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gansertronics!
  

    


 Look what STEVE SILBERMAN said after seeing my show in Oakland September 6:

 "I was impressed by the sound-worlds David created with loops and pedals.
 He's not just a one-man band, he's the future of singer-songwriting.  Many
 sections of the show were some of the most exciting stuff emanating from one
 guy with a guitar that I've ever seen -- David Gans is the bastard child of
 Hank Williams, Jackson Browne, and Robert Fripp!"



 SEPTEMBER SCHEDULE:

 Sunday, September 15, 3:30 pm: Powerhouse Brewing Company, 268 Petaluma
 Blvd., Sebastopol CA. $8. 707-829-9171


 Sunday, September 22, noon: DG opens for Pot Luck at the Hamilton Hometown
 Festival. Hamilton Amphitheater, Novato CA.  Free!  For Information. call
 (415) 382-8696.

   Directions: 101 North to Hamilton Field/Nave exit. Take Nave Dr.  North,
   right on Main Gate Road. 1/2 mile to South Palm Drive. Parking Lot on the
   right, follow signs to Amphitheater which is on Hamilton Parkway south of
   South Palm Drive. (101 South, take Bel Marin Keys/Hamilton Field exit over
   freeway then right on Nave 1/2 mile to Main Gate road then turn left and
   follow directions above).


 Friday, September 27:  DG opens for the Dark Star Orchestra at Nelson Ledges
 Quarry Park in Garrettsville OH. www.nlqp.com




 OCTOBER: SOUTHEAST TOUR

 Wednesday, October 16, 9:00 pm:  DG opens for Railroad Earth at Smith's Olde
 Bar, 1580 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta.  $10 advance, $12 at the door.  404-875-
 1522

 Thursday-Sunday October 17-20:  MagnoliaFest at the Spirit of the Suwannee
 Music Park, Live Oak FL featuring The David Grisman Quintet, Dickey Betts
 and Great Southern, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Tony Rice, Donna the Buf-
 falo, Railroad Earth, and many many more.  Information is available at 904-
 249-7990 and www.magmusic.com

 Tuesday, October 22, 10:00 pm:  Irish Pub, 302 Raven St., Tallahassee, FL
 32305. $4 under 21, $2 over 21. 850-222-3506.  Produced by Shimon Presents

 Wednesday, October 23, 8:00 pm:  Will's Pub, 1850 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, FL
 32803. $6.  407-898-5070

 Thursday, October 24: with Uncle John's Band at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910
 Skipper Road, Tampa FL. $6. 813-971-0666.  DG plays between UJB's sets.

 Friday, October 25: with Crazy Fingers at Fisherman's Wharf, Pompano Bch FL



 NOVEMBER: NORTHWEST TOUR (more dates TBA):

 Thursday, November 7, 9:00 pm: Samurai Duck, 980 Oak Street, Eugene OR. $5.
 541-345-6577. Special guest Johnny Lazer.

 Saturday, November 9, 9:00 pm: Kuli Loach's 17th Annual Loachfest (Private
 event - more info to come)



 REPTILES reunion:

 Saturday, November 23: The Reptiles reunite in San Francisco. Details TBA.
  

    

Smith's Olde Bar -- NRBQ just played there last night, and my Eastern
correspondents tell me it's a great room!
  

    
Yes, it is!  I played there in the spring with Richie and Jennie Stearns.
  

    
a great spot.
saw young Sean Costello open for Col. Bruce there.
looking forward to the tnf/rre throwdown with great gusto.
  

    

TODAY!  In Novato CA


Pot Luck and David Gans at the Hamilton Hometown Festival

Hamilton Amphitheater, Novato

Music starts at 12:30

Free!

Directions: 101 North to Hamilton Field/Nave exit.
Take Nave Dr. North, right on Main Gate Road.
1/2 mile to South Palm Drive.
Parking Lot on the right; follow signs to Amphitheater,
which is on Hamilton Parkway south of South Palm Drive.

(101 South, take Bel Marin Keys/Hamilton Field exit over freeway then right
on Nave 1/2 mile to Main Gate road, then turn left and follow directions
above).

