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Showing posts with label Gashouse Dave. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gashouse Dave. Show all posts

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Gashouse Dave

David Randall Shorey – a.k.a. Gashouse Dave – was born in Concord, Massachusetts and played in bands throughout New England, opening for major acts like the Young Rascals, The Animals, The Youngbloods, Jimmy Smith, Starship, Fleetwood Mac and The Doobie Brothers. After a while he packed up the truck and moved to Lake Tahoe and then Mill Valley, where he eventually played bass and guitar with the late Mike Bloomfield for about 4 years, doing tours and recordings on the Takoma, Chrysalis and TK labels. He has also played guitar with a lot of artists, including The Judds, Big Joe Turner, Stevie Wonder, Elvin Bishop and Nick Gravenites, among others. Gashouse Dave is a bluesman at heart, with a natural lived-in voice that no teenage sensation can approximate. While the music is rooted in the Blues, the lyrics and indeed, the entire vocal attitude are steeped in the literary influences of writers such as Jack Kerouac, Raymond Chandler, William Carlos Williams and many others. His love of music is matched by his passion for the written word. In fact, he holds a degree in literature, after studying in London and Paris, and even did a few stints teaching English. "I feel like I found friends in books. Early in the game I identified with American writers like Jack London, William Saroyan, John Steinbeck, but drew the line at Hemmingway. I found that I was getting more specific in my quest. I found Bukowski, Raymond Chandler, James Ellroy and Elmore Leonard. The Universe was getting smaller for me. Dee Brown, John C. Neihardt, Robert Anton Wilson, Edgar Cayce, Aleister Crowley, Jules Verne and James Baldwin. I was looking for something in the Brotherhood. In addition to electric guitar, Dave also plays most of the keyboards, utilizes the dobro as a thematic element and doesn’t hesitate to use what the modern technology can offer. In fact, this californian blues poet mixes the roots of the blues whith what could be its futures.  

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Monday, November 12, 2012

Leavin' the Plantation - Gashouse Dave

David Randall Shorey 1947 - 2009 Antiquarian projectual/ backwards Slipping. fretless. Intrinsics, a lively ticket-taker, over-the-phone-punch it in, orderform and the dreams don't come. Not like the way they used to. Driveway cardboard. They don't arrive altogether. The treads of incomplete sentences. This thing is bigger than me now. I can tell the difference between good and bad writing (finally)> laughs. A short fall from insomnia and blessed chemical, return to the ozone. My perpetration. get offa my chip. Hit me band. Fellas. What it is. HEY. In the moment of now, like ECKART TOLLE, Lady oprah's dog, and I am down with it? Gimme three. horns. Kiss myself. The antiquity of the thing? Simple. ALL new Violet. The old, replaced en masse. It's broasted. Shane said something about it. Knowing when you're done. or sometimes the decision is made for you. -- Dave's Last MySpace Blog - Wednesday, January 07, 2009 If you support live Blues acts, up and coming Blues talents and want to learn more about Blues news and Fathers of the Blues, ”LIKE” ---Bman’s Blues Report--- Facebook Page! I’m looking for great talent and trying to grow the audience for your favorites band!