Blues

Dave Hole - Rough Diamond (2007)

2012-03-16T15:19:07Z

Dave Hole - Rough Diamond (2007)


01. Rough Diamond Child
02. Can't Stop Loving You
03. Vintage Wine
04. Yours For a Song
05. White Trash Girl
06. Since I Met You Baby
07. I'll Get To You
08. Something Inside Of Me
09. Rambling On My Mind		play
10. Think It Over		play
11. I'm a King Bee

Dave Hole (vocals, guitar); 
Dave Hole; Bob Patient, Bob Patient (keyboards); 
Roy Daniel (bass instrument); 
Ric Eastman, Ric Eastman (drums).

After seven house-rocking albums for Alligator, Dave Hole moves to the Blind Pig label--America's other established blues indie--for this solid, if somewhat predictable, release. In certain respects, the journeyman Australian slide guitarist is comparable to stalwarts such as George Thorogood, since his discs are nearly interchangeable yet none disappoint. Both artists also rely heavily on well-chosen covers. The slide demon taps into tracks from obvious inspirations such as Elmore James, Slim Harpo, and Robert Johnson, along with rearranged tunes written by the far less obvious likes of Willy Deville ("White Trash Girl"), Ivory Joe Hunter ("Since I Met You Baby"), and even Buddy Holly ("Think It Over"). But Hole's originals are plenty sturdy, as demonstrated by the opening riff-rocker "Rough Diamond Child" and the atypically tender ballad "Yours for a Song." Still, it's the sizzling solos that drive these tunes, and Hole's scorching tone--something like a mix of James and Rory Gallagher--torches everything it touches. He makes the guitar sing, howl, moan, or cry depending on the mood, but never lets his molten leads overwhelm the songs. The album-closing version of "I'm a King Bee" stings like the titular bug as Hole buzzes and burns through a showcase that shifts from grinding to gentle and back. The no-frills, three-piece backing band provides able accompaniment--that is, they stay out of the way--as Hole's passionate playing proves that the blues can be powerful and potent, even from a continent away. --Hal Horowitz, Editorial Reviews

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Dave Hole - The Live One (2003)

2012-03-03T09:46:02Z

Dave Hole - The Live One (2003)


01. Intro
02. Jenny Lee
03. Demolition Man
04. Short Fuse Blues
05. Keep Your Motor Running		play
06. Every Girl I See
07. Up All Night Thinking
08. Purple Haze
09. Berwick Road		play
10. Take Me To Chicago
11. How Long
12. Bullfrog Blues

Dave Hole (vocals, guitar); 
Bob Patient (keyboards); 
Roy Daniel (bass);
J Mattes, Ric Eastman (drums).

While subtlety isn't exactly his strong suit -- especially live -- it's also not what Dave Hole fans expect out of their Australian slide guitar slinger. The word "ferocious" best describes his over-the-fret, over-the-top technique, and what was merely intense on his studio albums gets kicked up a few notches in concert. Like George Thorogood, Hound Dog Taylor, or Rory Gallagher (whose vocal phrasing is also an influence), he's nailed his niche, best described as explosive Elmore James. Hole happily plays to his strengths without pushing the boundaries past where his fans comfortably expect. In other words, if you're already hooked through any of his six previous studio discs, you'll want to own this inflammatory live set. Even on a slow blues like "Short Fuse Blues," Hole cranks out squealing, screeching sounds with machine gun velocity. Covers of Willie Dixon's "Every Girl I See," "Bullfrog Blues," (a longtime Gallagher concert favorite) and a nearly seven-minute "Purple Haze" provide familiar songs over which he lays his slide shenanigans to deliver high-octane, crowd-pleasing thrills. Things calm down -- temporarily -- on the Celtic-styled instrumental ballad "Berwick Road," the album's only respite from the fuel-igniting guitar sparks that shoot out of Hole's frets. The super-charged performance is a lot to handle for all but the most committed. However, if you're already on the Hole-train, The Live One is a locomotive-sized dose of what you've bought a ticket for. --- Hal Horowitz, All Music Guide

