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I received the following in an e-mail from Roanoke musician Doug Settles. He wrote to share his memories of Wayne "Tuck" Foutz, a beloved figure in the 1970s-1980s Roanoke music scene. I plan to write more soon.

Please share your memories, too ...

>Wayne Foutz, better known as "Tuck" to the Roanoke music community, passed away on November 3, 2009. He was an original member of the band Razzmatazz, which originated in 1973, and stayed a member of that band until 1976 when he started his own band called Dazzle, which stayed together until 1983. During that 10 year span, Tuck was an integral part of two of the most successful bands to come out of Roanoke during that era. Both bands enjoyed tremendous regional success and both opened shows for numerous national acts during their runs and both had several original songs that enjoyed regional airplay.
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Chris Knight performs on Wednesday night at Kirk Avenue Music Hall. Read story, get show details.

On this podcast, we talk with Knight about his career, his past life as a strip mine reclamation inspector and more about a long-ago honky-tonk fight. Also, we stream “Trailer II” versions of “It Ain’t Easy Being Me” and “Love and a 45.”

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It was something seeing Old Crow come out for an encore with mostly electric instruments -- save for Gill Landry, who stuck with his dobro.

As I mentioned in the print review, it was rough going sound-wise with all those electric guitars, but after hearing how much better OCMS has gotten as a string band, I figure a rock 'n' roll act will be next for the band. There's no sense bringing Fender and Gibson guitars on the road for just two songs a night!

Overall, a tight show -- which it should be, considering the band plays most of these songs at every gig.

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When the Wading Girl broke up, Sarah Garrison had to figure out what to do next, and whether it would even be a musical thing. Quickly, she got an offer to join The Circus Band, aka Cirque Roanoke, aka The Circus Practice.

She's performing with that act on Sunday, and solo on Thursday as opening act for the latest Emerging Artists Series show at the Roanoke Main Library. On this podcast, we talk about the band's break-up and her latest projects. Plus, we stream her performance of "8th of November," an old Wading Girl tune that she'll perform on Thursday.

Look for a full story in Saturday's Extra section and at roanoke.com/entertainment.

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Our old TimesCast buddy and blues guitar man Kevin Selfe has scored in his new home, Portland, Ore. He and his band, Kevin Selfe and the Tornadoes, won the Cascade Blues Association's Muddy Award for best contemporary blues act.

Selfe wrote: "After 10 nominations in 3 years, it’s our first time winning one, so we’re pretty excited!"

He truly was in good company at the Nov. 6 event. Blues veteran Curtis Salgado, an old buddy of Robert Cray, won in the R&B act and male vocalist categories. Triva item: According to Cray, Salgado was the guy who schooled a young John Belushi on the blues and dark sunglasses -- both of which would figure heavily in the music-geek classic movie, "The Blues Brothers."

Courtesy Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice

Junior Sisk, who performs on Saturday at the Franklin County Free Clinic and Health Expo and Fiddle Fest, is a heckuva nice guy. He's also one of bluegrass music's top singers. Look for a full story here later today.

His band, Junior Sisk and Ramblers Choice, received several International Bluegrass Music Association Award nominations. Though the band didn't win one, it solidified its status as a critical and commercial act, even as it sticks closely to traditional grass.

On this podcast, we stream two tunes from the band's IBMA award-nominated record, "Blue Side of the Blue Ridge. We play "Leaving Baker County" and "Little Bit of This, Little Bit of That," and talk about the songwriters (Tom T. and Dixie Hall; Ronnie Bowman) and producer Bowman, a onetime Franklin County guy.

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This is really not my thing, but these guys nail what they're doing, and the crowd loved it. Here's the print review.

The surprising thing to me was the guitar skill of singer Adam Levine. He's got a Carlos Santana feel to his leads, and he can pick fast as greased lightning when he wants to. Main guitarist James Valentine gets his throwback on, too -- he quoted Jimi Hendrix's "Third Stone From The Sun," and has a generally hot blues/rock style.

Musically, their impulses run from corporate rock ("I Won't Go Home Without You") to something much cooler, an updated Terrence Trent D'Arby kind of thing ("Harder To Breathe", "Through With You"). I could've stood a lot more of the latter.

Candye Kane

Blues/jazz chanteuse Candye Kane, whose resume is at least as interesting as her music, plays Blue 5 Restaurant on Saturday night. Get details at Top Tickets.

On this podcast, we discover her recovery from pancreatic center, the music she made in response to the disease and going from adult film performer to college student body vice president, among other things. And we stream songs from her latest CD, "Superhero."

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Holy Ghost Tent Revival

These guys were a smash at FloydFest last summer, and they're coming once again to Martin's Downtown Bar & Grill, Roanoke. Show is on Friday -- get details at Top Tickets.

Hear conversation with drummer Ross Montsinger and cuts from the Greensboro, N.C., band's new EP, "Family."

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Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

Well, a podcast with Tyler, really, who is a cool guy. The act comes to Awful Arthur's, Salem, on Friday, and Awful's Towers on Saturday. Show details at Top Tickets.

We talk about touring with Kid Rock, making a new album and Southern musical influences. Plus, we stream songs from the band's first album, "Hot Trottin'", which helped the act get a deal with Atlantic Records.

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