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dave speight

Acoustic blues: R&B - Snakekings: ??? - Saltdudes

About Me

You'll find a reasonable version of events at http://www.snakekings.co.uk/aboutus.htm ............................................................ ............................................................ ......................However, suffice it to say that I've been playing and singing the blues for over 40 years ... with more and more feeling that I have good reason to do so as I age. The fingers may have slowed but the voice still works ....


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Member Since: 1/20/2007
Band Website: snakekings.co.uk
Band Members: dave speight acoustic six and twelve, sometimes a tri-cone or an electro-resonator ... playing 30s acoustic blues : also play electro-resonator and perform vocals with the snake kings .... johnny hardcastle - lovely old electric guitars, clivo steele - bass guitar, paul rishworth - drums : new venture is with the saltdudes .. check out myspace.com/saltdudes
Influences: acoustic guitar performers such as - broonzy, lonnie johnson, fuller, mance lipscomb, skip james, scrapper blackwell, tampa red, gary davis, lemon jefferson, mississippi john hurt, snooks eaglin, blind blake, willie mctell, robert johnson, son house, fred mcdowell, charlie patton, willie brown, sleepy john estes, barbecue bob, tommy johnson, leadbelly, sister rosetta tharpe, memphis minnie, memphis jug band, bo carter, walter vincson, gus cannon, chris thompson, wizz jones, steve phillips, any acoustic blues from the 20s till now, john lee hooker and some other electric players (but it's not the same) AND some british innovators such as davy graham, bert jansch, john renbourn, john martyn AND amazing vocalists such as elvis, ray charles, sam cooke, joe cocker, marvin gaye, etc. etc.
Sounds Like: Nearly always play with a broonzy thumb but sometimes pick like john hurt or blind blake. Always play and sing like I mean it
Record Label: independent with big thanks to adam severs
Type of Label: None

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I owe it all to william

If it wasn't for William I would be just another sad old muso trying to work out how to do things .... ooh it's a hard life if you weaken and Mr Red starts shaking you every night...
Posted by dave speight on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:52:00 PST