PLAYLIST#189, The Paul Garner Band

Episode 189 - The Paul Garner Band - 26 August 2009

Paul Garner has talent, loads of it! His band's new album (What ColourWill You See) is testament to that. Check out music from The PaulGarner Band in this episode of The Blues Room. Plus new music fromRobert Cray, Zakiya Hooker and The DeSotos.

Check http://www.paul-garner.com/ for where you can buy 'What Colour Will YouSee', band details, gig information and much more.

1. The Paul Garner Band - Mosquito Coil [NZ]
2. Zakiya Hooker - Cold Cold Feeling
3. The Robert Cray Band - That's What Keeps Me Rocking
4. The Desotos - Greedy Man [NZ]
5. The Paul Garner Band - I've Got My Mojo Working [NZ]
6. The Paul Garner Band - Guest House Blues [NZ]
7. The Paul Garner Band - Should Have Thought Twice [NZ]
8. The Paul Garner Band - Hoochie Coohie Man [NZ]

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PLAYLIST #188, The Truth According To Ruthie Foster

Episode 188 - The Truth According To Ruthie Foster - 19 August 2009

I spotlight some new music from Ruthie Foster from her album The Truth According To Ruthie Foster (2009). As well we get to hear an interview with Ruthie conducted by fellow DJ and Blues Fan, Anthony of Red Hot and Cool in Byron Bay, while at the Blues and Roots Music Festival aka BluesFest, Byron Bay 2009. And if you're in NZ and want a couple of days fulla blues then check out the Waiheke Winter Blues Fest - thanks Katy for filling us in on air!

1. Ruthie Foster - Stone Love
2. Billy TK Junior - Cocaine [NZ]
3. Billy Jones - Crystal
4. Katy Soljack Interview [NZ] (background, Busking Blues)
5. Anthony interviews Ruthie Foster, BluesFest, Byron Bay 2009
6. Ruthie Foster - Truth
7. Ruthie Foster - Tears of Pain
8. The Jukes - Someday Baby [NZ]
9. Paul Garner Band - Smooth Operator [NZ]
10. Ruthie Foster - Thanks For The Joy

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Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan featuring Tony Painting and the Power band

WHYTE ROOM PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS:

Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan featuring Tony Painting and the Power band

Venue: Kings Arms - 59 France Street Auckland City

Date: 2nd September

Time: Doors open 8pm, show starts 8:30pm

Tickets are $10 and are available through Real Groovy Auckland or www.undertheradar.co.nz and at the door on the night

REASONING BEHIND THE GIG - The anniversary of the death of Stevie Ray Vaughan is on the 27th of August. The date chosen is within a day of a memorial held for Stevie in his hometown.

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PLAYLIST: #187 - Zakiya Hooker: Keeping It Real - 12 August 2009

Episode 187 - Zakiya Hooker: Keeping It Real - 12 August 2009

Featured artist is Zakiya Hooker, daughter of the late great blues icon John Lee Hooker.Zakiya is a regal combination of sass and soul. Her new album 'Keeping It Real' is adefining contribution to her legacy as a woman singing the blues. http://www.myspace.com/boogiewiththehookinc

1. Zakiya Hooker - Hug U Kiss U

2. Jimmy Warren - Ride Side Of Town

3. Motor City Josh - Sittin On Top Off The World

4. Ted Shumate Blues Band - Empty Without You

5. Zakiya Hooker - Rock These Blues Away

6. Zakiya Hooker - One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer

7. Zakiya Hooker - Love Foreclosure

8. Gary Primich - Dallas Texas

9. Dennis Gruenling - Teenage Beat

10. Kenny Neal - Louisiana Stew

11. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Pocket Rocket

12. Houston Stackhouse - Cool Drink Of Water

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THE BLUES ROOM: Episode 186 - Face The Blues

