SHOW ARCHIVES
DECEMBER 2020
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12/07/2020 - SHOW#544
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DAVE KEYES – COUCH KID NEWS
Dave came by to talk about his new single “It’s 7 O’clock” Somewhere” and all that has been going on in his world.
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GREG SOVER – Segment Begins At The 21:10 Mark
Greg and his band represented in Memphis in 2018 and 2019 at the International Blues Challenge. Their new album is The Parade and Greg and I spoke about his musical journey, his time during the pandemic and the new album.
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DANNY BROOKS & LIL MISS DEBI - Segment Begins At The 52:35 Mark
Danny & Debi are originally from Canada… Now living in Texas, and they recorded in Mississippi. We had a great talk about their lives and music and listened to tunes from Are You Ready? The Mississippi Sessions.
BOB CORRITORE – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
Segment Begins At The 1:35:30 Mark
Bob returned to talk about his new project…the “From The Vault” Series. Always a blast to chat with Bob and hear his stories while we listened to tunes from the first three albums in the series.
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SAM BARLOW – Segment begins At The 2:19:50 Mark
Sam is out of El Paso Texas and has been cutting his teeth in bars across the state for a few years. He has released Faith In The Blues on Montrose Records and I had a wonderful time speaking to Sam and learning about his influences and his music.
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12/14/2020 - SHOW #545
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SISTER LUCILLE – COUCH KID NEWS
Kimberley & Jamie stopped by to talk about the release of their 45 single that contains “Gone” & “Grandpa’s Song”. What a fun time with these two.
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DIONE TAYLOR – Segment Begins At The 21:44 Mark
Dione has released a new album entitled Spirits In The Water and I thought this would be a great interview and it was better than I thought. What a talent and a wonderful human.
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NORA JEAN WALLACE – Segment Begins At The 58:35 Mark
Nora released the album Going Back To Mississippi and earned a 2004 BMA nomination. Now she returns after 16 years with Blueswoman. She has an incredible story and I predict her career will take off once again.
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ABBY GIRL AND THE REAL DEAL - Segment Begins At The 1:39:40 Mark
Abby Harris Maharaj has been performing since she was a kid in Tennessee. This is another incredible story of finding yourself in the end. Abby Girl & The Real deal have released Calling Me Home and it is something good.
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JOHNNY IGUANA – Segment Begins At The 2:20:55 Mark
Johnny Iguana came out of Philadelphia but found himself in Chicago with Junior Wells. His album Chicago Spectacular is jammed packed with some legends. Johnny and I talked about his journey and listened to the tunes
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12/21/2020 - SHOW #546
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HEAD HONCHOS
I got to speak with the father/son duo Rocco Calipari Sr. & Jr. about their journeys and the new music from their band Head Honchos and the album, Blues Alliance.
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DICK EARL’S ELECTRIC CIRCUS - Segment Begins At The 47:00 Mark
Dick has performed for over 40 years with many different bands, as well as his own. He and I spoke about his journey, his joy of teaching and the music on the new album Dick Earl’s Electric Witness.
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JACK DeKEYZER – Segment Begins At The 1:32:30 Mark
Jack has released his 12th album, Tribute, and he and I had a great conversation about his musical influences, the folks he has played alongside & the music on the new album.
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RANDY CASEY – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC
Segment Begins At The 2:23:05 Mark
Randy returned to The Couch with his new album, Record Time. We spoke about the album, how it came to be and his plans for the future for his music.
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12/28/2020 - SHOW #547
2020 Holiday Extravaganza
A full-music show featuring the following artists:
ID – Val Starr
SET 1 – 13:18
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Bluesy Christmas - Val Starr & Blues Rocket–(w/ Katie Knipp, Beth Reid Grigsby & Dana Monet
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Blue Christmas - Proven Ones
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Blue Christmas - Wendy DeWitt
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Blue Christmas – Reid Jamieson
SET 2 – 16:13
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ID – Jimmy Carpenter
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Back Door Santa – Jimmy Carpenter
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All I Got For Christmas Is The Blues – Mike Zito
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Ghost From Christmas Past – Kingfish Ingram
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Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree - Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers
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Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree - Angel Forrest
SET 3 – 14:48
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ID – Ally Venable
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Snowing Down In Texas – Ally Venable & Quinn Sullivan
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Christmas Song – Angel Forrest
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It Ain’t Christmas – Kat Riggins
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Ring The Bells – Diana Rein
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SET 4 – 14:17
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Every day Will Be Like A Holiday – Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra-Marcel Smith
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ID – Anthony Paule
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Every day Will Be Like Christmas – Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra – Frank Bey
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ID – Janiva Magness
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Every day Will Be Like A Holiday – Janiva Magness
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Let’s Go Caroling – Johnny & Jalene
SET 5 - 20:33
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ID – Bobby Blackhat
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Moonlight, Mistletoe & You – Bobby Blackhat
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Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas – Lisa Biales & Ben Levin
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Run Run Rudolph – Mindi Abair & The Boneshakers
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Run Rudolph Run – Hamilton Loomis
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Run Rudolph Run – Mike Zito
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ID – Erin Harpe
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Run Rudolph Run – Erin Harpe & The Delta Swingers
SET 6 – 19:20
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Joy To The World – Randy Casey
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Joy To The World - Little Bit A Blues, Warner Williams, Jay Summerour, Eric Selby
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Joy To The World – Wendy DeWitt & Kirk Harwood
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Don’t You Know It’s Christmas – Bob Eike
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The Bluest Christmas – Mark May & Miss Molly
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Christmas Comes But Once A Year – Billy Price
SET 7 – 19:40
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ID – Ted Drozdowski
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My Christmas Wish – Scissormen
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Let It Ring – Meg Williams
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Please Mr. Santa Claus – Kevin Burt
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ID – Peter Parcek
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Happy Holiday – Merry Christmas Happy New Year Blues – Peter Parcek
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On This Merry Christmas Day – Eliza Neals
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All I Want For Christmas Is You – Reid Jamison
SET 8 – 20:51
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Christmas Will Never Be Blue – Billy Thompson
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Somebody Stole My Christmas – Albert Castiglia
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Let It Ring – Meg Williams
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Something In Your Stocking – Mark “Muleman” Massey
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Santa Claus Is Back In Town – Victor Wainwright & The Train
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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town – Justin Johnson
​CLOSING SET
Merry Christmas Morning – Sonny Boy Williamson
Jingle Bell Rock – Shari Puerto
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