Born in 1956 and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (home to blues legends Big Bill Broonzy and Cedell Davis), Dave Sadler began playing guitar at the age of twelve, because his piano teacher failed to make any headway with him at all. The choice of learning to play a musical instument having 88 keys versus 6 strings was no contest. "Have you ever tried to tune a piano?", he remarks.
Raised in a musical household, which includes a distant relation to Johnny Cash, a grandfather who was an amateur minstrel singer, and a mother who was a piano teacher - it is no small surprise that Dave has continued his musical journey to this point. Growing up on the edge of the Delta, blues inspired music surrounded Dave. Where a typical teenager might have been found listening to the latest top 40 rock hit, Dave, a self taught musician who plays by ear, would often be found locked away in his room listening to the likes of B.B. King and Elmore James, trying to emulate their playing styles.
"I have always had a passion for blues and blues/rock music. The idea to make this particular CD sort of evolved out of numerous late night experimental recording sessions that began to become connected in a way." Fade to Blue was the first track to be recorded. "It pretty much was the catalyst", Dave says.
One of the more interesting moments in his early guitar career came when, as a teenager, he was given the opportunity to play Jimmy Driftwood's first guitar, hand-made from a bed headboard and a fence post, upon a visit to Driftwood's home in Mountain View, Arkansas. "It was an awful playing guitar, but it was an honor to be invited to play "Tennessee Stud" on the guitar of the man who wrote it", says Dave.
Heavily influenced by players such as Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others, Dave's playing style is a blend of blues, rock, and jazz, utilizing both electric and acoustic guitars.
Dave is affiliated with BMI as a songwriter/composer.
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