All righty, internets – it’s time to have us a good, old-fashioned Dave Barnes giveaway.
Though I cannot actually give away Dave Barnes.
Because his wife would probably be a little upset with me. Not to mention that you would have a terribly difficult time explaining to your families why a grown man you have never in fact met is coming to live with you.
So the CD, I’m afraid, will have to do.
And the CD will actually do JUST FINE, THANK YOU MA’AM, because it is in fact delightful.
Here’s what you need to do if you’d like to win:
1. Click here to go to Dave Barnes’ website. If you’re on dial-up, go here instead. Because it will load a little faster. And you’ll be less likely to scream things like, “DADBLAMEIT, BOOMAMA WOMAN, DON’T YOU KNOW I’M ON DIAL-UP?!?!?!”
And the giveaway will be so much happier if there’s no screaming.
2. Listen to the song samples. Amazon’s song samples are super short (and, truth be told, somewhat random), so you’ll get a better idea of the Dave Barnes FLAVA (and I often use the word FLAVA in casual conversation, by the way – I think it suits me) if you listen to the songs on his website.
3. Come back here and tell me your favorite song in the comments. And if you already know your favorite song, then please click over to Dave Barnes’ website anyway, OH JUST HUMOR ME.
I’ll leave the giveaway open until Monday, March 24th – at which point I’ll use random.org to pick TEN LUCKY WINNERS!
(sidenote: I don’t really believe in luck, but it seemed somewhat odd to say TEN PROVIDENTIAL WINNERS, so we’ll just go with “lucky,” m’kay?)
Enjoy the Dave Barnes, my friends!
This giveaway is now closed.
Ooo, ooo, pick me! I really like the sound of “Until You” and I love to explore new music….. please!!!
Favorite song is Jackson but it’s so hard to pick just one favorite. LOVE love LOVE his music!
I really like “Everybody But You”… It’s reminescent of how my husband felt about me (before we were dating of course!!)
Thanks for hosting the giveaway BooMama!! Also, I think you should check out Jason Gray’s music if you haven’t heard of him… He seems like someone you would like!!!
I like them all but maybe “What Am I Gonna Do” best.
Hi! I’m a newbie who came along during y’alls wonderful trip to Uganda. I’m loving the groove of “What Am I Gonna Do”. This is the first time I’ve listened to Dave Barnes, but it definitely won’t be the last! Thanks for sharing!
I like What am I gonna do! I am so glad you posted this – I LOVE DAVE BARNES :)
I’m all about Until You. And I gotta say, he is such a cutie patootie.
I love “Until You”!!! I know it is good music when my kids start dancing right away! Please pick me!!!!!
“What Am I Gonna Do” is not only a great song, but an apt title to describe my decisiveness.
That “Until You” song is a nice listen.
I just might have to get “Chasing Mississippi”
I liked “Carry Me Through”. Sounds like a good CD!
Julie
3cookieday[at]gmail[dot]com
I love “Everybody But You”!! This music is great!
I liked them all, but my favorite is “Until You” (so far). But…I might need a free CD to really analyze all of the songs properly and then I could get back to you with a more informed opinion. Could you help me out with that? Pretty please?!
I liked “Until You” and so did my children.
I love “Until You.” Never listed to Dave Barnes before, but now I will! Thanks!
Easy — Everybody But You.
“What Am I Gonna Do”
And I hope I’m one of the providential winners. :)
Crazyboutya
I had never heard of Dave Barnes before. Thanks. The Until you sound sounded pretty good too.
Shelia
Oooh, BooMama I love Until You and Everybody but You.
Thanks for sharing more great Christian music! :- )
Delurking for “Everybody But You”
Thanks for doing this. My favorite so far is “Carry Me Through”.
I love ‘Until You’!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
mnatherson(at)comcast(dot)net
Everybody But You was my favorite.
Thanks for the giveaway!
BTW, my ten year old son said “Oh My Lands” the other day and I cracked up laughing and thought of you! I’m not too sure where he got it, but it was funny.
I love “Until You”. I like the mushy sound. I guess I’m in need of mushy music right now. I think Dave Barnes is up there with Jack Johnson. Thanks for the give away. I hope I win.
I don’t think I could pick a favorite yet, but I really like “What Am I Gonna Do.” Of course, it isn’t on this cd, so I’d have to say “Carry Me Through” from this one!
“Everybody but You”
What Am I Gonna Do – oh yes, that’s my favorite. Or maybe Until You. Never had heard of him before, but will definitely look for something else by him now. Gonna wait first, to see if I win one from you. Then I’ll get one of the other CDs and then share them with all my friends and co-workers. Thanks!
dmj53(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like What Am I Gonna Do. I hadn’t heard of Dave Barnes before, but I like him!! Very nice!! Even if I don’t win, thanks for opening my ears to him!
