My goodness, Beth Hart with another album featuring Joe Bonamassa, let's start with that tonight!
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New work from Beth Hart and the Spin Doctors tonight. We'll also hear from some Blues Fest artists like Taj Mahal, Charlie Musselwhite, Nikki Hill and Joe Louis Walker! All that and banana split too! Let's roll.
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New
James Cotton to start The Friday Freeway Blues at 6pm tonight. That
along with music from the woman playing Jimmy Maks tonight too, Shemekia
Copeland. It all starts at 6 on 101.9fm in Portland and kink.fm
everywhere else...let's roll.
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I missed ya last week for the 420 weekend, but I'm back and meaner than ever this week for ya! New music from Brother Willie Nelson and some remastered classics from Albert King! It's a beautiful day, let's roll...
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Another week for some great blues as we debut the latest from Jimi Hendrix that Eddie Kramer found laying around somewhere! The new album is called People, Hell and Angels and we'll hear it tonight as well as give away some Holmes Brothers tickets for their show tomorrow night at Mississippi Studios. Let's roll...
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New Duke Robillard and Eric Clapton tonight. I'll also turn you onto a new name, Kelly Richey with her Sweet Spirit disc...that along with our very own Franco Paletta's new one makes for a great Friday night.
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New JJ Grey and Mofro to pass along tonight. Beth Hart with new music to masticate on as well. It's a beautiful day and our last Friday of March this year, let's enjoy...
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I've got lots of music for you today! New stuff from Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes and Ruby Amanfu collaborating together on a Memphis Minnie tune that satisfies. New Beth Hart and Southside Johnny too! Wanna do this thing? Good, let's roll...
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We'll be talking with Sista Monica Parker tonight before her show at Jimmy Maks tomorrow night. I'll also turn you onto the latest from BeauSoleil who'll be at the Melody coming up this Tuesday! Let's roll...
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I have new Eric Clapton for us tonight..Eric's doing a Gary Moore tune! We'll also be talking with Roy Rogers about his latest with The Doors' keyboard player, Ray Manzarek. Roy has a gig this Sunday night at The Alberta Rose Theater. Let's roll...
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I've got new music from Charles Bradley and tickets to give away to see the Blind Boys of Alabama, it's the FFB @ KINK, let's roll...
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We're talking with Kevin Selfe tonight. He has a new release on Delta Groove Records and we'll talk about that and his CD release party at Duffs this Sunday. Rae Gordon with new music too! Rae also has a CD release party this weekend at The Trails End tomorrow night...let's do this.
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I've got some tickets to the 44'S show next week to give away and we'll be talking with Janiva Magness whose in town for The Winter Blues Fest this weekend. She's on fire right now with five more BMA nominations so we'll see if she get's tired of all the attention! Let's roll people...
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Lots of music to get to. The holidays are over and the musicians want you to hear what they've been up to so let's do just that...plus, tickets to the Winter Blues Fest comin' up soon. Let's roll...
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I have Kevin Selfe's latest music to play for you on the FFB, that and some classic Lou Rawls to enjoy. Let's do this thing...
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Another night of playing in the studio, join me won't you?
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We were going through the library of music here at KINK a to z last week...but not this week! The Friday Freeway Blues is back and we've got trouble to get into and tickets to give away!
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I was on vacation last week so it feels good to get back to work and dig my musical ditch! Let's roll...
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It's the "Super Special End of the World Holiday Edition" of the Friday Freeway Blues tonight!
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It's been a wild week of gun play within society this week...let's see if music can heal us a little bit, just a little bit. We're talking to Lloyd Jones also.
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Fun night of music tonight from Tom Waits, BB King and Derek Trucks. We also have music from the band with the big 'ol holiday blowout tomorrow night at the Hollywood Theater, The Strangetones! Add to that tickets to see Nikki Hill tomorrow night at Duffs Garage! Let's roll...
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Fun stuff all hour long...play with me won't you?!