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Dave Hole - Outside Looking In (2001)

2012-03-01T19:44:58Z

Dave Hole - Outside Looking In (2001)


01. Jenny Lee
02. He Knows The Rules		play
03. Outside Looking In
04. You Move Me So
05. How Long?
06. Nobody		play
07. Blues Begins At Home
08. Walk Away
09. Get A Job
10. Insomniac
11. Out Of My Reach
12. Living On Borrowed Time

Dave Hole (vocals, guitar); 
James Hewgill (piano); 
Bob Patient (keyboards); 
Roy Daniel (bass); 
J. Mattes (drums).

Slide-slinging hotshot Dave Hole doesn't stray far from the basics on his sixth album for Alligator, which ought to please his established fans just fine. After all, he's not striving to bring new depth to high-energy blues-rock; he's happy to just keep the fire burning by whipping off biting, energetic riffs that slash and sting with the nimbleness of Duane Allman and the uncut fury of Elmore James, two of his most obvious influences. Although the majority of the album is self-penned, it's easy to hear strains of Rory Gallagher and Johnny Winter in Hole's attack. A few acoustic tracks -- like the languid "Nobody," where the singer sounds a bit like Leon Redbone, and "Get a Job" -- ease the sonic aggressiveness, but not for long. Hole's songwriting won't win him any comparisons to Willie Dixon, but who's going to argue when he plows through a simplistic Bo Diddley beat on "Insomniac" with pile-driving force and a vocal similarity to Eric Clapton, evoking Slowhand's "Willie and the Hand Jive." Even on ballads, like the beautifully languorous "Out of My Reach," Hole tosses in a flame-throwing solo reminiscent of David Lindley's work with Jackson Browne. Covers of B.B. King's "You Move Me So" and Jimmy McCracklin's "He Knows the Rules" become frameworks for Hole's fiery pyrotechnics. He's not changing the world, but with Outside Looking In, Dave Hole's just making it a little jumpier. Sure to enliven any party, this is fuel-injected high-quality house-rockin' music that'll blow the roof off any shindig. --- Hal Horowitz, allmusic.com

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Dave Hole - Whole Lotta Blues (1996)

2012-02-29T09:44:09Z

Dave Hole - Whole Lotta Blues (1996)


01. Nobody Hears Me Crying
02. Short Fuse Blues
03. Quicksand
04. I Found Love
05. Tore Down
06. Key To The Highway
07. I Can't Be Satisfied		play
08. Going Down		play
09. The Plumber
10. Berwick Road
11. Keep Your Motor Runnin'
12. Up All Night Thinking
13. Crazy Kind Of Woman
14. Blues Will Call Your Name
15. Counting My Regrets

Dave Hole - guitar, slide guitar, vocals
Rudy Miranda - drums
Ron Parker - drums
Bob Patient - keyboards
John Wilson – bass

This CD contains a selection of songs, a kind of 'best of', highlighting the terrific slide guitar work performed by Dave Hole. Just listen to the track "Nobody Hears Me Crying", it has a bare minimum of lyrics being just a vehicle for Dave's slide guitar solos! "Quicksand" is another top song, with a somewhat menacing feel. "Tore Down", "Key To The Highway" and "The Plumber" are more great songs and a good cover of "Going Down" is included. "Counting My Regrets" is a slow, melancholy dirge.

The recording quality is crystal clear and well balanced. I remember seeing Dave and his band live around Perth Western Australia over 20 years ago when they were known as 'Dave Hole & The Hellraisers'. It is great to see that Alligator Records have now given Dave a start. --- Rock On! (Western Australia)

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Dave Hole - The Plumber (1992)

2012-02-25T13:04:46Z

Dave Hole - The Plumber (1992)


01. The Plumber		play
02. You Don't Have To Be Pretty To Sing...
03. Do What You Do
04. Is It True? (Part 1)
05. Three Days Out
06. Sign Me Up		play
07. Me And My Guitar
08. New Way To Live
09. Is It True? (Part 2)
10. Wrecking Yard
11. North West Blues
12. Boogaloo

Dave Hole - Guitar, Vocals
Ronnie Parker – drums
John Wilson – bass, keyboards
Bob Patient – keyboards
Gary Ridge – percussion

Australian slide guitarist Dave Hole is noted for his energetic, high-volume rock & roll/blues music and unusual playing style. Though left-handed, Hole plays guitar right-handed and developed a technique to compensate for a finger injury in which he places his fingers over the top of the neck. He also uses a pick for a slide and utilizes fingerpicking when playing normally.

