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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.
After
several years of solo touring, the self-styled �Honky-Tonk Hippie� is
�reintegrating my electric and acoustic personalities. What I do now
allows me to play more sophisticated and danceable music without having to
carry an expensive band around,� he jokes.
As
important as looping has become to DAVID GANS� performances, it will
never dominate his sound. He maintains he is primarily 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 on-stage
persona invokes the influences of
longtime
musical heroes Gram Parsons, Peter Rowan. �O
Brother, Where Art Thou?� producer T Bone Burnett and Emmylou
Harris.
The
�solo electric� guise is the logical next step for the man whose
latest CD, SOLO
ACOUSTIC (Perfectible Recordings), earned a 4 � star review from
All Music Guide and made the WRNR-FM (Annapolis, MD) �Roadtrippin��
Best of 2001 list.
�I�ve
transcended the material from that album,� says David. �All those
songs are in the repertoire, but they�re getting a richer treatment now.
And I�m able to do more things in the jams between the songs, with
effects and loops.�
It�s
just one more side to this multi-faceted Renaissance Man, who earlier in
2002 simultaneously celebrated two other projects in different mediums POSTCARDS
OF THE HANGING (Arista), a Gans-produced compilation of Bob
Dylan songs performed by the Grateful Dead (3 � stars in Rolling
Stone), and CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE DEAD (Da Capo Press), the newly expanded edition of
his acclaimed 1991 interview book. David continues to negotiate and
actively consider future producing projects.
But
it�s his skills as a wordsmith, singer and guitar player that have made
DAVID GANS one to watch. One of the most unique acts on the current folk
circuit, DAVID GANS is an essential part of a balanced musical diet.
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
website
www.dgans.com
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