Last Friday night, I hosted one of 's speciality shows, Rockin' In Rhythm. It's a Jazz-Blues crossover show, with a massive following, and is normally hosted by JC - "the senior citizen of the airwaves".

Given that I'm not really into Blues, I had my work cut out for me, finding what tracks to play, in 60 minutes or less, with a couple of Guinness' inside me. Actually, I think the Guinness helped more than hindered (I mean, two pints is barely getting started when you think about it).

I got there an hour before kick-off and raced around picking CDs and tracks from them, using the production to preview the music.

I've already had a request for my playlist from one DMfM listener (who's more in to Blues than Jazz), but there will be a slight delay on that due to technical problems, which should be resolved sometime tomorrow.

Artists I played included, Jimmy McGriff, Nina Simone, Boa & The Constrictors, Saffire - the Uppity Blues Women, Dr John, BB King, T and the MGs, Etta James and a whole lot more!

The Saffire track was intriguingly titled, "Two In The Bush Is Better Than One In The Hand" - the meaning of which, I suggested, my listeners could draw their own conclusions.

After the show, I hung out with Wendy Fopeano - who hosts the show after Rockin' In Rhythm. She's a jazz singer as well as a KUVO on-air host. At one point, we were visited by some (very bored) avant-garde Dutch jazz musicians.

They'd been changing planes in Denver, when the snowstorm hit. They'd since been stranded in a Best Western, near Denver's former airport - Stapleton, bored out of their gourds, with nothing to do

So, they used a local contact to arrange a (free) gig for Saturday - just for something to do, and came down to KUVO on Friday, to play live, and promote their concert.

Lacking any actual sound technicians, or indeed the proper kinds of microphones for live instruments, I ran about the , pointing the regular voice mics at their instruments, whilst they jammed, and Wendy did what engineering she could on the board.

All in all quite a fun time, that ended with their trombone player and I discussing The Eastern Eye Indian Restaurant, in my native Bath, in which he'd eaten whilst fair city.