DIAMOND DAVE BEGAN PERFORMING 47 YEARS AGO IN 1965 AT THE "CELLAR DOOR" IN GEORGETOWN. HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR IS MAGICAL AND HIS STRAT - "ROCK & ROLL WITH A TWANG". FROM CLASSICAL TO PINK FLOYD, THE TASTY GUITAR LICKS ARE IN THERE, ALONG WITH THE RICH HARMONY VOCALS. HIS MOST TREASURED GIFT IS THE ABILITY TO IMPROVISE UNDER PRESSURE AND MAKE UP SOLOS, FILLS AND HARMONIES AS HE GOES, EVEN ON UNFAMILIAR MATERIAL. ONE OF MY FAVORITE WAYS TO MESS WITH DAVE IS TO SPRING A BRAND NEW ORIGINAL SONG ON HIM DURING A SHOW, AND POINT OUT TO THE AUDIENCE THAT HE'S NEVER HEARD THE SONG BEFORE... HA HA HA. THE FACT IS, DAVE'S ABILITY TO FAKE ALMOST ANYTHING HAS GIVEN OUR CAREERS A RATHER PLEASANT AND UNUSUAL TWIST, 26 YEARS WITHOUT ANY REHEARSALS! JUST A PASSION FOR PERFECTION. ONE OF MY MANY NICK - NAMES FOR DAVE IS "EAR F. HUTTON". DAVE'S FIRST JOB WAS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD MUSIC STORE WHICH OPENED WHEN HE WAS 15. HIS JOB WAS TO SELL GUITARS. WHENEVER A CUSTOMER WAS INTERESTED IN A GUITAR, THE STORE OWNER, JOE NOTO, WOULD HAND DAVE THE GUITAR AND JUST START WRITING UP THE PAPERWORK WHILE ACCOMPANIED BY A BLAZING VERSION OF 'CLASSICAL GAS'. HE STILL RUNS INTO PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT GUITARS FROM HIM 40 YEARS AGO AND THEY STILL ASK "HOW DO YOU MAKE IT LOOK SO EASY? YOU CAN HARDLY SEE YER FINGERS MOVE". HE WOULD SAY IT'S ALL ABOUT PRECISION AND EXPRESSION AND NOT WASTING ANY MOTION. LIKE I ALWAYS SAY, "DAVE DOESN'T TALK MUCH BUT HIS FINGERS DO".    PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK HOW DAVE & I MET. MOST MUSICAL GROUPS ARE FORMED BY PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW EACH OTHER AND HAVE SOME SENSE OF A COMMON GOAL, AND THEIR FRIENDSHIP BECOMES A PARTNERSHIP. OURS HAPPENED THE OTHER WAY AROUND. IN 1986 DAVE WAS LIVING AND PLAYING IN FELLS POINT WITH A GROUP CALLED 'GENTLE TIMES' (RIP) AT THE 'CAT'S EYE' AND 'LEDBETTERS', WHILE I WAS PLAYING SOLO AT 'THE HORSE', BUT SOMEHOW WE HAD NEVER ACTUALLY MET. AT THE TIME I WAS WORKING AT HOPKINS AS A PA, AND DAVE'S WIFE ROBIN WAS THERE DOING ANESTHESIA. SHE NOTICED MY FLIERS IN ALL THE BREAK ROOMS AND STARTED INVESTIGATING. ONE DAY SHE INTRODUCED HERSELF AND SAID "YOU PROBABLY HEAR THIS ALL THE TIME BUT MY HUSBAND IS A GREAT GUITAR PLAYER AND I WAS THINKING OF TRYING TO GET YOU TWO TOGETHER". I WAS INVITED FOR DINNER, SHOWED UP, ATE WHILE WE TALKED ABOUT OUR GOALS, PLAYED ABOUT 4 SONGS AND HAD A NEW PARTNER. DAVE KNEW ABOUT HALF OF MY MATERIAL AND YOU NEVER WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW THE REST. THAT MEANT WE COULD START PLAYING AS A DUO IMMEDIATELY, WITHOUT REHEARSING... A NO-BRAINER. IN THE BEGINNING WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT BUSINESS... BOOKINGS... NEW PLACES... BEFORE LONG WE DECIDED THAT ROBIN SHOULD BE OUR MANAGER AND SHE HAS BEEN BOOKING OUR GIGS FOR 26 YEARS! THAT'S 2 PARTNERSHIPS TURNED INTO FRIENDSHIPS!    AS OUR PRODUCER & PROMOTER, DAVE EXHIBITS THE SAME PASSION FOR QUALITY ON OUR WEBSITE, FLIERS, EMAIL, RECORDINGS, BENEFITS AND IN ALL OUR OTHER MARKETING EFFORTS.    IN DAVE'S WORDS... "THE MOST ENJOYABLE ASPECT OF OUR JOB HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT WE'RE AS DIFFERENT AS NIGHT & DAY REGARDING OUR INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EFFORT. WE PRODUCE A SHOW WHICH CELEBRATES THOSE DIFFERENCES AND THAT RESULTS IN A SOUND WITH DEPTH." ROGER THAT DIAMOND DAVE.    DAVE PLAYS MATON, FENDER, GIBSON & MARTIN GUITARS AND OF COURSE, THE STRAT-O-CHET.

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I CAME ACROSS THIS MAILER FROM 1988.
WHAT A GREAT ERA THAT WAS.
THESE WERE ON EVERYBODY'S FRIDGE!

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