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dave bringhurst

I'm here for music, friends, and... MUSIC!

About Me

I've written around forty songs, and recorded maybe twenty. So far all my recordings are just me on all instruments and vocals (except where my daughter Kimi sings harmony here and there).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/2/2006
Influences: In time order: Gene Autry (Git Along Little Dogies!!), The Monkees, The Partridge Family, The Four Seasons, The Carpenters, Beatles, Elton John, Bread, CSN&Y, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Jackson Browne, Marvin Gaye, Jim Croce, Eagles, Sly and the Family Stone, Simon and Garfunkel, Doobie Brothers, Spinners, Steely Dan, Chicago, James Taylor, Temptations, Tower of Power, Hall and Oates, David and David, Todd Rundgren, Sting, Sarah Mclachlan, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Sheryl Crow, Incubus, Counting Crows
Sounds Like: Jackson Browne, Elton John (in my dreams, of course)
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Feeler

I am a feelerA feathery appendage of the God-thingSensory apparatus of the forever being I am not cast alone, separateI am connectedPart of something unimaginablePart of something incredible Existence...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:04:00 PST

The First Storm

The first storm of autumn was here last night, And this morning, everything is moving.   Leaves, mustard and cinnamon marathon runners, Rush down the street in fast-forward clatter.   Silve...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:22:00 PST

Spring

Another growing time,      a blooming season. A chance to see it again,      to see what we are: A spark,      a bright flash in the pan, Of...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Thu, 17 May 2007 08:12:00 PST

Not Just the Crayon

To live "forever".  It may be the most universal, the fondest desire of every living human being.  We think of ourselves as this intelligent, willful entity that has a past and a future.&nbs...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Mon, 14 May 2007 11:18:00 PST

"Home" - the concept album

I want my first record to be about the idea of home.  That word means so many different things to all of us, and different things at different times in our lives.  I have eleven songs that m...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:26:00 PST

Northlight open mic night

     Lately, my all time favorite open mic night is at the Coffee Catz in Sebastopol, on Wednesday nights.  But there is another great open mic nearby, the one where I first dipped...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:16:00 PST

Captain of the Air Force

     I added a new song to my profile yesterday, it's called "Captain of the Air Force".  It's a song about my dad.     A couple of weeks ago I was reading...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 05:07:00 PST

Springtime in October

     People fall in love in the spring.  There's a biological influence,  a euphoric mating call echoing through the group mind.  All the world is coming alive, and ...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:38:00 PST

MySpace

I decided to check out MySpace when I read an article last week which reported that artists would soon be able to sell their songs from their MySpace page.  It seemed to me that it was a pivotal ...
Posted by dave bringhurst on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:06:00 PST