Dave Alvin
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Biography
[Edit]Dave Alvin helped to kick-start the American roots rock scene in the early '80s with the band the Blasters, and has since gone on to a career as a solo performer, songwriter, producer, and sideman that's been as well respected as it is eclectic. Born in Downey, California in 1955, Alvin was raised by a family of music fans, and as teenagers Dave and his older brother Phil immersed themselves in blues, rockabilly, and vintage country sounds, collecting rare records and attending nightclub performances by the likes of T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, and Lee Allen. Like many fans, the Alvin brothers wanted to play music influenced by the sounds they loved, and in 1979 they formed the Blasters with fellow Downey residents Bill Bateman and John Bazz. Combining the revved-up energy of punk rock with an enthusiastic embrace of classic American sounds, the Blasters became a sensation in Los Angeles and won an enthusiastic cult following across the United States and Europe. However, the Blasters were unable to translate their critical respect and enthusiastic fan base into mainstream success, and in 1986 Dave left the band. Phil Alvin continued to front various lineups of the Blasters, and in 2002 Dave joined forces with Phil, Bill Bateman, and John Bazz for a short series of Blasters reunion shows.
While playing with the Blasters, Alvin had already displayed a broad range of enthusiasms with two side projects, Chris D.'s literate goth-punk collective the Flesh Eaters and the Knitters, an acoustic ensemble in which Alvin performed vintage country and folk numbers with John Doe and Exene Cervenka of X. Shortly after leaving the Blasters, Alvin joined X as lead guitarist after the departure of Billy Zoom; however, Alvin amicably left the group to work on a solo project shortly after the recording sessions for their album See How We Are. Alvin's first solo album, entitled Romeo's Escape in the United States and Every Night About This Time in England, added a purer country influence along with a larger side portion of the blues; while the album was critically well received, it didn't fare well in the marketplace, and Alvin was dropped by his American record label, Columbia. Alvin suffered health problems that sidelined him for a while, except for a wild tour with friends Mojo Nixon and Country Dick Montana as the Pleasure Barons, which was described as "a Las Vegas revue from acts who aren't going to be asked to play Vegas." (A live album was released of a second Pleasure Barons tour in 1993.)
In 1989, Dwight Yoakam scored a hit on the country charts with Alvin's song "Long White Cadillac," and Alvin used the royalties to start work on his second solo set, Blue Blvd. Released by the California-based roots-music label Hightone Records, Blue Blvd received enthusiastic reviews and sold well enough to reestablish Alvin as a significant artist in the roots rock scene. After releasing Museum of Heart in 1993, Alvin began to turn his attention to acoustic music with 1994's King of California, and over the next several years Alvin moved back and forth between hard-edged roots rock and more introspective acoustic material that still honored his influences (and allowed him to display a greater range as a vocalist). In 2000, Alvin recorded a collection of traditional folk and blues classics, Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land, which earned him a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album. In 2004, Alvin signed with the upstart roots rock label Yep Roc Records, which released his album Ashgrove, a low-key but hard-edged set of blues and rock. It was followed in 2006 by West of the West and a year later by Live from Austin TX (a performance on Austin City Limits from 1999).
He changed his approach a bit with Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women, which was issued by Yep Roc in 2009, by recording with five women, and it seemed to revitalize him. Eleven Eleven, Alvin's first solo studio album of original material in some seven years, appeared in 2011, again on Yep Roc. Eleven Eleven included a duet with Phil Alvin on the tune "What's Up with Your Brother?," and in 2014 Dave and Phil recorded a full album together for the first time since Dave left the Blasters; Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy was a celebration of one of their first and strongest musical influences that found them both in strong form.
When not busy recording his own music, Alvin has also worked as a producer for several other roots-oriented acts, including Tom Russell, the Derailers, and Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys, and he has collaborated with rockabilly legend Sonny Burgess. As a sideman, Alvin has recorded sessions with the likes of Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Little Milton, Katy Moffatt, and Syd Straw. ~ Mark Deming & Steve Leggett, Rovi
Title: Eleven Eleven Bonus Tracks & Live At The Ark
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock
Title: Lost Time
Artist: Dave Alvin, Phil Alvin
Genre: Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Country, Alternative Country, Acoustic
Title: Eleven Eleven Digital Expanded
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Alternative
Title: Out In California (Live)
Artist: Dave Alvin, The Guilty Men
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Country
Title: Born By A River (Charleston '94 NPR Broadcast)
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Blues, Blues Rock, Acoustic
Title: Empty Morning Street (Live In Philadelphia '94)
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Romeo's Escape
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women
Artist: Dave Alvin, The Guilty Women
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Manof Somebody's Dreams
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Downey to Lubbock
Artist: Dave Alvin, Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Genre: Rock, Rock & Roll, Punk Rock, Country
Title: Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody's Dreams
Artist: Dave Alvin
Genre: Rock, World Music, Folk
Collections
Title: In Their Own Words, Vol 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Touch My Heart - A Tribute to Johnny Paycheck
Genre: Rock
Title: Essentials of Americana
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Keep Your Soul: A Tribute to Doug Sahm
Genre: Pop
Title: Tales from the Tavern, Vol. 1
Genre: Country
Title: Tulare Dust - A Songwriters' Tribute to Merle Haggard
Genre: Country
Title: Freight Train Boogie 2
Genre: Country
Title: I Am What I Am
Genre: Rock
Title: Treasures Left Behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
Genre: World Music
Title: The Rough Guide To Americana
Genre: World Music
Title: Warning - No Format
Genre: Trip Hop, World Music, Country
Title: Step Right Up
Title: The Lone Ranger (OST)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Romantic Story (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: The Blues Magazine: The Best Of 2014
Genre: Blues Rock
Title: Akella Presents - Vol. 56 - Country-Blues (CD1)
Genre: Blues
Title: Akella Presents - Vol. 57 - Country-Blues (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Title: The Most Live Rock'n'Roll (CD2)
Genre: Rock & Roll, Rockabilly
Title: Holding Things Together ~ The Merle Haggard Songbook
Genre: Country
Title: Hoodoo Dark Blues (CD1)
Title: My Way. The Best Collection. Vol. 30
Genre: Blues, Rock, Blues Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Country, Folk
Title: Americana Railroad
Genre: Country
Featuring albums
Title: Forever Hasn't Happened Yet
Artist: John Doe
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Sing Along With Los Straitjackets
Artist: Los Straitjackets
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: The Executioner's Last Songs, Vols. 2 + 3
Artist: The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Genre: Rock, Country, Alternative Country, Alternative
Title: Link of Chain - A Songwriters Tribute to Chris Smither
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Rock, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Frisco Mabel Joy Revisited: For Mickey Newbury
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues, Rock, World Music, Country, Alternative Country, Folk
Title: We Are Only Riders
Artist: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Country, Rockabilly, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Bottom Line Archive: In Their Own Words, Vol. 1 (Live)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Justified (More Music From the Original Television Series)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Live In Vancouver
Artist: The Mississippi Sheiks Tribute Concert
Genre: Blues, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Live in Long Beach: Dave Alvin, Billy Boy Arnold, Clarence Gatemouth Brown
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: Birdcage
Artist: Sophia Pfister
Genre: World Music, Alternative Country, Songwriter/Lyricist, Folk
Title: No Cover
Artist: Ellefson
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Punk, Punk Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative