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Black And Blues
Blues, rhythm and blues with some sixties soul.
Hosted by: John Tackaberry
Airs: Every Sunday from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM

Coming up at 9:00 PM on October 8th, 2023:
"All Your Love" - Celebrating 70 years of blues on Delmark Records - songs out of the massive recording vaults from Otis Rush, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy, Magic Sam and many more. That is in the first hour. The "new and reissued blues and R&B tracks on wax" in the second hour has new blues from U.S. West Coast bass player Willie J. Campbell and Canadian East Coast singer Wayne Nicholson.

Black And Blues

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Date Host Highlight On Demand
Oct. 15, 2023 John Tackaberry "The Dark End Of The Street" - a special jukebox edition of soul singles out of the Memphis Goldwax Records vaults from 1962-1970 from the Ace Records complete collections - James Carr, Wee Willie Walker, Spencer Wiggins and many more
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Oct. 8, 2023 John Tackaberry "All Your Love" - Celebrating 70 years of blues on Delmark Records - song out of the massive vaults from Otis Rush, Junior Wells with Buddy Guy, Magic Sam and many more
available
Oct. 1, 2023 John Tackaberry "Don't Get Me Started" - The soulful sounds of singer Bettye LaVette from the sixties highlighting the latest on Jay-Vee Records
available
Sep. 24, 2023 John Tackaberry "Losing Ground" - Chicago blues and jump blues from The Nick Moss Band featuring Dennis Gruenling on Alligator Records
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Sep. 17, 2023 John Tackaberry "Best of the Rest" - More soul song demos from STAX songwriters that were later recorded on non-STAX labels and many that were never cut out of the recent Written in their Soul compilation
available
Sep. 10, 2023 John Tackaberry "Nothing But Time" - The diverse blues on guitarist, singer, and songwriter Monster Mike Welch featuring his latest recording on Gulf Coast Records
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Sep. 3, 2023 John Tackaberry "Later For You Baby" - Chicago blues, R&B, and jazz from Sax Mallard and Al Smith "in session" 1946-1958 on their own and backing others including Little Junior Parker and Guitar Slim
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Aug. 27, 2023 John Tackaberry "Life Don't Miss Nobody" - The return of veteran singer Tracy Nelson on blues and soul songs with Charlie Musselwhite, Irma Thomas, and Marcia Ball featuring Nelson's new release
available
"Black & Blues" from 9-11 p.m. on Sunday features blues, rhythm and blues with some sixties soul. There are special profiles of musicians and recording labels in the first hour. In the second hour there is a blues and R&B calendar of events in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa with "new and reissued blues and rhythm and blues tracks on wax" featured in the last half hour. This segment alternates with "live blues and rhythm and blues for a Sunday night". In the last half hour of the show on the last Sunday of every month I go "down in the delta" to spin some acoustic gospel and blues.

(N.B. The show started as "Meantown Blues" in October 1978. The name changed in March 1983 to "Black & Blues" to reflected the R&B and soul that is included in the show. And I have been the host since the start.)
Coming up on Black And Blues
Oct. 15th, 2023 9:00 PM
"The Dark End of the Street" - a special jukebox edition of soul singles on Goldwax Records from 1962-1970 - James Carr, Wee Willie Walker, Spencer Wiggins and many more in the first hour. The "live blues and R&B for a Sunday night" in the second hour has just released blues from Mississippi guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram on Alligator Records - Live in London.