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Dave Bartholomew is the multi-talented figure behind a majority of classic New Orleans R&B of the ’50s and the self-proclaimed inventor of the “Big Beat” Bartholomew has over 4000 songs in his enormous catalog and is responsible for arranging and producing timeless records by Shirley & Lee, Lloyd Price, Smiley Lewis, and especially Fats Domino
Starting out in a youth band associated with a St Louis church, Dave Evans’ involvement with Christian music led to the band Jordan’s Creed, which took the step of releasing the album entitled Steps in 2001
This musician would be the obvious choice if a granite-solid rhythm section was desired in a combo made up entirely of musicians named Dave Evans Sometimes confused with the original singer for AC/DC or a bluegrass banjoist, this Dave Evans is neither
This Texas fiddler got his first instrument for his tenth birthday, and he immediately began studying both classical technique and folk styles, participating in weekend fiddle contests, at first as a gawking spectator and later as a player causing the spectators to gawk
Music journalist and historian Dave Godin was the heart and soul of Britain’s enduring Northern soul collector’s culture Not only did he inadvertently give a genre, scene, and community their name, but he compiled a series of tasteful, illuminating records and CDs that lent enormous meaning and historical meaning to music that might have otherwise slipped through the cracks
Australian slide guitarist Dave Hole is noted for his energetic, high-volume rock & roll/blues music and unusual playing style Though left-handed, Hole plays guitar right-handed and developed a technique to compensate for a finger injury in which he places his fingers over the top of the neck
Onetime R&B session vocalist Dave Hollister first appeared on the soundtrack of Boyz N the Hood, but got his big break as an original member of Teddy Riley’s Blackstreet, performing on their 1994 debut album
Organist Dave Lewis was a local legend in the Pacific Northwest who also had a taste of success on the national level Starting with a small group called The Dave Lewis Combo in the 1950s, Lewis switched to a Hammond organ in 1960 and made a name for himself playing sock hops, dances and nightclubs in early 1960s Seattle
For Dave Marshall music was only a hobby until a friend who attended graduate school with him, Howie Fritz, a blues singer / songwriter from North Jersey, convinced him to come up on stage one night
Dave Matthews was the rhythm guitarist in the Jimmy Johnson band the night that blues bandleader took a musical drive down what would become the 1978 Tobacco Road album He is not the same Dave Matthews of jam band and/or CTI jazz fame