Last year, the asked to do a tribute show featuring the music of W.C. Handy. He decided to take on the musical challenge of turning music for cornet and big band into music that a solo guitar and singer could perform. He transcribed hours of old piano music and listened to hours of full band recordings of Handy鈥檚 music. He re-arranged the music to work for solo guitar and voice.

Host Frank Stasio talks to Shain about the album that came out of that tribute show, 鈥淕ettin鈥� Handy With The Blues.鈥� The Durham-based guitar player performs live in studio with bass player FJ Ventre. They will be performing at the in Durham on Wednesday, July 4.