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“The Tasty Brew” is an eclectic mix of roots music formed by the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical melting pot.
The odds seemed rather stacked against her at times, but Host Diana Linn is celebrating the big 7-0 Birthday this week on the Tasty Brew Music Radio Show. Coincidentally, the live music gods have blessed Kansas City with some of the absolute best in Roots Music appearing in town this coming week including Mary Gauthier with Jaimee Harris (Knuckleheads Saloon, November 6), John Hiatt and Jerry Douglas (Knuckleheads, November 7) and JD Clayton (The Ship, November 10). This week’s playlist also includes new music from Emily Scott Robinson, Savanna Chestnut, Erin Enderlin, Rigby Summer, Asleep at the Wheel, The Steels Wheels, The Band of Heathens with Ray Wylie Hubbard and many more.
From Mary’s press: The Associated Press named Mary Gauthier as one of the best songwriters of her generation. Mary is also a published author; her first book Saved by a Song came out on St. Martin’s Press in 2021. Her most recent musical release, Rifles & Rosary Beads is a collection of songs co-written with wounded veterans was nominated for a Grammy award for Best Folk Album, and Record of the Year by the Americana Music Association. The UK Americana Association named Mary their 2019 International Artist of the Year, and Folk Alliance International named Rifles & Rosary Beads the 2019 Record of the Year. Mary’s songs have been recorded by dozens of artists, including Jimmy Buffett, Dolly Parton, Boy George, Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Bettye Lavette, Mike Farris, Kathy Mattea, Bobby Bare, Amy Helm and Candi Staton and have appeared extensively in Film and Television, most recently on HBO TV’s Yellowstone.
Jaimee: Texas born and raised Jaimee Harris has the sort of voice that can grab your heart and make you feel more connected. In the tradition of Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, her rich tones and emotional delivery are perfect for road trips and rainy days. A protege of Jimmy LaFave and finding her own voice while travelling lyrically and literally among Roots music giants, she is poised to sustain one of the most storied of careers.
John: From Stephen Thomas Erlewine: One of the best and most respected songwriters of his generation, John Hiatt was a hero among critics and his fellow musicians long before a larger audience discovered his work as a recording artist. Known for lyrics that can turn from acidic wit to bitter self-examination at a moment’s notice, Hiatt‘s work is also dominated by strong, engaging melodies that take rock and blues tropes and reshape them into fresh sounds and the sharp but thoughtful report of his voice. Hiatt‘s songs have been covered by everyone from Bonnie Raitt, Ronnie Milsap, and Dr. Feelgood to Iggy Pop, Three Dog Night, and the Neville Brothers, and the eclecticism of that list is reflected in Hiatt‘s own catalog of recordings, which find him exploring folk, rock, pop, R&B, country, and blues influences with equal vigor. Hiatt‘s finest album is 1987’s rootsy and unguarded Bring the Family; other catalog highlights include the pop and rock of 1983’s Riding with the King, the rough-hewn blues-rock of 2008’s Same Old Man, and 2021’s Leftover Feelings, a collaboration with dobro virtuoso Jerry Douglas.
From Jerry’s press: Dobro master and 14-time GRAMMY winner Jerry Douglas is to the resonator guitar what Jimi Hendrix was to the electric guitar, elevating, transforming, and reinventing the instrument in countless ways. Additionally, Douglas is a freewheeling, forward-thinking recording and touring artist whose output incorporates elements of country, bluegrass, rock, jazz, blues, and Celtic into his distinctive musical vision. Called “Dobro’s matchless contemporary master” by The New York Times, three-time CMA Musician of the Year award recipient Jerry Douglas is one of the most innovative recording artists in music as a solo artist, band leader for The Jerry Douglas Band and his GRAMMY winning bluegrass band The Earls of Leicester, as well as a member of groundbreaking ensembles including Alison Krauss & Union Station, J.D. Crowe & the New South, The Country Gentlemen, Boone Creek, and Strength In Numbers.
JD’s bio: American singer-songwriter, JD Clayton, was born the son of a preacher-man and an oil painter in a small river city on the Arkansas/Oklahoma border called Fort Smith. He fell deeply in love with music on Sunday mornings while sitting in wooden pews at his church. Later, while attending the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, JD started a band with another student that he met in music appreciation class. He began experimenting with the art of songwriting. It was as if he had just opened up a door to a distant universe. Songwriting became an escape where he could build his own world and all of its fantasies. To help pay for gasoline and the occasional date night, JD started playing shows on the university campus and in local dive bars. After graduating, JD packed his bags, left his roots, and took off for the big city of Nashville, TN. It was in Nashville that he recorded his debut EP ‘Smoke out the Fire’ which was released in early November of 2018.
