Bands etc..
THE DAVE ALLEY BAND - playing music from the up coming album ‘on we play’ and ’sowing the wild notes’ released in 2002, this band features jono, alex & rod… sometimes we get main album drummer, gordy, in on drums leaving rod & al to switch between bass & percussion… sometime in the future (hopefully for the ‘on we play’ album launch) we will do some rather large band shows with mark steven - keys, warren mendonsa - electric guitar, cat & leeanne on bv’s etc etc etc (click tabs below for album ‘on we play’ samples)
SANDERS ALLEY - Jon Sanders and Dave Alley are pair of musicians on the leading edge of all that is true and great about the world of music today.
Having both travelled extensively picking up influences and musical styles along the way the duo combine their knowledge of music and their unquestionable talents and chemistry to put on a show that is truly a superb musical journey.
Over the course of a show Sanders Alley voyage from Eastern Europe, to the Middle East over to Spain on to the UK & Ireland, across to the Americas and onto the Pacific…
The driving rhythm and melodic mastery of Jons reknowned Bouzouki, Guitar and Ukulele playing is a show on its own as is Dave’s highly expressive blues inflected guitaring, explosive percussion work and soulful vocal lines. Brought together the combination soars, ducks and dives through self-penned works such as Jon’s ‘Pure Afghan’ and Dave’s ‘Dingle Day’ or equally they may cover works by other artists reworking such classics as Johnny Cash’s ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ or Bob Marley’s ‘Could You Be Loved’
This is an act that will alter any preconception you may have of what two musicians can create with their acoustic instruments of choice and they will leave you humming for days afterwards…
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THE TOO DAVES - having first met playing a one off wedding gig as ring-ins for a band in January 2007, Dave & Dave caught up again nearly a year later at a reknowned Cafe 121 thursday night session in Ponsonby, Auckland… ensuing jams and general malarchy of a musical nature led to a rapid-yet-sedimentary-like formation of the duo `the too daves´ also known as `the two daves´ or `jasmine and betty´… Khan is the consumate musician playing violin, mandolin, guitar, singing and rumour has it he wields a banjo at times… this is only speculation and is yet to be confirmed or otherwise… Alley also dabbles in many instruments from the stringed ranged and those of a percussive nature such as the middle eastern darbuka & celtic bodhran as well as being an harmonica playing singer-songwriter with a steadily growing repertoire of thoughtfully penned 2 minute pop songs…
Khans background of jazz, celtic and all shades of American folk including an amazing blues repetoire combined with Alleys plethora of influences and original works makes for an unparalleled combination which is of course, not too be missed; forthwith and forever more to be known herein by the acronym (because all things these days must have an acronym if they´re to be really taken seriously) NTBM!
THE THREE MULLETEERS - is an eclectic covers-ish band which is renowned for playing fifteen minute versions of two chord songs, mental soloing from any one of the four of us and it’s been rumoured that we actually play some really good music once in a while.. (click the tabs below for sound samples of the mulleteers playing live)
THE BLUES BAND - features alexander, roderick and warren with yours truly, playing blues (you don’t say?). this is the only line up where i gets to play electric guitar… waz & i have a ball playing gratuitously long guitar solos whilst alex and rod try to stop us… (click the tab below for a sound sample of the blues band playing live)
OTHER DUOS - other duos include the tried, true & trusted duo that i do with Jono Lonie from the mulleteers.. in the past i’ve also played duo gigs with Rod and Alex. also on the duo front there’s a regular-ish one i do with Waiheke based Aron Carpenter. this duo is a hoot & we usually play Charlie farleys and various events out on Waiheke island… also my old buddy Ian Simpson & i do the occasional show..
