Hailed
by everyone from Dave Van Ronk to Doc Watson,
from the Washington Post to downbeat, Dakota Dave
Hull’s guitar style spans a wide musical
geography to create an infectious, uniquely personal
blend of jazz, ragtime, folk, blues, Western swing,
and vintage pop. Dakota Dave is a restlessly curious,
adventurous traveler along the broad highway of
America’s music. In his playing the masters
speak, but in a vocabulary that is Dave’s
alone: alternatively mirthful and moving, always
melodic.
A gifted composer as well as a strikingly original
interpreter of older tunes, Dakota Dave calls
what he does “classic American guitar.”
Folk legend Van Ronk called Dave “one of
the best guitarists in the world.”
Most of all, Dakota Dave’s music is great
fun. As Douglas Greene (Ranger Doug of Riders
in the Sky) puts it, “There is an imp within
Dave Hull that always expresses itself on the
fretboard; a witty, intelligent yet respectful
imp who frolics in his music, an imp Dakota Dave
neither fights nor lets take control, but simply
absorbs into the heart of his style.”
On stage or in the recording studio Dave has performed with Utah Phillips, Doc Watson, Robin and Linda Williams, Dave Van Ronk, John Renbourn, Paul Geremia, Spider John Koerner, Cam Waters, Sally Rogers, Butch Thompson, Peter Ostroushko, Garrison Keillor, and Norman Blake, among others. His albums include three with early performing partner Sean Blackburn and five solo efforts (the acclaimed
Hull’s Victory and
Reunion
Rag, both on Flying Fish) with three more,
New Shirt,
Sheridan Square Rag and
The Loyalty Waltz on Arabica Records. His three albums with guitar and mandolin ace
Kari
Larson (also on Arabica) have become legendary.
At the urging of Van Ronk, among others, Dave released his first album of solo fingerstyle guitar tunes in 2002. He followed it up with another two years later and should have a third before too long. Watch for a live album, too.
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