost or stolen must make a report with law enforcement, as well, and there is a statute temporarily barring people convicted of certain violent misdemeanors from purchasing firearms.Colorado counties and municipalities are also now allowed to enact gun regulations that are more stringent than the state's policies after the legislature in 2021 repealed a preemption law.When it comes to Colorado's red flag law, a 2019 policy that lets judges order the temporary seizure of firearms from people deemed a significant risk to themselves or others - legislators might expand the list of who can petition a judge to initiate a red flag proceeding. Right now, law enforcement and family members are effectively the only groups allowed to petition a judge to order a seizure. Gov. Jared Polis has expressed support for adding district attorneys to the list, and others have suggested the attorney general's office, and teachers should be allowed to request seizures as well. The Colorado legislature reconvenes on Jan. 9.COLORADO NEWSLINE:  $35 insulin price cap coming to Medicare in January.A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report showed drug companies increased prices for several drugs by more than 500% since 2016. But starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will go into effect for millions of Medicare recipients. The lower pricing is one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see under the Inflation Reduction Act, passed without a single Republican vote and signed into law in August.The insulin cap benefits Medicare Part D recipients, who also no longer have to meet a deductible on their insulin. A $35 cap on insulin pumps for Medicare Part B recipients goes into effect July 1, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare patients spent $1 billion on insulin in 2020, and an estimated 16.5% of people with diabetes rationed their insulin in the past year, which can be extremely harmful to their health or even fatal.According to an analysis of the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act from the Center for American Progress, an elderly middle class couple could save as much as $2,400 per year on insulin.ARIZONA MIRROR: AZ SOS Katie Hobbs recommends criminal prosecutions for Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify their election results. Hobbs wrote to Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre, that without repercussions, the decision of supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd not to certify their results could encourage future violations, further eroding election integrity in the state, and stomping on the will of Arizona voters. “Supervisors Crosby and Judd's actions not only demonstrate a complete disregard for the law but also jeopardize Arizona's democracy,” she wrote. “Had a court not intervened, the failure of these two Supervisors to uphold their duty would have disenfranchised thousands of Cochise County voters. This blatant act of defying Arizona's election laws risks establishing a dangerous precedent that we must discourage.” Crosby and Judd threw the Arizona state certification process into disarray last month, when they delayed their official canvassing of the midterm election results in Cochise County, citing bogus claims that electronic tabulators didn't meet required standards. It was only after a court ordered them to complete their statutorily mandated duties that they did so on Dec. 1, days after the Nov. 28 deadline. Their actions put the official statewide canvass in jeopardy, as Hobbs must meet a Dec. 5 deadline to certify the results. She can only push that deadline as far as Dec. 8. If she decided to go ahead with the process without the results from Cochise County, a heavily Republican region, more than 47,000 voters could have seen their ballots ignored and a number of races would have flipped in favor of Democratic candidates. The responsibilities of county supervisors are clearly laid out in state law and the state's Election Procedures Manual, Hobbs said, and they are non-negotiable. And, Crosby and Judd were given ample notification of the consequences.“Supervisors Crosby and Judd knew they had a statutory requirement to canvass the election by November 28, but instead chose to act in violation of the law, putting false election narratives ahead of Cochise County's voters,” Hobbs wrote. Hobbs, who was elected governor in the election, wrote that the two Republicans violated several state laws, with penalties ranging from a class 3 misdemeanor to a class 6 felony. If Crosby and Judd were convicted of a felony, their right to vote would be revoked. They also stand to lose their elected office: State law deems an elected office vacant if the officeholder is convicted of a felony or any “offense involving a violation of the person's official duties”. This is the second call for an investigation into the Supervisors possibly criminal acts - Earlier this week, former Attorney General Terry Goddard and Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley wrote to outgoing AG Brnovich requesting he hold Crosby and Judd accountable.It's likely that Attorney General-elect Kris Mayes will make the final decision on whether to prosecute, once she takes office in January. In a statement, she said she agrees with the request from Hobbs' office to begin an investigation, and said that it is through that process that a decision on what further response, if any, is appropriate.COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Didn't we do this aJustices signal support for web designer who won't help gay couples with weddingsThe conservative majority appeared ready to answer a question the high court dodged four years ago: Must creative businesses put aside their religious beliefs to accommodate the beliefs of protected groups? WASHINGTON (CN) — A six-year crusade came to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, pitting Colorado's nondiscrimination law against a Christian website designer who refuses to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. It was unsurprising that the narrow question at the center of the case perplexed many of the justices, since the high court passed up on answering it only four years ago. In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the court ruled in favor of a cakemaker refusing his services to a same-sex couple, but declined to expand the ruling much beyond the case in front of them. Lorie Smith's case brings that topic to a head. Stating that her Christian beliefs confine marriage only to heterosexual couples, Smith argues that Colorado's anti-discrimination laws - protecting LGBTQ+ Coloradans as well as others -  violate her free speech rights. Smith's attorney argued that “Colorado is declaring her speech a public accommodation, and insists that she create and speak messages that violate her conscience.” After two and a half hours of arguments, the conservative majority appeared inclined to agree.The liberal wing of the court expressed concern that a ruling for Smith could snowball into a free speech loophole allowing discrimination. Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned where the court would draw the line, on what kind of discrimination would be permitted - noting that the same arguments could be made for interracial marriage or even for excluding people with disabilities. The hypothetical-heavy arguments included almost every culture-wars issue on the books including discrimination on race, religion, sexual orientation and political preference. These scenarios conveyed a worry by some justices about how far even a narrow ruling in the case could extend. Colorado Solicitor General Eric Olson said Smith's request for a free-speech exemption clause to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act would equate to a “license to discriminate.” “The free speech protection the company seeks here is sweeping, because it would apply not just to sincerely held religious beliefs as in this case, but also to all sorts of racist, sexist and bigoted views,” Olson said. “This rule would allow another web design company to say no to interracial couples, an ad agency could refuse to run ads for women-led businesses, and a tech consulting company could refuse to serve the web designer here, because it disagreed with her views on marriage. Where exactly to draw the line between free speech and anti-discrimination laws eluded many of the justices. This was partly because Smith brought the justices a preenforcement suit - she filed her suit against the state of Colorado before any same-sex couple actually requested her services. This creates difficulties for the justices in deciding a ruling. Justice Elena Kagan said the reason for the multitude of hypotheticals during oral argument was due to the lack of facts in the case - which make the justices' ruling all the more difficult. Kagan said “It really depends on the facts, and on what exactly Ms. Smith is being asked or compelled to do.”I could definitely be wrong, but as far as I can tell, the actual free speech claim isn't really justiciable without a real action from the state against the business owner. Seems like it's not ripe, as they say.But the court, in its infinite power, could rule on whether the 1st Amendment Free Speech clause of the Constitution provides an out for companies looking to discriminate against certain customers. You might be thinking, doesn't the U.S. Constitution protect all Americans from discrimination based on sex? It does - but that protection only applies to discriminatory actions by the state. So the state can't deny you a marriage license because of your sex or your partner's sex. The state can't deny you employment or throw you in jail, either - anymore.Here, it's a business that wants the right to turn away same-sex couples, and the state is looking to enforce a state anti-discrimination law - which may or may not conflict with the business owner's protected free speech.It's not a slam dunk that the conservative Supreme Court will rule for the anti-gay web designer, though. No small number of right-wing attorneys have made their entire careers using anti-discrimination laws on behalf of white people, to unravel protections for marginalized groups. If college admissions boards, for example, decide that admitting too many white students is not the ‘statement' they want to make - the ruling against the gay couple might undermine its own rulings on affirmative action practices.The Supreme Court has a highly interesting - and highly secretive - process of passing opinions back and forth to each other. Picking apart each other's arguments, and putting their heads together before the actual ruling comes out. We won't get much of a picture into that, but you can bet this year's Supreme Court clerks are going to be busy. CONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: Allman Family Revival - featuring Duane Betts, Cody and Luther Dickinson, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Hall, Maggie Rose, Larry McCray, Orbi Orbison, Donovan Frankenreiter, and the River Kittens. And whether you go to the concert or not - Check out the River Kittens. St. Louis' homegrown duo of Soulful, Harmonious, Folk music. They're awesome.Upcoming shows in Nashville, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and the tour closes out at the Fillmore in San Francisco next Saturday Dec 17th.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from Courthouse News Service, Colorado Sun, Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

Song playsIntro by hostWelcome to High Country - politics in the American West. My name is Sean Diller; regular listeners might know me from Heartland Pod's Talking Politics, every Monday.Go to heartlandpod.com for information on all our political podcasts, and a link to support our work on Patreon. Sign up as an Official PODhead for just $5 per month to access all our premium podcast segments and political writing. To join the conversation on Twitter, find us at THE Heartland POD. Alright! Let's get into it: NEVADA CURRENT:Tribes in six states awarded $73MM in new high-speed internet grants.Three Nevada tribes will receive $11.6 million for high-speed internet, in the latest round of “internet for all” grants, federal officials announced Wednesday.The funding will directly connect more than 800 homes on tribal lands in Nevada to high-speed internet, improving access to education, jobs, and healthcare on tribal lands.Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo said“The Biden administration is committed to fostering meaningful partnerships with Tribal Nations, which have been vital to our goal of connecting everyone in America, with affordable, reliable, high-speed Internet service,” So far, about $1.6 billion has been awarded to 121 tribal nations with funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that passed last year. Those funds have connected more than 3,100 unserved Native American households that previously had no connectivity to high-speed Internet, as well as businesses and community institutions.These awards are part of a series of commitments the Biden administration announced Wednesday to strengthen nation-to-nation engagement between the federal government and Tribal Nations.The Walker River Paiute Tribe in Mineral County will receive more than $6 million to install fiber internet directly to more than 400 households, 22 community institutions, and 10 tribal businesses. The Duckwater Shoshone Tribe in Nye County is set to receive more than $3 million to install fiber internet to nearly 80 homes and 11 tribal institutions. The Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe in Churchill County will be awarded nearly $2 million to directly connect more than 300 households.Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who has pushed for more broadband funding on tribal lands, praised the announcement Wednesday.“Throughout my time in the Senate, I've worked to make sure Tribes in Nevada have access to critical broadband,” she said. “I made sure these funds would get to Tribes in Nevada in a timely and efficient fashion, and I'm committed to helping Nevadans in every community access the critical educational, business, health care, and cultural resources that the internet provides.”Additionally, the national Affordable Connectivity Program - ACP - provides a discount of $30 per month toward Internet service for eligible households, and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying tribal lands. You're eligible for the benefit If you currently receive SNAP benefits, are on Medicaid, or earn less than 200% of the federal poverty line. That's about $27K for a single person household, or $55K for a family of four.To Apply, visit AffordableConnectivity.govCOLORADO SUN: Colorado Democrats ready to move on gun safety laws.A host of changes to Colorado's gun laws, from a ban on assault weapons to tweaks to the existing red flag law, are already being considered by Democrats at the state Capitol in response to the shooting last month at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. “Pretty much everything is on the table,” according to Senate President Steve Fenberg, a Boulder Democrat. “The question now is: What is the highest priority?”Democrats will return to the Colorado Capitol in early January with expanded majorities in both the House and Senate, and facing pressure to act after the state's latest mass shooting. Five people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in a Nov. 19 attack on Club Q, allegedly carried out by a 22-year-old shooter armed with a semi-automatic, AR-15-style rifle.“Tay” Anderson, a Denver School board member, posted on Twitter that Democrats should immediately use their majority at the Capitol to pass an assault weapons ban.Saying “If folks refuse to act, vote them out,”Senate President Fenberg, who said gun control conversations were underway even before the Club Q shootings, said a ban on assault weapons is certainly a possibility. The challenge is figuring out how to write the law - how to define what an assault weapon is, what should happen to weapons already in the possession of Colorado residents, and how to address people traveling through Colorado to neighboring states where the weapons are permitted. It's more likely that Democrats pursue other changes to Colorado's gun laws first, such as raising the minimum age to purchase a rifle or shotgun to 21 from 18. The minimum age to purchase handguns in Colorado is already 21. Sen. Tom Sullivan, a Centennial Democrat, is working on changing the minimum age to purchase a gun. He initially wanted to raise the age only for so-called assault weapons, but thinks a broader change would be easier. “That will save us having to come up with a definition of what assault weapons are,” said Sullivan, whose son, Alex, was murdered in the 2012 Aurora theater shooting. “And that seems to be the consensus that we're hearing from the rest of the Democratic caucus.”There are also discussions about enacting a waiting period that looks like those passed in California and Hawaii, which have 10- and 14-day waiting periods, respectively. Illinois has a 72-hour waiting period after purchases a firearm, before they can access it.Colorado already requires universal background checks on all gun purchases, and has laws limiting gun magazines to 15 rounds, and requiring the safe storage of firearms. People whose guns are lost or stolen must make a report with law enforcement, as well, and there is a statute temporarily barring people convicted of certain violent misdemeanors from purchasing firearms.Colorado counties and municipalities are also now allowed to enact gun regulations that are more stringent than the state's policies after the legislature in 2021 repealed a preemption law.When it comes to Colorado's red flag law, a 2019 policy that lets judges order the temporary seizure of firearms from people deemed a significant risk to themselves or others - legislators might expand the list of who can petition a judge to initiate a red flag proceeding. Right now, law enforcement and family members are effectively the only groups allowed to petition a judge to order a seizure. Gov. Jared Polis has expressed support for adding district attorneys to the list, and others have suggested the attorney general's office, and teachers should be allowed to request seizures as well. The Colorado legislature reconvenes on Jan. 9.COLORADO NEWSLINE:  $35 insulin price cap coming to Medicare in January.A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report showed drug companies increased prices for several drugs by more than 500% since 2016. But starting next month, a $35 cap on insulin prices will go into effect for millions of Medicare recipients. The lower pricing is one of the first of several policy measures Americans will see under the Inflation Reduction Act, passed without a single Republican vote and signed into law in August.The insulin cap benefits Medicare Part D recipients, who also no longer have to meet a deductible on their insulin. A $35 cap on insulin pumps for Medicare Part B recipients goes into effect July 1, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare patients spent $1 billion on insulin in 2020, and an estimated 16.5% of people with diabetes rationed their insulin in the past year, which can be extremely harmful to their health or even fatal.According to an analysis of the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act from the Center for American Progress, an elderly middle class couple could save as much as $2,400 per year on insulin.ARIZONA MIRROR: AZ SOS Katie Hobbs recommends criminal prosecutions for Cochise County supervisors who refused to certify their election results. Hobbs wrote to Attorney General Mark Brnovich and Cochise County Attorney Brian McIntyre, that without repercussions, the decision of supervisors Tom Crosby and Peggy Judd not to certify their results could encourage future violations, further eroding election integrity in the state, and stomping on the will of Arizona voters. “Supervisors Crosby and Judd's actions not only demonstrate a complete disregard for the law but also jeopardize Arizona's democracy,” she wrote. “Had a court not intervened, the failure of these two Supervisors to uphold their duty would have disenfranchised thousands of Cochise County voters. This blatant act of defying Arizona's election laws risks establishing a dangerous precedent that we must discourage.” Crosby and Judd threw the Arizona state certification process into disarray last month, when they delayed their official canvassing of the midterm election results in Cochise County, citing bogus claims that electronic tabulators didn't meet required standards. It was only after a court ordered them to complete their statutorily mandated duties that they did so on Dec. 1, days after the Nov. 28 deadline. Their actions put the official statewide canvass in jeopardy, as Hobbs must meet a Dec. 5 deadline to certify the results. She can only push that deadline as far as Dec. 8. If she decided to go ahead with the process without the results from Cochise County, a heavily Republican region, more than 47,000 voters could have seen their ballots ignored and a number of races would have flipped in favor of Democratic candidates. The responsibilities of county supervisors are clearly laid out in state law and the state's Election Procedures Manual, Hobbs said, and they are non-negotiable. And, Crosby and Judd were given ample notification of the consequences.