Born on March 30, 1948, in England, but raised from age four in Perth, Australia, Hole became interested in blues guitar around age six after hearing a schoolmate's Muddy Waters album. He received his first guitar at age 12, but became discouraged trying to learn it by himself (teachers were in short supply in isolated Perth) and abandoned it until he was 16. This time, he began picking up riffs and techniques from records. Primary influences include Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Mississippi Fred McDowell. Hole became a professional in 1972 when working with a band in London. Returning to Perth in 1974, he began his long stint touring the western Australian club circuit, playing 20 years in remote towns before making Short Fuse Blues, an album he financed, produced, and recorded with his band Short Fuse in three days in 1990. He then hawked the album during club performances and on a whim, sent a copy to Guitar Player magazine in the U.S. The editor listened to it, liked it, wrote a praise-filled article hailing him as the newest guitar wizard and comparing him to such greats as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King. He then helped Hole land a distribution deal with Alligator Records and released Working Overtime (1993), Steel on Steel (1995), Under the Spell (1999), and Outside Looking In (2001). With each new release, Dave Hole continues to build a respectable following in the U.S. and European blues scene that grows stronger every year. ---Sandra Brennan, allmusic.com

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Dave Hole - Short Fuse Blues (1990)

2012-02-24T13:49:36Z

Dave Hole - Short Fuse Blues (1990)


01. Keep Your Motor Running
02. The Bottle
03. Short Fuse Blues
04. Every Girl I See
05. Something Fine		play
06. Albatross
07. Night Cat
08. I'm Tore Down
09. The Sun Is Shining
10. Business Man
11. Take A Swing
12. Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)	play
13. Truckload Of Lovin'
14. Purple Haze

Musicians:
Dave Hole - guitar, vocals
Bob Patient - keyboards
John "Hambone" Wilson - bass
Ronnie "Greystple" Parker - drums, percussion

Short Fuse Blues is the debut album by Australian blues singer and guitarist Dave Hole, released in 1990. The album was recorded over three days at Planet Studios in Perth, Western Australia. It was financed and produced by Hole.

Hole was born in England, but his family moved to Perth, Western Australia when he was four years old. He became interested in blues music after hearing a school friend's Muddy Waters album when he was around six years of age. Receiving his first guitar at age twelve he started to teach himself due to lack of guitar teachers being available in Perth at the time, using the albums of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson. He later continued teaching himself with the albums of Robert Johnson, Elmore James, and Mississippi Fred McDowell.

Hole is left-handed and, after breaking a finger in a football accident, he played the guitar right-handed by putting the slide on his index finger and hanging his hand over the top of the guitar neck. After healing he had gotten so used to the 'wrong' way of playing that he never changed back. He became a professional in 1972 when working with a band in London and returned to Perth in 1974. He toured the Western Australian pub circuit for twenty years playing in Perth and remote towns. To keep his fans happy he released Short Fuse Blues a tape he financed, produced, and recorded with his band Short Fuse in three days in 1990, and which he sold during pub performances. On a whim he sent a copy to Guitar Player magazine in the U.S. Editor Jas Obrecht was so impressed with the tape he wrote an article hailing him as the newest guitar wizard and comparing him to such greats as Stevie Ray Vaughan and Albert King. Soon a copy was in the hands of Alligator Records president Bruce Iglauer who signed him up as the first non-U.S.-based artist of their 26-year history.

