This is show #85, Rhythm & BluzNdaBlood!

Welcome back, my friends! This is Dave Harrison coming at you once again from the blues filled studio in the Star City of Virginia… I’ve got another great show for you! This show is going to be a little different! It’ll be filled with some Rhythm and Blues, a little bit of Jazz, and just plain lots of great music!

Well, I started off the show with Arthur Adams playing Blues Roots!

So, who else is on the roster for the show? Well, how about Big James and the Chicago Playboys, A Little Attention; Bobby Jones, Tired of Your Jive; Patty Benson, High Price Love; The Jackie Payne / Steve Edmonson Band, She’s Looking Good/I’ve Never Found A Girl Medley; Marc Broussard, Come In From The Cold; Keith Crossan, Clemency; Jean Shy and The Shy Guys, One Day; Jasme Kelly, Brighter Side of Things; Stacy Mitchhart, Better Off Without You; Matt Wigler, Lateral Climb; and last but not least Donna Greene and The Roadhouse Daddies playing Mess Around.

As always, special thanks to Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites! Now a great time to go out and get your special loved one a great print for the holiday season!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

This is show #84, Blues You Can Live With!

Welcome back, everybody! This is an UPDATED corrected version 6 of the show! This is Dave Harrison once again, coming at you from the Star City of Virginia… I’ve got another good show for you! Who says that the blues aren’t good for you? I’ve heard that often, but it’s not always true! Show #84 is created with all great tunes that prove these are Blues You Can Live With!

Well, I started off the show with Quintus McCormick playing Plano Texas Blues!

So, who else are you gonna hear on the show? Well, how about Bryan Lee with My Lady Don’t Love My Lady; T-Bone Walker, Shufflin’ the Blues; Mikey Junior, Whiskey By The Glass; Delta Generators, Straw Dog Strut; Jack De Keyzer, Train Called Rock n Roll; Bill Abel, Barkin’ All Nite; Mike Zito, Big Mouth; Rick Estrin & the Nightcats, U B U; The Twisters, Long Overdue; Eddie C. Campbell, Bluesman; and wrapping up with a great tune from Lurrie Bell, Don’t You Lie To Me.

Special “Get Well” wishes go out to Bryan Lee, who is hospitalized with a serious infection and respiratory problems. We’re playing his new CD on the show and have a video I took of him playing my request for “Blues singer”… Check it out at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPDQGJxUwjQ

Also Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

This is show #83, Blues for Bluesaholics!

Welcome back, everybody! This is Dave Harrison once again, coming at you from the Star City of Virginia… Are you in need of getting a fix for your blues addiction? Well, this show is prepared to do just that! Show #83 is called Blues for Bluesaholics!

Well, we started off the show with the Detroit bluesman Harmonica Shah playing Blues for Ford, Chrysler, and G.M.!

So, who else are you gonna hear on today’s show? Well, how about The Billy Gibson Band, I’m Single; Mojo Buford, Ghetto Blaster; Bryan Lee, Blues Singer; Sean Costello, Same Old Game; Tinsley Ellis, Speak No Evil; The Laurie Morvan Band, Wiggle Room; Rocky Jackson, Back to the Crossroads; The Mannish Boys, Rude Mood; Mike Zito, Eyesight to the Blind; The Hollywood Blue Flames, A Jalopy To Drive; and wrapping things up Ana Popovic, who is Sending Out The APB!

Also special thanks go out to Mike Hatcher from England, who has volunteered to give my web site a facelift! I look forward to working with him! Also Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

This is show #82, Working Out with the Blues!

Hey, everybody! This is Dave Harrison, your blues DJ coming at you from the Star City of Virginia… Ya know long time listener and friend Shivaji recently told me that he often workouts while listening to my show! Well I immediately apologized for some recent interview shows, but thought that it would be a great thing to try and make a show just with fast paced, ass shaking, and heart thumping blues! So that’s what this show is all about! Working Out with the Blues! And even if you’re not one to work out, you’ll still love the show!

Well, we started off the show with “Insomniacs Boogie” by The Insomniacs!

