BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!! DAVE HOWARD WILL BE JOINING ROOMFUL OF BLUES IN OCTOBER!!!! "Rhode Island may be the domain of Duke Robillard and his extended Roomful of Blues Family, but the de facto ruler of the little blue(s) state is Howard and company, whose outbreaks of joyous abandon and organized intensity define top-grade blues/r&b/rockabilly barroom entertainment. Howard, with his nasal, lived-in singing and rousing harmonica goes beyond the tried and true by opening his heart to perform two Texas-directed Roots songs he wrote himself, 'Cold Switch' and 'The Other Side of This.' Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Joe Ely would approve." Frank-John Hadley, Downbeat Magazine Dave Howard came on the Rhode Island music scene in the mid '70s, singing barroom country, blues, and folk. His (whiskey-soaked) voice is as recognizable as any Rhode Island landmark. With “I Tried To Tell You” Dave Howard makes his solo recording debut. This first solo record follows years of barrooms and dancehalls with blues and roots band The Highrollers and Young Neil and the Vipers.