J. Harry on WENG Radio
Current mood: happy
Category: Music

On May 31, 2008 J. Harry Blacke will appear on WENG Radio in Englewood, Florida.

He will perform live cuts from his Cds, as well as, cuts from the CDs being aired.

There will be a biographical interview as well. The program will be from 10:00am till 11:00am and will be simal cast on their FM station as well as the web on 1530weng.com

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Selling out....or selling life
Current mood: aggravated
Category: Music

 I don't know, maybe it's just me. It doesn't seem too fashionable these days to write lyrics that teach a better value for life, for love....

Maybe I will get that "Major Label" deal and distribution if I put some pins in my face, spike my hair, call my mother a tramp, sing of slashing grandma's throat, degrading woman, glorifying drugs, and preach of killing cops while bradishing my baby 9 on the cover of my CD.......I don't know.

I think I am an alien, or maybe born in the wrong generation. If that's what I have to produce for those know it all's to take my music seriously, well No thank you very much. I just can't see this generation in their 70's rocking in their chair holding hands remembering those wonderful uplifting diddies by Snoop Doggie Dog, Eminem, Notorius...you name em.....Oh Honey, they're playing our song...."Back Dat Ass Up"......Remember?, that was our first beat down wid da crew......little Billie was just a crack baby! Ahhhh, memories.  I tend to believe they will look back and say...."Maybe we should have been a bit more conservative....maybe Billie would still be alive!"

Don't ask "How did this happen?" "Where did they learn all this promiscuity and disregard for life, disrespect for authority, and all the other social ills you are so shocked over.......

Here's a secret........sssssssssshhhhhhhh, listen to the music your kids are listening to. Look at their role models, They are teaching your children....I know, I know, "it's just music, I just like it for the beat.....I don't even really listen to the words". That's how they get you.....you may not hear the words, but your subconcious does; and it absorbs like a sponge.... I know, I know, FREEDOM OF SPEECH!......sssssssshhhhhhhhhh, another secret....NOT FREEDOM FROM MORAL OBLIGATION, FROM RESPONSIBILTY!

One of the greatest gifts your art can give mankind is an uplifting lesson.......

Don't wonder why it's happening. WE ARE LETTING IT HAPPEN!

I refuse to contribute. So keep rejecting me.......I reject you.

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My Michigan Love
Current mood: grateful
Category: Music

Life tends to amaze me as well as confuse me.

So many things I wish I could change and so many I would never change.

I often wonder why my life has taken the turns it has.

One thing I would never change...my children. I would suffer all the pain and hurt I did in my life if that was the only way I could have had them in my life.

One thing I wish I COULD change?

I wish I could have met my Michigan Love so much sooner in my life.

No woman I have ever known has ever loved me so deeply and selflessly than her. Genuinely, without thought for herself. That kind of love I have NEVER experienced.

She loves me the way I always believed love was supposed to be like. The way I have written about. She loves me the way I hope she knows I love her.

I look in the eyes of her picture at 18 and the young man inside me says, "There you are! I searched 32 years for you. If I knew I would find you in Michigan, I would have walked evey step of the way in my bare feet in the winter!"

I look in her eyes today, and I still see that girl. It's like waking up from a bad dream and finding that it was just a bad dream, and everything is as it should be. Set in order according to God's plan. We get in his way, we make mistakes and do things that make it harder for Him to bring us where we are supposed to be, but for some of us fortunate ones, He manages to take us the long way around to where we were supposed to be originally.

If the only way I could find my Michigan Love was to suffer all the hurt and heart break I have,

Then every painful moment was a small price to pay for the richness of  her love for me!

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Who is J. Harry Blacke?
Category: Music

J.Harry Blacke is a BMI associated composer/performer with a catalog of more than 200 songs.

A songsmith is a rare find these days and J. Harry Blacke is truly a songsmith for our times. As the writer for most of The Rogues original material, his style paints a picture with words and music that bring life to the message in each song.

In a style all his own J. Harry Blacke captures the heart of his listeners who often find themselves relating to his songs in a personal way.

From Country, to Blues, Swing to Pop, he has written in virtually every style, refusing to be pigeonholed!

In his own words.....: "I don't try to write. I just write what I feel at the time."

It's been a long time since I've met a writer these days that can boast a catalog of music the size of this guy!

Jason Avery....Music Review

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