An Interview with Mr Charlie Frazier, Lead Vocalist and Harp Player of Blues for Breakfast

One of the top classic blues bands in the northeastern United States has been chugging and chooglin' since 1991 and sounds better than ever in 2007. The name of this band is also the name of a popular Burlington, Vermont area radio show, which broadcasts on Sunday mornings on WIZN 106.7 FM. Blues For Breakfast (the band) is a boogying,five-piece outfit from the Champlain Valley area of Vermont. Blues For Breakfast (the radio show) is hosted by the lead vocalist and harp player for Blues For Breakfast, the band.

Started by disc jockey Mr Charlie Frazier in 1991,Blues For Breakfast has built a reputation of being one of the most diverse and entertaining live blues acts on the East Coast of the United States. With a repertoire of over two hundred songs,including a large number of Grateful Dead tunes,this band is dynamically versatile and incredibly tight,or in-sync with each other,musically.Known in Vermont as the "House band of the Champlain Valley",Blues For Breakfast has headlined concerts for Burlington,Vermont's First Night celebration,played for the Plattsburgh Mayor's Cup and regularly packs clubs across northern Vermont,New York and New Hampshire.Blues For Breakfast's first CD release "Fries And Gravy" quickly sold-out its first pressing and the disc is now considered a "classic" in the Vermont area.The band has also donated tracks to several blues compilation CD's,to benefit children at Camp Ta-Kum-Ta,a camp for child cancer patients in Colchester,Vermont.