indeed folks be prepared… a stunning album is on the way from the Black Sand Diva her self, Catherine Tunks. i was invited to record gat yesterday on some of her tracks at hill street studios, a superb new studio with Wazz running the sound side of things. the album, mostly self penned Tunks songs, will be a wicked blend of jazz through to celtic & folk.. the session was a treat with jason orm on drums, dave “ghetto booty” hodkinson on pedulla, joel vinsen & i on gats with Cat singin… wot a voice! wot songs! wot a great bunch of musos! look out for it in the new year or sooner..
121 on thursday was a fine affair as always.. a nice ol jam with bluekeys always has us saying we must do a double billing one of these days… one of theses days… friday saw a cool gig with earthworx and pacific curls at kaos in Tuakau.. wow! having heard stax about the curls it was great to finally see them play and the earthworx as always layed down a great set of groovalicious songs, lookin forward to recording them in a few weeks time..
saturday nite was a cool little gig with local crew Flow and a couple of the Fuser lads at Harvest. Flow have been in at Beaver studio and have some extremely wicked tracks soon to be released..
this coming week sees the blues band at the bollix on saturday night. if you’re out & about swing by, would love to see ya!

til next time

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so saturday august 23rd saw the blues band (currently nameless) playing our second gig… this one was at bar 159 in henderson and we recorded the night too so samples will be up on the site soon… sounding good and the crowd there luvved it!! am loving playing electric guitar again after a four year break from it when i’ve been doing almost totally acoustic stuff..
acoustic edge down at harvest bar on thursday was one of the finest nights to date, of course there have been many stand out nights over the last year or so… te rina, stu strawbridge, wiremu & gat man, then emma walters with my buddy warren mendonsa… far out!! all who were there would testify it was a superb line up of talented cats…
then after an almost entirely forgettable gig at the fiddler on friday night i hedded off on my big red launch (subritsky ferry) to waiheke island on saturday to record ‘3 legged horse’ (a wicked waiheke based band) at a mud brick home leant by a friend… wow!!! they cats laid down some sublime tracks over two days for an album to be released sometime soon-ish… the mad playing of guest cellist emily, the drumming of magic miles and a cupla gat trax from yours truly mixed in with the horses stunning song-writing, instrumentation, singing & production will no-doubt result in an album that turns heads up side down… superbulous!!

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THE BAND

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The band is (L-R) Dave – guitars, vocals and percussion, Alex Griffith – bass & percussion, Rod ?Redgrave – drums, Jono Lonie and/or Dave Khan – fiddles, mandolins, vocals etc. The band plays songs off 2002 album “sowing the wild notes” and newer (yet to be released) songs.

(click tabs below to hear live recordings)

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SANDERS ALLEY –

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Dave joins up with Jon Sanders in this duo. The pair play a variation of their originals as well as songs and tunes from various influences from around the world. Dave plays guitars, stomp box, percussion and sings with Jon who plays bouzouki, guitars, ukulele, bass guitar and harmonium!

(click on tabs below to hear live recordings)

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Sanders Alley also recorded a couple of videos while in Dublin in 2009 with Myles and the crew at Arbutus Yarns.. click on the link below for a perusal at these vids…

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THE TWO DAVES –

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Dave Khan and Dave Alley are The Two Daves. ?Playing a wide variety of music but mostly of a?bluesy, bluegrass, folksy nature. Both Daves sing. Khan plays?guitar, violin and mandolin mostly while Alley plays?slide guitar, standard guitars, harmonica and stomp box.

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THE THREE MULLETEERS

(the same line up as Dave Alley Band) 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 and it’s been rumoured that they actually play some really good music once in a while.. the band covers artists from James Brown to Talking Heads to Johnny Cash and Neil Young but in a unique and subtle yet flamboyant manner…

(click the tabs below for recordings of the mulleteers playing live)

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with German maestro Toni Geiling. The trio play an amazing array of music with influences from the Isles, the East, Europe and The Pacific. With all three being superb songwriters in their own right the combination picks and chooses from a plethora of great songs and tunes to play at any given show..

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SANDERS ALLEY KHAN –

_mg_5460abrings the immense talents of Dave Khan to the fore.. Khan plays violin, mandolin, piano accordian and sings. With this line up, Khans influence leads the music towards the Americas a little more although a little of the celtic and gypsy flavour can still be heard..

FACEBOOK SANDERS ALLEY KHAN

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SOLO – solowith ye old faithful stomp box, harmonica and trusty Matons. Meandering like a spaceship through a large collection of originals and the odd more recognisable tune from the realms of the airwaves..

THE DAY VALLEY EXPERIMENT – known by many as a folksy/roots singer songwriter, the blues band is a suprise to some. Delving into early influences and roots, drawing from the likes of Cream, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, early ZZ Top, Duanne Allman and Santana, Daves blues band is a must see for electric blues enthusiasts.dave-blues

it’s been wet, cold, windy & down right winter-ish of late, funny that, being winter & all. it’s been a time of relative hibernation when even the website went under ground for a few months but now it’s back & with a bittuva face lift as well thanks to me old computer wizz buddy…
the “Acoustic Edge Awards Evening” last week has been the most recent high light with Read more