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Dharma Nick

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About Me

Born in Colorado, finished high school in Austin, Texas, and went to college there in the 60s and 70s, after serving four years in the USAF. Been married to a wonderful woman for 33 years. Although I love other kinds of music as well, when it comes down to it I'm a blues man, plain and simple. Texas blues is at the center, but relatives in Chicago made me aware of Chicago blues, and there's a lot of very good space in between. Live in Japan now, and have been here for a long time.

My Interests

Nature sustains me, and the sacredness of nature keeps drawing me to its special places. When I've been world-weary I've gone into nature, and have been renewed. Blues is like that.

I'd like to meet:

The people who sing and play the blues so beautifully, and those who make the podcasts, to spread the word on what's happening in the blues world today. I've tried to make a list of the blues podcasts I've discovered, and try to listen to regularly. When I know the myspace page of the podcast, I've added it, too. Sometimes there's more than one URL by which the podcast can be reached. They're sort of listed in the order I discovered them.1) Texas Blues Cafe podcast Texas Blues Cafe on myspace at; Texas Blues Cafe2)Murphy's Saloon podcast Murphy's Saloon on myspace at: Hieronymus Murphy3) Roadhouse podcast Roadhouse4) Salty Dog Blues N Roots podcast on myspace at: Salty Dog5) Bluz n da Blood and on myspace at bluesndablood6) Backalley blues, talkcast or BackAlleyBlues7) There's a blog, for the following podcast dablues blog through which the podcasts can be downloaded, or you can download them from DaBlues and on myspace at: Vasco8) Raven n Blues podcast Raven n the Blues podcast9) South Australian Roots and Blues podcast South Australian Roots and Blues podcast10) Uncensored History of the Blues podcast There are several useful URLs for this podcast. Uncensored History of the Blues Uncensored History of the Blues11) Mark Kerr's Blues Nation podcast Mark Kerr's Blues Nation the podcast is at: Blues nation12) Hambone's Blues Rumshack podcast Hambone's Blues Rumshack13) Bandana Blues podcast Bandana Blues current podcast download page: Bandana Blues14)The Blues File from WXPNFor more about this podcast, see: The Blues File WXPN 88.5 FM :: Public Radio from the University of Pennsylvania15)Pacific Street Blues & AmericanaI only hope I'll have time to do a fairly decent job of keeping this list up-to-date. Suggestions are always VERY welcome. Always interested in meeting new blues-lovers, podcasts, and blues singers.
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Music:

Artists I keep going back to--Lightnin Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Tracy Nelson. These days spend a lot of time listening to blues podcasts, and ordering CDs from artists I discover there.

Television:

Democracy Now!

Books:

Have several thousand of them. Reading has been an important activity of mine for over half a century. Now also spend at least an hour everyday reading news and commentary on the internet. One book I've been spending time with recently is the Bible. Another is the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and a third is the I Ching....if you're into the last, the following link may be interesting Iching And...I've also been rediscovering Emily Dickinson lately. A fine poet, sensitive, brilliant, deep, passionate . . . . . and delightful.

Heroes:

Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Gandhi, H D Thoreau, Martin Luther King jr., Cesar Chavez, just to name just a few. I hate discrimination and dictatorship, and my heroes are all those who fight for freedom and equality for all, with a deep sense of social responsibility, and without the use of rose-colored glasses.

My Blog

lonesomeroad blues

South Australian Roots and Bluesfrom their homepage:Podcast 76 July's edition of "Blues Time".It's a "lonesome road" blues special in which we hit the road! Hope your shoes ain't got no holes 'cause w...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:57:00 PST

Janiva Magness interview on Leos Bluesland Podcast

In his most recent production, Leo, of the Leo Bluesland podcast, has a fine interview with Janiva Magness. She is a very impressive woman, both as a singer and as someone who seriously devotes time t...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:18:00 PST

Podcasts tributes to Bo Diddles

The passing on of Bo Diddley was noticed around the world, and I was both pleased and touched by the expressions of respect for that fine performer, who was so important in the development of rhythm a...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:34:00 PST

Sunday Morning Blues Podcast features Chicago Blues Festival

The Sunday Morning Blues Podcast (with Rich Gordon) for June 1, in four 33-minute sections, features performers who will be at the 25th Annual Chicago Blues Festival which goes from June5-8. It's a f...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 09:56:00 PST

The Blues Room -- Big Boss Blues from New Zealand

Very delighted to be able to introduce, and recommend, a blues podcast from New Zealand--apparently the whole program is available from Community Radio Hamilton (New Zealand), although I haven't had a...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Sat, 31 May 2008 09:50:00 PST

Texas Blues Cafe 100

My congratulations to the Texas Blues Cafe, on their 100th podcast!Available through my friends here on myspace, or at http://texasblues.podomatic.com/the podcast is in two parts--the first hour featu...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Sun, 25 May 2008 04:40:00 PST

Wonder water blues

Blues is a fountainhead, a spring whose waters have fed and continues to nurture a large and growing variety of musical genres. for this reason it's often virtually impossible to draw a line and say ...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Sat, 24 May 2008 06:09:00 PST

Podcasts featuring the 2008 Blues Music Awards

Absolutely delighted to report that I've found three different podcasts that feature the 2008 Blues Music Awards: Roadhouse 169 - The BMA Edition The BluzNdaBlood Show 48, Blue Ribbon Blues Also ...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Sat, 17 May 2008 04:05:00 PST

Janiva Magness on BluzNdaBlood

BluzNdaBlood podcast 47, is titled Jivin' 'Bout Janiva,with the subtitle, "Featuring the BluzNdaBlood Blues Goddess, Janiva Magness!" It's a fine show, and I share host Dave Harrison's evaluation of ...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 05:24:00 PST

Candye Kane, and Raven n Blues 1608

The Raven n Blues podcast 1608, dated April 19, features BB King and Candye Kane, among other awesome artists. He mentions that Candye has just had a very serious operation. She mentioned the oper...
Posted by Dharma Nick on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 02:55:00 PST