A Gulf Coast Christmas Various Gulf Coast Records Gulf Coast Records was founded by Mike Zito and Guy Hale in 2018. In a relatively short period of time the label has amassed a fine roster of blues artists. Like other labels have done in the past, Gulf Coast Records has created a holiday album that […]
Making a Scene presents TURN IT UP with Gerry Casey with an interview with John Campbelljohn John Angus Blues Band Mann Mama’s Blues( It’s About Time 2017) Betty Fox Band Green Light (Peace In Pieces 2020) John Hiatt Over The Hill( The Eclipse Sessions 2019 Black Country Communion Song Of Yesterday ( Self titled 2010) […]
Alastair Greene The New World Blues Whiskey Bayou Records Southern California’s Alastair Greene was first influenced by seventies guitarists Duane Allman and Stevie Ray Vaughan. He found work backing James Harman before releasing his debut album “A Little Wiser” in 2001. He followed up with 2003’s “Bootleg: Live in L.A”. Greene also appeared on albums […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with John Fusco John Fusco and the X-Riders have released their new CD as he returns to his roots as a blues musician John Fusco dropped out of high school at 16 to travel the American south as a blues musician and factory worker. In his early […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Michael Schatte Michael Schatte (pronounced SHAW-tee) has emerged as one of the most compelling guitarists and singer/songwriters on the North American roots music scene. His sound spans a number of styles: rock, blues, celtic, bluegrass, rockabilly – Eclectic Electric Roots Music is Schatte’s preferred descriptor – […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #542 – 11/23/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11849378 DEB RYDER – COUCH KID NEWS Deb joined me to discuss her new single, Get Ready, which explores our current world, plus we talked about her time during the pandemic and her upcoming album. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE SUGAR RAY NORCIA – COUCH KID […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with AJ Crawdaddy Angelo J Rossi, aka “AJ Crawdaddy” is an American Guitarist. Born in Palo Alto, California and a long time Bay Area performing artist, AJ is most well known for his work with the popular Marin based pop group, Pablo Cruise which charted multi-platinum albums, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview by Gerry Casey with John Campbelljohn Combining his outstanding guitar work & powerful songwriting, John Campbelljohn is a multiple award winner. Born in 1955 in Cape Breton NS, Canada, John grew up surrounded by the rich Cape Breton Island culture of Scottish jigs, reels and strathspeys. But […]
Terminal Station Brotherhood Hard Rain Records Terminal Station is a Vancouver based blues-rock band. They released their debut recording “Burnout Blues” in 2007. Their follow-up recording “Rolling All Night” was first released in 2009. “Brotherhood” is their third album. But who are these guys? The four principal players in Terminal Station are some of Canada’s […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey Show #65 with interview with Catfish Keith AC/DC Realize (Power Up 2020) 61 Ghosts Lying In My Arms(2020) Beth Hart/Joe Bonamassa Can’t Let Go Live !(Live In Amsterdam 2014) The Waterboys Nashville Tennessee (Out Of All This Blue 2017) Charlie Bedford Get Rude(Good To Go2020) […]
Randall Bramblett Pine Needle Fire New West Records Born in Jessup, Georgia in 1948, Randall Bramblett attended the University of North Carolina where he studied religion. He abandoned his theological studies to pursue a career in music as he was inspired by the songwriting of Bob Dylan, James Taylor and Carole King. Bramblett began working […]
HOME PAGE Gerry Casey Interviews Catfish Keith Keith Daniel Kozacik better known as Catfish Keith has entertained blues fans from all over the world. On tonight’s interview amongst other things Keith talks about his musical journey and how the name Catfish Keith came about. Also on tonight’s show we will be featuring tracks from Keith’s […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #541 – 11/16/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11835023 LAURA RAIN – COUCH KID NEWS Laura and her band The Caesars, are releasing a series of singles. We discussed this strategy with Laura while she spoke about her year and the latest release “The Deal” WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE JOHNNY NICHOLAS – Segment […]
