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Dave Hole at Bird's Basement Jazz Club

Where

Bird's Basement Jazz Club
11 Singers Lane
Melbourne
Map
+61 1300 225 299

Dave Hole at Bird's Basement Jazz Club

When

Fri, May 27, 2022
18:00

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Musicians

Dave Hole
guitar and vocals
Ian Lees
bass

About

Metallica's Kirk Hammett has named Dave as one of his favourite guitarists, saying "His slide playing kills me".

Born in England, Dave moved to Perth at the age of 4. As a teenager, he fell for the blues upon hearing a Muddy Waters record and began to teach himself to play by listening to records of Blind Willie Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Robert Johnson. He joined a high school band and continued playing while at University. After graduating he turned professional, having decided that music was his first love. Then, either by accident or by fate, he broke his finger in a football game. The only way he could continue to play the guitar without pain was to put a slide on his index finger and play from over the top of the guitar neck. When his finger eventually healed, he had become so fond of the tone from the 'wrong' way of playing that he never turned back....

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