Happy Belated Birthday Mrs. USA

I found the "post new blog" button on my myspace page again!

Start your engines folks, set your vacations to cruise control, and get ready for the greatest five days of your lives. The Rock Boat Niner has been designated for assignment! Be prepared to rock out with your good buddy David Ryan Harris, joined by your host Sister Hazel alongside Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Aslyn, Carbon Leaf, Cowboy Mouth, Gaelic Storm, Green River Ordinance, Hanson, The Kin, Sam Thacker, Michael Tolcher, Zac Brown Band and many more amazing acts to be confirmed., sing along 'til you're hoarse, and party 'til the sun comes up with friends you'll never forget.




Rolling out of Miami on Saturday January 17th, The Rock Boat IX will make a pit stop in Nassau, followed by a visit to beautiful Half Moon Cay, then return to home base on Thursday January 22nd.


This will all go down onboard the Carnival Destiny, where you'll be able to witness truck loads of live performances on five stages, enjoy 24-hour room service, a full casino, plenty of pools, and more bars than you can shake a stick at!

In between the musical action, you'll be able to join in high-octane events like the Flip Cup Tournament (last year we had 32 teams, each with custom uniforms), Open Mic Night, and the now-infamous Rock Boat Confessional (last year's tape has been deemed illegal in 23 of the 50 states).




The Rock Boat IX general on sale has begun. There are less than 80 cabins remaining for sale! Available cabins start at $859* per person based on double occupancy.




Check out www. therockboat. com .. .. for a full artist line-up and booking details.




Hope to see you all there!
Over and OUT.




*excludes taxes and fees

Hey friends-

We've been in touch with myspace about 100+ people literally being wiped off the myspace over night. If you're one of them, rest assured we did not delete you and we're working on fixing the problem. In the meanwhile, please re-add yourself to the page and we'll get you back on the list in no time.

Thanks for your understanding!

Team DRH

Even though this is supposed to be the first newsletter of the new year, I am writing it as though it is the last newsletter of the old year. I'll level with you, I'm still cleaning up 2007 and the way I see it, you can't really say that 2007 is over until the trash people make the first pick up of 2008 anyway.
2008 is gonna start with a flurry of activity from the man with three names, so hold on tight because I'm like those storms in the midwest wrapped up in a Muhammad Ali press conference multiplied times Dennis Miller's monologue on cocaine (except you might actually understand more than one of my references unlike the Dennis Miller onslaught):
First, I'm off to the land down under to start work on a record with/for this uber talented guy, Guy Sebastian. I'll be producing and writing and engineering and programming and playing and making coffee. My new year's resolution is to better multi-task, so I'm going at it hard because I'm sure I'll fizzle out sometime in early March.

After Oz, its Rockboat Time.
January 19- 24.
A cruise ship. A bunch of bands. 5 days of music. Meet and Greet. Gambling Lite. Work on a buzz. Get Off Ship. Repeat. Actually, the "repeat" comes later. Don't read ahead, just remember I told you so
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Then, Starring in this month's "Guess Who's Coming To New York City?", it's none other than...................drum roll, please........DRH. Yup, i'll bring my one-man-solo-acoustic-all ages-extravaganza to the Highline Ballroom January 26th at 7:30pm. I'm sure NYC is gonna feel cold after sailing the Carribean, so bring your crew, I'll need body heat.

After that, its "D.R.H. vs S.O.B." on January 27th.
Not down with acronyms?
Not down with O.P.P.?
okay, i'll break it down......David Ryan Harris will bring said solo acoustic extravaganza to Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, Georgia on January 27th, 2008 (only this time, it isn't all ages)

Tired yet?
Good, because next we have "David Ryan Harris Eats Ham".
That's right, I'm gonna burn up I-20 West so I can (quiet) storm Birmingham, AL. (and I love switching from 1st to 3rd person like a real crazy person). January 30th. All Ages. Workplay Theater. Birmingham, AL. Be there. Don't Mess This Up. There hasn't been a DRH show in Birmingham since the September when we were still hating on Katrina.

Now repeat step 2, only this time its The MayerCraft Carrier and it only lasts for 4 days. Feb 1-4. I'll play a set with my band (including JJ Johnson, Michael Chaves and Sean Hurley) Plus, for bonus points, I'll play with John Mayer in his band like three times or something. (bonus points=job security). Tickets/Cabins are still available. (http://www.mayercraftcarrier.com)
Now I'm getting a little tired.

