Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City is a podcast featuring Grammy nominated Blues musician Jontavious Willis. He'll interview his blues heroes, including Taj Mahal and Muddy Waters harmonica legend Paul Oscher. The Georgia based Willis is a gifted storyteller, a rabid music historian and a community leader with a knack for connecting young and old blues lovers across the nation.
With each episode of Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City, Georgia-basedblues phenom Jontavious Willis interviews one of his blues heros. Forour second installment, we are sharing Jontavious' conversation withblues harmonica trailblazer Paul Oscher. Oscher served in the MuddyWaters Blues Band from 1967 until 1972 and remained a fixture inChicago's blues scene until his passing in April 2021. Jontavious andPaul recorded this conversation in 2020 and discussed Oscher's earlydays playing accordion, his attempts to emulate Little Walter, some ofthe larger-than-life personalities that crossed his path, his harps ofchoice and much more. It's a great tribute to a true blues hero.Hosted by Jontavious Willis and produced by the Fretboard Journalmagazine and Ruinous Media.
11 Mar 2021
Taj Mahal
With each episode of Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City, Grammy-nominated, Georgia-based blues phenom Jontavious Willis interviews one of his blues heroes. First up: The one-and-only Taj Mahal. Taj reflects on the music he heard growing up, the connections between agriculture and music, why he shuns genres, his love for Jimmy Reed, Leadbelly and a lot more.Look for a new episode of Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City every two weeks.Hosted by Jontavious Willis and produced by the Fretboard Journal magazine and Ruinous Media. Want to sponsor the show? Contact patrick@ruinousmedia.com.https://www.tajblues.comhttp://jontaviouswillis.comhttps://www.fretboardjournal.comhttps://www.ruinousmedia.com
4 Feb 2021
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Welcome to Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City, a new podcast featuring Grammy nominated Blues musician Jontavious Willis. He'll interview his blues heroes, including Taj Mahal and Muddy Waters harmonica legend Paul Oscher. The Georgia based Willis is a gifted storyteller, a rabid music historian and a community leader with a knack for connecting young and old blues lovers across the nation.
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