“Supervisors Crosby and Judd knew they had a statutory requirement to canvass the election by November 28, but instead chose to act in violation of the law, putting false election narratives ahead of Cochise County's voters,” Hobbs wrote. Hobbs, who was elected governor in the election, wrote that the two Republicans violated several state laws, with penalties ranging from a class 3 misdemeanor to a class 6 felony. If Crosby and Judd were convicted of a felony, their right to vote would be revoked. They also stand to lose their elected office: State law deems an elected office vacant if the officeholder is convicted of a felony or any “offense involving a violation of the person's official duties”. This is the second call for an investigation into the Supervisors possibly criminal acts - Earlier this week, former Attorney General Terry Goddard and Maricopa County Attorney Richard Romley wrote to outgoing AG Brnovich requesting he hold Crosby and Judd accountable.It's likely that Attorney General-elect Kris Mayes will make the final decision on whether to prosecute, once she takes office in January. In a statement, she said she agrees with the request from Hobbs' office to begin an investigation, and said that it is through that process that a decision on what further response, if any, is appropriate.COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Didn't we do this aJustices signal support for web designer who won't help gay couples with weddingsThe conservative majority appeared ready to answer a question the high court dodged four years ago: Must creative businesses put aside their religious beliefs to accommodate the beliefs of protected groups? WASHINGTON (CN) — A six-year crusade came to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, pitting Colorado's nondiscrimination law against a Christian website designer who refuses to create wedding websites for same-sex couples. It was unsurprising that the narrow question at the center of the case perplexed many of the justices, since the high court passed up on answering it only four years ago. In Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the court ruled in favor of a cakemaker refusing his services to a same-sex couple, but declined to expand the ruling much beyond the case in front of them. Lorie Smith's case brings that topic to a head. Stating that her Christian beliefs confine marriage only to heterosexual couples, Smith argues that Colorado's anti-discrimination laws - protecting LGBTQ+ Coloradans as well as others -  violate her free speech rights. Smith's attorney argued that “Colorado is declaring her speech a public accommodation, and insists that she create and speak messages that violate her conscience.” After two and a half hours of arguments, the conservative majority appeared inclined to agree.The liberal wing of the court expressed concern that a ruling for Smith could snowball into a free speech loophole allowing discrimination. Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned where the court would draw the line, on what kind of discrimination would be permitted - noting that the same arguments could be made for interracial marriage or even for excluding people with disabilities. The hypothetical-heavy arguments included almost every culture-wars issue on the books including discrimination on race, religion, sexual orientation and political preference. These scenarios conveyed a worry by some justices about how far even a narrow ruling in the case could extend. Colorado Solicitor General Eric Olson said Smith's request for a free-speech exemption clause to the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act would equate to a “license to discriminate.” “The free speech protection the company seeks here is sweeping, because it would apply not just to sincerely held religious beliefs as in this case, but also to all sorts of racist, sexist and bigoted views,” Olson said. “This rule would allow another web design company to say no to interracial couples, an ad agency could refuse to run ads for women-led businesses, and a tech consulting company could refuse to serve the web designer here, because it disagreed with her views on marriage. Where exactly to draw the line between free speech and anti-discrimination laws eluded many of the justices. This was partly because Smith brought the justices a preenforcement suit - she filed her suit against the state of Colorado before any same-sex couple actually requested her services. This creates difficulties for the justices in deciding a ruling. Justice Elena Kagan said the reason for the multitude of hypotheticals during oral argument was due to the lack of facts in the case - which make the justices' ruling all the more difficult. Kagan said “It really depends on the facts, and on what exactly Ms. Smith is being asked or compelled to do.”I could definitely be wrong, but as far as I can tell, the actual free speech claim isn't really justiciable without a real action from the state against the business owner. Seems like it's not ripe, as they say.But the court, in its infinite power, could rule on whether the 1st Amendment Free Speech clause of the Constitution provides an out for companies looking to discriminate against certain customers. You might be thinking, doesn't the U.S. Constitution protect all Americans from discrimination based on sex? It does - but that protection only applies to discriminatory actions by the state. So the state can't deny you a marriage license because of your sex or your partner's sex. The state can't deny you employment or throw you in jail, either - anymore.Here, it's a business that wants the right to turn away same-sex couples, and the state is looking to enforce a state anti-discrimination law - which may or may not conflict with the business owner's protected free speech.It's not a slam dunk that the conservative Supreme Court will rule for the anti-gay web designer, though. No small number of right-wing attorneys have made their entire careers using anti-discrimination laws on behalf of white people, to unravel protections for marginalized groups. If college admissions boards, for example, decide that admitting too many white students is not the ‘statement' they want to make - the ruling against the gay couple might undermine its own rulings on affirmative action practices.The Supreme Court has a highly interesting - and highly secretive - process of passing opinions back and forth to each other. Picking apart each other's arguments, and putting their heads together before the actual ruling comes out. We won't get much of a picture into that, but you can bet this year's Supreme Court clerks are going to be busy. CONCERT PICK OF THE WEEK: Allman Family Revival - featuring Duane Betts, Cody and Luther Dickinson, Samantha Fish, Jimmy Hall, Maggie Rose, Larry McCray, Orbi Orbison, Donovan Frankenreiter, and the River Kittens. And whether you go to the concert or not - Check out the River Kittens. St. Louis' homegrown duo of Soulful, Harmonious, Folk music. They're awesome.Upcoming shows in Nashville, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and the tour closes out at the Fillmore in San Francisco next Saturday Dec 17th.Welp, that's it for me! From Denver I'm Sean Diller. Original reporting for the stories in today's show comes from Courthouse News Service, Colorado Sun, Nevada Current, Arizona Mirror, Colorado Newsline, and Denver's Westword.Thank you for listening! See you next time.

