"Two Avenues": DAVID KAV - Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, cello sequencing and sampling, all vocals. NIK WIELGUS - Snare drum, percussion. DAVE SCHLOSS - Lead guitar.
"To Thine Own Self": DAVID KAV - Acoustic and electric guitar, lead guitar, bass guitar, keys, lead vocals. NIK WIELGUS - Drums. JEN PORTER - Vocals.
"Please Let Me Be": JEN PORTER - Lead vocals. DAVID KAV - Acoustic guitar, electric guitar, first lead guitar. DAVE SCHLOSS - Bass guitar. NIK WIELGUS - Drums. CHRIS TIRITILLI - Lead guitar at the end of the song.
"Look Into My Eyes": DAVID KAV - Acoustic guitar, bass guitar, vocals.
"The Letter": DAVID KAV - Acoustic guitars, vocals.
"Many Amends": DAVID KAV - Bass guitar, vocals, Lead acoustic guitar. NIK WIELGUS - Drums, Rhythm acoustic guitar.
Influences
(In no particular order, of course:) U2, Beatles, King Crimson, Depeche Mode, Genesis (Peter Gabriel era,) Peter Gabriel, Days Of The New, The Eagles, Indigo Girls, Tears For Fears, David Bowie, The Smiths, Morrissey, George Michael, Cream, Tool, Herbie Hancock, Mars Volta, Billie Holliday, (quite an eclectic mix, don't ya think? No worries. There's more. LOL,) Iron Maiden, Electric Light Orchestra, Yaz, Erasure, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Alice Peacock, Crystal Bowersox, The Police, Spin Doctors, Goo Goo Dolls, Gin Blossoms, Supertramp, STYX, Steve Winwood, Traffic, Shawn Phillips, Metallica, The Verve, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stevie Wonder, El Producto, Tupac, Will Smith, Duncan Sheik, Grant Lee Phillips, The Coors, Aztec Camera, XTC, English Beat, INXS, Travis, The Cars, Journey (yeah, I said it. So what? That could be said for a lot of groups in here. But, they're MY influences. Moving along...) Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Audioslave, Radiohead, Professor Longhair, Survivor, The Ides Of March, Chicago, Peter Murphy, Harry Nilsson, Alice In Chains, (man! It's amazing to every fathomable human being if you're still reading this list. No kidding! "BBQ Shrimp, Fried Shrimp, Sauteed Sh....") Rush, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins, Mike and the Mechanics, Tony Banks, Robbie Williams, Low, Idlewild, Stone Temple Pilots, Jane's Addiction, Jars Of Clay, Squeeze, Sixpence None The Richer, Johnny Marr and the Healers, Pure Prairie League, Human League, Pet Shop Boys, ABBA (yep, it happened to me even. Guilty,) Johnny Cash, D'z Nutz, All Things Considered, Nik Wielgus, Billy McLaughlin, Van Halen, Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac, Boston, George Benson, Denis Leary, Robin Williams, Cheech & Chong (uh, I think that's it...for now. NO!) Psychedlic Furs, Love Spit Love, The Cure, The Alarm, Rick Springfield, Portishead, Coldplay, Tori Amos, The Devlins, ELP, Jethro Tull, CSN, Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, LAZ, Mutual Divorce, The Clash, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin (yes, music is my life. AND I could keep going. I'll stop there, for my sanity.) :o)
Sounds Like
I was told "Amos Lee." Although I have yet to hear him (to be completely honest here.) A Male Indigo Girls with a dash of Morrissey. Also, like Robert Lamm from the group "Chicago." (Vocally. His voice is VERY thick. That's what I hear in mine. yeeeah.)
BIO UPDATED – SEPT. 27, 2008 - From Theresa Carter of The Local Tourist (Chicago.) Review written September 13, 2008 (day of its release)
"Rainy Day Soundtrack"
Searing lyrics, soaring vocals, driving rhythms strummed passionately from an acoustic guitar. Harmonies that lift hairs and bring up gooseflesh. Unexpected chord changes causing you to stop and LISTEN.
This is David Kav's newest CD, "Better You Here Than Alone."
I'm listening to it for the umpteenth time on a rainy day at the end of a rainy week, and it's the perfect soundtrack. Not because it's dreary or drab; in fact, it's just the opposite. It's got a bluesy feel that does what blues do best - take a bad situation and pour it out for the world to commisserate. His songs tell tales of love, deception, and lies lies lies, but they're sung with such passion and energy and committment that the message becomes more about learning and living than losing.
Singer/songwriters are expected to be "deep" in a cliched caricature of angst. Somehow, David seems to go beyond that cartoon image to a, perhaps, deeper place. Each song is musically individual enough so that he escapes a cookie-cutter oh-woe-is-me busker in the subway station sound. "Two Avenues" is a jaunty tribute to forks in the road. "Muse" is a ballad that crescendos gradually until it fairly pierces the heart, reminiscent of Ravel's Bolero. Jen Porter's guest appearance as the lead vocalist on "Please Let Me Be" brings a powerful woman's passion into the middle of this man's outpouring of regrets and missed opportunities. You hear a bit of a crack in his voice during the haunting "Yesterday's News" as he sings "I've never, never felt so near the sunshine."
What makes this not just a good but the perfect rainy day CD? The last song on the CD is a duet with Jen Porter. It opens with whistling, and before it's over you hear this line:
"All I know is that the sun is shining now through the gray sky and the clouds."
Full disclosure: David thanks me in the liner notes of this CD. He has been a featured artist on The Local Tourist and as you can tell, I'm a fan! ~Theresa
More from The Local Tourist at www.thelocaltourist.com Later. Peace, love and music, David Kav
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I was listening to an old recording of an uncommon ground open mic that we were both at and you played an instrumental called i think "angles dance?" That song is sick!!!
I hope you get the chance to listen to the NEW TRACKS I've uploaded and come to SCHUBAS FOR MAY 7th! We're releasing the latest Cd with a full band all nighter! Lots of special guests too! -Phil
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Hello! I'll be playing @ Uncommon Ground on Saturday, May 30 starting @ 10pm. C'mon out and have a drink with me! Hope to see you there!
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