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David busking outside Cafe on Main (Lexington) with his bitchin' black Martin acoustic prior to performance by ALIEN BLUE (June 30, 2003 - Beatles Tribute & hunger fundraiser). (photo: Jerry Belsak)
"Line Art" of David by cousin Jami (February, 2004). Original phot during recording session in mid-2002. Note David's Kurzweil K-2000 in background.
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(2005 dates & photos HERE)
(current gigs HERE)We wrapped up 2003 with 2 "Guitar Circle" performances (Alien Blue with Philip High & Jerry Belsak), a Bridge anniversary show, 2 fundraisers (Beatles tribute for MWO and a Hendrix tribute for Ky-Hunger), and the YMCA 150th anniversary show. Below is the 2004 schedule.
January
Left to right: Tim Hoover, Matt Evans, David, & Tom Barnes just before the Currier's "Play Today" workshop, February 21, 2004. Tim taped the event while Matt & Tom stopped by to drop off a copy of their new demo. Hopefully we'll feature some of their work here soon! (photo: Jordan Barnes)
01) Alien Blue "Our Best" event at the Dame (Lexington) 10pm
03) David, performance clinic at Beaumont (Lexington) 4pm
17) David, guitar workshop (Nicholasville Y) 2pm
24) David, guitar workshop (Richmond Y) 2pm
27) Alien Blue, "Lexington Guitar Summit" event at the Dame (Lexington) 10pm
31) David, guitar workshop (Georgetown College [G-town Y]) 2pmFebruary
07) David, guitar workshop (Lexington - Loudon Y) 2pm
14) David, guitar workshop (Lexington - Beaumont Y) 2pm
21) David, guitar workshop (Richmond - Currier's Music) 2pm
28) David, guitar workshop (Lexington - Cross Keys) 2pmMarch
David & the front row at the "Play Today" workshop; Currier's Music World (Richmond), February 21, 2004.
(photo: Tim Hoover)
06) David, "GTR: Advanced Concepts" series (Lexington - Beaumont Y) 11am
06) David, guitar workshop (Lexington - High Street Y) 2pm
12) Alien Blue with Dan Bernitt (Lexington - Beaumont) 8pm
13) Alien Blue with student guests (Lexington, Joseph-Beth Books) 1pm
14) David, "drum jam" (Lexington - Beaumont) 6:30pmApril
16) Alien Blue, "MWO Benefit" (Lexington - Cafe' On Main) 7:30pm-9:30pm *this gig has been postponed*
26) David, Downtown Busk (Lexington - COM) noon
27) as above
28) as above
29) as above
30) as aboveMay
02) David, "Big Drum Jam" (Beaumont - Lexington) - 6pm-8pm
08) David, "Play Today" Guitar Workshop (Richmond - Currier's) noon-1:30
08) David, "Boot Camp" Guitar Workshop (Richmond - Currier's) 2pm-3:30pm
14-16) Alien Blue, KY Arts Festival (Berea) time TBAJune
04) Alien Blue, Good Foods Cafe' (Lexington) 7pm-9pm
05) David, "Drum-a-Thon" (Lexington - Joseph-Beth Books) 12am-8pm
18) Alien Blue, "KY Harvest Benefit" (Lexington - Cafe' On Main) 8pm-10pm *this gig has been postponed*July
02) Alien Blue, Good Foods Cafe' (Lexington) 7pm-9pm
05) David, Downtown Busk (Lexington - Library) noon
06) as above
07) as above
08) as above
09) as above
12) David, private solo gigAugust
05) David, private solo gig
06) Alien Blue, Good Foods Cafe (Lexington) 6:30-8:30pm
21) David, "Drum-a-thon" w/ Dave Peterson, Woodland Arts Fair, 4pm-6pmSeptember
03) Alien Blue, Good Foods Cafe' (Lexington) 6:30-8:30pmOctober
*** (almost) All gigs suspended pending completion of "An Alien Blue" & "Hunger".***November
David onstage with student Almira Southworth, performing her winning Reflections song "Almira's Song", and "Amazing Grace" at Beaumont Center, November 21, 2004.
21) Family Day demo at Beaumont Center (Lexington)December
04) Christmas Open House (Currier's Music, Richmond)My thanx to the hundreds of folks who attended the classes, clinics, & workshops (almost 500 students!), and the thousands of folks at the various shows - you all made it a wonderful & successful year! 2004 Live & Web wrap-up
My thanx to our web visitors: 2004 saw a significant increase over our 2003 traffic with over 23,700 unique visits (2003 saw about 6000 unique visitors) and over 209,000 hits (as compared to 2003's roughly 30,000 hits)! WOW!!!
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