The Roadhouse

Series produced by Tony Steidler-Dennison

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The Roadhouse 

The Roadhouse is a weekly blues program, delivered in evergreen one-hour files for radio programming flexibility.

With a primary focus on vital new blues artists and releases, The Roadhouse spans the full range of blues sub-genres - jump, acoustic, electric, traditional, contemporary, and more. It also occasionally calls to the pioneers in the search for the perfect blues nuggets. This truly is a weekly hour of the finest blues you've never heard - The Roadhouse.


143 Pieces

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This hour of The Roadhouse is a pretty diverse hour. I’ve got straight-up blues, a rootsy set, and a set of classic Chess recordings to celebrate L...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Nov 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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I’ve got another broad hour of blues with a pretty big variety of styles. There’s some contemporary blues, a little blues rock, an acoustic set, an...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Oct 23, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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In this hour of The Roadhouse, I bounce back and forth between two real hot spots of blues: Chicago and San Francisco. I’ve got a lot of artists th...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Oct 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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I’m feeling great about the hour ahead and so will you. I’ve got a couple keyboard-focused tracks, a bit of harp, some killer guitar, and vocals st...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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This is another hour of The Roadhouse that just doesn’t slow down. And, it’s a little heavier than usual with some great female blues artists, to b...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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Over the course of 13 or 14 tracks, this hour of The Roadhouse get focused with a set of blues from the 1970s and another of great soul blues. Dr. ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 28, 2021
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
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Once again, I've got a pretty big variety of blues, fitting together a bunch of puzzle pieces to shape a coherent picture. Lil' Ed & The Blues Impe...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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There’s a deeper groove in this hour of The Roadhouse – something musicians call “in the pocket.” Big Head Blues Club, Bobby Rush, Robert Cray, Van...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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The story of this edition of The Roadhouse is that I’m going to fulfill my favorite plan as your host in our little dive to make the hour as upbeat...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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There’s blues enough to get you going in this edition of The Roadhouse. I’ve got The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Sammy Kershaw, Luther Dickinson, The Re...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, WJAB, and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
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I've got a full hour of blues this week with artists from all over the map, including New Orleans, Wyoming, Canada, Texas, and other points on the ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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It’s tough to classify the variety of blues in this hour of The Roadhouse, so I’ll just stay out of the way of putting your own frame around it. Al...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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The single word to describe this hour of The Roadhouse is “debut.” I’ve got five artists in the hour who are making their Roadhouse debuts. And, it...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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What lies ahead in this hour of The Roadhouse? I’ve got a couple of sets of classic blues artists – one that nearly spans the country from west to ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 17, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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I’ve got a full hour ahead, with a next generation set and a set of gospel blues centered around The Staples. It’s all mixed in with a bigger varie...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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In this hour, I’ve got lots of horns, lots of walking bass and probably a little more harp than usual. If the music’s not rollin’, it’s tumblin’. M...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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I've got some blues legends in this hour, along with some folks you may not have heard of. I've also got a Roadhouse Triple Play of a Robert Johnso...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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The bandstand's set, the lights are dimmed, the sawdust is on the dance floor, and we're ready to take you away from the cares of the world for awh...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
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As always, a big hour ahead in this edition of The Roadhouse. It’ll probably get your heart rate going a bit as it’s pretty much all upbeat, uptemp...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSRQ, and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 3
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This hour of The Roadhouse has a long set of live music and another trip in the Wayback Machine of blues history. Rivherside, Jim Suhler & Monkey B...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and WJAB


  • Added: Jun 22, 2016
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2