Dave Hole
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| Dave Hole | |
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| Birth name | David Hole |
| Also known as | Dave Hole |
| Born | March 30, 1948 Heswall, Cheshire, England, UK |
| Origin | Perth, Western Australia, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Blues Rock & Roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Slide Guitar |
| Years active | 1972 - Present |
| Label(s) | Alligator Records (US) Festival Records (Aus) |
| Website | Official website |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Gibson ES-345 (1972) Gibson ES-335 (1972) Fender Stratocaster (1963) Kraftsman (1950's) Dobro (1930's). |
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Dave Hole (born March 30, 1948 in Heswall, Cheshire, England) is an Australian slide guitarist well known for his exciting style of playing rock & roll and blues music. Moving to Perth, Western Australia aged four years, he became interested in blues music after hearing a school friend's Muddy Waters album when he was around six years of age. Receiving his first guitar at age twelve he started to teach himself due to lack of guitar teachers being available in Perth at the time, using the albums of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson. He later continued teaching himself with the albums of Robert Johnson (musician), Elmore James, and Mississippi Fred McDowell.
He broke his finger in a football accident and then though left-handed, he played the guitar right-handed by putting the slide on his index finger and then would hang his hand over the top of the guitar neck. After healing he had gotten so used to the 'wrong' way of playing that he never turned back. He became a professional in 1972 when working with a band in London and returned to Perth in 1974. Then toured the Western Australian pub circuit for twenty years playing in Perth and remote towns. To keep his fans happy he released Short Fuse Blues a tape he financed, produced, and recorded with his band Short Fuse in three days in 1990, which he sold during pub performances. On a whim he sent a copy to Guitar Player magazine in the U.S. The Editor Jas Obrecht, was so impressed with his tape he wrote a praising article hailing him as the newest guitar wizard and comparing him to such greats as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King. Soon a copy was in the hands of Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer who signed him up as the first non U.S. based artist of their 26-year history.
Critics praised him all over the US, and new fans were exposed to him through radio play on more than 1000 stations. Reviews appeared in Guitar World, Guitar For The Practicing Musician, Billboard, Audio, Spin, The Chicago Tribune, The Denver Post plus other major publications, including The Associated Press. Dave signed a deal for Europe with Provogue Records, with the albums and tours of the U.S. and Europe helping him to increase his popularity worldwide. Later tours of Europe have seen him headlining festival shows in Germany, Denmark, Holland, France and Switzerland with the Leverkussen Blues Festival in Germany televised nationally. He has also performed in Brazil, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Austria, Italy, Spain, Belgium and the UK.
Under the Spell won an ARIA Music Awards (Australian Recording Industry Association) in the Blues/Roots category in 1999. Now having ten albums under his wing, he continues to tour worldwide, but still has his home in the Darling Scarp of Western Australia as his base for the other six months of the year.
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[edit] Discography
- Short Fuse Blues - Independent (1990) - Alligator Records/Festival (1992):
Keep your motor running - The bottle - Short fuse blues - Every girl I see - Something fine - Albatross - Night cat - Tore down - The sun is shining - Business man - Take a swing - Dark was the night (cold was the ground) - Truckload of lovin - Purple haze
The plumber - You don't have to be pretty to sing the blues - Do what you do - Is it true? (Part 1) - Three days out - Sign me up - Me and my guitar - New way to live - Is it true? ( Part 2) - Wrecking yard - North West blues - Boogaloo
Nobody hears me crying - You got to reap everything you sow - Stormy seas - Mean old airplane - Working overtime - Key to the highway - Up all night thinking - I can't be satisfied - Twenty years - Crazy kind of woman - Berwick road
Wildfire - Quicksand - Counting my regrets - Killing bite - Take me to Chicago - I won't leave - Worry - I found love - Going down - One last breath - Hook, line and sinker - Cold rain - Blues will call your name
Nobody hears me crying - Short fuse blues - Quicksand - I found love - Tore down - Key to the highway - I can't be satisfied - Going down - The plumber - Berwick road - Keep your motor Running - Up all night thinking - Crazy kind of woman - Blues will call your name - Counting my regrets - Travelling riverside blues
Out of here - You're too young - Phone line - You got the blues - My bird won't sing - Bermuda triangle - Wheeler dealer - Empty train - Why can't you be true? - Beyond Jupiter - Cold blue moon - Outlaw - Ain't no justice - Bullfrog blues
Holding patterns - Demolition man - Run with me - Cold women with warm hearts - More love, less attitude - Blues is the truth - Chicken stuff - Don't say goodbye - Yes or no - I see my baby - Short memory - Lost at sea - Guitar man - Bird's eye blues - Too old to rock`n roll - I`ve got to go
Jenny Lee - He Knows The Rules - Outside Looking In - You Move Me So - How Long - Nobody - Blues Begins At Home - Walk Away - Get A Job - Insomniac - Out Of My Reach - Living On Borrowed Time -
Intro - Jenny Lee - Demolition Man - Short Fuse Blues - Keep Your Motor Running - Every Girl I See - Up All Night Thinking - Purple Haze - Berwick Road - Take Me To Chicago - How Long? - Bullfrog Blues
- Rough Diamond - Black Cat/Shock (May 19, 2007)
Rough Diamond Child - White Trash Girl - Something Inside of Me - Can’t Stop Loving You - Vintage Wine - Yours For A Song - Since I Met You Baby - I’ll Get To You - King Bee - Think It Over - Rambling On My Mind
[edit] Compilations:
- 1995 "Huh - Blues Issue Special" (1 track)
- 1996 "Masters of Blues" - A Tribute to Elmore James" (1 track - Icehouse Records)
- 1996 "The Alligator Records 25th. Anniversary Collection" (1 track - Alligator Records)
- 1997 "The Great Guitarists Vol.1 - A Celebration of Blues" (1 track - Rounder Records)
- 1998 "Guitar Gurus" (1 track - Sony)
- 1998 "Hound Dog Taylor - A Tribute" (1 track - Alligator Records)
- 1998 "No. 1 Blues Album" (1 track - Polygram)
- 2001 "The Alligator Records 30th Anniversary Collection" (1 track - Alligator Records)
- 2002 "The No1 Blues Album" (1 track - Polygram)
- 2003 "Crucial Guitar Blues" (1 track - Alligator Records)
- 2006 "Alligator Records 35 X 35" (1 track - Alligator Records)
- 2007 "Crucial Slide Guitar Blues" (1 track - Alligator Records)
[edit] References
[edit] Further reading
- Dave Hole - interview with blues musician - Blues news (Perth, W.A), Vol.4 (Feb./Mar. 1994), p.3,
[edit] External links
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Hole, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Australian slide guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | Mar 30, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heswall, Cheshire, England |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