Episode 186 - Face The Blues - 5 August 2009

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1. Motor City Josh with Jason Ricci - Spoonful
2. Motor City Josh with Jason Ricci - Built for Comfort
3. Motor City Josh with Jason Ricci - Wang Dang Doodle
4. Koko Taylor - Piece of Man
5. The Blue Blazers - You Got Me Dizzy
6. Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers - Shoe String
7. Omar Kent Dykes - No More Doggin'
8. Louisiana Red and Little Victor's Juke Joint - I Come From Louisiana
9. Stacia Petrie - Face The Blues
10. Motor City Women - Watch What You're Doing
11. Shakura S'Aida - Getting Along Alright
12. Fiona Boyes - Howlin At Door
13. Fabulous Thunderbirds - Rich Woman
14. Eddy 'The Chief' Clearwater - Do Unto Others

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Yellow Dog Records : Fiona Boyes, Mary Flower

Blues Music for free download by Radio hosts! Yellow Dog Records, home to innovative and award-winning new interpretations of Blues, Jazz, Soul, and Americana styles by established and emerging artists, is expanding its radio outreach through the wonders of technology. We've made our entire catalog available through Airplay Direct to download free, for you to broadcast on your terrestrial radio show, internet stream, or music podcast. If you'd like to get music, please visit our page on Airplay Direct and if you aren't already a member, visit the "Register" link at top to join (participation is free for radio hosts). Then visit the individual album links at the bottom of our profile page to download any album from our catalog! New album - Fiona Boyes "Blues Woman" Our newest album, just released to radio, is Blues Woman, the new studio/contemporary blues album from guitarist/vocalist Fiona Boyes. Recorded in Austin TX, with a full band including special guests Marcia Ball, Pinetop Perkins, and Watermelon Slim, Blues Woman manifests the soulful, authoritative style of this native Australian and three-time Blues Music Award nominee to full effect. Its 15 songs run a rollicking trip through the contemporary blues landscape — from Chicago to Texas to Mississippi's hill country and the Delta, all evocatively conjured by Boyes' and producer Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff's true-to-the-bone arrangements. Click the album cover to visit this album's page on Airplay Direct for download! New album - Mary Flower "Bridges" Our previous release, from earlier this year, is Bridges by acoustic folk/blues guitarist Mary Flower. Nominated "Acoustic Artist of the Year" in the 2008 Blues Music Awards and with two top-three finishes in the National Fingerpicking Guitar Championship to her credit, Mary Flower is a highly respected and world-renowned singer/guitarist who boasts more stylistic diversity than just about any other artist currently recording under the "acoustic blues" banner. Bridges brings together influences from a myriad of roots music genres, blending acoustic blues, ragtime, jazz, and old-time gospel music into a unique whole that is greater than the sum of its parts. With a passel of musical guests including Tim O'Brien and Tony Furtado, the resulting album combines the smoothness of Bonnie Raitt with the whimsical vaudevillian charisma of Leon Redbone and the early jazz inflections of artists like Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton. Click the album cover to visit this album's page on Airplay Direct for download! Other Notes for International hosts If you are in Australia: Selected titles are represented in Australia by Only Blues Music. Please direct your listeners to Only Blues if they would like to obtain local copies of our titles! John Ward of Only Blues may also be able to help you with additional promotion needs. If you are in Benelux: Our catalog is represented in Benelux by Blues Promotion. Please direct your listeners to Blues Promotion if they would like to obtain local copies of our titles! Luc Ghyselen of Blues Promotion may also be able to help you with additional promotion needs. If you are in France: We generally send physical copies of our releases to Francis Rateau of the Collectif des Radios Blues for redistribution to CRB members. If you are a member of CRB, Francis Rateau may be able to help you with additional promotion needs. If you are in Japan: Selected titles (including Mary Flower's Bridges) are represented in Japan by Buffalo Records, and other selected titles (including Fiona Boyes' Blues Woman) are represented in Japan by BSMF Records. Please direct your listeners to Buffalo or BSMF if they would like to obtain local copies of our titles! Doug Allsopp of Buffalo Records or Masato Nishimura of BSMF Records may also be able to help you with additional promotion needs. Of course, listeners may also purchase copies direct from Yellow Dog Records, or from iTunes or Amazon. About Yellow Dog Records Based in Memphis, TN, Yellow Dog Records was founded in 2002 with the goal of cultivating the American musical heritage. The label features artists who emphasize innovative approaches to authentic American musical roots traditions - Blues, Jazz, Soul, and Americana styles. By providing support for recording, production, promotion and distribution, Yellow Dog Records brings this vital music to new and wider audiences. For more information and to hear sound samples, please visit http://www.yellowdogrecords.com/. ##### Contact: Michael Powers 901-452-4087 radio@yellowdogrecords.com Photos and Electronic press kit: http://www.yellowdogrecords.com/presskits/

