Dave Dwyer

Dave Dwyer is the former lead guitarist with multi ARIA award winning Australian band 1927.Dave moved to Sydney from Emerald, Central Queensland in 1983 to further his musical career. Since that time he has worked extensively in both the live touring scene & the studio session scene, as not only a guitarist & vocalist, but he has also spent numerous hours on the other side of the mixing console as a producer / engineer / arranger for other artists. Hailed as a 'Young Gun', Dave was described as the "new Larry Carlton". Dave Dwyer featured on his first record at the age of 17.Dave was soon to join many high-profile Sydney bands and the session scene over the ensuing years.His reputation growing rapidly amongst peers, Dave toured the country as support act to many artists including Jimmy Barnes through to John Farnham, then on to several touring engagements supporting visiting international acts.In 1989, Dave was chosen as the additional guitarist in the Ian Moss band, with a number 1 single on the charts - on the 'Tuckers Daughter Tour'.From there he went on to join 1927 as lead guitar player / keyboard player & vocalist, replacing Garry Frost, touring & recording with them both nationally & internationally for the next five years. In 1992, Dave was awarded an ARIA 5 x Platinum Album for 'The Other Side'.In mid 1993 Dave moved to Los Angeles to work with legendary Doobie Brothers & Steely Dan guitarist Jeff Baxter, on a solo project of his own for Roo Art Records. Whilst in L.A, Dave performed guest appearances with Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Albert Lee, John Ferraro, Phil Chen & Lee Rocker.From 1994 onwards, Dave began working on new songs for his publisher Warner/Chappell for his own projects. With new management at WCM in 2002, and after scoring several international album sampler cuts - Warner Chappell Australia closed the doors and transferred their rights in 2004 to Origin Music Publishing.In 1997, Dave launched his state-of-the-art recording studio in Sydney. Dave has since produced / engineered several acts and various musical works for film, television & radio.Gangstar Records was relocated to the Blue Mountains in April 2001 and is now closed for commercial use, focusing only as a special projects and songwriting suite. Dave is co-writing with Sarah Castillo, Nessa Morgan and Cherie Lucas and plans are in motion for his long awaited solo album...... GO TO http://www.martianmusic.com TO DOWNLOAD DAVE DWYER'S EP! STAY TUNED!p