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With Lil Ed & the Blues Imperials playing the Treehouse Lounge in Bloomington March 19th, we thought it timely to revisit a blues next podcast from 2008. This is the lead track from their Alligator release "Full Tilt," which is another full on slide guitar romp that would make Lil Ed's uncle J.B. Hutto proud. Purchase "Full Tilt" at: http://www.alligatorrecords.com

This NYC combo brings jazz, funk & hip-hop as well as traditional blues to their sound. On this podcast, you'll hear two sides of the Back Alley Players. Buy this great new release at: http://www.boneentertainment.com/4865/Releases.php

Texas native Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges has a ton of soul in his blues. Coming from a musical family, Bridges has been playing and singing music since he was a young boy. You can purchase his new CD "Live in San Antonio" at: http://www.bluearmadillo.com/

We're "Talkin' Blues" with Watermelon Slim this Saturday (2/20) at 7pm central time during GLT Blues. Link: http://wglt.org/streams/blues.phtml Slim will talk about the country/honky tonk direction he took with this new CD. Take a listen and let us know what you think. You can purchase "Escape From The Chicken Coop" at http://www.northernblues.com/

James Johnson is the nephew of bluesman Jack Johnson aka "The Oilman" and a distant relative of the legendary Robert Johnson. In this podcast, Johnson explains the origin of his nickname, and you'll hear a song from his latest release "Chikadelic". You can buy "Chikadelic at http://www.amazon.com/Chikadelic/dp/B002SEOCK0

As you'll hear in this podcast, Morvan is a "Jill of all Trades". Though she's been surrounded by music all her life and grew up just outside the blues capital of the world in Joliet and Plainfield, IL, she didn't discover The Blues until she heard Stevie Ray Vaughan. She says that encounter changed her life. This song is from her new "Fire It Up!" CD, which you can buy at Laurie's website: http://www.lauriemorvan.com/store.asp

Cee Cee James is a testament to perseverance. Through many bands and relationships, she's finally recorded the album that's been inside her head for years. "Done Love Wrong" is our featured song from the CD "Low Down Where The Snakes Crawl." Buy the entire CD at http://www.ceeceejames.com/music.html

Chainsaw Dupont played guitar for Junior Wells in the 90's and has been forging a solo career since then. His new CD is titled "The Real Guitar Hero" and can be purchased at http://www.chainsawdupont.com/fanpackage.html

Bridges is one of those "under the radar" players that deserves much wider acclaim. Purchase "Live at the Silver Dollar Room" at http://www.electrofi.com/CDs.htm

Pugno is one of the great guitarists on the European continent. A household name to Italian blues fans, Pugno collaborates with former Roomful of Blues vocalists Sugar Ray Nocia and Mark DuFresne on "Kill The Coffee". Email Maurizio at maestropugno@yahoo.it for more info on buying your copy of this great CD.