So, who else is gonna get your heart pumping? Well, how about J P Soars, Low Dirty Deal; Dennis Jones, Hot Sauce; Coco Montoya, Cool Like Dat; Tab Benoit, Bone Pickin; Roomful of Blues, Farmer John; Zac Harmon, Honey Bee; Delta Wires, Pontiac Blues; Rod Piazza and the Mighty Flyers Blues Quartet, Sunbird; Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos, Zydeco Razzle; Delta Highway, Shake It Just A Little Bit; Roomful of Blues, We B 3; and ending up with The Insomniacs, Root Beer Float! After the workout, we’ll slowly coll down with Mike Zito, Today; and finally Coco Montoya with Mother and Daughter!

A special thanks to all the independent artists, the signed artists, the promoters, and the record labels for the ongoing support in the BluzNdaBlood Show, your first stop for the best in the blues!

Also special thanks go out to Mike Hatcher from England, who has volunteered to give my web site a facelift! I look forward to working with him! Also Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

This is show #80, Big Lick Blues!

Hey, welcome back, everyone! This is Dave Harrison coming at you once again in the blues filled studio in the Star City of Virginia… I’ve got another great show for you! This show is a festival preview podcast and is highlighting the artists that will be performing at this year’s Suntrust Big Lick Blues Festival to be held October 3^rd in Roanoke, Virginia!

Well, we started off the show with our festival’s headliner, Delbert McClinton, singing “Going Back to Louisiana”… So who else are we gonna hear from on today's show other than Delbert? Well, we’ll here 6 songs from him, 4 from The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz and Victor Wainwright, 2 from Stacy Brooks, and 1 from The Mo’ Hippa Band!  So…. Are you ready for some Big Lick Blues? I hope so! Crank it up, my friends, we’re off and running!

In my first set, we’ll be starting off with Delbert singing “Do It”, followed by The Mo’ Hippa Band playing “Bad Case of Love”. They won the blues competition at this year’s Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival! After that tune, we heard Delbert belting out “Little Fine Healthy Thing.” Our second set has Stacy Brooks singing “Rock Me, Baby” and “Hound Dog” followed up by Delbert closing the set with “Living It Down.”  My third set has three tunes from the funny as hell duo of The Reverend Billy C. Wirtz and Victor Wainwright playing “Shake, Rattle and Roll”, “Don’t Ya Just Know It” and “Female Problems”. Our 3 time Grammy winner Delbert McClinton closes out the BluzNdaBlood show with two of his hits,
“B Movie Box Car Blues” and “Giving It Up For Your Love”.

 Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I hope to see you down at the festival! Also you can keep in touch by visiting my Internet sites! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

Dave

This is show #79, Blind For Love Interview!

Hey, welcome back, everyone! This is Dave Harrison from the Star City of Virginia again… I’ve got another great show for you! It'll be obvious that I'm NOT in my studio for this show but it's still a good one! This show is highlighting the newest CD from Ana Popovic called Blind For Love and it's a great one!

Well, we started off the show with Nothing Personal off Ana's newest Eclecto Groove CD called Blind For Love? So who else are we gonna hear from on today's show! Absolutely no one else! It's all Ana!

You'll be hearing Steal Me Away, Part of Me (Lullaby for Luuk), Putting Out The APB, and Wrong Woman!

A special thanks to Ana for taking the time for the interview! Also thanks to Eclecto Groove and Mile High Productions for assisting in the BluzNdaBlood Show, your first stop for the best in the blues!

Also special thanks to Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Remember to send in your favorite blues artists that you would like me to play on an upcoming “By Request” show! I need your help!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

Dave

This is show #78, Bruce’s Blues!

Hey, welcome back, everyone! This is your blues loving bluesman Dave Harrison from the Star City of Virginia… I’ve got another great show for you! Having just experienced one heckuva blues festival at the Blues Fest 09 in Wheeling WV, I’ve decided to feature many of the artists that were there! Bruce Wheeler (Festival Director) and his family really outdo themselves every year! Bruce did a fantastic job of selecting some great music and that’s why Show #78 is called “Bruce’s Blues”!

Well, we started off the show with Magic Slim & The Teardrops with Let Me Love You!

Following Magic, we’ll hear from Mikey Junior, Car Troubles; Eden Brent, Mississippi Flatland Blues; Delta Highway, The Devil Had A Woman; Saffire - Uppity Blues Women, Going Down to the River; Moreland And Arbuckle, Fishin’ Hole; The Soul of John Black, Black John; Ronnie Baker Brooks, See You Hurt No More; Elvin Bishop w/ John Nemeth, Who’s the Fool; David Jacobs-Strain, Kokomo Blues; John Nemeth, Love Me Tonight; Bobby Rush, Flashback; and wrapping up with the IBC Albert King Guitar Award winning J P Soars playing Low Dirty Deal!

