About Me
"D.C. BLOOM'S SONGS HAVE AN INTELLIGENT CUTTING EDGE, FROM OUTRAGEOUSLY CLEVER TO POIGNANTLY THOUGHT PROVOKING. HE'S A GREAT ENTERTAINER AND A RECOMMENDED LISTEN." ... Lloyd Maines
"BEING A TERRITORIAL, CLOSE-MINDED SNOB ABOUT SUCH THINGS, I'M USUALLY HESITANT TO EMBRACE NON-NATIVES TRYING TO SQUEEZE THEIR WAY INTO THE TEXAS SINGER/SONGWRITER SCENE. BUT D.C. BLOOM CHARMED HIS WAY PAST MY GUARD WITH A WINSOME LITTLE DITTY ABOUT MY FAVORITE SAN ANTONIO SPUR ('Manu Ginobil'), AND AFTER CLOSER INSPECTION OF THIS OTHER STUFF, I'M INCLINED TO LET HIM STAY. AS SOON AS HE WRITES A SONG ABOUT TONY ROMO, I'LL BE FIRST TO NICKNAME HIM 'TEX" ... Richard Skanse, Editor, Texas Music magazine.
"D.C. BLOOM IS A GREAT SINGER/SONGWRITER AND A FANTASTIC RADIO GUEST. WE HAD A BLAST WHEN WE HAD HIM ON OUR SHOW AND PLAYED HIS MANU GINOBILI SONG. D.C. IS TRULY A UNIQUE TEXAS TALENT." ... Chris Duel, ESPN Radio 1250 The Zone, San Antonio, TX
Howdy! I’m D.C. Bloom. I served my time inside that D.C. Beltway, but am now living large in good ‘ol Texas, U.S.A. So today, I have a bigger belt and I weigh a bit more. Get it? Beltway? Belt? Weigh? Anyway, you see, that’s what I do. I love clever turns of phrase, witticisms and double entendres. I use ‘em to address themes that – if not universal – at least are relevant to me, the girl behind the bar, and that somewhat skeezy-looking dude nodding off in the booth in the corner. A lot of my songs are funny, some are thought-provoking and all are sung in a better-than-average voice … it’s certainly better than Todd Snider’s. And my stage banter ain’t half bad, either. Darned near half as good as Todd’s, I’d say.
While in our nation’s capital, I co-founded, fronted and was primary songwriter for an Americana band named the Dog Waggers. We self-released one CD entitled “Chasin’ Tales,†which works on multiple levels, if ya think about it. Dirty Linen magazine gave us a fine little mention, comparing our sound to the Byrds, the New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Doobie Brothers. The Washington Post’s Buzz McClain wrote that “ … clearly the Dog Waggers are barking up the right tree,†and he was even kind enough to say this about me: “… he invokes the spirit and timbre of one of his influences, Ray Wylie Hubbard, no easy feat.â€
The Dog Waggers shared the stage with many a Texas act that came through D.C. and Northern Virginia, including Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines, Adam Carroll, Eliza Gilkyson, and Caroline Herring. In addition to playing prominent D.C.-area venues such as Iota and Jammin’ Java, the Dog Waggers also performed at popular events such as the National Cherry Blossom Festival and The Fannie Mae Help the Homeless Walk.
The Dog Wagger song “Hot Stove Steffi†was included in the compilation CD “Diamond Cuts IX: Complete Game,†and has garnered genuine, I-shit-you-not airplay on XM Radio. It also has been featured during the 7th inning stretch at minor league parks, including Dell Diamond in Round Round, Texas. The American Appaloosa Association has used the song “She Rode an Appaloosa†at their shows and events. And the group's iTune hit, “Mean People Suck,†is frequently quoted by any number of folks all over the world.
Since moving to San Antonio, I’ve gotten my solo act together and have added a ton of new songs to the ‘ol repertoire. I've learned to suck up to the natives with such instant classics as: "I Can't Forget the Alamo," based on my astute observation that every other business in this city is named after, well, you know; "Manu Ginobili," a catchy tribute to nearly everyone's favorite Argentinian Spur; and "The Ballad of Boerne and Alice," a cautionary tune about the dangers of Internet dating as performed by two residents of two certain Texas towns.
I'm in the process of road-testing and recording these and other songs for a debut solo CD I plan to call "Table or Booth?," for no other reason than I feel like it.
And I hope you feel like giving me a chance to bring these songs of mine to your club, festival, government sanctioned house concert, block party, or pup tent. Shoot, I'll show up anywhere ya want. Just give me a call. You can take this Dog Wagger out of D.C., but now D.C.'s here for Texas. And that ain’t always been the case now, has it?
Check out D.C. chilling in his empty wine cellar ... just a man, his guitar, and a heightened blood alcohol level
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