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Byron Bay’s party of the year – a big success Bluesfest director Peter Noble turns 60 in style, celebrates 43 years in the music business

Byron Bay's party of the year – a big success

Bluesfest director Peter Noble turns 60 in style, celebrates 43 years in the music business

For immediate release – Last Friday night, July 3^rd 2009, the beautiful hinterland of Australia's eastern most point, witnessed what is already being called the "Byron Bay party of the year so far" by attending guests.

Local luminary Peter Noble, festival director of the iconic Byron Bay Bluesfest – reached the milestone of 60 years of age on July 2^nd, and what a 60^th birthday bash it was! Limousines picked up and dropped off every single guest to a breath taking property on Emerald Valley Farm in the Byron Shire for a (responsible) celebration that lasted well into the next day.

Guests flew in from all around Australia and the world, and from as far as London. Peter Noble's daughter even flew in unexpectedly from the United States to surprise her dad. Old and new friends alike paid tribute to Peter with Glenn Shorrock performing all his fantastic Little River Band hits. Glenn was matched only by superb Byron locals The Old Spice Boys who impressed with their extraordinary live repertoire which uses just a ukulele, a tea-chest (one-string) bass and a solitary snare drum.

Founding members of Sherbet and 10cc were also in attendance, and quote of the night came from Sherbet's original vocalist, Dennis Laughlin – who played with Noble in their first band, Clapham Junction, before going on to Sherbet and to eventually manage ACDC. Speaking about their first band, Dennis said, "You know, we were only 17, but we were making twice as much as our dads!"

Peter Noble said, "It was wonderful to be surrounded by such tremendous friends and musicians from all the different eras of my life. We worked out I've been in the music industry for 43 years – and I'm still standing!

"Of course we partied hard, but had no noise complaints and achieved an impressive 75% to 80% recycling rate in line with our Bluesfest environmental philosophies. I have to add we were still trying to get all the musos out by 11am the following morning for their afternoon flights back to Melbourne!"

Other industry guests included Bill Hauritz and Rhoda Roberts, also directors for the Woodford Folk Festival and The Festival of the Dreaming respectively.

For further MEDIA information please contact

Gaynor Crawford on (02) 6699 3437, or gaynor@gaynorcrawford.com

BIG BLUES!