For Information, call (415) 382-8696
  

    




For CDs, interviews, review tickets and further press info ...
CONTACT: Randy Alexander, Randex Communications (856) 596-1410 or
randex@randexpr.com



DAVID GANS BREAKS NEW GROUND AS ONE-MAN JAM BAND ON FALL "SOLO ELECTRIC" TOUR

"I was impressed by the sound-worlds David created with loops and
pedals.  He's not just a one-man band, he's the future of
singer-songwriting. Many sections of the show were some of the most
exciting stuff emanating from one guy with a guitar that I've ever
seen." -- Steve Silberman, coauthor of Skeleton Key: A Dictionary for
Deadheads and a contributing editor of Wired Magazine.


OAKLAND, CA -- He's been called the bastard child of Bing Crosby and
Iris DeMent by some, and the bastard child of Hank Williams, Jackson
Browne and Robert Fripp by others.

Real or imagined lineage aside, Bay Area singer-songwriter-storyteller
DAVID GANS prefers to simply call himself a "One Man Jam Band."  Having
mastered the art of playing with himself on stage over the past two
years, the neo-traditional folk-rock troubadour is mounting a "Solo
Electric" fall U.S. tour that kicks off Oct. 16 in Atlanta, where he
will open for Railroad Earth and be accompanied on dobro by Mark Van
Allen (Blueground Undergrass).  The tour takes David from the South to
the Northwest and winds down in the Midwest, with three shows at two
different venues in Chicago, before ending in Madison, WI, in early
December.

From town to town, David will continue to greatly expand his ability
for self-expression on guitar by using an electronic looping device
that allows him to digitally stack up his guitar parts, creating
complex musical settings for guitar improvisations.

After several years of solo touring, the self-styled "Honky-Tonk
Hippie" is "reintegrating my electric and acoustic personalities.  What
I do now allows me to play more sophisticated and danceable music
without having to carry an expensive band around," he jokes.

As important as the looping aspect has become to DAVID GANS'
performances, it will never dominate his sound.  First and foremost, he
maintains he is primarily on stage "in service of the song," subtly
unfurling his guitar trickery to allow himself enough space to open up
and jam.  More than ever, his on-stage persona invokes the influences
of longtime musical heroes Gram Parsons, Peter Rowan. "O Brother Where
Art Thou?" producer T Bone Burnett and Emmylou Harris.

The "solo electric" guise is the logical next step for the man whose
latest CD, SOLO ACOUSTIC (Perfectible Recordings), earned a 4-star
review from All Music Guide and made the WRNR-FM (Annapolis, MD)
"Roadtrippin'" Best of 2001 list.

"I've transcended the material from that album," says David.  "All
those songs are in the repertoire, but they're getting a richer
treatment now.  And I'm able to do more things in the jams between the
songs, with effects and loops."

It's just one more side to this multi-faceted Renaissance Man, who
earlier in 2002 simultaneously celebrated two other projects in
different mediums: POSTCARDS OF THE HANGING (Arista), a Gans-produced
compilation of Bob Dylan songs performed by the Grateful Dead (3 stars
in Rolling Stone), and CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD (Da Capo Press), the
newly expanded edition of his acclaimed 1991 interview book.  David
continues to negotiate and actively consider future producing
projects.

But it's his skills as a wordsmith, singer and guitar player that have
made DAVID GANS one to watch. One of the most unique acts on the
current folk circuit, DAVID GANS is an essential part of a balanced
musical diet.



SOLO ACOUSTIC is available at Amazon.com, CDBaby.com and by mail from
Perfectible Recordings. 484 Lake Park Ave., #102, Oakland, CA 94610-2730.

CONVERSATIONS WITH THE DEAD is available at Amazon.com

www.dgans.com

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...and just a bastard by still other people.

sorry,

this is really nicely done.
is it okay to fwd it to folks i'm trying to convince to make it out to the
show?
  

    
It's a press release -- distribute it far and wide!
  