A special thanks to all the independent artists, the signed artists, the promoters, and the record labels for the ongoing support in the BluzNdaBlood Show, your first stop for the best in the blues!

Also special thanks to Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

This show’s artwork is courtesy of Daniel Baird, who now owns a sign making business. He created the banner that was presented to Bruce and also is used for this show! Check out the details in the banner! There’s a great panoramic view of the Wheela venue!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Remember to send in your favorite blues artists that you would like me to play on an upcoming “By Request” show! I need your help!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

Dave

This is show #77, Blues On Board!

Hey, welcome back, my friends! This is Dave Harrison, your blues DJ once again coming at you from the blues filled studio in the Star City of Virginia… Now that I’ve had a chance to catch my breath after the blues festival, I’ve got another great show for you! I’ve got lots of blues on board for today’s show, so that’s what it’s called! Blues On Board!

Well, we started off the show with “Get To Gettin’”, a cut from the “Iceman” Albert Collins off of the Alligator CD with various artist called More Crucial Guitar Blues!

So, what other blues do we have on board? Well, we’ll hear a tune from Ana Popovic’s brand new CD, Nothing Personal; Debbie Davies, Movin’ And Groovin’; Anni Piper, Come In My Kitchen; The Homemade Jamz Blues Band, Loco Blues; The Jackie Payne Steve Edmondson Band, I Gotta Mind To Go To Chicago; Shemekia Copeland, It’s 2:00 a.m.; J.W. Jones, Waiting On You; Watermelon Slim, Caterpillar Whine; Sol, The Cootie Stark Testimony; Aaron Williams and the Hoodoo, Drinking Blues; Roy Rogers, Little Queen Bee; and wrapping up with Fiona Boyes playing Chicken Wants Corn.

A special thanks to all the independent artists, the signed artists, the promoters, and the record labels for the ongoing support in the BluzNdaBlood Show, your first stop for the best in the blues!

Also special thanks goes out to Michael Allen, from the Crossroads Blues Gallery for his ongoing support in allowing me to use his incredible artwork on my show and web sites!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Remember to send in your favorite blues artists that you would like me to play on an upcoming “By Request” show! I need your help!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! I can be found at MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter! Or better yet, e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

Dave

This is show #76, The Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival Preview Podcast!

Hey, welcome back, everybody! This is Dave Harrison, your blues DJ coming at you once again from the blues filled studio in the Star City of Virginia… I’ve got another great show for you!

Well, we started off the show with “My Dog's Still Walkin'”, the title track of the brand new Alligator CD from Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King!

So, who else are we gonna hear from on our Festival Preview Podcast? Well, we've got some samples of the blues bands competing in our blues competition from Noon until 5:00 pm! This show is only an hour long so I couldn't play everyone! So come out and hear them all! On this show, you'll be hearing The Contagious Blues Band playing Heavy Weather; Sol, Tell You a Story; The Cream of the Crop Blues Band, I Just Want A Little Bit; The Mike Lucci Band, River Hip Mama. Nine bands will be competing and the winner announced at 5:30 pm!

The Fat Daddy Band follows up on the show with Cab Driver Blues and Slick Bottom Shoes!

You’ll hear three great tunes from Damon Fowler! We’ll start with Sugar Lee, then Some Fun, and finishing with I’m Just a Old Chunk of Coal!

Our headliner this year is Smokin’ Joe Kubek and Bnois King! We’ll finish the Festival Preview Podcast with their band cranking out Don’t Lose My Number, Freezer Burn, and Flamethrower!

A special thank you goes out to Alligator Records and Blind Pig Records and all the independent artists that made this show possible!

More festival information can be found at http://blueridgeblues.org  ! See you at the festival! I’ll have a BluzNdaBlood booth this year! Stop by and say hello!

Be sure to swing by the BluzNdaBlood home page! There are hyperlinks to all the great music that you hear on my show!

Enjoy the show and keep in touch! Please e-mail me at dave@bluzndablood.com.

Until next time, this is Dave Harrison, reminding you to keep the blues alive and keep the blues in the blood!

Dave