VizzTone label group proudly presents new CDs by two BIG BLUESMEN BIG BILL MORGANFIELD and BIG PETE PEARSON
BIG BILL MORGANFIELD "Chicago blues is a powerful force in the right hands, which, in this case, belong to the son of Muddy Waters. The comparisons are inevitable, but the big man is up to the challenge" – Entertainment Weekly "Big Bill is a singer/songwriter who surely would have made Muddy smile." – Guitar Player Natural-born son of blues giant McKinley Morganfield (aka Muddy Waters,) BIG BILL MORGANFIELD has emerged in the past few years as one of the top young blues talents in America. Bill's 1999 debut was met with a W.C. Handy (Blues Music) Award for "Best New Artist Debut," as well as an avalanche of praise in the press. Big Bill Morganfield's Born Lover reveals and celebrates his journey and progress as a Blues artist. He delivers original songs, strong covers, a wide variety of styles, and fiery slide guitar. Bill's singing has taken an exciting leap forward in both power and nuance. He tells his own stories and still honors his father, Muddy Waters, with the tone of deep Chicago Blues. Produced by Brian Bisesi and Bob Margolin. click HERE to order
BIG PETE PEARSON "How this guy stayed under the radar for as long as he has is a real head-scratcher... A powerhouse singer with blues instincts increasingly rare these days, the 70-something Pearson shouts and scorches with energy rarely found in artists half his age." – http://www.jazz-blues.com/ "Phoenix, Arizona based blues shouter Big Pete Pearson has been thrilling blues audiences in his hometowm, and Europe, for over 50 years." – Mick Rainsford, Blues in Britain Born in Jamaica in 1936, BIG PETE PEARSON relocated to Texas with his parents as a child. He began his musical career in the juke joints of Austin's East side, playing bass alongside the likes of T.D. Bell, Blues Boy Hubbard, and Pete's younger cousin, W.C. Clark. After playing a few gigs in Phoenix, Arizona in the late 50's, Pete relocated there and quickly became the de facto King of the Arizona blues scene. Big Pete remained a pretty well-kept local secret until his 2007 release, I'm Here Baby on Blue Witch Records, which introduced Pete to the worldwide blues community as a first-class Blues shouter. By now, Big Pete Pearson's powerhouse vocals and larger-than-life stage persona have delighted audiences around the world. Produced by Bob Corritore for Southwest Musical Arts Foundation Records, Finger In Your Eye is Pete's first all-original blues album, featuring 10 of his own compositions. Big Pete is nimbly backed on this CD by his touring band, the Rhythm Room Allstars: Bob Corritore (harp), Chris James (guitar), Patrick Rynn (bass), and Brian Fahey (drums). As usual, Pete has attracted a bevy of very special guests, including Pinetop Perkins, Duke Robillard, Henry Gray, Billy Flynn, Doug James, and Eddie Taylor, Jr. click HERE to order
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MOOKIE BRINGS HOME THE GOLD! Congratulations to man-about-town Mookie Brill, once again winning the Blues Music Award in the Instrumentalist - Bass category! VizzTone nominees were well represented at this year's Awards show, with a stunning set by Gaye Adegbalola (featuring Bob Margolin), and dynamic appearances by Bruce Katz, Terry Hanck, and Rich DelGrosso. Hats off to the Blues Foundation for one of the best shows ever, and one hell of a weekend! For a Where's Waldo moment, check out these candid shots!

UPCOMING RELEASES: June 23 will see the release of TWO new Shane Dwight CDs! Shane's fiery talent is so big and bright that ONE new CD just isn't enough. Shane Dwight / Plays the Blues contains 10 original tracks (with guest appearances by VizzTone cohorts Bob Margolin and Richard Rosenblatt), and Gimme Back My Money features some of Shane's songs that cross over into Rock, Country, Urban R&B and Americana. (click one of Shane's CDs to pre-order NOW!)

July 7 VizzTone will release two more great blues CDs: We are tremendously proud to present Born Lover, by the natural-born son of the great Muddy Waters, Big Bill Morganfield! We are also thrilled to be partnering with our good friend Bob Corritore's Southwest Musical Arts Foundation Records on the latest release by powerhouse singer Big Pete Pearson, Finger In Your Eye, featuring guest appearances by Pinetop Perkins, Duke Robillard, Henry Gray and more. (And contrary to popular rumor, Big Bill and Big Pete do NOT share a hat.) We are also proud to announce the upcoming release of the much-anticipated David Maxwell & Louisiana Red / You Got To Move. Watch for more info on this one later in the Summer!

MORE NEWS:

Gina Sicilia and Christine Santelli are hailed by acclaimed music critic David McGee in the most recent issue of The Bluegrass Special, in an article entitled "How Blue Can You Get? Gina Sicilia and Christine Santelli, equally at home in blues and country, scorch the earth and hurt so good on their stunning new albums." Yeah, I'd say he gets it. Read the whole, brilliant article HERE.