Its a good thing that the next step in my flurry of activities is back to the time tested "sit your tired ass in a chair and play solo acoustic guitar again" format, because Feb 4-10 will find me (full of dramamine) aboard Cayamo, A five day floating singer-songwriter-y type cruise thing-y. I'll be there with artists like Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, John Hiatt, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin and Brandi Carlile. I think I even get to keep my same cabin from the Mayercraft Carrier!
And guess what?
(what?)
Tickets/Cabins are available for this too! (http://www.cayamo.com)

After that......
I'll probably throw up.
alot.

What a way to start '08, huh?

see you soon.
DRH

"Give the people what they want",
that's what I always say.


I want you to help make the setlist for my two shows coming up.
I don't play alot of All Ages shows, so I want to be sure that when I do play one, I'm giving you something you can feel, like Aretha Franklin.



First we have:
December 18 at the ROXY Theater in Hollywood.
ALL AGES
with Chris Pierce and Destini Wolf.

Then
December 22 at Eddie's Attic in Atlanta/Decatur.
7:00 pm ALL AGES
9:30 pm 21 +

Get your setlists in early and buy your advance tix even earlier

Send your 10 song dream setlist to Team DRH at drhsetlist@mac.com

I came into this blog fully intending on writing my thoughts on the (chilly) evening down in charming Santa Monica at the Temple Bar-- but truly, does anyone else do it better than your friend and mine, Mr. Scotty Crowe? I didn't think so.

Repost from the Scotty Crowe blogosphere is below-- Oh, and for those who asked, he didn't throw down this as promised. Sorry to disappoint you. Take it up with him Monday at the Hotel Cafe.

-Tiff at davidryanharris dot com

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David Ryan Harris and BOOYAHWHATCHA-CHING (see below) hit the stage last night at Temple Bar in Santa Monica, CA -

For You*

All I Need (Everything's Not Lost)

Turn Around

Sweetest Berry**

Pretty Girl (The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, You Send Me, Natural Woman, Let's Get it One)

Used to This

Hold My Fire

Yesterday Shutting Down**

can he get an encore, do you want more?

If I Had A Dime

all songs performed by BOOYAHWHATCHA-CHING (DRH, Michael Chaves, Sean Hurley, JJ Johnson, and the new addition of Chris Lovejoy on percussion) except:

*DRH solo electric

**BOOYAHWHATDENCHA-CHING (add a dash of Bob Reynolds to make it extra tasty)

So, it's a Temple Bar sandwich on Hotel Cafe bread this month - our boys posted it up 11 blocks from the beach and pretty much tore the place down. With JJ and Bob still hanging out in LA, it was another crowded stage of all-stars. Chris Lovejoy jumped in the mix tonight, adding all kinds of things from his neverending bag of tricks (he's like Gallagher over there...except good). I'm not gonna lie, I feel like my toes were a little stepped on when he broke out the triangle in YESTERDAY SHUTTING DOWN, but I'll make it. Let's hear it for a sweet Summer 2001 reference!

Bob killed it on SWEETEST BERRY - best I've ever heard the tune. DRH did his thing in HOLD MY FIRE and YESTERDAY before the crowd brought the dudes back for the first IF I HAD A DIME of the month. Of the season, even.

All in all, a fantastic little night. I think we downsize to BOOYAH tomorrow night at Hotel Cafe, but you don't have to take my word for it.

-Scotty

POSTED BY SCOTTY CROWE AT 03:52 PM

November 5, 2007: For more info on the DRH Hotel Cafe experience, photos of dino shoes, and your daily grammar lesson, please read what our good friend Scotty has to say at www.johnmayer.com/blog/scotty.

For You*
Strong Enough*
All I Need (Everything's Not Lost)
Can We Get Down
Caribbean Queen tease >
Used to This
Turn Around
Pretty Girl (The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, No One, Sexual Healing,
Let's Get It On, I Want You To Want Me, Your Body is a Wonderland)
--
Don't Look Down*

*solo
all other songs with Michael Chaves and Sean Hurley

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Nov. 12, 2007: Check out Scotty's blog (link above) later this evening for more details on everything that went down at the HC last night! Thanks to everyone who came to support!

All I need
Hold my fire
Sweetest berry
Yesterday shutting down
Sittin on top of the world
Pretty girl
For you