This week I caught up with my friend John Lum of Devon Allman Project & The Allman Betts Band at his home. We talk about his journey of starting out as a young student to traveling the world drumming. We also talk about the upcoming Allman Family Revival tour and the All-Star lineup!  On this episode you'll hear: River Kittens "Atlantic City" The Allman Betts Band "Down To The River" Check out more of John's drumming all over the Allman Betts Band albums & River Kittens wherever you get your digital music! Follow along with John Lum on Facebook & Instagram. Everything else: https://linktr.ee/_johnondrums See him on tour: 12/10 at The Factory in Chesterfield, MO with Allman Family Revival including Duane Betts, Cody & Luther Dickinson, Jimmy Hall, Maggie Rose, Larry McCray, River Kittens, Alex Orbison, Donovan Frankenreiter, Jackson Stokes & more Full details, more dates & tickets at AllmanFamilyRevival.com

Pacific St Blues & Americana                                                          New Releases are in 'bold' October 30, 20221. Bonnie Raitt / Livin' for The Ones 2. Angela Stehli / Two Steps from the Blues 3. Crystal Shawanda / How Bad Do You Want It? 4. Janis Joplin / Trouble in Mind 5. Rory Block / I'd Rather Go Blind6. Eric Clapton / Going Down Slow 7. Etta James / These Foolish Things8. Ray Charles / Hard Times 9. Tedeschi Trucks Band / Soul Sweet Song10. Marcus King Band / Working Man 11. Josh Hoyer / Harmony (homegrown artist)12. Kris Lager Band / Fly With the Stars (homegrown artist) 13. Buddy Guy (feat: Carlos Santana) / Where the Blues Began14. Larry McCray (feat Warren Haynes) / Down to the Bottom 15. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder / Pick a Bale of Cotton16. Lightin' Hopkins / Take It Easy on Your Heels 17. Blue House & the Rent to Own Horns / Have I Told You Lately (homegrown artist)  18. Blood Sweat & Tears / And When I Die19. Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa / I Need a Sunday Kind of Love20. Joe Bonamassa / Notches 

El ferrolano Víctor Aneiros es uno de los pioneros del blues en Galicia. De formacion autodidacta, se formó escuchando a gente como Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers… Aunque inicia su andadura en el mundo de la música con distintas bandas en los años 80, es en lo 90 cuando sus proyectos blues despegan. En el 95 pone en marcha Forcadas Blues Band con Germán Lamas (voz), actuando un año después en el I Festival de Blues Ciudad de Ferrol junto a Larry McCray. Es en el año 1999 cuando todo toma forma, pone en marcha Víctor Aneiros & Blue Notes y llega su primer disco: “Que el Blues Te Acompañe” (Cambaya, 1999). Pronto se labra una importante reputación, girando a nivel nacional e internacional -Antequera Blues Festival (2000), Festival de Blues de Cerdanyola (2001), Festival de blues de Reus (2002) y Montreux Jazz Festival (2002)-. Después vendría la Víctor Aneiros Band, siendo lo más llamativo de su propuesta el acercamiento del blues al gallego. En la actualidad actua junto a Paula Martins como Martins Aneiros Band

El ferrolano Víctor Aneiros es uno de los pioneros del blues en Galicia. De formacion autodidacta, se formó escuchando a gente como Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers… Aunque inicia su andadura en el mundo de la música con distintas bandas en los años 80, es en lo 90 cuando sus proyectos blues despegan. En el 95 pone en marcha Forcadas Blues Band con Germán Lamas (voz), actuando un año después en el I Festival de Blues Ciudad de Ferrol junto a Larry McCray. Es en el año 1999 cuando todo toma forma, pone en marcha Víctor Aneiros & Blue Notes y llega su primer disco: “Que el Blues Te Acompañe” (Cambaya, 1999). Pronto se labra una importante reputación, girando a nivel nacional e internacional -Antequera Blues Festival (2000), Festival de Blues de Cerdanyola (2001), Festival de blues de Reus (2002) y Montreux Jazz Festival (2002)-. Después vendría la Víctor Aneiros Band, siendo lo más llamativo de su propuesta el acercamiento del blues al gallego. En la actualidad actua junto a Paula Martins como Martins Aneiros Band

El ferrolano Víctor Aneiros es uno de los pioneros del blues en Galicia. De formacion autodidacta, se formó escuchando a gente como Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers… Aunque inicia su andadura en el mundo de la música con distintas bandas en los años 80, es en lo 90 cuando sus proyectos blues despegan. En el 95 pone en marcha Forcadas Blues Band con Germán Lamas (voz), actuando un año después en el I Festival de Blues Ciudad de Ferrol junto a Larry McCray. Es en el año 1999 cuando todo toma forma, pone en marcha Víctor Aneiros & Blue Notes y llega su primer disco: “Que el Blues Te Acompañe” (Cambaya, 1999). Pronto se labra una importante reputación, girando a nivel nacional e internacional -Antequera Blues Festival (2000), Festival de Blues de Cerdanyola (2001), Festival de blues de Reus (2002) y Montreux Jazz Festival (2002)-. Después vendría la Víctor Aneiros Band, siendo lo más llamativo de su propuesta el acercamiento del blues al gallego. En la actualidad actua junto a Paula Martins como Martins Aneiros Band

El ferrolano Víctor Aneiros es uno de los pioneros del blues en Galicia. De formacion autodidacta, se formó escuchando a gente como Johnny Winter, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, The Allman Brothers… Aunque inicia su andadura en el mundo de la música con distintas bandas en los años 80, es en lo 90 cuando sus proyectos blues despegan. En el 95 pone en marcha Forcadas Blues Band con Germán Lamas (voz), actuando un año después en el I Festival de Blues Ciudad de Ferrol junto a Larry McCray. Es en el año 1999 cuando todo toma forma, pone en marcha Víctor Aneiros & Blue Notes y llega su primer disco: “Que el Blues Te Acompañe” (Cambaya, 1999). Pronto se labra una importante reputación, girando a nivel nacional e internacional -Antequera Blues Festival (2000), Festival de Blues de Cerdanyola (2001), Festival de blues de Reus (2002) y Montreux Jazz Festival (2002)-. Después vendría la Víctor Aneiros Band, siendo lo más llamativo de su propuesta el acercamiento del blues al gallego. En la actualidad actua junto a Paula Martins como Martins Aneiros Band

His dad was known as 'The Father of Rock and Roll' but he was, unfortunately, no father to his own son. BILL HALEY JR has a new book out about his legendary dad and tells us that all Bill Haley wanted to do was get kids up and dancing again. Join me to hear that despite Bill Haley being way ahead of his time, playing ‘race music' with a ‘hillbilly touch' he enjoyed success for only a few short years before Elvis 'pipped him at the post', sending him spiralling into depression until his life was tragically cut short. Meet BILL PASCALI, a singer known as the ghost of rock n roll. You may not have heard his name but he's best known for carrying on the legend of that one hit wonder group, STEAM, into current times. You remember Steam don't you? Or at least their monster hit- Na Na Na Hey Hey? Bill debunks all the myths around the track and the band for us. For self taught bluesman, LARRY MCCRAY, his latest success is somewhat bittersweet. The 62 year old has recently been taken under the wing of blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa who has helped him cut his latest album 'Blues Without You'. We catch up with Larry to hear all about his roots, what his sadness is and what he sees as the future of the Blues genre he grew up with. Join me won't you? And don't forget if you'd like to request a guest from the 60's 70's or 80's, simply send me an email to sandy@abreathoffreshair.com.au You can find more information about the artists I speak with every week by heading to the website www.abreathoffreshair.com.au