Super Chikan is the subject of a feature article in the latest Blues Revue. He is also prominently featured in the documentary Delta Rising, which has been receiving accolades at film festivals around the world. Later this Summer he'll be performing a major concert in New York City's Central Park and returning to Norway's acclaimed Notodden Blues Festival. Gaye Adegbalola has been touring extensively with her group Saffire during their 25th and final year. As Gaye puts it, "For many years our visions coincided, but as we have aged and grown, our individual needs have changed. Our love of the music and our love for each other has not changed. As we move forward in different musical directions, we look forward to providing support and encouragement to each other... As Ann so clearly put it, she wants to be 'musically promiscuous, instead of faithful to the same partners.' Gaye and Andra say, 'Ditto.'" Matthew Stubbs will be on tour with Charlie Musselwhite all summer. Rich DelGrosso has been invited to teach and perform this summer at the Accademia Internazionale Italiana di Mandolino. They want some mandolin blues! At the end of week 1 he'll be performing there in the Blues to Bop Festival.

Scissormen's Ted Drozdowski has just produced a new album for New England-based roots guitarist Peter Parcek, tentatively clled The Mathematics of Love. Guests include Al Kooper, Ronnie Earl, and bassist Marty Ballou as well as Boston music scene MVPs Jimmy Ryan (mandolin) and Dan Kellar (violin). Bob Margolin is keeping up a strong summer touring shedule and working on a new live album. Dave Gross has been on tour this year with his group as well as with label mate Gina Sicilia. When off the road, he has been very active in the studio, producing a slew of veteran as well as up-and-coming artists. The Bruce Katz Band is currently on a 9-city tour in the Midwest, ending May 31. Recently, Bruce recorded a new CD, Project A, the music of Aretha Franklin. The band included Jerry Jemmott, members of Bruce's and Ronnie Earl's bands, and a great horn section. The CD will come out later this year on the Anzic label. In June, Bruce is going to Brazil with John Hammond, and July, he'll be on tour with Gregg Allman. Bruce is keeping busy!

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CeeCee James

Hello Everyone:

Well it's been a crazy two months working to keep my gigs going by finding players to cover them! At one point I had 24 hours in which to cancel gigs if I didn't find a lead guitar player. Luckily we had James Howard step up to the plate. James will be covering several of our upcoming gigs until our new regular lead player, Manuel Morais can step in in June. James played the lead guitar parts on all the tracks on our late October 09 release "Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl."

As well, we've got Chris Leighton and Ronnie Smith, both of whom many of you most likely know, coming in to fill the drum positions until we can find a permanent player for that position.

So you can just well imagine, the rehearsals and audition sessions have been something of a strange calendar arranging ride!

But at any rate... beyond all this update babbling... :), we have two shows in Washington this month and we hope you all at one or both.

WED - MAY 20TH - THE CENTRAL IN KIRKLAND 9 - 1 AM
(Come on you can call in sick on Thursday!).. umm humm.. yah right! NOT in this economy!

FRI - MAY 29TH - THE CROSSROADS 9 - 12 PM - Walla Walla Blues Society's Monthly Bash - and their last of the season; AND a special benefit to Dan Greenwood, a dear friend, and long-time WWBS member, who unexpectedly passed on April 14th.

So we hope to see you and if not... well we've got some other good shows upcoming in June here in our beautiful state.. so stay tuned!

Hope everyone is well and hanging on in these tough times...

Cee Cee James
http://www.ceeceejames.com http://www.cdbaby.com/ceeceejames http://www.myspace.com/ceeceejames

"My thing is... in all my writing, singing and performance is to make the songs come alive for people. To open up the mind, heart and soul with the fire of an intense gut wrenching performance full of vulnerability, honesty and truth. What else am I up on that stage for?" - Cee Cee James
FWG Records P.O. Box 42 Langley, WA 98260 360/730-1886