DAVID McDONALD (aka DAVE AUSTIN): VOCALS, ACOUSTIC & ELECTRIC GUITARS, BEETON RESONATOR SLIDE GUITAR & DOBRO, FOOT STOMP PERCUSSION.
Earthy delta blues down to mellow sweet electric guitar playing
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DAVID McDONALD'S CROSSROAD PROPHETS -- BAND GIGS
David McDONALD: Vocal, Lead Guitar & Slide Guitar.-----
backing personnel are:
Dave "Apple" Mack: Drums & Percussion;
Evan Lee: Keyboard;
"Blah" Dalziel: Bass;
Sly Derman: Rhythm.
Influences
Son House, Peter Green, Muddy Waters, Blind Willie Johnson, King Biscuit Boy, Howlin Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Robert Johnson, Tampa Red, Homesick James, Eddie Boyd, Otis Spann, Paul Butterfield, Ry Cooder.
Sounds Like
John Hammond, Ry Cooder, Peter Green, Eric Clapton, Fred McDowell, Son House
LOOK OUT FOR DAVE"S FORTHCOMING CD in 2009 "THE DELTAHEAD RESURRECTION"
COUNTRY & DELTA Bottleneck-Slide BLUES from this lowlands master from down under;*.
DAVID McDONALD (aka DAVE AUSTIN) plays his Slide Guitar like a human jukebox of the original Delta blues style;*. With deep emotive vocals & authentic slide playing his style is...;everything like the rural American south;* - the feeling & soul of the delta. Daves original tunes add an Australian flavour to his fine music. (*quotes Tom Schulte Outsight Radio DETROIT USA Jan 2003). Daves mellow warm voice compliments his emotive slide playing, held down with the foot beat on the ol foot stomp board.
——Chicago blues tunes are added to the mix when Dave plays his 1960s Teisco Electric Guitars (with the DeArmond Pickups) and more recently gets a bit more up tempo with his band (DAVID McDONALD's "CROSSROAD PROPHETS" playing electric chicago blues - (reminiscent of that elusive Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac warmth and feel).
——Finalist - MBAS Victorian Blues Performer of the Year 2004.
——EMAIL: mcdonaldblues@hotmail.com - for info & bookings
——CDs: 1: "BLUES ON THE SLIDE" (acoustic slide - delta blues)
BLUES ON THE SLIDE: DAVID McDONALD (aka DAVE AUSTiN):-- Tracks: 1 Evil on my mind; 2 Come on in my kitchen; 3 Radiator blues; 4 Tom Rushen blues; 5 You gotta swing; 6 Mean old bedbug blues; 7 Grinnin' in your face; 8 Untitled; 9 Walkin blues; 10 World's made a change; 11 Empire state express; 12 Always lift him up; 13 Fishin' blues. "SOLD OUT - UNAVAILABLE"
2: "PROVIDENCE GULLY" (electric and acoustic tunes with harmonica. PROVIDENCE GULLY: DAVE AUSTiN: -- "END OF RUN - UNAVAILABLE"
3: "LIVE at MURRUMBA" DAVE AUSTiN (with M. Mosier). -- "END OF RUN - UNAVAILABLE"
——FOR MORE INFORMATION contact:Blues Religion Music, PO Box 141 STRATHDALE Victoria Australia 3550.
——CD REVIEWS - BLUES ON THE SLIDE:
——BLUES MATTERS UK ISSUE 16 NOV 2003: DAVID McDONALD aka DAVE AUSTIN - "Blues On The Slide". "The album opens with a cracking version of Johnny Winter's "Evil On My Mind", featuring tasty slide & foot stomping. "Radiator Blues" is one of two originals. A jazzy instrumental, "You Gotta Swing", displays Dave's guitar skills. Other standout tracks are Furry Lewis; "Mean Old Bedbug Blues" & an instrumental of Ry Cooder's "Always Lift Him Up". Dave plays & sings straight from the soul. The sound quality is excellent. Any agents and promoters out there should check him out and bring him to the UK". Dave Drury
——T SCHULTE OUTSIGHT RADIO - DETROIT USA Jan 2003 Like John Lee Hookers early recordings, this is a solo performance of a man singing, playing guitar and stomping his foot. The style is everything like the rural American south that it honors. The songs are delivered in a patient and melodic style, brightly played by this lowlands master from down under;
——"I could listen to Dave play his resophonic all day... gee it is sweet" Sydney Blues Society 2000
——FESTIVALS include: Bluestone Blues; Australian Blues Fest; Echuca Winter Blues; Mt Beauty Music Muster; Wangaratta Jazz Festival; Riverboats Jazz; Monbulk Jazz & Blues; Victor Harbor, Red Cliffs, Cobargo, Maldon & Yackandandah Folk Festivals; Whittlesea Country Music Festival.
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