When Comedy Meats Barbecue|Dave Williamson (America, Meat Dave Comedy + BBQ Tour)|DH092 - a podcast by Shawn Walchef

America, Meat Dave!
Dave Williamson is a man of many titles.Both a pitmaster and a podcaster, the personality known for his eclectic Meat Dave podcast is well seasoned when it comes to taking the heat and getting grilled.
That is because our Digital Hospitality podcast guest Dave Williamson is also a traveling standup comedian.Dave Williamson is performing comedy at BBQ restaurants across the US — including here at Cali BBQ in Spring Valley — for his 2021 America, Meat Dave Comedy + BBQ Tour (Sponsored by Bear Mountain BBQ Woods).

https://youtu.be/Bu4vqep_5UgThe comedy performances will be a traditional stand-up show followed by an audience Q&A with pitmaster and podcaster Dave Williamson and the host from that venue. You'll also be able to chow down on some great barbecue.

https://youtu.be/UXV1dLkojiAComedy and Barbecue:
“I loved making people laugh and making them happy,” reflects Dave Williamson on the Digital Hospitality podcast about his natural pathway to stand up comedy. Follow him on social media for updates @davewcomedyThe man of many hats and interests found his passion for performing during his days working as a salesman.


“I have very positive comedy. It's usually highlighting the absurdity of being a parent, but not bitching about being a parent and that was totally unintentional. It's just my point of view in life in general.”

Dave’s good attitude and diverse interests have taken him around the country, sampling the best barbecue the world has to offer while entertaining audiences through his one-man storytelling on stage and his podcast conversations in between.Those conversations on his podcast have ranged from chefs that count Oprah and Barack Obama as clients to the hip-hop pioneers with a passion for the pit. The latter proves Warren G, an OG in the rap game who loves to grill.


“I'm a big fan,” Dave notes on his podcast guest Warren G. So, when I found out he was a big barbecue head, I was like, ‘Oh, me and Warren are going to be best friends!’”

As a comedian, Dave knows all good jokes contain truth. As a podcaster, he knows getting good guests is a balanced recipe of persistence mixed with a touch digital hospitality.“I sent out some media requests and I couldn't contact anyone to make it happen,” recalls Dave on his quest to book the G-Funk legend. “I even called in favors to some industry people and couldn't make it happen. Then I saw him posting on his social media that he was going to have a contest during the pandemic, a barbecue cookoff. So, 'If I can't get him to come to me, I'll go to him.’”
Taking matters into his own hands by keeping up with Warren G on social, Dave entered the LBC rapper’s BBQ contest and as expected they hit it off.By putting himself in the game and using the social pathways digital media allows, Dave surpassed the PR contacts that weren’t helping and was soon cooking Pork Grenades with the “Regulators” rapper just like that.
The cooking competition not only introduced Dave and Warren G, it provided the platform for great Instagram content as well as an amazing podcast conversation. For a go-getter like Dave, the free-flowing medium that is podcasting proves great for his varied interests and on-stage improv skills.“Before podcasting, most mediums, even the closest iteration, which is radio shows, were very formal,” Dave notes. “There's a format, you try to stay within it and there are constraints like time. But with podcasting, you could take so many liberties and the only necessity is that people will enjoy listening to it.”
 The Meat Dave Podcast:
On the Meat Dave Podcast, conversation surrounding barbecue is always on the table.However, it’s not required to be the main course."I didn't want to be pigeonholed into it just being pit masters or just being barbecue,” states Dave. “I've had a lot of comedians on and we just talk about what kind of meals they had growing up.

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