17. The sound of pop music in the 1960s was largely driven by four relatively unknown house bands. For example, Los Angles had the Wrecking Crew, which included Glenn Campbell, Dr. John, and Leon Russell; Muscle Shoals had The Swampers, and Motown had The Funk Brothers. What was the name of the legendary backing band for many of the acts on Stax Records?18. Speaking of Motown, this version of Ain't Too Proud to Beg features, Ben Harper. Which motor city band had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: While considered by some to be "just a blues cover band" which British Band also covered this song?19. Performed by soul singer Betty LaVette, which Brit-rock psychedelia band, named in part after blues artist Pink Anderson, wrote this post-card-themed song?        BONUS: This song was written for the former member and leader of this band, who was this song written for?20. Heard here by Syl Johnson, which Hi Recording artist, now Reverend, referenced from the podium by then-President Obama, had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: Which art-rock, CBGB Punk-era band, fronted by a Scottish ex-patriot, later covered this song, creating awareness among a whole new audience? The Talking Heads21. Known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas struck gold with this hit, Time Is On My Side. Which British blues-rock band had an early hit with this soulful song?22. Originally signed to Motown Records with Omaha-born singer Shaun 'Stoney' Murphy, which Hades-based night flyer had the original hit with this song?23. Heard here by The Leaves, which Seattle-based Native American blues-rock guitarist, featured at Woodstock, would later cover this song?24. Played here by the late Canadian guitarist Jeff Healy, the song was composed by a member of Steeler's Wheel, and later a successful solo artist, who had the original hit with this song?25. Blues artist Albert King recorded for the Memphis-based Stax Records. Which Memphis Groover wrote and backed up King on this recording? (Born Under a Bad Sign)26. Often accused of being a Jimi Hendrix clone, which former member of the British band Procol Harem, originally recorded and performed this song? He was a trowering figure in the mid-1970s.27. Heard here by Mike Zito and Sonny Landreth, which band, from the Bay Area, originally known as the Polly Wogs, wrote and recorded the original version of this song, Fortunate Son?28. Written and performed by Paul Pena, Which Dallas-born native son had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: Which former member of this band, also from Dallas, went on to have a soulful hit-driven career?29. Performed here by Tanya Donnelly, while Freda Payne was singing about a Band of Gold, which Canadian singer-songwriter had a hit with the original version of his song, Heart of Gold?30. Performed here by Little Milton, which noted Irish soul singer wrote and recorded this song originally?31. For this next song, we're going back to the days when you actually boy bands. Which band, from the steel mill area of Gary, Indiana, had the original hit with this song?32. Performed here by Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule, which fab band featured this song late in their career?        BONUS: Although not the official name of the album, what is the generally accepted colorless name of the band's album that featured this song?        SUPER BONUS: Name the convicted murderer that recorded with the Beach Boys and knew Neil Young, who referenced this song for his dastardly deeds? (Two points for a correct answer here).33. Heard here by blues artist Larry McCray, who was the iron-belt Minnesotan minstrel who wrote this song?        BONUS: The only gold the original writer got was when this noted bi-racial guitarist covered his song: who was the artist that built Electric Lady studios with the silver and the gold he earned from his cover of All Along the Watchtower?34. Performed here by the recently reformed Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Mike Ferris, who ordained voodoo priest, who was referenced early in this show, wrote this song?35. Originally written and performed by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band, which band, who debuted nationally at Woodstock, hit the Billboard charts with this song, Black Magic Woman?36. Heard here by Blaster Dave Alvin, this song, Highway 61 was written by Bob Dylan and references this highway that cuts through the deltas of northwestern Mississippi. Which smokin' blues slide player, born in Leland, Mississippi but raised in Beaumont, Texas arguably recorded the best rendition of this song?Total Earnable Points: 56 Points.CONTEST QUESTION Answers (One Point Each)(^) These are out of order. Some acts appear more than once in our contest.1. Song One - Not a part of the contest2. Song Two - Not a part of the contest3. Bill Withers4. Elvis Presley5. The Temptations6. The Traveling Wilburys7. The Rolling Stones8. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)9. Al Green10. The Book of Ecclesiastes11. Steve Miller12. George Thorogood13. Meatloaf14. The Supremes15. Neil Young16. Cream17. Bob Segar18. Van Morrison19. Bob Dylan20. The Doobie Brothers21. Gerry Rafferty22. Eric Clapton23. Santana24. The Beatles24. Creedence Clearwater Revival25. The Eagles26. Dr. John27. Norman Greenbaum28. Jimi Hendrix29. Robin Trower30. Lynyrd Skynyrd31. Johnny Winter32. Booker T & the MGs33. The Jackson 534. Pink FloydBONUS Question Answers (1 Point Each)SUPER BONUS Answers (2 Points Each)George HarrisonThe White AlbumThe ByrdsJimi HendrixBob DylanJackson BrowneThe Talking HeadsTom PettyMichelob BeerCharles MansonThe Rolling StonesRoy OrbisonJeff LynneBoz ScaggsThe Actual Playlist1. Tommy Castro / A Bluesman Came to Town2. Hector Anchondo / I'm Going to Missouri3. JJ Cale / They Call Me the Breeze4. JJ Cale / After Midnight5. Robert Johnson / Cross Roads Blues 6. Dixie Hummingbirds / Loves Me Like a Rock7. Travis Tritt / Take It Easy 8. Hank Williams / Move It On Over9. Keb Mo / Lean on Me10. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Spirit in the Sky11. Nina Simone / Turn, Turn, Turn12. Robert Randolph & the Family Band / Jesus is Just Alright13. Kris Kristopherson / All Shook Up14. Jonell Mosser / Stop, In the Name of Love 15. Lyle Lovett and Keb Mo / Till It Shines16. Bonnie Raitt / You Got It17. Booker T & the MGs / Green Onion18. Ben Harper / Ain't Too Proud to Beg19. Betty LaVette / Wish You Were Here20. Syl Johnson / Take Me to the River21. Irma Thomas / Time Is On My Side22. Jamey Johnson / Two Out of Three Ain't Bad23. The Leaves / Hey Joe 24. Jeff Healey / Stuck in the Middle With You 25. Albert King / Born Under a Bad Sign 26. Drivin' & Cryin' / Too Rolling Stoned27. Mike Zito & Sonny Landreth / Fortunate Son28. Paul Pena / JetAirliner29. Tonya Donnelly / Heart of Stone30. Little Milton / Tupelo Honey 31. Graham Parker & the Rumor / I Want You Back 32. Gov't Mule / Helter Skelter33. Larry McCray / All Along the Watchtower34. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Right Place, Wrong Time35. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band / Black Magic Woman36. Dave Alvin / Highway 61 Revisited 

