Dave Hawkins is the songwriter’s songwriter and the audience’s performer.
There are not many entertainers today who can feel equally as comfortable
sharing the stage with performers as diverse as Folk legend Tom Rush and Rock
and Roll icon Ian Anderson and still sit and share stories and songs with a
group of grade school kids.
Dave has received praise from Peter Yarrow (Peter, Paul and Mary), Tommy Sands
(Sands Family), Folk and Old Timey legend Jean Ritchey and Ian Anderson
(Jethro Tull), among others.
From his first “professional” gig at age 8; sharing the stage in Kenley Players production of The Man Who Came to Dinner with Jack Cassidy and Margaret Hamilton to his performance in Oklahoma City with Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson Dave has proven his diversity and love of his work.
With over 14 recordings to his credit and 5 solo albums in the past 10 years he
has a proven track record as a recording artist and staying power as a
songwriter.
With pithy songs about loves gained and lost, songs about baseball, kids, from
the view of a jilted lover or the eyes of an old man’s dog, Dave has an eye, ear
and heart for life’s little quirks.
His latest CD, Manchester Mornings (2005- Mountainside Audio Records) was under
consideration for Grammy nomination in 3 categories and his previous release,
Hotel DeVille (2002 AUR Records) was under consideration for Grammy nomination
in 4 categories.
His songs and live performances have been compared to well known artists like
John Prine, Steve Goodman and Loudon Wainwright III. But Dave is so much more
than a “Songwriter Clone!” While eliciting these fine performers, pigeonholing
Dave is an impossible feat. The English free-lance journalist John Whishaw wrote,
“… Dave is an Americana artist with his Irish roots showing.”
Dave is equally comfortable on stage performing for 2000 people as he is in the
intimate setting of a house concert with 35 fans.
His current tours consist of this very thing. Performing Wilmington College’s
500-seat theater, Rose State College (Oklahoma City) with 1000 seats, house
concerts at homes from Cincinnati, Ohio to Brussels, Belgium. Dave’s done it
all, and enjoys every minute of it.
With his talent and chosen life in music Dave feels the obligation to
“give back.” To that end he serves as chairman of an Arts organization in his
hometown of College Hill, Ohio. He also serves as Solidarity Committee Chairman
and Executive Board member of Local 1000- American Federation of Musicians where
he organizes an annual fundraising concert for various causes.
In Austin Texas
2006 Dave organized a fundraising concert for Gulf Coast Relief and performed
along with Arlo Guthrie, John McCutcheon, Peggy Seeger among others.Dave is
also a member of Peace Village, and performs regularly at Peace rallies and
remains active in causes involving social justice and the Labor Movement.
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Dave has a Pro-sponsorship with Shubb capos. He uses Shubbs EXCLUSIVELY.
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Dave uses D'Addario Strings EXCLUSIVELY
He performs live using D'Addario EJ11- Light Gauge Bronze Wound Strings (80/20).
He records using D'Addario EXP11- Light Gauge Extended Play Bronze Strings (80/20).
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Dave uses either a SHURE Beta 58 or a SHURE Beta 87A microphone on stage for vocals.
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Dave records and performs on a 1999 Taylor 310 Guitar.
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