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Howard giddy but wistful about leaving Hi-Rollers for Roomful of Blues

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A couple months ago, Dave Howard made sure his old friend Chris Vachon got a copy of his new CD, "I Tried to Tell You," in which the longtime blues belter takes a rootsier, even country approach to his music.

"I suppose now, if I ask you to join our band, you'll tell me where to go," Vachon, the guitarist in Roomful of Blues, said joking with his buddy.

Neither one knew that a couple weeks later, Roomful's vocalist, Mark DuFresne, would submit his notice, eager to leave for a solo career.

Don't look now, but Vachon made the call, and Howard has decided to join Roomful of Blues starting in October. Which means that tomorrow night's gig at The Holy Ground in Quincy is one of his ...

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