Pacific St Blues & AmericanaSecond Annual On-Air Trivia ContestJuly 17, 2022Here are the Questions1. Not a part of the contest2. Not a part of the contest3. Who covered this JJ Cale track and had an FM radio hit? 4. Who covered this JJ Cale track and had an FM radio hit?        BONUS: Which product featured this song in their commercial? 5. Robert Johnson famously went down to the crossroads, not to sell his soul but to hitch a ride? Which band, featuring a slow hand, struck gold with Johnson's song?6. Performed here by the five-part gospel-based harmonies of The Dixie Hummingbirds, who Brille Building songwriter, who performed under the name Tom & Jerry, later wrote this song?7. Performed here by Travis Tritt, which band had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: which well-known singer-songwriter collaborated with the band to compose this song?8. The little dog had to move it on over for the big dog. And in Country Music, there is perhaps no bigger dog than Hank Williams. But which denizen from Delaware created a concert stable with Williams' song, Move It On Over?9. Released on the most recent album by Keb Mo, which recently deceased, army veteran composed this song and had the original hit?10. While the song, Spirit in the Sky is well known, the original artist, um, not so much. What is the name of the artist who had a hit with this song?11. Set to music by Pete Seeger, what was the source for the lyrics to this song?        BONUS Which LA Strip Band, inspired by the Rickenbacker Sound of the Beatles, had a pop hit with their cover of this song?12. Performed here by Robert Randolph and the Family Band, which band capitalized on the Jesus Freak Movement to have a top radio hit with this song?13. Songwriter Otis Blackwell would write numerous hits for Memphis-based, Sun Records recording artists including Jerry Lee Lewis and others. Which hip-shaking Memphis Man from Tupelo had the original hit with this song?14. Recorded here for the Hope Floats motion picture soundtrack, which Motor City three-piece group had the original hit with this song?15. Speaking of the Motor City, covered here by Texan Lyle Lovett and California Keb Mo, which Michigander, a real ramblin' man, wrote and performed this song, Till It Shines?16. Featured here, Bonnie Raitt is covering a song by a band that featured five very high-profile artists. Name the band that had the hit with this song.         Bonus: Take a bonus point for each member of the original supergroup that recorded this song.         SUPER BONUS: Only two of the original five members of this band are still alive. Name the two members of this band that are still with us. (Two points for each correct answer)17. The sound of pop music in the 1960s was largely driven by four relatively unknown house bands. For example, Los Angles had the Wrecking Crew, which included Glenn Campbell, Dr. John, and Leon Russell; Muscle Shoals had The Swampers, and Motown had The Funk Brothers. What was the name of the legendary backing band for many of the acts on Stax Records?18. Speaking of Motown, this version of Ain't Too Proud to Beg features, Ben Harper. Which motor city band had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: While considered by some to be "just a blues cover band" which British Band also covered this song? 19. Performed by soul singer Betty LaVette, which Brit-rock psychedelia band, named in part after blues artist Pink Anderson, wrote this post-card-themed song?        BONUS: This song was written for the former member and leader of this band, who was this song written for? 20. Heard here by Syl Johnson, which Hi Recording artist, now Reverend, referenced from the podium by then-President Obama, had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: Which art-rock, CBGB Punk-era band, fronted by a Scottish ex-patriot, later covered this song, creating awareness among a whole new audience? The Talking Heads21. Known as the Soul Queen of New Orleans, Irma Thomas struck gold with this hit, Time Is On My Side. Which British blues-rock band had an early hit with this soulful song?22. Originally signed to Motown Records with Omaha-born singer Shaun 'Stoney' Murphy, which Hades-based night flyer had the original hit with this song?23. Heard here by The Leaves, which Seattle-based Native American blues-rock guitarist, featured at Woodstock, would later cover this song?24. Played here by the late Canadian guitarist Jeff Healy, the song was composed by a member of Steeler's Wheel, and later a successful solo artist, who had the original hit with this song?25. Blues artist Albert King recorded for the Memphis-based Stax Records. Which Memphis Groover wrote and backed up King on this recording? (Born Under a Bad Sign)26. Often accused of being a Jimi Hendrix clone, which former member of the British band Procol Harem, originally recorded and performed this song? He was a trowering figure in the mid-1970s. 27. Heard here by Mike Zito and Sonny Landreth, which band, from the Bay Area, originally known as the Polly Wogs, wrote and recorded the original version of this song, Fortunate Son?28. Written and performed by Paul Pena, Which Dallas-born native son had the original hit with this song?        BONUS: Which former member of this band, also from Dallas, went on to have a soulful hit-driven career?29. Performed here by Tanya Donnelly, while Freda Payne was singing about a Band of Gold, which Canadian singer-songwriter had a hit with the original version of his song, Heart of Gold?30. Performed here by Little Milton, which noted Irish soul singer wrote and recorded this song originally? 31. For this next song, we're going back to the days when you actually boy bands. Which band, from the steel mill area of Gary, Indiana, had the original hit with this song?32. Performed here by Warren Haynes and Gov't Mule, which fab band featured this song late in their career?        BONUS: Although not the official name of the album, what is the generally accepted colorless name of the band's album that featured this song?         SUPER BONUS: Name the convicted murderer that recorded with the Beach Boys and knew Neil Young, who referenced this song for his dastardly deeds? (Two points for a correct answer here). 33. Heard here by blues artist Larry McCray, who was the iron-belt Minnesotan minstrel who wrote this song?        BONUS: The only gold the original writer got was when this noted bi-racial guitarist covered his song: who was the artist that built Electric Lady studios with the silver and the gold he earned from his cover of All Along the Watchtower? 34. Performed here by the recently reformed Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, featuring Grammy Award-winning vocalist Mike Ferris, who ordained voodoo priest, who was referenced early in this show, wrote this song? 35. Originally written and performed by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band, which band, who debuted nationally at Woodstock, hit the Billboard charts with this song, Black Magic Woman?36. Heard here by Blaster Dave Alvin, this song, Highway 61 was written by Bob Dylan and references this highway that cuts through the deltas of northwestern Mississippi. Which smokin' blues slide player, born in Leland, Mississippi but raised in Beaumont, Texas arguably recorded the best rendition of this song? Total Earnable Points: 56 Points.CONTEST QUESTION Answers (One Point Each)(^) These are out of order. Some acts appear more than once in our contest. 1. Song One - Not a part of the contest2. Song Two - Not a part of the contest3. Bill Withers4. Elvis Presley 5. The Temptations6. The Traveling Wilburys7. The Rolling Stones 8. Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel) 9. Al Green 10. The Book of Ecclesiastes 11. Steve Miller 12. George Thorogood 13. Meatloaf 14. The Supremes 15. Neil Young 16. Cream 17. Bob Segar18. Van Morrison 19. Bob Dylan20. The Doobie Brothers21. Gerry Rafferty 22. Eric Clapton 23. Santana24. The Beatles24. Creedence Clearwater Revival 25. The Eagles26. Dr. John27. Norman Greenbaum28. Jimi Hendrix 29. Robin Trower 30. Lynyrd Skynyrd31. Johnny Winter32. Booker T & the MGs 33. The Jackson 534. Pink FloydBONUS Question Answers (1 Point Each)SUPER BONUS Answers (2 Points Each) George HarrisonThe White AlbumThe ByrdsJimi Hendrix Bob DylanJackson BrowneThe Talking HeadsTom PettyMichelob BeerCharles MansonThe Rolling Stones Roy OrbisonJeff LynneBoz ScaggsThe Actual Playlist1. Tommy Castro / A Bluesman Came to Town2. Hector Anchondo / I'm Going to Missouri3. JJ Cale / They Call Me the Breeze4. JJ Cale / After Midnight5. Robert Johnson / Cross Roads Blues 6. Dixie Hummingbirds / Loves Me Like a Rock7. Travis Tritt / Take It Easy 8. Hank Williams / Move It On Over9. Keb Mo / Lean on Me10. The Blind Boys of Alabama / Spirit in the Sky11. Nina Simone / Turn, Turn, Turn12. Robert Randolph & the Family Band / Jesus is Just Alright13. Kris Kristopherson / All Shook Up14. Jonell Mosser / Stop, In the Name of Love 15. Lyle Lovett and Keb Mo / Till It Shines16. Bonnie Raitt / You Got It17. Booker T & the MGs / Green Onion18. Ben Harper / Ain't Too Proud to Beg19. Betty LaVette / Wish You Were Here20. Syl Johnson / Take Me to the River21. Irma Thomas / Time Is On My Side22. Jamey Johnson / Two Out of Three Ain't Bad23. The Leaves / Hey Joe 24. Jeff Healey / Stuck in the Middle With You 25. Albert King / Born Under a Bad Sign 26. Drivin' & Cryin' / Too Rolling Stoned27. Mike Zito & Sonny Landreth / Fortunate Son28. Paul Pena / JetAirliner29. Tonya Donnelly / Heart of Stone30. Little Milton / Tupelo Honey 31. Graham Parker & the Rumor / I Want You Back 32. Gov't Mule / Helter Skelter33. Larry McCray / All Along the Watchtower34. Screaming Cheetah Wheelies / Right Place, Wrong Time35. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac Blues Band / Black Magic Woman36. Dave Alvin / Highway 61 Revisited 

