Biography

Then came Dave’s first London blues band Double Trouble. They appeared at the Canteen, on the same bill as his hero Mose Allison. After that followed The Diplomatics, a really hard-driving bluesband Dave fronted for seven years. They played regularly at The Station Tavern in London, a great meeting place for blues players from all over the world (Paul Lamb and Johnnie Whitehill from the King Snakes would often

At the time this was the only venue in Europe to feature blues seven nights a week. The front line determined their style with the obscenely talented Laurie Garman on harmonicas, and Geoff Peel on lead guitar. On drums, Mick Osbourne and, later, Paul Atkinson (Mr 1956 himself!) On bass they had the legendary Spy and, later, the wonderful Charlie McCracken (from Rory Gallagher’s

Unfinished business

Having taken the blues as far as he could with The Diplomatics, Dave decided to complete a project that had been on hold since Blonde On Blonde days.

His first solo album, Coldharbour, features songs that span the years 1969 – 1999. Most of the tracks on the album are self-penned. Some tracks were written at the end of the Blonde On Blonde years but most much later. Songs of experience. A labour of love, blood, sweat and tears!