Podcasts about bitter rain

Shannon Baker is coming off what a year, as she puts it, when she let her attitude slip. Writing is a business, as Shannon also says, where there are plenty of opportunities to get your ego bashed. Now Shannon is climbing back out. Shannon recently announced that she has sold an option to the film rights to her Kate Fox Mystery Series and, for many reasons, Shannon is turning the page into the new year. We’ve got Shannon on the podcast to tell us about what led to the deal and also catch up on all her other projects, including a Facebook-based group called Authors Unwritten which also involves four other very familiar RMFW writers. Shannon Baker is author of Stripped Bare, Dark Signal and Bitter Rain in the Kate Fox Series, which also includes the novella Close Enough, and the Nora Abbott series from Midnight Ink. Shannon, who lives in Tucson, loves to escape into the great outdoors. Backpacking in the Rockies, traipsing to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, skiing mountains and plains, kayaking lakes, hiking, cycling, and diving whenever she gets the chance. Having the desert for a backyard is a daily thrill, bringing javelinas, rattlesnakes, zillions of birds, including hummingbirds, and spectacular sunsets every day. But as she says on the podcast, the main goal is writing. “We have to find our own focus,” says Shannon. “And it’s a constant battle.” Shannon Baker's website Intro music by Moby Outro music by Dan-o-Songs

This week's playlist: • Grits Ain't Groceries (2:58) by The Homemade Jamz Blues Band, from Got Blues For You (2009); available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit HMJamzBluesBand.com for more information. • Bitter Rain (4:30) by Roy Rogers, from Split Decision (2009); available from this page at Roy's site, BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS. Visit Roy-Rogers.com for more information. • Deep End (4:21) by Jo Kelly Stephenson, from BAR, Vol. 6 (2008); available from BluesAndRootsPromotions.com. Visit BluesAndRootsPromotions.com for more information. • The Boogie Man (3:08) by Papa Don McMinn, from Boogie Man (2009); available from LocoBop.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit DonMcMinn.com for more information. • Description Blues (8:04), Insomniacs Boogie (3:56) and At Least I'm Not With You (3:29) by The Insomniacs, and all from At Least I'm Not With You (2009); available from DeltaGrooveProductions.com and the iTMS. Visit this page at the Delta Groove site and The Insomniacs' MySpace page for more information. • Blues Plate Special (4:46) by Jennifer Marriott & Odd Sheep Out, from Baa Baa Blue Sheep (2008); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit JenniferMarriott.com for more information. • Take Your Time (4:33) by Mel Brown And The Homewreckers, from Blues - A Beautiful Thing (2006); available from Electro-fi Records and the iTMS. Visit MelBrownBlues.com for more information. • Shoot First Ask Questions Later (2:51) by David Reo, from David Reo's Greatest Hits Volume II (2003); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit this MySpace page for more information. • Muddy Bottom Blues (6:34) by Tab Benoit & Louisiana's LeRoux, from Night Train to Nashville (2008); available from the music page at Tab's site, ConcordMusicGroup.com and the iTMS. Visit TabBenoit.com for more information. Mentioned during this episode: Murphy's Saloon at Mevio.com. To contact me: in addition to email - murphyssaloon(at)gmail(dot)com - you can contact me through: Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed and Twitter. You are also welcome to write reviews in iTunes. Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. Karen also has a blog by the same name: Today's Chicago Blues. Both the book and the blog are highly recommended. For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com. (Something noteworthy being done by a very hard-working, steel-willed, long-ago friend of mine: Flamenco Chicago) (Music on Murphy's Saloon #163 courtesy of the artists and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)

  This week's playlist: • One Thin Dime (4:29) by Mance Lipscombe, recorded during a live performance at the Ash Grove coffeehouse on May 6, 1966; made available to Murphy's Saloon by special arrangement with Andrew Goodrich of Wolfgang's Vault, which now has available many, many live performances that were recorded at the Ash Grove in the late '50s, '60s and early '70s. • Devilment (2:46) by Paul Reddick, from SugarBird (2008), available from NorthernBlues.com and the iTunes Music Store. Visit PaulReddick.ca for more information. • Move On Blues (4:05) by The Snake Charmers, from Been Gone Too Long (2008), available from the iTMS. Visit TheSnakeCharmers.net and The Snake Charmers' MySpace page for more information. • Down That Road Again (4:58) by Guitar Shorty, from We the People (2006); available from Alligator Records and the iTMS. Visit GuitarShorty.org for more information. • Night Train (4:58), Darkness (5:19) and Too Sweet for Me (4:54), all by Tab Benoit & Louisiana's LeRoux, and all from Night Train to Nashville (2008); available from the music page at Tab's site, ConcordMusicGroup.com and the iTMS. Visit TabBenoit.com for more information. • It Feels So Right (1:58) by Nicole Hart, from Treasure (2009); available from the Barnes & Noble and Borders bookstores, as well as online through J&R Music World, Amazon.com, and the Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe. The CD is available through TheNRGBand.com and at all their performances. Visit TheNRGBand.com for more information. • Bitter Rain (4:30), Patron Saint of Pain (4:46) and Little Queen Bee (3:20), all by Roy Rogers and all from Split Decision (2009); available from this page at Roy's site, BlindPigRecords.com and the iTMS. Visit Roy-Rogers.com for more information. • Everybody Counts (3:32) by Nerak Roth Patterson, from Brown Angel (2008); released on the Blues Leaf Records label. Visit Nerak's MySpace page for more information. • Sweetness And Delight (5:10) by Jennifer Marriott & Odd Sheep Out, from Baa Baa Blue Sheep (2008); available from CD Baby and the iTMS. Visit JenniferMarriott.com for more information. • Jumpin At The Showplace (3:11) by Steve Guyger from Last Train To Dover (1997); available from Blues Leaf Records' page at CD Universe and the iTMS. Visit SteveGuyger.com for more information. • Payback Blues (4:45) by the Dennis Mitchell Band, from Highway Kind of Life (2008); available from Amazon.com and the iTMS. Visit DennisMitchellband.com for more information. Mentioned during this show: the Ash Grove archive at Wolfgang's Vault; EarlyBlues.com, On This Day in Blues History, and the Captain Spaulding's Animal Crackers blog. To contact me: in addition to email - murphyssaloon(at)gmail(dot)com - you can contact me through: Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. You are also welcome to write reviews in iTunes. Excellent sources of information about the blues: The Blues Foundation and the Delta Blues Museum; be sure to download and listen to the DBM's top-notch (and free) podcast, the Uncensored History of the Blues; BluesRevue.com, the online home of Blues Revue magazine; BigCityBluesMag.com, the online home of Big City Blues magazine; BluesCritic.com. Be sure to read Today's Chicago Blues by Karen Hanson, an excellent guide to all things blues in present-day Chicago. For up-to-the-minute news about things to do in Chicago: TheLocalTourist.com. (Music on Murphy's Saloon Blues Podcast #157 courtesy of the artists, their labels (!) and the Podsafe Music Network, IODA PROMONET, Download.com or Garageband.com)