    


TOUR UPDATE -

October in Atlanta and Florida
November in the northwest
December in Chicago and Madison

plus: REPTILES REUNION in San Francisco 11/23

All performances are David Gans SOLO ELECTRIC unless otherwise noted:



Saturday, October 12, 7:00 pm: DG performs at The Nameless Cafe's first
anniversary party/fund-raiser.  Also appearing: Rachel Efron, Kitty-Olive,
Eva Scheider, Urban Acoustic Dude, and others.  3906 Martin Luther King Jr
Way, Oakland CA. $10. 510-547-8318 (www.namelesscafe.org)


Wednesday, October 16, 9:00 pm:  DG opens for Railroad Earth at Smith's Olde
Bar, 1580 Piedmont Ave. NE, Atlanta. $10 advance, $12 at the door.
404-875-1522.  Mark Van Allen will join DG on Dobro


Thursday-Sunday October 17-20:  MagnoliaFest at the Spirit of the Suwannee
Music Park, Live Oak FL.  David Grisman Quintet, Dickey Betts and Great
Southern, Peter Rowan, Vassar Clements, Tony Rice, Donna the Buffalo,
Railroad Earth, and many many more.  904-249-7990 for information.
(www.magmusic.com)

Tuesday, October 22, 10:00 pm:  Irish Pub, 302 Raven St., Tallahassee, FL
32305.  $4 under 21, $2 over 21. (850) 222-3506.  Produced by Shimon Presents
(www.shimonpresents.com)

Wednesday, October 23, 8:00 pm:  Will's Pub, 1850 N. Mills Ave., Orlando, FL
32803. $6. (407) 898-5070

Thursday, October 24:  with Uncle John's Band at Skipper's Smokehouse, 910
Skipper Road, Tampa FL. $6. 813-971-0666. DG plays between UJB's sets.

Friday, October 25:  with Crazy Fingers at Fisherman's Wharf, Pompano Bch FL

Sunday, October 27, 5-9 pm:  "Night of the Living DEADbeats, part 5" with
David Gans, Dave Grooms & the DEADBeats, and the Terrapin StationWagon Liquid
Light show. KLUB KRUSH (in the Clarion Hotel), 260 E. Merritt Island Cswy.
(state Rd.520), Merritt Island FL (just west of COCOA BEACH).  $5 advance, $7
at the door.  For info contact "Java" John: 321-543-6226 (www.koolbeanz.com)

Thursday, November 7, 9:00 pm:  Samurai Duck, 980 Oak Street, Eugene OR.  $5.
541-345-6577.  Special guest Johnny Lazer.

Saturday, November 9, 9:00 pm:  Kuli Loach's 17th Annual Loachfest, near
Seattle (Private event - see www.loach.net for info on how to get in)

Sunday, November 10, 8:00 pm: DG; Ashbury Park; and The Big Island Shindig at
The Goodfoot, 2845 SE Stark, Portland OR. $7 at the door. 503-239-9292


Saturday, November 23: The Reptiles reunite in San Francisco.  Details TBA.


Friday and Saturday, December 6 and 7: DG opens for (and jams with) Terrapin
Flyer at the Boulevard Cafe, 3137 W. Logan Blvd., Chicago. 773-384-8600

Sunday, December 8, 8:00 pm:  DG solo electric at the Heartland Cafe, 7000 N.
Glenwood, Chicago. 773-465-8005

Monday, December 9, 9:00 pm:  Ken's Bar, 117 Butler Street, Madison WI. $5.
608-257-1176



COMING SOON: "Honky Tonk Hippie," a Live concert DVD from PowerVision DVD,
recorded live at the Powerhouse Brewing Company in Sebastopol CA.
  

    

Having
 mastered the art of playing with himself on stage

hmmmmm......
  

    

Our little joke.
  

    

The Merry Wankster
  

    

Ouch!
  

    

Just kiddin' dude. Couldn't resist the "playing with himself onstage" set-
up. I LOVE the way you play (with yourself and with others).
  

    

Whew!
  

    


So David - how many, um, members in your band?
  

    

Just the one!
  

    
Sort of like a high-tech Jesse Fuller, maybe.
  

    
Kinda like that, yes.
  

    

I've started a visual tour diary:

http://www.dgans.com/tourdiary/
  

    
spiffing!
  

    

That's <sd>'s wife Terri and son Sparky in the lower left picture on
http://trufun.com/tourdiary/tourdiary.9994.html
  

    
All I see lower is a middle, and it's somebody's butt!
  

    
I get it... layout depends on resolution. On my screen, the image displays 
top right.