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It's A Holiday Weekend On The Blues

Congratulations to Ricky Nye for winning the Best Blues Artist of the Year award this year!
Congratulations to Ricky Nye for winning the Best Blues Artist of the Year award this year!

The holiday weekend edition of The Blues begins with The Goshorn Brothers, John Mayall, Garland Jeffreys, and Van Morrison.  The second set features music from Branford Marsalis/Joe Louis Walker and George Thorogood & the Destroyers.  You'll hear from Delbert McClinton, Johnny Adams, Phoebe Snow, and Linda Tillery & the Cultural Heritage Choir in the third set.  And, the show ends with the gospel sounds of the Blind Boys of Alabama and the Fairfield Four.

Concert notes...Ricky Nye's playing with Chris Douglas 12/1 at MOTR Pub, and Ben Levin will be perform at the Brew River Creole Kitchen on Eastern Avenue on 12/5.

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Lee Hay has worked at all three Cincinnati Public Radio stations: WGUC in the mid-70's, WMUB in the late 70's, and WVXU since 1984. She is currently the host of The Blues on Saturday evenings and various special programs.