Eddie Stout, owner and founder of Dialtone Records in Austin, will be my special guest on Blues At Sunrise this Wednesday from 8-9 AM on KVRX.

A week after debuting on the FM airwaves, "A Bit of Will and Skally", the show that occupies the Saturdays at 7am-9am timespot, is no more. Hosts Will and Skally have put their DJ partnership on "indefinite hiatus" as well as scrapped the name for now.

This Wednesday on Blues At Sunrise DJ Smokehouse Brown interviews Harold McMillan. Mcmillan is the founder and director of Diverse Arts Culture Works, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting the multicultural arts scene in Austin. In 1990 McMillan founded the Blues Family Tree Project, an oral history project that records the life histories of some of East Austin's esteemed blues legends.

The blues world was dealt a heavy blow this week. On Wednesday, August 20, Chicago blues legends Phil Guy and Little Arthur Duncan both passed away. Phil was the lesser-known but equally talented brother of Buddy Guy. Born in Lettersworth, Louisiana in 1940, he backed Louisiana bluesman Raful Neal before moving north to the Windy City in 1969. There, the guitarist/vocalist played in his brother Buddy's band and often backed Junior Wells. Phil Guy's unique brand of deep funky blues was a major attraction on the Chicago scene.