Randy Renaud
CHOM's Black Cat Alley Show

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Join Randy Renaud every Sunday night from 7 to 9 in The Black Cat Alley for CHOM's ultimate Blues show.




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What's Coming Up Down In the Alley:

July 5:

The Black Cat Alley is your audio guide to the blues acts at the Mtl Jazz Festival and the Tremblant Blues Festival. Tune in and plan your upcoming feast of live blues.

What Went Down in the Black Cat Alley on June 28:

  • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Stevie Wonder - Superstition [SRV Boxset]
  • Buddy Guy - Damn Right I've Got The Blues [The Real Deal: Live]    
  • Susan Tedeschi w/Derek Trucks - Little By Little [Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007]
  • Eric Clapton And Steve Winwood - Forever Man [Live From Madison Square Garden]   
  • Joe Bonamassa - Lonesome Road Blues [The Ballad Of John Henry]
  • Robin Trower - What Lies Beneath [What Lies Beneath]   
  • Damon Fowler - I Hope It's Gonna Rain [Sugar Shack]
  • John Nemeth - Blues In My Heart [Love Me Tonight]
  • Jason Ricci & New Blood - Broken Toy [Done with the Devil]
  • Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers - Soul Monster [Soul Monster]
  • Edgar Winter - White Man's Blues [Winter Blues]  1999
  • The Alex Dixon Band - Spoonful [Rising From The Bushes]
  • The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band - Rattlesnake Shake [Blue Again]
  • Michelle Malone - Feather In A Hurricane [Debris]
  • The Insomniacs - Lonesome [At Least I'm Not With You]
  • JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms [Orange Blossoms]
  • Clio & The Blues Highway - Oh Yeah! [My First Blues]
  • Guy Bélanger - My baby don't tolerate [Guy Bélanger]   
  • Jim Zeller - The Bottom Line [Cut To The Chase]
  • Buddy Guy - Sweet Black Angel [The Real Deal: Live]

What Went Down in the Black Cat Alley on June 21:
  • Ronnie Baker Brooks (featuring Lonnie Brooks) - Make These Blues Survive [Golddigger]
  • Elmore James Jr. - Daddy Gave Me The Blues [Daddy Gave Me the Blues]
  • Elmore James - Shake Your Money Maker [Dust My Broom]
  • Muddy Waters - Baby Please Don't Go [Authorized Bootleg: Live At The Fillmore Auditorium - San Francisco Nov 04-06 1966]
  • Big Bill Morganfield - Hoochie Coochie Girl [Blues in the Blood]
  • John Lee Hooker - One Bourbon, One Scotch And One Beer [Chess Blues Classics: 1957 To 1967]
  • John Lee Hooker, Jr - Boom Boom [Blues With a Vengeance]
  • Zakiya Hooker - Baby You Busted
  • Lurrie Bell - Feeling Good [Let's Talk About Love]
  • Carey Bell - Hard Working Woman [Good Luck Man]
  • Luther Allison - Cherry Red Wine [Blue Streak]
  • Bernard Allison - I've Learned My Lesson [Higher Power] 
  • Watermelon Slim And The Workers - Dad In The Distance [No Paid Holidays]
  • Shemekia Copeland - Married To the Blues [Turn the Heat Up]   
  • Johnny Copeland - Blues Ain't Nothing [Jungle Swing]    
  • The Robert Cray Band & The Memphis Horns - Consequences [Midnight Stroll]
  • The Staple Singers - My Dying Bed [Great Day]
  • Dutch Mason - Boss Man [Gimme a Break]
  • Garrett Mason - And Everything [Love & Sound]
  • Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcom - R.L. Burnside [2 Man Wrecking Crew]
  • R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [R.L. Burnside's First Recordings]
  • Joe Louis Walker - On That Powerline [JLW]
  • Albert King & Stevie Ray Vaughan - Match Box Blues [In Session (Live)]



June's Top 20 Blues CD's:

(Last month's position in parentheses)

  1. Joe Bonamassa - The Ballad of John Henry (1)
  2. John Nemeth - Love Me Tonight (2)
  3. Damon Fowler - Sugar Shack (3)
  4. Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood - Live From Madison Square Garden (-)
  5. Susan Tedeschi - Back To the River (4)
  6. Michelle Malone - Debris (12)
  7. The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band - Blue Again (16)
  8. Cyril Neville - Brand New Blues (6)
  9. Jason Ricci And New Blood - Done With the Devil (-)
  10. Shemekia Copeland - Never Going Back (7)
  11. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (8)
  12. The Insomniacs - At Least I'm Not With You (-)
  13. The Alex Dixon Band - Rising From the Bushes (-)
  14. Steve Strongman - Blues In Colour (17)
  15. Rick Estrin and The Nightcats - Twisted (-)
  16. Monkey Junk - Tiger In Your Tank (19)
  17. Nicole Hart - Treasure (5)
  18. Joe Louis Walker - Witness to the Blues (15)
  19. Blues Delight - Open All Night (20)
  20. Rory Block - Blues Walkin' Like a Man (19)

* The Black Cat Alley CD chart is determined by North American sales, downloads, and radio airplay of the latest blues releases.

The Top 20 Blues CD's of 2008:

1. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep
2. Gary Moore - Bad For You Baby
3. Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere In Particular
4. B.B. King - One Kind Favor
5. Curtis Salgado - Clean Getaway
6. Albert Castiglia - These Are the Days
7. Sean Costello - We Can Get Together
8. Jeff Healey - Mess Of Blues
9. Mannish Boys - Lowdown Feelin'
10. Taj Mahal - Maestro
11. Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On
12. Dr. John - The City That Care Forgot
13. Sonny Landreth - From the Reach
14. Pinetop Perkins - Pinetop Perkins and Friends
15. Michael Burks - Iron Man
16. Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
17. Watermelon Slim & The Workers - No Paid Holidays
18. Garret Mason - Love & Sound
19. Otis Taylor - Recapturing the Banjo
20. Moreland and Arbuckle - 1861


The Summer Blues Calendar:

The Mtl Jazz Festival - June 30-July 12: Buddy Guy & Susan Tedeschi (Thurs. July 2 @ Metropolis), Joe Cocker (Thurs. July 9 @ P.D.A.); and on the outdoor blues stage: Diunna Greenleaf, Steve Strongman, Mike Goudreau, Jimmy James, Rick L. Blues, and Monkeyjunk.

The Ottawa Blues Festival - July 8 - 19: Eric Lindell, Ben Harper, Saffire - The Uppity Blues Women, Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm, Diunna Greenleaf, Roomful of Blues, Mick Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Louisiana Red, Otis Taylor, Joe Louis Walker, Larry McCray, and more.

The Tremblant Blues Festival - July 10 - 19: Robert Cray, Mavis Staples, Hubert Sumlin, Diunna Greenleaf, Mick Taylor, Shemekia Copeland, Edgar Winter, Jonas, Rick Estrin & The Nightcats, JJ Grey & Mofro, Nanette Workman, Watermelon Slim, Joe Louis Walker, and many more.

New York State Blues Festival in Syracuse - July 11-12: John Hammond, Savoy Brown, and more.

Bluesfest International in Windsor and London, Ontario - July 17-19: Johnny Winter, Mick Taylor, Larry McCray, David Gogo, and more.

The Kitchner Blues Festival in Kitchner, Ont. - Aug. 6-9: Elvin Bishop, Leon Redbone, Ellen McIllwaine, Maria Muldaur, Canned Heat, Ana Popovic, Tab Benoit, Julian Fauth, Runaway Slide, and more.

Donnacona Blues Festival in Donnacona, Quebec - Aug. 13-16: Eddy The Chief Clearwater, Sue Foley, Steve Hill, and more.

Festiblues International de Montreal @ Parc Ahuntsic - Aug. 13-16: t.b.a.

Vermont Blues Festival in West Dover, Vermont - Aug. 21-23: L'Il Ed & The Blues Imperials, Elvin Bishop, Mavis Staples, Shemekia Copeland, Samuel James, and more.

Congratulations to the Winners of this year's Blues Music Awards (handed out in Memphis, May 7):

Album of the Year: Skin Deep - Buddy Guy

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year: Skin Deep - Buddy Guy

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year: Buddy Guy

Acoustic Album of the Year: Mississippi Number One - Eden Brent

Acoustic Artist of the Year: Eden Brent

Traditional Blues Album of the Year: One Kind Favor - B.B. King

Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year: B.B. King

Traditional Blues Female Artist of the Year: Koko Taylor

Band of the Year: Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials

Best New Artist Debut: 2 Man Wrecking Crew - Cedric Burnside & Lightnin' Malcolm

Contemporary Blues Female Artist of the Year: Janiva Magness

B.B. King Entertainer of the Year: Janiva Magness

Rock Blues Album of the Year: Mess of Blues - Jeff Healey

Song of the Year: "Let Life Flow"  - Kenny Neal

Soul Blues Album of the Year: Simply Grand - Irma Thomas

Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year: Etta James

Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year: Bobby Rush

Historical Album of the Year: Albert Collins Live At Montreux 1992


Congratulations to Julian Fauth -- 2009 Juno Award Winner for Blues


Congratulations to the Winners of the 2008 Maple Blues Awards:

Entertainer Of The Year: Jeff Healey

Electric Act Of The Year: Jeff Healey

Acoustic Act Of The Year: Harry Manx

Male Vocalist Of The Year: John Mays (Fathead)

Female Vocalist Of The Year: Suzie Vinnick

New Artist/Group Of The Year: Daddy Long Legs

BB King International Artist Of The Year: Taj Mahal

Recording Of The Year: Mess of Blues - Jeff Healey (Producers: Jeff Healey & Alec Fraser)


The Blues Grammy Nominees and Winners (in bold):

Best Traditional Blues Album
  • The Blues Rolls On - Elvin Bishop [Delta Groove Music]
  • Skin Deep - Buddy Guy [Silvertone Records]
  • All Odds Against Me - John Lee Hooker, Jr. [Steppin' Stone Records/CC Entertainment]
  • One Kind Favor - B.B. King [Geffen Records]
  • Pinetop Perkins & Friends - Pinetop Perkins & Friends [Stoneagle Music/Telarc]

Best Contemporary Blues Album
  • Peace, Love & BBQ - Marcia Ball [Alligator Records]
  • Like A Fire - Solomon Burke [Shout! Factory]
  • City That Care Forgot - Dr. John And The Lower 911 [429 Records]
  • Maestro - Taj Mahal [Heads Up International]
  • Simply Grand - Irma Thomas [Rounder Records]

Congratulations to This Year's Winners of the Lys Blues Awards:

Female Blues Artist - Dawn Tyler Watson
Male Blues Artist - Bob Walsh
Album of the Year - En Duo (Dawn Tyler Watson et Paul Deslauriers)
New Blues Artist - Clio
Revelation Band - Runaway Slide
Club Act of the Year - Clio
Artistic Performance - Kevin Mark
Concert of the Year - Kevin Mark
Blues and Related Styles - Angel Forrest
Songwriter of the Year - Dale Boyle



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Schedule

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Sunday 7:00 pm 9:00 pm