BACKLINE Blues N Roots - Salty Dog (January 2026)

Visit: BACKLINE is back for January tone hounds. We roll from raw modern blues and roots through to the deep catalogue — Eddie Taylor talking big-town truths, Johnny Winter cutting sharp, Jimmie Vaughan riding that groove like he always does. There’s plenty of local fire running through this set too — Ash Grunwald, Stefan Hauk, Damon Smith, Fiona Boyes with Chris Wilson and Hubert Sumlin, Dan Dinnen N Shorty, Dom Turner with Kim Sinh, and Mia Kelly — all flying the flag with new cuts, live grit and boundary-pushing spirit that still respects the lineage. Add Bill Frisell bending Marvin Gaye into something new, Violent Femmes kicking the walls in, and Tom Waits reminding us how to hold on — and you’ve got a playlist that moves from backroom blues to late-night confessionals. This isn’t background music — it’s listening music! Powered by Salty Dog Blues N Roots ARTIST / TRACK / ALBUM / LABEL / YEAR ** Australia 01. Handsome Jack / Right On / Do What Comes Naturally / Alive Naturalsound Records / 2014 02. ** Ash Grunwald / Just Be Yourself / Bluesfest Studio Sessions / Delta Groove / 2023 03. ** Stefan Hauk / Can't Help Myself / Before The Dawn / Independent Release / 2024 04. Hurray For The Riff Raff / Alibi / The Past Is Still Alive / Nonesuch Records / 2024 05. James Luther Dickinson / You Better Rock Me Baby / Killers from Space / Memphis International Records / 2007 06. Jimmie Vaughan / Dirty Girl / Do You Get The Blues? / Artemis Records / 2001 07. ** Damon Smith / So From Now / A Fresh Harvest From Old Seeds / Independent Release / 2025 08. Eddie Taylor / Big Town Playboy / Big Town Playboy / Vee-Jay Records / 1960 09. Johnny Winter / Be Careful With A Fool / Johnny Winter / Imperial Records / 1969 10. Jubu Smith / Hamster Wheel / Jubu / Independent Release / 2021 11. ** Fiona Boyes, Chris Wilson, Hubert Sumlin / Who's Been Talking / Live at Bluesfest 2004 / ABC Music / 2004 12. Katie Knipp / Letters / Take It With You / Independent Release / 2018 13. Bill Frisell / I Heard It Through The Grapevine / East/West / Elektra Nonesuch / 1988 14. ** Dan Dinnen N Shorty / Bad Luck Trouble / Jeff's Shed / Independent Release / 2020 15. ** Dom Turner, Kim Sinh / Antihero / Two Days In Hanoi / Independent Release / 2022 16. Kim Wilson, Ronnie Earle / Abandoned / Now My Soul / Stony Plain Records / 2019 17. The Zak Schulze Gang / I Won't Do This Anymore / Straight To It / Independent Release / 2023 18. Violent Femmes / Add It Up / Violent Femmes / Slash Records / 1983 19. William Lee Ellis / Four Horses / God's Tattoos / Independent Release / 2020 20. Chris Whitley / Made From Dirt / War Crime Blues / Messenger Records / 2004 21. ** Mia Kelly / Lone Dog / To Be Clear / Independent Release / 2024 22. Tom Waits / Hold On / Mule Variations / Anti- Records / 1999 23. Yates McKendree / I Can't Stop / Need To Know / Qualified Records / 2024

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