A Brief Profile Of...Dave!

Posted: February 09, 2000

Name: Dave "Bloozman" Sawyer

Age: OLD!

Instrument(s): Guitar

Ability Level: Intermediate (Some may say Advanced; some may say "Dave who?")

Can You Read And/Or Write Music Notation Or Tablature? Nope.

Musical Goal(s): I just vant to play! Maybe some recording would be fun too.

Preferred Genre To Play: Electric Blues

Preferred Genre To Listen to: Anything with guitar in it.

Favorite Artist(s): B. B. King; Stevie Ray Vaughn; Robert Johnson; Leon Redbone; Offspring; Green Day; Beck (Hansen AND Jeff); Roy Buchanan; Jaco Pastorius; Manhattan Transfer; Spike Jones; Tom "T-Bone" Stankus...and more!

Primary Instrument Played: Carvin AE185

Your "Dream" Instrument: 1972 Gibson "Dove" 6-string acoustic with La Bella "Silk And Steel" strings (.010 set)

Your "Dream" gig: Jamming with SRV, Clapton and B. B. King...I'll have to settle now tho'.

Why Do You Play?: Because it allows me to communicate with others on a level beyond words.

What Animal (other than man) Do You Think Would Understand What It's Like To Play Blues Music?: The Whale, because they already communicate via sound and they've been hunted to near extinction in the recent past, so you KNOW they got da blues!