I kept reading about him all over blog land…and from that first chord of “Until you” I was hooked!
I’ve been visiting your blog since your Uganda trip. Thanks for your humor and deep thoughts and cute southern sayings!
Hope I win a new CD!
Have an awesome wednesday…A new CD works for me!
(get it?)
I like “what am I gonna do”. I’ve not heard his music before, but I like it. Now of course- thanks to BooMama- if I don’t win, I’ll have to download it!
What am I gonna do
The rest are quite good, too. Hard choice.
I really liked the snippet of “On A Night Like This”.
WOW – loving Dave Barnes! My favorite is Jackson – being that I am a Mississippi girl myself and my dear daughter was born in Jackson, it had to be my favorite. I can just picture listening to this cd on the porch at our beachfront rental this summer, at sunset, while grilling a steak and listening to the seagulls and waves break. We typically listen to JT (James Taylor) but Dave could replace him — oh, that I am one of the PROVIDENTAL TEN!
I ♥ “carry me through.”
“What Am I Gonna Do” if I don’t providientally win this…I might be forced to go buy it (gasp),
I hope Providence smiles on me, cuz from the snippets I think I could really dig this guy. My fave was “On a Night Like This.” Thanks!
I’m picking What am I Gonna Do! Such fun!!
gotta be JACKSON
10,000 children.
My first favorites are the Balumtine’th Day songs. But my real favorite is Grace’s Amazing Hands!
Um, hellloooooooooo? NEVER have heard this guy before but he reminds me of John Mayer – who IS MY FAVE – especially “What Am I Gonna’ Do” and “Jackson”. So, “What Am I Gonna’ DO” if I don’t win a free CD??? Buy the dang thing for myself – that’s what I’m gonna’ do. Are YOU gonna’ make me wait that long?
Soliloquy
http://www.truthinsoliloquy.wordpress.com
p.s. My 9-year-old just said – “THAT sounds like John Mayer! That IS John Mayer!” Yes, my 9-year-old has John Mayer on his iPod. He’s got great taste!!
Boy, you sure can pick ’em. You get all of the best music here. I really loved “Until You.”
Now, um, BooMama? I have a confession to make. I NEVER like the music other people want me to like. So all this time you’ve been talking about Dave Barnes? I’ve had my fingers in my ears and I’ve been humming while ignoring you. But tonight I decided to go ahead and prove to myself, once again, that my musical tastes are weird. And you know what? Dave Barnes had me at “Until You.” Seriously — I went straight to iTunes to buy the album. (Whadda ya mean I have to wait until 4/1?!?! I can’t WAIT THAT LONG!) I will be buying this album for at least three of my favorite people, and I’ll be making a roadtrip from Houston to Austin to see him at Stubbs. I like him that much. Maybe more.
Boomama – Thanks for introducing us to Dave. I had never heard of him before now. Great voice. It’s a touch call on my favorite song, but I keep listening to “Jackson” over and over, so I guess thats gotta be it.
Pick me! Pick me!
must. have. me. some. dave. barnes.
until you.
Hey there! I had to go look, since I love Monk & Neagle so much (THANKYOU!). I liked Everybody But You, followed closely by What am I Gonna Do. It’d be great to hear the full versions for free. Thanks for the chance!
What Am I Gonna Do is the fave here. I hope to have several faves soon when oh so not dependable random thingie gives up and picks me once and for all.
Wow, I want this, he’s WONDERFUL. Just ONE favorite song? Huh? Hum…
Well, since I think I’m falling in love with a guy friend of mine, and listening to “until you” and had tears in my eyes, I guess I’ll go with that.
I think it’s a good relationship, and I need one, since all the rest were all wrong in so many ways, so this song is so right for me. Cause “until him” I swore I was through.
Infact there’s a post somewhere on my blog, from a few months ago, where I said I was done in the romance department.
God sometimes suprises us when we least expect it…and this guy, he’s been in my life since I was two, I’d just never thought of him that way.
Geez I am not sure I can pick one…his voice=AMAZING!
but I am gonna say…
What am I Gonna Do
Woah! Love two songs……. “what am I gonna do” and “jackson”… way cool guy! :) Thanks Boo!
Oooh, I would love this! My favorite was “until you” but I also liked “jackson”. Really its all good, but you asked….
Jackson.
But I have to be honest and say my favorite song of his is Nothing Fancy.
Dave Barnes is the bomb diggity.
I have all of his albums so far…even the unreleased “Three then Four.”
But I DO NOT have this one.
