Seasons greetings, internet! Here is a much belated playlist from the last episode of Musicians, Mentors, and Barroom Heroes I aired before Christmas: “Red DeVecca and the Old Blues Guys.” (Next up: Curtis Casados!) Red was such a wealth of experience and knowledge and colorful stories… all those fallen giants he’s laid down the bassline for over the years, and it was especially great to hear about the members of that generation that are still going strong. (Alabama Slim! Little Freddie King! J. Monque’D! James Winfield! Red DeVecca! etc etc etc. Go see them! Treasure them!) [Another interesting fact, “Red DeVecca” is my second-favorite name to say aloud, right after “Olivia de Havilland”.]