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Diddie Wah Diddie: Blues City Jontavious Willis
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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.
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Paul Oscher
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.
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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
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Trailer
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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Customer Reviews
National Treasure Taj Mahal
Jontavious Willis deeply respects his musical elders and Mr. Taj Mahal, a living National Treasure of one of America’s most precious heritages, passes on some wisdom in this interview. The living blues tradition is so much more than “three chords and the truth,” as this conversation will testify. Wait for the description of a country supper, with the corn and tomatoes fresh from the garden and the lemon meringue pie with the graham cracker crust. Thank you Mr. J. Willis - - please keep these coming.
Can’t wait!
Hey Jontavious, I’m a big fan of your music! Whenever I’m feeling discouraged in my playing (only been at it for about 6 months) you are one of the people I turn on for some inspiration. I can’t wait to get to know you more through this podcast and learn about the blues along the way!
Absolutely Awesome
Intergenerational wisdom! ❤️