Dave-Lyrics, Vocals and Guitar Ron-Drums Dan-Lead Guitar and Vocals And John-Bass Guitar
Influences
Beatles, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Love and Rockets, Rolling Stones, The Doors, Jimi Hendrix, and sooooo many more have influenced us, touched us, and in many ways shaped our musical lives.
Sounds Like
Good 'ole Texas Style Rock-n-Roll. With a little bit of slide guitar, a little bit of country, and a whole lot of other sounds mixed in along the way.
Sole Poets formed in 1995 and released “The Other Half Of the Sky” in 1996.
The CD was produced by Alan Wooley who toured internationally during the
same period with “Killbilly” and also recorded as leader and front man for the Cartwrights. Dave Christensen, writer, leader and front man for Sole Poets, over his musical career has done support shows for major acts such as Tommy Tutone, Foghat, Ray Manzerek and been on bills with The Dixie Chicks, Johnnie Dee and the rocket 88’s as well as performed on stages in early Deep Ellum days with the New Bohemians and Rhett Miller (Old
97’s).
The current membership who also performed in shows of that caliber and has
history here is Dallas with the “Tribe”.
Sole Poets are currently performing in the Dallas area. Dates can be seen here and at our website at:
Sole Poets live performance combine a strong repertoire of Original Music with an array of classic and important rock interpretations.
The Dallas Morning News
Review by Dallas Morning News top Music Writer. “The
Other Half of The Sky”----
Just when you’ve got this Dallas band pegged as a bluesy guitar-rock outfit, it shifts gears into sublime reggae on the untitled hidden track and retro-country on the soaring "You and I". The blues-rock stuff sounds like 1975 redux, but songs this well-crafted never-sound dated.
—Thor Christensen-
Buddy Magazine Record Review
Sole Poets---The Other Half of the Sky---Ellum Beat Records
SINGER/GUITARIST Dave Christensen uses some tried and true musical progressions to match to his lyrics on this new disc by one of the more popular bands around town. The Sole Poets have a rockin’ sound that
is a little tighter than the Stones and a little looser than the Beatles.
Christensen is -joined by guitarist’ vocalist Dan Thacker, bassist Russell Chandler and drummer David Lee, who adds some nice conga work(especially on “In My Head”). The Sole Poets show their diversity predominately acoustic songs such as “Still Believe” and “Deep Inside. Most of this disc rocks, especially on tunes like ‘Time Will Tell’ and “Anything but Blue', which features some smokin’ slide guitar work from Thacker. This disc
also contains a hidden track where the Poets take a foray into reggae territory, further displaying their versatility.
This disc was produced by one of Dallas’ true visionaries, Alan Wooley, the mastermind behind many of the most successful bands in the area. It is
rewarding to see such a great musical mind being applied behind
the board to help a band like the Sole Poets realize their goal.
-Tommy Hyatt-
cdreviews.com
This Dallas band, led by Dave Christensen, relies on a well written, but somewhat lo-fi rock sound. Primarily a bluesrock band, they show their versatility by stepping outside those boundaries from time to time, usually with success. Listen closely to the majority of the songs and there’s a hint of
stripped down old Stones sound. ”Time Will Tell” and “Still Believe” have an alluring 60’s mellow rock sound, and “My Everything” has the biggest Stones sound, especially in the guitar work. "Tenderness” is perhaps the best here, another of the mellow variety, with a nice rootsy Americana feel. “You And I” is another outside the norm, with a country pop feel, again ending up in the top cuts list. “Change” and “In My Head” are more funk than rock, but manage to squeeze a little of both into one song. “One Of Those Nights” has a
loungy blues feel that works quite nicely. Get track 10 played through and you’ll find a little reggae tune hidden at the end. This is one of those discs that benefited from a lot of listens. The first few times through, it didn’t do a whole lot for me, but once the songs started settling in my head, they
became much more likeable, especially the latter half of the disc. The band
fares better on the slower stuff, and at times seems underpowered for the
harder rock sound. Variety is key here, and there’s plenty to choose from in that respect.
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Heloooooo please!
:)I hope all is going well your way and I really hope you like the music. I posted a new demo cut a few weeks back, it's a rough cut, but I'd like to know what you think..."slow it down"- the first track on the player...
it's a WHOLE NEW direction for me. But it feels good... :)
stay tuned.... things are getting interesting around here! :)
Check it out and holla back if you like...
Here's to all things awkward and awesome...
abbi
PS you can buy music at www.cdbaby.com/abbiwalker or find me on iTunes!
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Thank you!
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hey, Just stoppin by to say hi. "Place in the Sun" sounds great,always liked playin that song.keep on rockin Dave,what choice do we have. later down an worry free...
My friend in LA, Yenan.. still has the Sole Poets as a top friend... You should congratulate her on becoming a new mommy. She was a baaadarz rappa and singer who had some serious radio airtime in the 90's remember her? She's the lil baby pic on my top 40...
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