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Stepping Up Front a Long Time Coming

Trish Badger

Jonn Del Toro Richardson spent years playing guitar in the blues bands of Otis Taylor and vocalist Diunna Greenleaf.  He also spends time working with mandolin great Rich Del Grosso.  On this edition of GLT's Talkin' Blues, Richardson talks to Jon Norton about incorporating some Latin sounds into his music, and why it's taken so long to record Tengo Blues, his first album as a leader:

Jon Norton is the program director at WGLT and WCBU. He also is host of All Things Considered every weekday.