By Adam Signore The Jim Weeks Band This Jim Weeks Band introduction comes to you via one pandemic, one national tragedy and one heart attack and very late to the planned writing, but no less important. Almost the gritty fodder for a rock song. In my typical style we are going to dig a little […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Jeremiah Johnson Born and raised in St. Louis, Jeremiah Johnson is the voice of Mississippi River blues blending with the struggles of everyday life. He began learning guitar at age 6, drawing inspiration from his rich St. Louis blues heritage and legendary guitarists, like Alvin Lee, […]
Miss Emily Live at the Isabel Self-released Perhaps you have not yet heard of Canada’s 2019 Maple Blues Female Artist of the Year, Emily Fennell, known as Miss Emily. She has built audiences across Canada, some portions of the U.S, UK, and Western Europe with her blend of mostly soul and blues. Miss Emily also […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene presents an Interview with Paul Boddy from Paul Boddy and the Slidewinder Blues Band The SlideWinder Blues Band hits hard with its own brand of Texas and Chicago driven contemporary blues. For those times when the 1, 4, 5 just isn’t enough, the bands red blooded live shows are […]
Bob Corritore’s “From The Vaults” Series Chicagoan Bob Corritore studied blues harmonica and received playing tips from Carey Bell, Big Walter Horton, Junior Wells and others. When he was twenty-five he moved to Phoenix, Arizona eventually opening his own blues club named The Rhythm Room. With his house band, The Rhythm Room All-Stars, he backed […]
The Silverbeets Halcyon Days Independent Release Today I have the honor to make a review about the brand new album from „The Silverbeets” The Band: Farnz Cordeaux – rhythm guitar, vocals, keys Nigel Hope – bass Ernie Oppenheimer – keys, synth Konrad Park – drums Kevin Barker – trombone Billy O’Brien – drums The Silverbeets […]
Duke Robillard & Friends Blues Bash! Stony Plain Records Guitarist Duke Robillard founded “Roomful of Blues” in 1967. Although Robillard left them in 1979 he started the band that Count Basie once called “the hottest blues band I’ve ever heard”. Since 1992 he has performed as The Duke Robillard Band accumulating 22 Blues Music Award […]
Making a Scene Presents TURN it UP with Gerry Casey and Guests Catfish Blues Band 1- Sam Davidson Going Home (New 2020) 2-Minefield Alone Together ( New Single2020) 3-Wily Bo Walker/E.D. Brayshaw Walk In Chinese Footsteps (New Single 2020) 4-Kilfeather Beneath The Silence (New Single 2020 5-The Kokomo Kings Buckle Up (New Single 2020) 6- […]
The Peter Leitch New Life Orchestra New Life Jazz House Heartwarming stories such as that of Peter Leitch deserve attention. Although the Canadian-born, New York City-based guitarist can no longer play his guitar for audiences, he perseveres, having been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer eight years ago. Due to remarkable work by his oncologist, […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview by Gerry Casey with the Catfish Popular music has its origins in many places around the world. In the US the blues originated in the southern states in the main the Mississippi area. Country in Nashville Tennessee and Rock n roll in Memphis Tennessee. But the hard […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Dennis Mckee of The Mckee Brothers The roots of the McKee Bros. project go back to 70s Ann Arbor and Detroit, where Ralph McKee, inspired by his college roommate, guitarist Bob Doezema (now a Berklee professor who tours with Al Kooper), bought a cheap bass and […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Devin B Thompson Soul music is a deep well, and the mercury-voiced Devin B. Thompson plumbs the form to its depths in Tales of the Soul, the Chicago-based singer-songwriter’s striking Severn Records bow, which arrives October 30, 2020. Co-produced by Thompson, Severn founder David Earl, and pianist-musical […]
