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David Boone
Acoustic / Folk / Pop



MISSOULA, Montana
United States

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Member Since11/22/2005
Band Websitehttp://www.davidboone.net
Band MembersDavid Boone, Sarah Condon, Max Allyn, Brandon Barker, Burke Jam, Checkers Barker, James Wasem
InfluencesBruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, Greg Brown, Jeffrey Foucault, Jimmy Hendrix, Pearl Jam
Sounds Like
Boone's not quite your average singer-songwriter. Yes, he's got the wonderful, sweet voice typical of all those oh-so-trendy bigger names like Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. But he doesn't always use his "instrument" the way they do. He does sing lovely, melting melodies. But he also howls and moans in terse angry bursts then brings it down to a riff or a gentle melody for a roller coaster ride. An added bonus is that Boone doesn't stick to one sound either, incorporating rollicking country beats and occasionally, hard rock distortion and punk-influenced angst.
- (Melissa Bearns – Eugene Weekly)

Boone’s prodigious output doesn’t come at the expense of quality songwriting. Boone seems to innately recognize how to develop music for the different idioms. With his effortlessly appealing tenor and thoughtful lyrics, fans of bands like the Jayhawks, Counting Crows, or Guster will find Boone’s more aggressive, acoustic guitar-driven folk-rock right up their alley. Boone’s solo material is both gorgeous and soulful. Set against nothing but acoustic guitar, Boone’s voice is given ample room to explore the full range of emotion; and it does so, time and again.
- (Joe Nickell – The Entertainer)




DAVID BOONE & THE MERCENARIES: The State Of The UnionDAVID BOONE & THE MERCENARIES: The State Of The Union

11 tracks of hard-driving rock music that never relent from addressing hard questions about the state of our personal relationships and our society – the “Union” of the album’s title – while longing for breakthrough, for clarity. - Joe Nickell (Missoulian Entertainer)

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DAVID BOONE: A Tale of GoldDAVID BOONE: A Tale of Gold

"David Boone's new CD is pure gold"
It is a fantastic album stacked with immediately memorable hooks, creeper songs that grow on you with every listen, soul-baring lyrics, and hardly a moment of filler. - Joe Nickell (Missoulian Entertainer)

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DAVID BOONE: Hard Enough to BendDAVID BOONE: Hard Enough to Bend

In its overarching simplicity, Hard Enough to Bend manages to channel the best of Boone: his remarkably expressive voice, his gift for soaring melody and his knack for poetic lyrics. - (Joe Nickell The Entertainer)

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DAVID BOONE: Ignore The Orange HandDAVID BOONE: Ignore The Orange Hand

"True poetry put to song". - (Erika Parfit - The Entertainer)

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Last week, David Boone had a dream. He was standing on the ground, looking at the sky, wishing he could fly. He leapt into the air, but predictably came back down again.
“Then I realized that the very notion of jumping is an up-and-down movement,” recalls Boone. “I’ve already limited my parameters to something I’m familiar with, when what I’m trying to do is unfamiliar to my experience.” “So I thought, I don’t need to jump; I need to lift. I did that, and I started floating. And then I just flew away.”

It’s a telling fantasy in the world of David Boone, a poetic and prolific Missoula songwriter who has spent the better part of his adult life questioning – sometimes at his own peril – the assumptions that govern our lives in modern society.

Now just 28 years old, Boone has already encapsulated his thoughts and emotions in no fewer than 10 albums of original music. In his ever-growing oeuvre, Boone has proved himself capable of both heart-lifting optimism and dark despair over the state of humanity.

Now comes “The State of the Union,” a new album that he recorded last spring with help from the Mercenaries, a backing band made up of some of this region’s finest young musicians.

From the very first notes of the album’s opening track, “Heaven’s Falling,” it is clear this isn’t the upbeat Boone singing.
“I’ve been searching through the ages, through a thousand pages / Looking for the answer to break us from our cages,” he whispers over a jittery guitar line, which soon explodes into full-on, full-band musical angst: “So I’m crawling through my veins and I’m searching for the reason / All the songs with meaning have left us with our treason / What’s a boy to do with a God who knows perfection / I’m fed up with these questions I just want direction.”

Speaking earlier this week about the album’s inspiration, Boone said that in the wake of his most recent album, the uplifting and hopeful “A Tale of Gold,” he was dogged ever more by a sense that our society is caught in a deepening rut of misguided priorities and selfishness.
“I think I always picture a world where everyone helps one another and we give to one another, but in reality there’s this self preservation and the climbing of the ladder that throws so many good things off course,” he said. “This material specifically deals with that.”