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Sunday Night Blues Room 11-18-2012 7pm Hour BA Guest Hosting For Pringle Jimmy Thackery- Healin Ground Fleetwood Mac- Watch Out Jr Wells- Messin With The Kid Susan Tedeschi- Gonna Move BB King- 3 Oclock Blues Ben Rice- Wreck On You
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We've got a fun one tonight as we get to talk with an old friend whose been off the stages for a while and we'll see him tomorrow night with his Party Kings...Bill Rhoades interviewed tonight on the Friday Freeway Blues!
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Tonight we'll hear from four locals who have big happenings this next week. First is Linda Hornbuckle and the Love For Linda Benefit concert this Sunday night at Jimmy Maks, so we'll hera from Linda's music. We've also got the three guitar slingers that will have their showcase at The Mt Tabor Theater this next Friday night on the 16th, Ty Curtis, Jake Blair and Ben Rice...let's roll!
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We had the Muddy Awards last night at the Melody Ballroom and we'll be playing music from some of our local heroes tonight that won. That along with some new Gary Clark Jr and the fact that The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and David Wilcox are in town tonight means we'll hear from them as well.
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Special Halloween edition of the FFB tonight! Spooky boys and girls, spooky...
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This is the week we get to talk with Gary Clark Jr. before his first major label debut comes out this Monday! It's called Blak and Blu and we'll talk with Gary about that and much more.
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Here we are with the start of another weekend and we'll be giving away tickets to Karen Lovely's show next Friday at Duffs Garage as well as remembering the folks we've lost recently, Nick Curran and Kathi McDonald. Let's roll...
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Nellie McKay will be in town soon so I'll turn you on as to who she is...new Music Discovery happens with Martin Harley tonight too! That along with some Esther Phillips and JJ Grey...it's gonna be a good night of music Tater.
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George Thorogood's in town tomorrow night, we'll talk with him and find out what crazy is all about!
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More of the same tonight...new music from Bettye Lavette and Ian Siegal. Duffy Bishop's at The Trails End so we'll hear from her and Vintage Trouble's coming to town next week so we'll celebrate with one of theirs tonight as well. Let's roll..
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I've got tickets to the Maria Muldaur show and the Matt Schofield show too! That along with the new Ian Siegal album makes this show better than burnt toast...let's roll.
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Bettye Lavette with some new music we'll get to and Mavis Staples and Bonnie Raitt are in town so let's celebrate that too! Along with a ticket giveaway to tonight's Duffy Bishop show is gonna make this the place to be!
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New Shemekia Copeland and Magic Slim to get to and Maria Muldaur is coming to town so we'll hear from her as well! The FFB here for your touch and love, let's roll.
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Brand new Ty Curtis being debuted tonight...Theresa James, Guy Forsyth and Rick Holmstrom as well. Looks like the Gods of new music blues are upon us tonight. And since Robert Randolph is in town tonight and Marcia Ball this Sunday, let's do something with their music too!
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Buddy Guy's in town, we'll hear from him, Jonny Lang too. We'll talk
with Cee Cee James, who is at the Trails End tonight with her new disc
produced by Jim Gaines and it's Luther Allison's birthday today, we'll
celebrate with one from that man as well! Buckle up and ride with me, The FFB is goin' on!
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We'll be interviewing Rick Estrin from the Nightcats before his show at Duffs on the 5th of August. I have new music from The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band and we'll hear from Paul Thorn who's playing the Mission Theater tonight, lets roll.
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We'll be interviewing John Nemeth before his show at Duffs this Monday night. I have new music from Dr. John and Cee Cee James along with the latest from the man who just underwent more surgery this last Wednesday with great results...our man Curtis Salgado is kickin cancers ass one more time and we'll celebrate with new music from the man tonight on The Friday Freeway Blues.
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A beautiful day for the Blues and I can feel a nice recap of some of our artists that were at the Fest this year! Plus, music from the man I interviewed in The Lounge yesterday...Pat Travers doing some Allman Bros.! Let's run with it...
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We're in the middle of the Waterfront Blues Fest, let's play some music from artists at the fest!
