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DAVID
GANS BREAKS NEW GROUND AS ONE-MAN JAM BAND ON FALL �SOLO ELECTRIC�
TOUR
"I
was impressed by the sound-worlds David created with loops and pedals.
He's not just a one-man band, he's the future of
singer-songwriting. Many sections of the show were some of the most
exciting stuff emanating from one guy with a guitar that I've ever
seen.�
--
Steve Silberman, coauthor of Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for Deadheads
and a contributing editor
of Wired Magazine.
OAKLAND,
CA -- He�s been called the bastard child of Bing Crosby and Iris
DeMent by some, and the bastard child of Hank Williams, Jackson Browne
and Robert Fripp by others.
Real
or imagined lineage aside, Bay Area singer-songwriter-storyteller DAVID
GANS prefers to simply call himself a �One Man Jam Band.� Having
mastered the art of playing with himself on stage over the past two
years, the neo-traditional folk-rock troubadour is mounting a �Solo
Electric� fall U.S. tour that kicks off Oct. 16 in Atlanta, where he
will open for Railroad Earth and be accompanied on dobro by Mark Van
Allen (Blueground Undergrass). The tour takes David from the South to
the Northwest and winds down in the Midwest, with three shows at two different venues in
Chicago, before ending in Madison, WI, in early December.
From
town to town, David will continue to greatly expand his ability for
self-expression on guitar by using an electronic looping device that
allows him to digitally stack up his guitar parts, creating complex
musical settings for guitar improvisations.
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DATE |
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Jambase |
March 24, 2004 |
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Cosmik
Debris |
April 2003 |
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MoHeads |
December 2002 |
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Chicago
Sun-Times |
December 2002 |
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Altar
Native |
April 2002 |
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New
Times / Broward |
March 28, 2002 |
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U-Wire Today |
March 21, 2002 |
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Music Reviewer |
March 2002 |
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All
Music Guide
(4 1/2 stars) |
February 2002 |
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Rolling
Stone |
February 4, 2002 |
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Chicago
Sun-Times |
June 29, 2001 |
| The
Depot |
October 25, 2000 |
| Weekly
Planet |
October 11, 2000 |
| Sing Out |
Fall 2000 |
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The Mountain Times Online |
July 12, 2001 |
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Jambands.com |
June 19, 2001
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Cosmik
Debris |
May
2001 |
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PauseRecord.com |
May 30, 2001 |
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WHAT
THEY�RE SAYING ABOUT DAVID GANS
�With
his extensive songwriting abilities and increased touring experience, Gans
can look forward to yet another career as a performer in the folk
tradition. Catch him when he comes to your town.� Relix
Magazine
�Gans
is an excellent guitarist. His album is a fine and thought provoking
companion.� Sing Out!
�On
the A-list.� Louisville Eccentric
Observer
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bio
He�s
been called the bastard child of Bing Crosby and Iris DeMent by some,
and the bastard child of Hank Williams, Jackson Browne and Robert Fripp
by others.
In
recent years, Bay Area singer-songwriter-storyteller DAVID
GANS has reintegrated his electric and acoustic guitar personalities
as a self-styled �Honky-Tonk Hippie.� The Oakland-based Renaissance
Man has mastered the art of accompanying himself on stage, greatly
expanding his ability for self-expression by using an electronic looping
device that allows him to digitally stack up his guitar parts. As
important as looping has become to his performances, it will never
dominate the DAVID GANS sound. First and foremost, he is on stage �in
service of the song,� subtly unfurling his guitar trickery to allow
himself enough space to open up and jam. More than ever, his onstage
persona invokes the influences of longtime musical heroes Gram Parsons,
Peter Rowan, �O Brother, Where Art Thou?� producer T Bone Burnett and
Emmylou Harris.
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credits
To anyone even mildly interested
in the music and stories of the Grateful Dead, David's is already a
familiar name. In addition to being the host of the nationally
syndicated Grateful Dead Hour radio
show for fifteen years, he is the co-author of Playing in the Band: An Oral and
Visual Portrait of the Grateful Dead; the author of Conversations with the Dead;
and the editor of Not Fade
Away: The Online World Remembers Jerry Garcia. His musical credits
include producing Stolen
Roses: Songs of the Grateful Dead, and co-producing the Dead's Gold
Record-winning boxed set, So Many Roads (1965-1995), and Might as Well: The Persuasions
Sing Grateful Dead.
website
www.dgans.com
SOLO ACOUSTIC is available at Amazon.com, CDBaby.com and by mail from
Perfectible Recordings. 484 Lake Park Ave., #102, Oakland, CA 94610-2730.
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD is available at Amazon.com
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