Dave Daniels - Bass Player.


WHO’S DAVE ? –WHO CARES! ANYWAY I STARTED LIKING MUSIC WHEN I WAS SIX, AFTER I SAW THE BEATLES ON TV. FROM THERE I’D WATCH THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW, SEEING THE STONES, DAVE CLARK FIVE ETC. THEN AFTER THAT I’D LISTEN TO MY SISTERS RECORDS LIKE THE RASCALS AND BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. THE FIRST ALBUM I BOUGHT WAS GREEN RIVER BY CREEDENCE CLEARWATER.

WHEN I WAS 15 I BOUGHT MY FIRST GUITAR. I LEARNED TO PLAY FROM FRIENDS WHO KNEW CHORDS AND RIFFS. AT ABOUT 20 I HOOKED UP WITH FRIENDS TO FORM “THE SPINAL COLUMNS”- A KIND OF BLUES ROCK NEW WAVE BAND. WE PLAYED TOGETHER ABOUT 4 YEARS, PLAYING A FEW PARTIES BUT MAINLY STAYING IN THE BASEMENT. I’D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO JEFF-OUR SINGER AND HARP PLAYER-WHO WROTE SOME KILLER LYRICS FOR OUR SONGS, RICK- THE MICHIGAN SHOTGUN-WHO CAN PLAY THE SKINS LIKE YOU CAN’T BELIEVE, AND GREG THE SYNDROME ON BASS-VERY SOLID. JEFF EVENTUALLY MOVED TO PHOENIX AND WE DISBANDED.

AFTER THAT I MET A COUPLE GUYS FROM IDAHO- MITCH AND ROD. MITCH PLAYED BASS, SANG AND WROTE SONGS-KIND OF NEW WAVE PUNK. ROD PLAYED KEYBOARDS AND SANG. WE WENT THROUGH A SERIES OF DRUMMERS-BEGINNING WITH RICK FROM SPICO, AND ENDING WITH DANNY. WE CALLED OURSELVES “GREEN ROOM” AND WE PLAYED ALL OVER PORTLAND IN THE 80’S. EVENTUALLY WE LOST ROD AND PICKED UP OTHERS-WHEN WE FINALLY ENDED WE HAD EDDIE ON HARP, JULIE ON KEYBOARDS AND KEVIN ON GUITAR, AND WE WERE “EVIL PICKLEHEAD”. THE LAST I HEARD FROM MITCH HE WAS DOING THESE HUGE BUILDING MURALS IN SOUTH AMERICA, NO LIE.

THEN I MET A GREAT ENTERTAINER, HARVEY. HE HAD A BAND “HOGWILD”, A COUNTRY PUNK OUTFIT. IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE I WAS PLAYING WITH THEM. THIS WAS THE BEST BAND I’VE BEEN IN. WE HAD CHUCK ON DRUMS FROM DETROIT- A KILLER DRUMMER. WE ALSO HAD A COUPLE BASS PLAYERS- MARK- A GREAT BASS PLAYER BUT EVEN BETTER GUITAR PLAYER. THEN WE MET A GREAT GUY NAMED PHIL IRWIN. PHIL IS A MUSICIAN AND A WRITER, GOOGLE HIS NAME TO FIND OUT MORE ON “THE WHISKEY REBEL”. PHIL HELPED US ACTUALLY MAKE A RECORD, A 7” SINGLE WITH AN ORIGINAL BY HARVEY “COUNTRY THANGS”, AND A COVER OF “FOLSUM PRISON BLUES”. WE JAMMED AROUND PORTLAND A LOT, BUT FINALLY PHIL MOVED AND WE DRIFTED APART.

YEARS WENT BY AND I WAS AT THE COAST WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS, STAYING AT A LITTLE CABIN TYPE PLACE AT CANNON BEACH, WHEN ONE OF THE KIDS HAD AN ACCIDENT AND WE NEEDED A NEW BLANKET. I CALLED ROOM SERVICE FOR A BLANKET. A LITTLE WHILE LATER THERE WAS A KNOCK AT THE DOOR. AND IT WAS CHUCK! THE DRUMMER FROM HOGWILD! –DELIVERING THE BLANKET. WE TALKED AND EXCHANGED NUMBERS. EVENTUALLY CHUCK MOVED BACK TO PORTLAND AND CALLED. CHUCK KNEW A GUITAR PLAYER LARRY, AND WE GOT TOGETHER AND JAMMED, WITH ME ON BASS. THEN WE GOT ANOTHER GUITARIST/KEYBOARD PLAYER JIM- AND “TORCH” WAS IGNITED. AT THE SAME TIME CHUCK TOLD ME THAT HE’D STILL BEEN IN CONTACT WITH PHIL. PHIL AND CHUCK HAD RECORDED SOME COOL STUFF WITH A GUY NAMED JIM GOAD SINGING. GOOGLE HIM- HE’S AN AUTHOR ALSO. ANYWAY AROUND XMAS 2000, PHIL CALLED AND SAID HE WAS COMING TO PORTLAND AND WANTED TO SET UP A RECORDING SESSION WITH CHUCK, JIM GOAD, PHIL AND I.

WELL WE DID THAT RECORDING SESSION, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN’T TURN OUT AS PROFESSIONAL AS ENVISIONED. PHIL GOT HERE AND FOUND OUT NONE OF US HAS MONEY TO GO TO A STUDIO, SO HE ENDED UP CALLING THIS GUY WHO HAD A 12 TRACK CASSETTE RECORDER. THE GUY CAME OVER AND WE ENDED UP RECORDING 3 SESSIONS. WE ENDED UP WITH ABOUT 12 TAKES, ALL COUNTRY-PRISON SONGS. I THINK THERE WAS SOME TENSION DURING THE RECORDING WITH OUR SHORT TIME FRAME AND MY NOT BEING MUCH OF A COUNTRY PLAYER. WHEN IT WAS OVER I FINALLY CALLED THE GUY WHO MADE THE RECORDING AND GOT A TAPE HE EDITED. THE TAPE WAS “OK”. THERE WAS SOME REALLY GOOD SONGS ON IT WITH JUST JIM GOAD SINGING AND ME PLAYING GUITAR.

BACK TO “TORCH”. WE JAMMED TOGETHER FOR ABOUT ANOTHER YEAR AND A HALF. THEN I MOVED TO REDMOND,OR. ABOUT A YEAR LATER “TETHEROW” WAS BORN. SO THAT’S MY MUSICAL LIFE. SO FAR. THANKS FOR READING. DAVE”BATTLING HAL” DANIELS