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The Blues Fest is this Wednesday! Let's play lotsa music from bands there and bands I want to see there! Okay...lets do that!
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The musical on our very own big man, Paul DeLay called Delayed is this Monday at the Melody so we'll get some of the big man's music on tonight. I'll also get to debut the new one from G. Love called Fixin' To Die which is produced by the Avett Bros.! Along with music from acts at the Blues Fest coming up like, James Cotton, Killborn Alley and Mr Nick and the Dirty Tricks it should prove to be funner than those monkeys...let's ride.
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What a day! Sunshine and the Blues! Dr. John with a new one we'll get to tonight, Duffy Bishop playing in town and The Strangetones as well so we'll enjoy their jams. A Richie Havens album recorded back in '67 that's never been on CD will be heard tonight also. Wanna play? Me too, let's go!
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Big CD release party for Lloyd Jones tonight at Jimmy Maks so we'll talk with him and get some music from artists at The Waterfront Blues Fest tonight.
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Beautiful Friday and I'm ready for some love. New music from The Missionary Position, JD McPhearson and Nils Lofgren! Yes, that Nils Lofgren! Alabama Shakes are with us this Sunday for KINK at the Waterfront and I'll play one from their debut Boys and Girls album as well...what's that smell? Funk "n" Blues, that's what!
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Gary Primich and Terry Robb with some new music tonight. Otis Taylor's at the Blues Fest this year and I've got a scary one from the man. Also, the Portland Soul Allstars have a tribute to Etta James at Jimmy Maks tonight so we'll talk with the B3 guru himself, Louis Pain.
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We have many mucho artists coming through in the next few weeks and we're featuring some of their music tonight on The Friday Freeway Blues. Artists like, Paul Thorn, JJ Grey and Mofro, James Harmon, Janiva Magness and Ron Thompson! We'll also play one in tribute to Michael Burks, a wonderful guitarist and friend we lost last Sunday at the age of 54. Let's boogie...
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Bettye Lavette has just been announced for the Waterfront Blues Fest so I'll get some of Bettye's music on for ya tonight! Ellen Whyte with a show in town tonight and Janiva Magness coming to Jimmy Maks on the 17th of May so we'll hear from those women tonight as well. Plus, new Vintage Trouble, they're here for KINK at the Waterfront on May 27th and in The Friday Freeway Blues tonight fer sure! Let's gather 'round the fire...
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It's a 4-20 kinda day and we're celebrating! Not only is it my first anniversary with my lovely wife Caryn, but I've got some new music to share with ya today! New Joe Bonamassa and Paul Thorn tonight. Plus, Bettye Lavette is in town this Thursday so I'll play one from Bettye and Soul Vaccination with a CD release party tonight at The Melody Ballroom so we'll play one from their new What Is Hip disc! Wanna know what's hip? Come with me...
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Another chance to get in trouble today! Curtis Salgado with a CD release party tonight and tomorrow night at Jimmy Maks, so we'll get to Curtis' new one tonight. Bettye Lavette and Jon Cleary are coming to to town so we'll get some of their music on too! Tickets for Tedeschi Trucks at the Schnitz went on sale today so we'll have a great talk with Susan Tedeschi to see what she's up to also! Big night with lotsa music...let's go!
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Here we are together again and ready for some blues! Peter Karp and Sue Foley with a new album we'll play from. Janiva Magness with some new stuff too! A new band by the name of the 44's with Kid Ramos will be represented and the first time you've ever heard Albert Brooks in a Blues show will happen tonight as well! Get the cookies...
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This show marks the first complete year of the Friday Freeway Blues at KINK. After 17 years of the FFB at the other station, I'm glad to see I can still fool some of the best of them! Let's make some cookies!
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We've lost some special friends in the past couple of weeks so we'll remember them with some music from Bugs Henderson and Rick Welter. Candye Kane is also coming to town so we'll check out the human peppermint stick's music tonight too! 7Horse, Buddy Miles and Guitar shorty...let's ride!
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What a week! Hurricane force winds, sideways rain, snow, sun-breaks and highs at 55 on the day we see snow! Drive By Truckers in town this Wednesday so I'll get ya one of their latest on tonight. John Nemeth is in town too, let's get some of his music on also. All in all, not a bad night...the adults are gone and Dad left the credit card. Let's get into some more trouble!
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Anne Weiss with a CD release party tomorrow night at The Alberta Rose, so we'll hear from Anne tonight...I'm guessing from others as well! Let's party!
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We've got a track from Lisa Mann's new album tonight. Plus, it's Rory Gallagher's birthday so we'll stumble down that path tonight as well. It's all good tonight as we put the contraception talk on hold and hunt down baby seals...
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Lyle Lovett has a great new disc coming out this next Tuesday and there's a song that fits perfectly for the FFB so we'll get to that tonight. Grady Champion is at Duffs this Sunday, so we'll get to one of his tracks. Bob Malone, who doubles as John Fogerty's keyboardist, is at Artichoke Music tomorrow night so we'll be talking with Bob about that and getting to one of my faves from that man. Then we'll wrap things up with the man who turned 68 years young yesterday, Johnny Winter to remind us that there's far too few heavily tattoo'd albino bluesmen in the world!
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We've got Too Slim and the Taildraggers up for a BMA award this year and the boys are in town tonight at The Alberta Rose Theater. We'll talk to Too Slim and find out what's up for tonight. Gary Clark Jr. was here on Valentines, we'll play some of his new stuff as well. I'll be interviewing the band Little Hurricane when they come to the Lounge this Tuesday, so let's find out what they're about too! Plus, it's Mardi Gras time, let's represent with some Kermit Ruffins in the Friday Freeway Blues tonight!
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Jackie Greene is in town tonight, so we'll get some of that man's music on. Kenny Brown has been holding down the fort at Al's Den there at the Crystal all week and we'll get to some of Kenny's work as well. Tim "Too Slim" Langford is up for a BMA award...we'll talk to Tim next week and get you ready for next Friday's show with some of The Taildraggers music tonight. Otis Taylor has some new tunes too, we'll get to that along with some new Joan Osborne!
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Another Friday and it's time for the Blues! Let's listen to some music from folks that are up for some BMA awards this year. Ian Siegal, Bettye Lavette, Tommy Castro just to name a few. Plus, let's celebrate the music of the Big Man who would have celebrated his 60th this last week, Paul Delay.
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We get to honor the matriarch of the Blues tonight, Miss Etta James. We also talk with David Jacobs-Strain who has a show at Mississippi Studios this Thursday and we'll give away some tickets to guy Davis' show this Thursday at Duffs Garage. Let's ride!
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Bands coming soon to town are being featured tonight. Ruthie Foster, Paul Thorn, Guy Davis, Jackie Green, The Wood Brothers and David Jacobs - Strain...okay, David will be interviewed by me Sunday night when I fill-in for the Big B.A. on his Sunday Night Blues show so I lied about David tonight! Let's have some fun!
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We lost the Matriarch of the Blues today my friend, Miss Etta James. Time for the Blues indeed.
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Friday the 13th? Perfect date to fall back into The Friday Freeway Blues after finishing up with the KINK library Z-A. Wanna have some fun? Yeah, me too. Let's do this thing Batman.
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Our last Blues show for the year, lets make it special Ed! New stuff from Hugh Laurie and Kilborn Alley with a remembrance of Pinetop and a special nod to Etta. Let's ride...
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Let's enjoy a Friday Freeway Blues show all hopped up on the holiday weekend!
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The night is ripe for Blues. Or at least it smells that way. That is the smell I'm smelling, right?
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We've lost two legends since the last time we met together, Howard Tate and the one and only Hubert Sumlin. We'll hear from both of those men on this cool december eve. Nick Moss has a new one we'll start with and a special surprise will be coming by Bill Withers! Let's have some fun...
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It's the evening of our Jingle Bell Jam and the Blues will enlighten tonight.
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It's Black Friday and the bargins won't stop for the next 60 minutes. B.B. was just in town, we'll celebrate that man's music. Keb' Mo and The Blind Boys of Alabama are coming through town so we'll get to their tunes as well. Come play with a real live jock on the day after Turkey day, the tubes are starting to warm up...
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We've got BB King this weekend with Curtis Salgado, so let's represent thos two this fine evening. Also, Karen Lovely will be enjoying a birthday this next week so I'll get one of Karen's tunes for you tonight along with new Gary Clark Jr and some classic Paul Butterfield. The night is young and I'm ready to infiltrate the youth!
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What a night! I'll be turning you onto the new album from Etta James called, The Dreamer. Candye Kane is in town this Sunday, so we'll have onew from her new album as well...and with the date 11-11-11 today, I'll get one from Dave Alvin's new album, Eleven Eleven! Makes good sense to me, let's eat.
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Anders Osborne is in town tomorrow night so I'll turn you on to that man's latest album. I'll try and suprise you with a tune from Timothy B. Schmit, yep, the Eagles bass player has one in The Friday Freeway Blues tonight. We'll also celebrate Delbert McLinton's birthday with a tune from him! Life should always be this easy...
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The Halloween party is on full tilt here at the KINK studios and it's time to get real spooky with the Blues!
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We've been given another chance to play with the airwaves in a way that should be illegal at best so let's get down to it.
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A great night to hear some new Drive-By Truckers and celebrate Ellen Whytes birthday. Gather the children, the crazies have been let loose.
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Another dark and stormy night in the hundred acre woods and we'll push the limits of Pooh Bears night with new music from Duke Robillard and Carolyn Wonderland. Some classic Siegal - Schwall and Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee as well...ready to get into some trouble? Let's roll...
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Another insallment into the Blues with some new music from Samantha Fish who is breaking into the music scene with a bang. We also look to music from Pat Travers and Walter Parks (Swamp Cabbage) in anticipation for their shows coming to town soon.
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We have another fine week coming to an end and we'll celebrate with plenty of new music during the Friday Freeway Blues. New music from Maria (Midnight at the Oasis) Muldaur, Eric Lindell and Shane Dwight. Plus, we'll be celebrating the birthdays of Brother Ray Charles who would have been 81 today and Roy Buchanan who would have been 72. Let's get into some trouble together.
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Here we are with another beautiful day and The FFB will highlight the beginning to your weekend with some tunes from Tab Benoit and John Lee Hooker. I'll also turn you onto some new stuff from ex Portlander Colin Lake and Star Anna. We'll also pay tribute to the man who turns 86 today, B.B. King!
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Another beautiful week realized and we'll start the weekend with another trip into the blues with new stuff from Tom Hambridge and Sena Ehrhardt. We'll also pay tribute to the man who would've been celebrating his 70th today, the legendary Otis Redding. Come with me and let's get lost in the music together.
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This weeks travels into the blues brings us the new one from Eric Lindell featuring Delbert McLinton, JJ Grey and Mofro's latest live effort as well as new ones from Mike Zito and Gary Clark Jr. It doesn't get much better than this! - Pringle
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This weeks sleigh ride through the blues leads us to some new work from Gary Clark Jr. and Peter Parcek while we pay tribute to SRV and remember the mans day of passing 21 years ago this weekend. ~ Pringle
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Another installment of the blues this week which gave us some new Joe Robinson and Dave Alvin as well as a re-telling of Billy Squires Stroke Me from Billy himself.
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Are you traveling this summer? Take us with you! KINK listener Helen VanGrunsven snapped a few photos and brought KINK along. We LOVE it!
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Taking off once again on on the Friday Freeway Blues.
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What fun! Got to interview Mr. Sold Out in Portland, Shawn Mullins this last Saturday afternoon...
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The
powers that be here at KINK have allowed me to access my CDs to play a
KINKed up version of the Friday Freeway Blues starting
at 6pm. Hope you can make it and thanks for all the kind words...this
kinda thing doesn't happen much at a major commercial station during
"drive" time. Trust me on that. We'll see what kind of trouble I
can get into.
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