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Dave Arthur |
www.davearthur.net
Playing Since: 1990
Experience Level: Purty Good
Interests:
[Jamming] [Socializing] [Helping]
Occupation: musician/storyteller/writer
Gender: Male
My Instruments:
Vega Tubaphone
Favorite Bands/Musicians:
Too many to name all, but Ron Mullinex, Art Rosenbaum, Wade Ward, Morgan Sexton, Fleming Brown, Derroll Adams, Lea Coryell, Will Keys, Frank Proffit are amongst them.Two of my favourite female singers are Texas Gladden and Almeida 'Granny' Riddle whom I had the pleasure of working with in Laurenburg, North Carolina, in 1972, when my then wife swapped a bottle of perfume with Granny Riddle for her version of the Three Little Babes (Lady Gay)
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Created 4/21/2007
Last Visit 6/14/2018
Originally late 60s -80s English folk duo Dave and Toni Arthur (recordings for Topic, Transatlantic, Leader, Decca). 90s Old Time banjo duo 'The Rufus Crisp Experience' (Fellside records), from 2003 - banjo/guitar/melodeon with Anglo-Appalachian Old Time trio 'Rattle On the Stovepipe' (Wildgoose Records), International storyteller specialising in traditional tales of the Britsh Isles and the Appalachians. For twenty five years editor of English Dance and Song (the magazine of the English Folk Dance and Song Society), journalist, TV and radio scriptwriter/presenter, and playwright.
Newest Posts
'WANTED-Walk Up Stand' 22 min
'Banjo nut miscut' 2 hrs
'Golden Gate rim rods' 2 hrs
'Stew mac rim rods' 2 hrs
'Framus tone ring metal' 3 hrs
'Tailpiece for Vega' 3 hrs
