"No one on the current scene plays with the incendiary power he does" - ASSOCIATED PRESS.
"..a one-way journey to sonic joy" - LIVING BLUES.
"Exhilaratingly relentless, he produces solo upon blistering solo." - GUITAR WORLD
"Hole's slide technique is really astounding" - JAZZ TIMES
Over the course of 7 studio albums and 10 world tours, this Australian slide guitar master has received endless requests for a recording that captures the full-on energy of his ferocious live shows. Bursting with hard-charging rockers and simmering slow blues, his most recent album THE LIVE ONE (BCD1008)delivers the goods. Recorded in Chicago and Perth, the performances are drenched in waves of fret-melting guitar riffs that infuse the spirit of blues and rock slide legends such as Duane Allman, Johnny Winter and Elmore James.
On THE LIVE ONE , with his furious energy and amazing "over-the-top" style of playing, Dave Hole carves his own place deep in the pantheon of slide guitar greats. The album is released on Alligator records in the USA, Provogue Records in Europe and Black Cat (through Shock Records) in Australia. Jam packed with soaring slide guitar and passionate vocals it faithfully captures the full-blooded excitement of Hole's live shows and is bound to hit home with his many fans world-wide.
THE LIVE ONE is truly a power-house representation of a one-of-a-kind talent. "Nothing interferes with Hole's searing guitar when he is in full flight," said Rolling Stone. Guitar World agreed, saying, "Hole produces solo upon blistering solo with slide work that is exhilaratingly relentless."
Since his recording debut 12 years ago, Dave Hole's records and live performances have drawn raves from countless international publications, including Billboard, Spin, Guitar World, Downbeat and Guitar Player. Similarly, he's earned rapturous praise from the Associated Press and major US market dailys like the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. Billboard wrote; "Slide guitar fanatics will have their brains blown out by this Australian fret-melter ... Remarkably inventive, technically unusual overhand slide work that separates him from the common pack ... prepare to hear your jaw hitting the floor."
Having fallen in love with music as a child, Dave spent his teenage years learning how to play by listening to every blues recording he could find. In 1991, after playing the Australian club circuit for over twenty years, he self-produced SHORT FUSE BLUES (BCD 1001), an album intended purely for direct sale to his fans. On a whim he mailed a copy to Jas Obrecht, then editor of Guitar Player magazine. "Magnificent, staggering ... almost beyond belief," raved Obrecht, who then tipped off Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer. Iglauer, encouraged by his staff's excitement on hearing the album, released it to a world-wide audience. Almost overnight, Dave Hole became an international phenomenon.
Considering all the anticipation for this new album and all the praise Hole has received over the last few years, it's hard to believe that he has been performing for three decades. Born in England in 1948, he moved with his family to Perth, Western Australia when he was a child. He fell for the blues early on, when he heard a friend's Muddy Waters record. He yearned to hear more, but due to Perth's remoteness it was difficult to get any blues records on a regular basis. It was even rarer for a blues artist to perform there in person, so Hole had to teach himself to play. At first, only Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix albums were easily available, but with persistence (a trait Dave Hole has in abundance) he got his hands on records by Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson and many others. Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Mississippi Fred McDowell were his main "teachers", as he listened to their records over and over again, absorbing all he could from these blues masters.
Then, either by accident or by fate, Hole broke his little finger in a football game. The only way he could continue to play slide guitar without pain was to put the slide on his index finger and hang his hand over the top of the guitar neck. When his finger healed, Hole had got so used to the 'wrong' way of playing (and grown so fond of the tone he was getting), that he never turned back.
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Hey Dave, I hope you feel well & writing new great Songs with many slidesolos ! I..ll see you in 2009 I hope & than let it burn with you spectaculary Slide! In my Opinon you are the best Slideguitarist :)
Hey Dave, thanks for adding me. I just wanted to tell you that you're great. I've been playing guitar 15 years and I play in the style of Jeff Healy, with hands over top of the fretboard, and I play the slide guitar exactly like you, index finger over top of the fretboard =D I am self taught, and I just recently got into playing the slide, was wondering since I don't know many people, well I know of no one but you that plays the slide on the index finger and over top of the fretboard like I do, so I was wondering do you have any tipis/advice for me? :D
Hey Dave, thanks for the add. I got your album a few months back and was glad to see you have a page so I could tell you how much I enjoy it. Keep playing those blues.
Rich