Paul Boddy & the Slidewinder Blues Band Friends of Tuesday Slide Records The Slidewinder Blues Band was born solely for the purpose of starting the “Every Tuesday Funk ‘n’ Blues Jam” originally held at the “Puck Live” in the Philadelphia suburb of Doylestown. The weekly open blues jam, now in its fifth year, continues to […]
Making a Scene Presents TURN IT UP Podcast with Gerry Casey This week it’s the turn of Robert Wilson and Stone James of The Dead Show Dealers’s to tell their stories of how they got bitten my music bug. As you will hear from the tracks featured they paint a rare and unique blend of […]
Walter Trout Ordinary Madness Provogue Records/Mascot Music Walter Trout was born in Ocean City, New Jersey. The guitarist relocated to Los Angeles where he found work with Percy Mayfield, Lowell Fulsom, Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker and Joe Tex. In 1981 Trout became the lead guitarist in “Canned Heat” and spent three years with […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kevin Burt For more than 25 years Kevin Burt has been electrifying audiences throughout the Midwest dispelling the myth that true blues has no roots in Iowa. His soul-inspired presentation is unique which consistently get him compared to a range of artists like Bill Withers and […]
Malaya Blue Still Blue Heart Records/Nola Blue British singer/songwriter Malaya Blue released her debut recording “Bourbon Street” in 2014. That year she played the Great British Rock and Blues Festival in Lincolnshire and has since carved a path across England. She received four nominations from The British Blues Association and was a finalist in the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Greg Sover! Indie blues, singer-songwriter, guitarist – Greg Sover continues to impress along with his bandmates; bassist Garry Lee, guitarist Allen James and drummer Tom Walling. The release of the band’s debut album, Songs of a Renegade & sophomore follow up, Jubilee, continue to garner praise as the records have […]
Erin Harpe Meet Me In The Middle featuring Jim Countryman Vizztone Label Group/Juicy Juju Records The Boston based Erin Harpe recorded five electro-pop albums with her first band “Lovewhip” before embracing the blues. Her transition began in 2002 when she released “Blues Roots”; and continued with 2008’s “Delta Blues Duets” recorded with her father Neil. […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Tim Wright of Blind Fiction. Tim began his music career playing saxophone in front of his childhood home at the age of 10. Music became a focus when he attended Waukesha South High School where he earned the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award his senior year as […]
Artur Menezes Fading Away VizzTone This writer does not often venture into blues rock (Yes, I know- that’s an heretical statement given coverage of the form on these pages) but shining talent exists in every genre. Brazilian guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Artur Menezes stands apart from the sameness that far too frequently populates this kind […]
Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Stone and Robert of The Dead Show Dealers! The Dead Show Dealers are an Aggressive/Americana band founded in Central Florida. A single styling or genre cannot define their sound. As you can hear in their music; they have a bit of punk, rockabilly, country, bluegrass, blues, and rock. […]
Tim Woods Vortex Independent Originally from Western Pennsylvania Tim Woods has been influenced by a variety of genre’s including blues, rock, bluegrass, and jazz. When Woods turned eighteen his family relocated to Macon, Georgia and he immersed himself in the music scene promoting national acts at a local nightclub. Later, Woods formed the Woods Family […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW #539 – 11/02/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11834438 BOBBY ‘BLACKHAT’ WALTERS – COUCH KID NEWS Bobby came by to talk about his latest look at our world, entitled “Cast Your Vote”. We spoke about his troubadour style of releasing singles, and the election. We also closed the show with his latest, which […]