Jackson. It reeled me right in.
And might I add to all of you that both of his previous albums are well worth their cost.
I prefer Brother. Bring the Sun over Chasing Mississippi. But that is just me.
Just buy all of his stuff. It is awesome.
I really like “Until You”. Hope, I am one of the ten.
“Until You.”
Thanks for having the give-away!
I like “Until You” the most! But “Jackson” is pretty rockin!
Love it…I will buy it, even if I don’t win it!!! But his leg moving every now and then on his website kind of wigged me out!!
Favorite song: Everybody But You
I liked Until You!!!! Very nice voice.
Love Jackson!!!
My favorite is the song “Until You.” Great sound!
“What Am I Gonna Do” Love it; it sounds so bluesy.
Obviously, I didn’t proofread my name before I hit submit…
Thanks for the fantastic giveaway contest! I love it. My favorite song is “Until You!” Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it…..Thanks,Cindi
“What Am I Gonna Do” was great!
I think Everybody But You, but maybe Until You. Defitinely something with “you” in the title.
I’m liking “Until You”. A lot!
Definitely Until You!!! How I love his music!
OOh1 I think that Jackson is my fave!
I like “Until You” best on my first listen!
I like “Until you” and it’s funny cuz my nano was just asking for new music the other day!
Until you!
Until you is my favorite, but I like them all! I like his voice in Jackson a lot. Great giveaway! Thanks BooMama!
Jackson is the one that stuck out to me right away…but I think I would like all of them (I’m very much a have to listen to the CD 3 or 4 times kind of girl before I really LOVE anything). Hope I get the chance with this one! :)
What Am I Gonna Do? *Crossing my fingers for ummm, providentialness.*
I love them all, but really like Until You. I would be tickled to win this. And he is really not-ugly, that guy. THANKS!
haven’t done the cd thing but can you believe Idol tonight? wow! wrong choice.
julie
Hard to pick a fave but I loved the bluesy feel of Jackson :D xoxo melzie
I love “on a Night like This” – I’m a sucker for a romantic ballad. Thanks for the fun give-away, and a fun read every day!
I like the sound a lot! I would say Until You right now, but it could change…!!
his website is so cool. i love the way he’s sitting there swinging his foot.
ok i liked them all but this one the best: until you. great cd. i hope i win.
I like “What Am I gonna Do”! They all sound good, hard to pick. Jackson sounds cool.
My daughter went to hear him in Birmingham, loves him!
Of the songs playing on his website? Jackson. Of all songs? On A Night Like This. Ahhhhh, beautiful!
everybody but you! Thanks for bringing a new artist to my ears!
I really like “Jackson” a lot. I wonder if it’s about THE Jackson, where I live? I think he was married here. Hmm!
“Until You.” Thanks for another giveaway!
Love them all. . . he has a nice voice! Until You would be my favorite if I had to pick one!
I know that you never steer wrong when it comes to music, (Monk & Neagle, anyone?) so I know that I will love this CD, too. I listened and really liked “Jackson”. Thanks for hosting this great giveaway!
“What am I Gonna Do?”
Well, I’m gonna praise the LORD!
Praying for you, Sister :)
I cannot pick ONE! They are all magical.
I loved “Everybody But You” … but they all sounded wonderful! Thank you for doing this. It’s the next best thing to having him in person, I suppose.
Mmmmm – that was some good listinin’ – thanks for the heads up! “Until You” was my favorite!
Tonight I loved the bluesy feel of Jackson, probably because we just returned from New Awlins on Sunday.
I really like “Until You”. Thanks for letting us know about this guy!
I’ll second the many that said, “Until You”…. and I’ll let you in on a secret too….
I’ve got a way with Providence!!! :)
Thanks for the opportunity BooMama… and Dave Barnes.
If it weren’t for CD giveaways, I would never a) be introduced to new music and/or b) receive new music to put into my horribly old music collection.
:-)
So thanks for the first part – the introduction. I did love the “Until You” track.
And now for part b. Which, I guess is up to the Heavenly Giver of Good Music.
His will be done…
:-D
Haven’t heard him before but I will definitely buy the CD and/or download the songs…if I don’t win one!
I really liked “Until You.”
Until you is great. I have never listened to his music before!
“Until You.”
I have loved Dave for awhile now. He is good ‘driving somewhere long alone” music. And he’s so clean everyone can listen and not feel like you have to have mad reflexes and hit the volume button before something not okay blares through your speakers.
Thanks, BooMama!
I LOVE DAVE BARNES! I watched his videos on youtube and was cracking up!! My all-time favorite is “On a Night Like This” -both versions. What a fantastic giveaway – thank you so much!!!