Music:
Member Since: 8/5/2007
Band Website: http://www.davekershaw.com
Band Members: Dave Kershaw!
Equipment: Black US Fender Strat' Deluxe, Cream early 70's Japanese Telecaster fitted with Roland GK-3 Pickup, Axon AX 50 Guitar Midi Controller, Ovation Celebrity Acoustic, Fender Gemini II six string acoustic, Eko Ranger XII twelve string acoustic, Roland PC-180 Midi Keyboard Controller, AT2020 Mic, Oktava 012A Mic, Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 interface.
Influences: The Beatles - as a band, and individually, David Gates, Bread, Elton John and guitarist Davey Johnstone, The Eagles, Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys, Yes, The Kinks, John Barry.
Favourite Guitarists: Davey Johnstone, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Steve Vai, Steve Howe, Joe Walsh, Albert Lee, Lindsey Buckingham, Mark Knopfler.
Favourite Bass Guitarists: Paul McCartney, Chris Squire.
Favourite Drummers: Nigel Olsson, Ringo Starr, Don Henley, Mick Fleetwood, Alan White, Jim Keltner.
Favourite Vocalists: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Nilsson, Elton John, Jon Anderson, David Gates, Don Henley, Ray Davies, Peter Gabriel, Steve Winwood. George Benson, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart.
Favourite Songs: Hey Jude - The Beatles, Something - The Beatles, Imagine -John Lennon, Isn't it a Pity - George Harrison, Heart of the Matter - Don Henley, Take It To The Limit - The Eagles, In my Room - The Beach Boys, God Only Knows - The Beach Boys, Sweet Surrender - Bread, If - Bread, Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman, Won't get Fooled Again - The Who, Eternal Flame - The Bangles, Magic - Pilot, Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkle, The Boxer - Simon and Garfunkle, Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac, The Greatest Love of All - George Benson, Runaway - Gallagher and Lyle, Heart on my Sleeve - Gallagher and Lyle, The Living Years - Mike and the Mechanics, Something Inside So Strong - Labi Siffre, Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh, Life's Been Good to Me - Joe Walch, Love Shines - Dave Stewart, Don't Give Up - Peter Gabriel, Everybody's Talkin' - Nilsson ... to name just a few.
Favourite Albums: Abbey Road - The Beatles, Sgt Pepper - The Beatles; in fact ALL The Beatles' albums, All Things Must Pass - George Harrison, Imagine - John Lennon, Ram - Paul McCartney, War Pipes - War Pipes, Fragile - Yes, Close to the Edge - Yes, Hotel California - The Eagles, Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys, Captain Fantastic - Elton John, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John, Rumours - Fleetwood Mac, Spiritual Cowboys - Dave Stewart, Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart, A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night - Harry Nilsson, Out of Africa Soundtrack - John Barry.
Favourite Films: Too many to list, but a few are: Out of Africa, Field of Dreams, Wild Hogs, Dances with Wolves, Muhammad Ali The Greatest, Bruce Almighty, Starsky and Hutch, All Marx Brothers films, The Natural. Dr. Strangelove: or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, The Matador, Forrest Gump, Amadeus, The Green Mile, Gandhi, City Slickers 1 & 2, The Searchers, Toy Story, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, All Monty Python Films - especially Life of Brian.
Favourite TV Comedies: Steptoe and Son, Dad's Army, Father Ted, Bilko, The Likely Lads, 'Till Death us do Part, Fawlty Towers, Porridge.
Favourite Actors: Robert Redford, Anthony Hopkins, Tom Hanks, Michael Caine, Tommy Lee Jones, Edward Woodward, John Hurt, Kevin Costner, Jim Carrey, Nicolas Cage, Toshiro Mifune, Donald Sutherland, Tom Cruise, Tim Allen, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Nicholson, Denzel Washington, Robert DeNero, Danny Devito, Gene Hackman, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken, Pierce Brosnan, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne.
Favourite sayings: "You'll laugh on the other side of your face!"
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie