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Dave Hole - Bird's Eyes Blues (1999)

2012-02-22T09:40:03Z

Dave Hole - Bird's Eyes Blues (1999)


01 - Bird's Eye Blues
02 - Blues Is The Truth
03 - Chicken Stuff
04 - Cold Women With Warm Hearts
05 - Demolition Man
06 - Don't Say Goodbye
07 - Guitar Man
08 - Holding Pattern
09 - I See My Baby		play
10 - I've Got To Go		play
11 - Lost At Sea
12 - More Love Less Attitude
13 - Run With Me
14 - Short Memory
15 - Too Old To Rock'N'Roll
16 - You Or Me

Dave Hole (vocals, guitar); 
Michael Vdelli (guitar); 
Bob Patient (keyboards); 
Ric Whittle (drums).

Dave Hole is a great guitar player, who is at his best when playing electric slide. He was born in 1948 in England but his family moved him to Australia when he was four years old.

Inspired by blues artists like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters and rock bands like the Rolling Stones, Hole took up the guitar as a young lad. A broken finger in a football game would cause him to create his unique style of slide playing. Hole plays over the top of the fretboard of the guitar unlike most every other slide player. Not only is his technique his own, so is the power of his playing. He is without question the most powerful slide guitarist in the world.

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Dave Hole - Blues Profile (2002)

2010-06-18T11:53:52Z

Dave Hole - Blues Profile (2002)


1-Short Fuse B1ues
2-Keep Your Motor Running
3-A1batros
4-Tore Down
5-The Sun is Shining
6-Stormy Seas
7-Key to the Highway
8-Crazy Kind of Woman
9-Berwick Road
10-Short Memory
11-Run with Me
12-B1ues is the Truth
13-Yes or No
14-Demolition Man
15-Bermuda Triangle
16-Bullfrog B1ues
17-Don’t Say Goodbuy

HarrisDave Hole (vocals, guitar)
Bob Patient (keyboards)
Roy Daniel (bass)
J Mattes, Ric Eastman (drums)

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Dave Hole – Working Overtime (1993)

2009-12-10T10:58:35Z

Dave Hole - Working Overtime (1993)


01. Nobody Hears Me Crying
02. You Got To Reap Everything You Sow
03. Stormy Seas
04. Mean Old Airplane
05. Working Overtime		play
06. Key To The Highway
07. Up All Night Thinking
08. I Can't Be Satisfied		play
09. Twenty Years
10. Crazy Kind Of Woman
11. Berwick Road

Dave Hole (slide guitar, vocals), 
Bob Patient (keyboards),
John Wilson (bass), 
Rudy Miranda (drums).

Hole's second disc features nine original compositions and covers of Muddy Waters and Big Bill Broonzy, rendered in a vocal and guitar style somewhat similar to Johnny Winter's best blues work but with an edge of youthful vigor. "Biting slide guitar work" is an understatement. Hole can also play the thoughtful Roy Buchanan card on the likes of "Berwick Road." ---Roch Parisien, allmusic.com

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David Hole – Steel On Steel (1995)

2009-12-10T10:56:01Z

David Hole – Steel On Steel (1995)


01. Wildfire
02. Quicksand
03. Counting My Regrets
04. Killing Bite
05. Take Me To Chicago
06. I Won't Leave
07. Worry
08. I Found Love
09. Going Down
10. One Last Breath
11. Hook, Line & Sinker
12. Cold Rain
13. Blues Will Call Your Name

Dave Hole (vocals, guitar); 
Bob Patient (keyboards);
Rudy Miranda (drums).

With his third album, Steel on Steel, Dave Hole turns in another set of ready-made originals and covers, all highlighted by his sizzling slide guitar work. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, allmusic.com

I had never heard of this guy. Dave who? I just happened to read a review of his music much like you are reading this one. I AM SO GLAD I DID!!! This guy plays SERIOUS Steel On Steel is a surprising evolution on Hole's standards, with diverse songwriting that remains strong throughout the entire album even with a few, very minor, points of playing too close to the chest. --- Connor White, sputnikmusic.com

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