Indeed it does, in 11 tracks of hard-driving rock music that never relent from addressing hard questions about the state of our personal relationships and our society – the “Union” of the album’s title – while longing for breakthrough, for clarity.
“I wanted to tell you / We could be healing or we could keep dying,” he cries at full voice in the album’s raging closer, “We Could Be Flying.” “I wanted to show you / There’s never a ceiling / We could be flying.”

“It’s definitely a darker, more aggressive album,” said Boone. “I think we’re always being tempted to take the easy route, to trade in what’s valuable and what’s lasting for the temporal things, for money, for success. I’m mentally exhausted with thinking about these concepts ... I feel like this is my last word on the subject.”

- (Joe Nickell – The Entertainer)




Review of the CD release show in Missoula at the Wilma Theater

www.missoulian.com/articles/2007/10/11/entertainer/nickell.txt


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Tessa





May 24 2009 5:58 PM

Hey guys....you gonna tour again anytime soon? I'm back in Menomonie and if you come through this way, you're welcome to stay...
btw...I'm doing my own music now!
TURKLETON





May 5 2009 4:35 AM

Duke
the magic square





May 5 2009 4:35 AM

Hey David,
we just put some of the songs from our EP up and would love it if you gave them a listen.

Cheers,
TMS
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May 5 2009 4:35 AM

<3 ur new album
<3 ur mom (i used to work with her, lol) ...keep up the great work! i look forward to more music from ya! =D
Tony





Feb 24 2009 6:06 PM

WHAT UP DAVID
Finnegans





Jan 16 2009 1:01 AM

Hey! congrats on your house and marriage! Things seem to be going very well for you! Take care!
Joshua Meier/photographer





Jan 3 2009 5:22 AM

Listening to the new tracks as I write...very moving and amazing! Can't wait to make these images and see the final product.
Justice





Jan 12 2009 7:26 PM

I had this great comment for you, and I lost it. It just disappeared. I want you to know that I think about you. I can hardly believe it's been 10 years now. Like - woah - I feel OLD. LOL. I talk about you sometimes, to people. I wish that I would have listened better to some of the things that you had to say...in hindsight. Hearing you sing...brings back some old memories. Good ones. I still have a roll of film in a box somewhere that hasn't been developed...I should do that...

Nothin' but love - Stephany (Everett, WA via EWU Morrison Hall)
alisa





Dec 27 2008 5:14 PM

lol! yes on the happy christmas, and NO there could never be enough when you ski!!:) how are you?
Miss. Photophanatic





Jan 7 2009 9:02 PM

I (Heather Stokes Photography) have a BRAND NEW myspace business page.
If you would like to keep in touch please add yourself to the following:

www.myspace.

com/heatherstokesphotography
THANK YOU for all your support in 2008!! HAVE A BLESSED 2009!
Laura





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The Workers





Dec 1 2008 4:08 PM

Come check us out at our cd release party. Tracks and artwork for Call to Order are available at myspace and the album will be available on Friday at the show.
alisa





Nov 21 2008 11:37 PM

hey!I found a song that made me laugh and think of you guys!i put it up on my page.
how are things?give me a call!
SoloFlexx





Oct 28 2008 1:13 PM


glitter-graphics. com
jen





Oct 20 2008 4:50 AM

It was great meeting you and Steph yesterday morning.
Your house is amazing!
Mat Keller





Aug 9 2008 3:10 AM

Thought id say im always lovin the stuff

Peace and Love!
Kristen





Jul 29 2008 2:04 AM

That's cool. I'm actually in Washington, but I haven't fixed my location yet. Hope all is going well and have fun! Let me know if you guys have a gig around here, I'd love to come.
Andy (Doktar) Love





Jul 3 2008 4:46 AM

thanks for the add, and the free cd that night, i wished i would have asked for you to sign the cd too.
Missoula Independent





Jun 30 2008 3:33 PM

FREE Press for your music!!!
Daniel Ashley





May 22 2008 11:07 PM

I could learn alot from you. Great stuff.
Sarah





May 20 2008 5:23 PM

So, whens the next time you're playing here in Missoula??? I'd like to catch a show before i leave for the summer
sArAhJeAn:)





Apr 29 2008 3:09 PM

definately going to be at the Loft on Thursday ... screw studying for finals!!! can't wait
Jo Jo





Apr 23 2008 5:02 PM

You guys sound amazing!!! Good job!! Hope all is well and maybe someday you could make it to Texas so I might get to see you live! Good luck in all you do and CONGRATULATIONS on everything!! You sure do make a small town girl proud!
Joleen
Steven Jaimz





Apr 17 2008 11:12 PM

Hey David,..you coming to Spokane anytime soon man? I hope so,...Gl at your shows in Mt.
! Love ya brother !
stranger danger





Apr 15 2008 11:41 PM

Hey David I love you and your music! From cousins Kevin&Jan! Dad sez hi
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