MUSIC ON THE COUCH SHOW # 538 – 10/26/2020 LISTEN HERE: https://tobtr.com/11826602 BRIGITTE PURDY – COUCH KID NEWS Brigitte came by to talk about her world in California, the upcoming album and the new single released early, “Memphis Hotline”. WEB SITE FACEBOOK PAGE DUSTIN ARBUCKLE – COUCH KID NEW MUSIC Segment Begins At The 20:35 […]
Dennis Jones Soft Hard & Loud Blue Rock Records Dennis Jones hails from the rural town of Monkton, Maryland. His grandfather played an acoustic guitar and a thirteen-year-old Jones received his first guitar on Christmas Day. At the age of sixteen he was already in a cover band playing rock n’ roll. He joined the […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene presents an interview with Peter Veteska Peter Veteska was born in Manhattan and grew up in Queens, where, influenced by Derek And The Dominos, Alvin Lee and The Allman Brothers, he bought his first guitar at a pawn shop. A self-taught musician, he began playing professionally at age 15, but […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Dennis Jones I was born and raised in the small town of Monkton, Maryland, population 4,856. My family didn’t have much money, but we always had what we needed. Monkton was a great place for a kid to grow up. The area is known for its […]
Making a Scene Presents TURN IT UP with Gerry Casey Show #62 1-The Spencer Davis Group Keep On Running 2-The Spencer Davis Group Gimme Some Lovin’ 3-The Treatment Hang Em’High(Power Crazy2019) 4-The Bloodshots No Way Out ( single 2020) 5-Shemekia Copeland Money Makes You Ugly (Uncoivil War 2020) 6-Peter Frampton Band Four Four Day Creep […]
Devin B. Thompson Tales Of The Soul Severn Records Devin B. Thompson hails from the Chicago suburb of Joliet, Illinois. Raised in a musical family his father and sister sang in the church choir. Thompson began playing trumpet and singing backing vocals in his older brother’s band when he was still in his teens. His […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an interview with Tim Woods For more than three decades, singer and guitarist Tim Woods’ career has taken him on a long and storied journey that continues to write new chapters every year. Originally from Western Pennsylvania – where he remains a fixture of the music scene – Tim […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents Gerry Casey’s Interview with Tim Langford Tim “Too Slim“ Langford is a monster guitarist and unabashed blues rocker whose influences run the gamut from Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddy King, Duane Allman, and Lynyrd Skynyrd to Robin Trower. He is a prolific singer/songwriter whose songs have now yielded an impressive 13 studio Too Slim and the Taildraggers albums, 2 […]
Nora Jean Wallace Blues Woman Severn Records Elnora Jean Wallace was born in the Mississippi Delta town of Greenwood. Her father was a sharecropper and a professional blues singer; her mother, a gospel singer. Her grandmother owned a Juke Joint and on the weekends Nora Jean would listen to relatives sing the blues. To this […]
Kevin Burt Stone Crazy Gulf Coast Records Iowan Kevin Burt has been on the Midwest blues scene honing his soulful presentation for some twenty-five years. He is a self-taught guitarist, harmonica player and vocalist, who has shared the stage with B.B. King, Koko Taylor, Albert Collins, Luther Allison, Lonnie Brooks and many others. His festival […]
Shaun Murphy Flame Still Burns Vision Wall Records A young Shaun Murphy found work in the theater eventually leading to a Motown recording contract. Her first album was a collaborative effort with Meatloaf on the Rare Earth subsidiary. Murphy toured as a backing singer for both Bob Seger and Eric Clapton. Murphy met Bill Payne […]
HOME PAGE Making a Scene Presents an Interview with Kurt Allen Kurt Allen Band is a high quality, high energy Funky Blues/Rock power trio. With strong roots in Blues, Funk, Soul, Jazz and Rock, Kurt Allen Band has been relentlessly touring the US for the last 8 years. Having already performed from coast to coast, […]
Making a Scene Presents Turn it up with Gerry Casey featuring Cassidy Paris! Anthony Gomes Tell Somebody ( Containment Blues 2020) Too Slim And The Taildraggers She’s Got The Remedy Marishi Ten Never Look Back 2019 The Thigh Scrapers Shatter(Single 2018) 1.4.5. Can’t Stop Movin’ Filthy Filthy Listen To The Radio (Single2019) Tommy Gunn Cant […]