Top 10 Canadian Blues Releases 2012

Jimmy Zee - Ride  
James “Buddy” Rogers – My Guitar’s My Only Friend
Steve Strongman –  A Natural Fact  
Shakura S’aida – Time
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer  - Checkered Past
Bill Durst – Bill Durst Live
Mississippi Heat – The Blues Matrix
Paul Reddick – Wishbone
Treasa Levasseur – Broad
Jack Semple – In The Blue Light

Top 10 International Blues Releases 2012

Bonnie Raitt – Slipstream
Michael ‘Iron Man’ Burks – Show of Strength
Joe Louis Walker – Hellfire
Janiva Magness – Stronger For It
Walter Trout – Blues For the Modern Daze
Joe Bonamassa – Driving Towards the Light
The Mannish Boys – Double Dynamite
Shemekia Copeland – 33 1/3
Curtis Salgado – Soul Shot
Mud Morganfield – Son of the Seventh Son

Artist / Song Title / Album **Canadian

Ronnie Earl & Duke Robillard / The Duke Meets The Earl / Lookin’ For Trouble
Johnny Winter / Let Me In / Shame, Shame, Shame
The Rockin’ Highliners / Chicks, Suits & Cadillacs / Chicks, Suits & Cadillacs **
Tinsley Ellis / Fire It Up / Break My Rule
Chris Murphy / Hotwired / Hold It Right There **
Tim Williams / Songster, Musicianer, Music Physicianer / Down in Mexico **
Otis Rush / Ain’t Enough Comin’ In / That Will Never Do
Janiva Magness / Bury Him At the Crossroads / A Woman Knows
Johnny Tornado/ Storm Riders / Rock and Roll Widow **
A.C. Reed / Junk Food / Junk Food
Michael “Iron Man” Burks / Show Of Strength / Count On You
Corey Lueck & the Smokewagon Blues Band / It Ain’t Easy / That Voodoo **

Dear listeners of ‘The Blues Witness’

As you’ve seen from previous posts, this week is CJSW’s annual funding drive. Please consider pledging on my show from 7-10pm Wednesday (tonight). The telephone number is 403-220-5000.

I am proud to offer some incentives as donated by generous local businesses:

For pledges of $60 or more:

1. Limited edition, signed blues print by ‘Blues Works by Earl’

2. Dinner for two prepared & delivered by JoJo’s BBQ
-1 full rack of ribs
-Cowboy Beans for 2
-Coleslaw for 2
-JoJo’s infamous Pickled Onions
-extra BBQ sauce
-fresh baked buns for 2

3. Dinner for two plus 2 tix for Amos Garrett & Kelly Jay Birthday blues celebration at the Blues Can in addition the CJSW swag.

For pledges of $100 or more:

(2)  4-Day Calgary International Blues Festival passes (valued at $480)

4. CJSW will be giving away five Smithsonian Jazz Collections  to 5 lucky listeners who pledge on specific jazz and blues related programs on CJSW. Here are the details:

Every listener who pledges $60 or over on the following shows are entered into a draw for 1 of 5 Smithsonian Jazz Collections.  This is a 6 CD set valued at over $100. For more :

http://cjsw.com/2011/10/20/win-the-smithsonian-jazz-collection/

- Some Velvet Mornings
- Breaking the Tethers
- South Louisiana Gumbo
- Morning Joy (Tuesday and Thursday)
- AM Mixtape
- Syncopation Nation
- The Morning After
- The Blues Witness
- Lift the Bandstand
- Morning Joy
- Soapbox Derby/The Get Up
- My Two Cents Flat
- The House Blend

Please help support YOUR local community radio!

Cindy