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Dave Easley
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Photo - Fred Stouder
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Dave Easley won the Offbeat Magazine award for "best other" instrument (pedal steel guitar) in 1997 and was chosen by New Orleans Magazine as a New Orleans Jazz All Star in 2003.
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CDs: Those who like psychedelic jamming and unique songs with interesting lyrics please click HERE or click these:
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Those who like far out jazz jams and group improvs please check out
3NOW4 Best Emerging Artist - Gambit Magazine 1997
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Among the bands Dave Easley plays or has played in are The Heartifacts, 3 Now 4 (Time Ebbing, Book of Spells, 3 Now 4), the Brian Blade Fellowship (in which he recorded for producer Daniel Lanois and played a duet with Joni Mitchell), Coco Robicheaux, Anderson/Easley Project, and Shannon McNally.
A few of the people Dave has had the honor of performing onstage or in the studio with are Dave Liebman, Kenny Garret, Howard Levy, Charlie Byrd, Seamus Blake, world renowned sarod player, Ashish Khan, sacred steelers, the Cambell Brothers, members of the String Cheese Incident, the Grey Boy Allstars and Tiny Universe, jazz violin virtuoso, George Mason, Raymond Weber, Tony Hall, and Dr. John.
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Click here to hear 2 minute samples of all 14 original songs from The Icicle Man
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...one of the freshest and most essential voices in instrumental music today. Easley soars, shifts and flows, forming elegant patterns passing from sphere to shining sphere. - Michael Dominici, OffBeat Magazine
The lyric of "Honeysuckle" sounds like it was written over a long weekend by Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. The verses have that driving polysyllabic roll of Dylan's Subterranean Homesick period but with Simon's gentler delivery. - Dennis Formento, Beatlicks (Memphis)
...Just when you think you have his role pegged, however, he breaks into a blistering solo, with all the passion and facility you'd expect of a great jazz player... - Spike Perkins
...the best, most refreshing "unknown band" I've heard of in a long, long time... - Relix Magazine
...gently haunting vocal style. - Spike Perkins, OffBeat Magazine
...the solos from pedal steel player Dave Easley are again transcendent. - John Duffy, All Music Guide (from review of Brian Blade's album, Perceptual.)
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Some cool places Dave has played in various outfits.
For the Kennedy Center Dave sported a green jumpsuit with orange polka dots...No stupid! I mean various musical groups.
Le Printemps De Bourges Fest. w/Coco opening for Johnny Cash;
Nyon Jazz Fest. w/Coco opening for Herbie Hancock;
Montreal Jazz Fest. w/Coco and w/Brian Blade;
The Blue Note and the San Francisco Jazz Fest. w/B. Blade opening for Elvin Jones;
The North Sea, Arhaus, Pori, Kansas City and Molde Norway Jazz Fests w/ B. Blade;
The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fair w/Coco, 3 Now 4, Dreamland,
Shannon McNally, J. D. Hill, others.
Damien Youth's wedding to the lovely Betsy Black
The Copenhagen Jazz Fest. w/3 Now 4;
The Kennedy Center w/Symphony Boy Funk Ensemble;
The International Double Bass Convention w/Dave Anderson;
Ned Fest w/Bluegracid Jazz All Stars
The High Times Magazine Party at South By Southwest w/Shannon McNally
Angola State Penitentiary w/Coco and also w/Reg Sanders opening for Aaron Neville
(Ok, I said cool places. Angola's not so great for those who have to remain after the music stops but it's a good thing to entertain the incarcerated.)
New Orleans Music Fest. (Wendelstein, Germany) w/Coco
Mountain Jam, (Woodstock, NY) w/Shannon
Official RatDog afterparty w/Shannon and the John Ginty Band
Scotty's International Steel Guitar Convention in the jazz room with Jim Stalhut et al
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You can see a small sampling of Dave's lyrics here.
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Contact: davefeasley@hotmail.com
(985) 893-5708
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