This episode of Blues Therapy Radio includes great new music from Larry McCray, HOROJO Trio, Mikey Junior, Albert Cummings and many others.  I hope you enjoy it.  Follow us on Facebook.  Just go to Blues Therapy Radio Worldwide on Facebook and hit that "like" button.  Tell all your friends. Peace! Biggdaddy Ray

Larry McCray spent his early years on an Arkansas farm, the second youngest of nine siblings. His older sister Clara introduced Larry to the guitar and to the music of the three Kings of the blues—B.B.,  Freddie and Albert. Virgin Records subsidiary label, Point Blank signed Larry as its first artist. And over the past three decades of nonstop touring and recording, Larry has shared the stage with B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Albert King, Johnny Winter, Keb Mo,  and Kenny Wayne Shepherd.  His new album, Blues Without You, was produced by Joe Bonamassa. According to Joe, “Larry has a lot to say, and the world needs to know who he is.”Find or Sell Guitars and Gear at Reverb Find great deals on guitars, amps, audio and recording gear. Or sell yours! Check out Reverb.comInstacart - Groceries delivered in as little as 1 hour. Free delivery on your first order over $35.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched! Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.

It's a quieter week in The Roadhouse, after a week with a smoking hot blues guitar set. Larry McCray, Charlie Musselwhite, Edgar Winter, Staples Jr. Singers, and Bonnie Raitt are all ahead. If it's been about nothing else, this hour has always been about variety. That and being another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

It's a quieter week in The Roadhouse, after a week with a smoking hot blues guitar set. Larry McCray, Charlie Musselwhite, Edgar Winter, Staples Jr. Singers, and Bonnie Raitt are all ahead. If it's been about nothing else, this hour has always been about variety. That and being another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

In the next hour of The Roadhouse, a pool of 30 tracks fell together into 12 that fit together perfectly. Bob Stroger & The Headcutters, Altered Five Blues Band, Edgar Winter, Dana Fuchs, and Larry McCray are ahead. Putting the hour together is an easy task when it all falls together like this. And you know what? It really does make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

In the next hour of The Roadhouse, a pool of 30 tracks fell together into 12 that fit together perfectly. Bob Stroger & The Headcutters, Altered Five Blues Band, Edgar Winter, Dana Fuchs, and Larry McCray are ahead. Putting the hour together is an easy task when it all falls together like this. And you know what? It really does make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

The next hour of The Roadhouse fulfills the need for the familiar, the comfortable, the predictably reliable. Larry McCray, David Lumsden, Leyla McCalla, Luke Winslow-King, and Keb' Mo. Even with a Next Generation set in the back half of the hour, I think this edition of The Roadhouse is a great example of the ease of the blues. And, of course, I think it's also a great example of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

The next hour of The Roadhouse fulfills the need for the familiar, the comfortable, the predictably reliable. Larry McCray, David Lumsden, Leyla McCalla, Luke Winslow-King, and Keb' Mo. Even with a Next Generation set in the back half of the hour, I think this edition of The Roadhouse is a great example of the ease of the blues. And, of course, I think it's also a great example of another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright | Ruzz Guitar's Blues Revue  | Ain't Nobody's Business (live) feat.Pete Gage  | Ain't Nobody's Business (live single) | Trevor Finlay  | Something About The Cold  | Get Into It  |  | The Nighthawks  | West Memphis  | Established 1972  |  | Greig Taylor  | Crucifixion Blues (live)  | Born To Love You  |  | Blue Touch  | Drifting  | Old, New, Borrowed & Blue | Vaneese Thomas  | Bad Man  | Fight The Good Fight | The Blue Chevys  | The Night Calls  | The Night Calls  |  | Larry McCray  | Arkansas  | Blues Without You  |  | Debra Power  | Hardwired For The Blues  | I'm Not From Chicago | Emma Wilson  | Wish Her Well  | Wish Her Well  |  | Bessie Jones & with the Georgia Sea Island Singers  | Got to Lie Down  | Get In Union  | Alan Lomax Archives/Association For Cultural Equity | Jim Dale  | Be My Girl  | The Best Of British Rock 'n' Roll (Disc 3) | The Cadillac Kings  | Five Won't Getcha Ten  | Cadillac Kings  |  | Sonny Landreth  | Great Gulf Wind Reprise  | South Of I-10  | 

 | Artist  | Title  | Album Name  | Album Copyright | Richard Wilkins  | Honest I Do  | Life's For Livin'  |  | Dan Patlansky  | Presence  | Shelter of Bones  |  | Larry McCray  | Good Die Young  | Blues Without You  |  | Angel Forrest  | My Favourite (feat. D. Columbus)  | Angel Forrest - Angel's 11 vol. II | The Terraplanes Blues Band  | North Street Blues  | Stepping Stones  |  | Dave Specter  | 13 Blues Ain't Nothin  | Six String Soul~30 Years on Delmark Disk2 | Hanna PK  | 06 It's Alright Baby  | Blues All Over My Shoes | Mad Dog Blues  | Working for Uncle Sam (Globe_12-12-21)  | Pinned Down by the Rain [live] | Amos Milburn  | Sax Shack Boogie  | Complete Aladdin Recordings 1994 CD4 | Kathy Murray & The Kilowatts  | Extra Nice  | Fully Charged  |  | Rev. Elijah Thurston  | I Heard A Prayer (Parts 1+2)  | This May Be My Last Time (CD2)  Raw African American Gospel On  | Chuck Berry  | Carol  | The Blues Collection (Chuck Berry) | Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown  | She Walks Right In  | Roots of Rock N' Roll Vol 7 1951 | Chris Kramer & Beatbox'n'Blues  | Harp Boogie (feat. Kevin O' Neal)  | On the Way to Memphis (feat. Kevin O' Neal)

It's all about the professionals in the next hour of The Roadhouse. There's not an artist in the hour who doesn't labor full-time in the blues. Trudy Lynn, Seth Walker, Oliver Wood, The Nighthawks, and Larry McCray - they're just five of the thirteen blues professionals in this edition. Let's tip our hats to the musicians who dedicate their lives to the blues, and who make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

It's all about the professionals in the next hour of The Roadhouse. There's not an artist in the hour who doesn't labor full-time in the blues. Trudy Lynn, Seth Walker, Oliver Wood, The Nighthawks, and Larry McCray - they're just five of the thirteen blues professionals in this edition. Let's tip our hats to the musicians who dedicate their lives to the blues, and who make for another hour of the finest blues you've never heard.

Larry McCray talks about how he got started into music and more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Time for another Blues is the Truth, packed with some of the very best blues the world has to offer... We start with Muddy Waters and on our way to a collaboration between Robert Cray and Keb'Mo' we feature tracks from The British Bluescasting Corporation, Ry Cooder, Willie Dixon, Larry McCray, Eddie 9V, Buddy Guy, T Bone Walker, Ron Sayer Jr, Duke Robillard, Walter Trout, Kai Strauss and more. Hit play and enjoy!

It's the Mid-West story that didn't get the headlines in the Mid-90's--in a decade that saw Americana Music roar back into the fold thanks to the likes of Uncle Tupelo and their fractions of Son Volt and Wilco, Bay City had the One Trick Ponies at the same exact time in the same groove. While blues was taking flight out of the area by Larry McCray and power class a pop rock by the Verve Pipe, the Ponies were left to wipe off the dust as they were the band that just missed the big time. Jeff Yantz takes us through the era and his songwriting ethos behind a career that keeps him performing to this day.

Mike Brush joins us to kick off our second season! Stories from his popular late 60's rock band the Paupers, his work with Dick Wagner on Remember The Child--Live, touring Europe with Larry McCray and Gary Moore, the Mid-Michigan favorites Brush-Lopez Band, and his own songwriting and jazz output with Julie Malady. The teacher opens up to the classroom-class is in session this season!

Legendary Mid-Michigan Blues musician Larry McCray stopped by to dish out his musical history, his viewpoints from the music business, and detail his national spotlight work from Ambition onward. He even brought his guitar! In Part 2 here, catch up with Larry on all his early musical history and get the 'roots' behind his blues. Larry also performs new songs and digs into his Family band history and one-off's like his stint with Phil Lesh and Friends

Legendary Mid-Michigan Blues musician Larry McCray stopped by to dish out his musical history, his viewpoints from the music business, and detail his national spotlight work from Ambition onward. He even brought his guitar! In Part 1 here, catch up with Larry on all his early musical history and get the 'roots' behind his blues.

  From being the equipment and musical partner to everyone from Dick Wagner to Larry McCray, conduit from Glenn Frey to the Mid-Michigan Songwriter's Guild, to sharing the stage with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Laurie Middlebrook, Bob Hausler is Michigan's first and foremost link to Nashville, songwriting, jamming, and bringing the rock and and picking into the entire scene around the state. In Part 2, Bob discusses his 'Nashville jams' and his monster solo career.  

From being the equipment and musical partner to everyone from Dick Wagner to Larry McCray, conduit from Glenn Frey to the Mid-Michigan Songwriter's Guild, to sharing the stage with Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, and Laurie Middlebrook, Bob Hausler is Michigan's first and foremost link to Nashville, songwriting, jamming, and bringing the rock and and picking into the entire scene around the state. Part 1 of 2

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.

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.

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.

We were fortunate enough to have acclaimed blues artist Joe Pitts join us in Georgia on the way back to his home state of Arkansas. Joe is a powerful, soulful & multi-talented performer who has been compared to guitarists like Warren Haynes, Michael Burks, Larry McCray, Walter Trout and Joe Bonamassa. Although his influences range from Duane Allman and Dickey Betts to Roy Buchanan, Joe is best known for his slide guitar work with the band Liquid Groove Mojo. Touted as one of Arkansas' best bands, the International touring band has played hundreds of shows, touring Europe and the Midwest/Midsouth. Joe has been widely recongized for his vocals as well, having been chosen as one of the best vocalists of the year at the 2006 Indie Artist Radio awards. Sweet! Joe came by to talk with Frank "the Hounddog" about touring, Joe's music, and all sorts of other interesting stuff. We hope to have Joe back in the Doghouse again soon.

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.

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.

We're running the rainbow in this edition with a full view of all the hues of the blues. Blues Rock, jazzy blues and, of course, the traditional sound of this amazing musical form. If you're new to The Roadhouse, you might be a bit surprised by the range of styles. But it's all blues - the finest blues you've never heard. You'll hear great cuts from The Beat Daddys, Tommy Castro, Fat Vinnie and the Wiseguys, Larry McCray, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. We'll flash back on a couple of cuts played in previous shows in the Roadhouse Rewound segment and I hope you'll walk away with an interesting fact or two about many of the artists. It's the 71st Roadhouse Podcast, a rainbow of styles that all resolve to blue.

We're running the rainbow in this edition with a full view of all the hues of the blues. Blues Rock, jazzy blues and, of course, the traditional sound of this amazing musical form. If you're new to The Roadhouse, you might be a bit surprised by the range of styles. But it's all blues - the finest blues you've never heard. You'll hear great cuts from The Beat Daddys, Tommy Castro, Fat Vinnie and the Wiseguys, Larry McCray, and Clarence Gatemouth Brown. We'll flash back on a couple of cuts played in previous shows in the Roadhouse Rewound segment and I hope you'll walk away with an interesting fact or two about many of the artists. It's the 71st Roadhouse Podcast, a rainbow of styles that all resolve to blue.

At 69 hours of the finest blues you've never heard, it sounds like a marathon. That's 2.875 continuous days of the blues. Or a work-week and a three-quarters. Or, about the number of hours it would take to drive straight through from New York to Los Angeles and back to Chicago, averaging 69 mph. Larry McCray, Kenny Neal and Billy Branch, Tony Deziel, Luther Allison, and Rod Piazza are just some of the 13 artists ahead. As promised, I'll also announce the winner of the Chris Juergensen CD. There's another Roadhouse Rewound segment and, in general, just a little club full of fun. So, crank up the headphones, crack open a brew and chair-dance to your heart's content - we're top down and rolling.

At 69 hours of the finest blues you've never heard, it sounds like a marathon. That's 2.875 continuous days of the blues. Or a work-week and a three-quarters. Or, about the number of hours it would take to drive straight through from New York to Los Angeles and back to Chicago, averaging 69 mph. Larry McCray, Kenny Neal and Billy Branch, Tony Deziel, Luther Allison, and Rod Piazza are just some of the 13 artists ahead. As promised, I'll also announce the winner of the Chris Juergensen CD. There's another Roadhouse Rewound segment and, in general, just a little club full of fun. So, crank up the headphones, crack open a brew and chair-dance to your heart's content - we're top down and rolling.