Randy Renaud
CHOM's Black Cat Alley Show

About the 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.





Black Cat Alley Show is sponsored by:

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What's Coming Up Down In the Alley:

December 7:

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What Went Down in the Black Cat Alley on November 30:
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Looking Back [John Mayall London Blues 1964-1969] 
  • Johnny Guitar Watson - Gangster of Love 
  • Lowell Fulsom - Tramp
  • Garrett Mason - And Everything [Love & Sound]
  • The Black Keys - Your Touch [Magic Potion]
  • The White Stripes - Hello Operator [De Stijl]
  • Robin Trower - Little bit of sympathy [Living Out Of Time: Live]
  • Joe Bonamassa - Woke Up Dreaming [Live From Nowhere In Particular]
  • Albert Cummings - Blues make Me Feel So Good [Feel So Good]
  • JJ Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms [Orange Blossoms]
  • Curtis Salgado - Bottle of Red Wine [Clean Getaway]
  • Joe Louis Walker - It's A Shame    [Witness To The Blues]
  • John Mayall - Room To Move [The Turning Point]
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - All Your Love [Bluesbreakers With Eric Clapton]
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Double Trouble (w/ P. Green & M.Fleetwood) [A Hard Road]
  • John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers - Man Of Stone [Crusade] 
  • John Mayall (solo) - Broken Wings [The Blues Alone]    
  • John Mayall - Jacksboro Highway [A Sense Of Place]
  • John Mayall - Mail Order Mystics    [Wake Up Call]
  • John Mayall - King Of The Kings [In The Palace Of The King]
  • Gary Moore - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know [Bad For You Baby]

      
What Went Down in the Black Cat Alley on November 23:

  • Paul Butterfield Blues Band - Our Love Is Driftin' [Original Lost Elektra Sessions]
  • Paul Reddick - I'm A Criminal [Revue]
  • Sonny Boy Williamson [2] - Checkin' Up on My Baby [His Best]       
  • John Lee Hooker W/ John Hammond - Bottle Up And Go [Boom Boom]
  • Muddy Waters - Rock Me       
  • James Cotton & Charlie Haden Quartet West - Down At Your Buryin' [Deep In The Blues]
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble - Crossfire (Live) [SRV (Box Set)]   
  • Double Trouble (w/ Susan Tedeschi, K.W. Shepherd, & C. Sexton - Rock & Roll [Been A Long Time]
  • The Derek Trucks Band w/ Col. Bruce Hampton, Jimmy Herring & Susan Tedeschi - Yield Not To Temptation/ Turn On Your Lovelight  [Warren Haynes Presents - The Benefit Concert Volume One]
  • Bobby "Blue" Bland - Stormy Monday Blues 
  • B.B. King - Get These Blues Off Me [One Kind Favor]
  • Dani Wilde - Bring Your Loving Home [Heal My Blues]
  • Sue Foley - Let Me Drive [Love Comin' Down]
  • Marcia Ball – Louella [Live! Down the Road]  
  • Johnnie Johnson - The Blues Don't Knock [Johnnie Be Eighty. and Still Bad!]
  • Seasick Steve – Chiggers [I Started Out With Nothin' and I Still Got Most of It Left]
  • R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie [R.L. Burnside's First Recordings]
  • Son House - Death Letter [Father of the Delta Blues]
  • Louisiana Red - Sweetblood Call [Midnight Rambler]        
  • Boz Scaggs - Loan Me A Dime [Boz Scaggs]   
  • The Allman Brothers Band - Statesboro Blues
November's Top 20 Blues cd's*:

(Last month's position in parentheses)

  1. Buddy Guy - Skin Deep (1)
  2. B.B. King - One Kind Favor (2)
  3. Joe Bonamassa - Live From Nowhere In Particular (3)
  4. Taj Mahal - Maestro (15)
  5. Gary Moore - Bad For You Baby (-)
  6. Elvin Bishop - The Blues Rolls On (18)
  7. J.J. Grey & Mofro - Orange Blossoms (16)
  8. Walter Trout - The Outsider (5)
  9. Garrett Mason - Love & Sound (7)
  10. Albert Castiglia - These Are the Days (6)
  11. Jeff Healey - Mess of Blues (10)
  12. Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials - Full Tilt (17)
  13. Dr. John - City That Care Forgot (9)
  14. Joe Louis Walker - Witness To the Blues (19)
  15. Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do (11)
  16. Watermelon Slim & The Workers - No Paid Holidays (8)
  17. Curtis Salgado - Clean Getaway (14)
  18. Michael Jerome Browne - This Beautiful Mess (-)
  19. Albert Cummings - Feel So Good (-)
  20. Magic Slim & The Teardrops - Midnight Blues (-)

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


Blues Calendar:



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


Congratulations to all of the Quebec Artists Nominated for a Maple Blues Awards:

Bob Walsh - Male Vocalist Act Of The Year
Dawn Tyler Watson - Entertainer Of The Year, Female Artist Of The Year
Guy Bélanger - Harmonica Player Of The Year
Goin’ By Feel (Red House) Ray Bonneville - Recording Of The Year
Ray Bonneville - Songwriter Of The Year
Stephen Barry - Bass Player Of The Year
Michael Jerome Browne - Acoustic Act Of The Year

Place Your Vote On-line @ www.mapleblues.ca
 


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Wanna hear something? Send your blues requests to: mailto:randy@chom.com

Schedule

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Sunday 7:00 pm 9:00 pm