Conference napalm::guitar

re: .0
>                               -< David Wilcox >-
>    
>    Anybody know/like this Toronto guitarist?
>    
>    He has a lovely song that goes "get yourself your own bad reputation".
    
Hmmm, I know a David Wilcox who's really great, but I didn't think he was
from Canada (he lives in North Carolina currently).  I wonder if it's the
same one?  Do you know any album titles?  What style of music is it?
The guy I'm thinking of is a whiz on acoustic guitar, and plays a lot
in strange tunings.    

-Hal

    Last I heard, he lived in New York City...
    
    
    1st album....Night Watchman.......Cassette only.out of print.
      Great music
    2nd album....How did you find me here?
      Better music
    3rd Album....I don't remember the title.
      Best   
    
    It's late and I'm going out of town so I must get home.  I could write
    an essay on Dave's stuff if I had the time.  Probably the very best
    songwriter I have ever heard. He started playing a guitar @ 18. Never 
    picked one up before that. He's now 31. I've seen him perform 7 times. 
    I try to  play 6-7 of his pieces.....many more I'd love to learn but 
    can't figure out the tuning.....
    
    Grins
    Pc
    

re: .2

>    Last I heard, he lived in New York City...
>    
>    1st album....Night Watchman.......Cassette only.out of print.
>      Great music
>    2nd album....How did you find me here?
>      Better music
>    3rd Album....I don't remember the title.
>      Best   
    
That's the David Wilcox I've heard, although I last heard he lived
in Asheville, NC.  Guess he gets around! :-)

I can't remember the name of his most recent album either (I don't
have it yet).  I play three songs of off "How Did You Find Me Here",
although nowhere near as well as he does! :-)

-Hal

one I heard from his was something like, "in the eye of the
hurricane"

I heard a few others two, but the above caught my ears and
held em...

it was great,  heard it about a half a dozen times on BOS,
went looking for the disc,, could never get one in stock..

left me wunderin,, is the guy this good or do his titles
move too slow..

regardless, hurricane ,, great song

re: .4

>one I heard from his was something like, "in the eye of the
>hurricane"

"Eye of the Hurricane" is on "How Did You Find Me Here?".  
It actually got some airplay on the local (Baltimore/DC)
alternative station for a while a few years ago.  In fact,
that's how I got into David Wilcox.  I remember that I had
to special order the album, though.  Normal run-of-the-mill
record stores don't tend to carry stuff like that.

-Hal

	For any of you in the Nashua area, Newbury Comics carries it. Stacey,
the manager over there is into contemporary folk and she stocks a lot of
otherwise hard-to-find stuff.  She will also special order anything she can
get if you ask.

	I have no connection with Stacey or Newbury Comics other than as a 
customer and I'll often ask Stacey for recommendations.
 

						--Doug

    Just for the record, there are TWO gentlemen who both go by the name
    "David Wilcox":
    
    	The first is the guy from the 'southern' U.S. that all of the
    replies have been talking about. I've heard him mentioned in some
    guitar mags myself, but have yet to hear any of his stuff.
    
    	The second "David Wilcox", who the base noter was referring to, is
    a Canadian guitarist from Toronto, who has been playing for at least 15
    years. First he was in a band called the 'Teddy Bears', then he
    went solo. He is absolutely immense on the bar and college circuit in
    Ontario. His style is mostly electric blues/rock & slide guitar (imagine a
    more mainstream Ry Cooder, with better vocal anunciation). He has several
    albums out up here in Canada, all on EMI/Capitiol:
    
    	Out Of The Woods
    	My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble
    	Bad Reputation
    	Best Of ...
    
    (the above were available on vinyl, and are still available on
    cassette, I think)
    
    
    	Over 60 Minutes With David Wilcox
    	Breakfast At The Circus
    	'The Natural Edge' (I'm guessing at the title; this song's on it)
    
    (these are available on cassette and CD, but the last one didn't sell
    that great, so it might be hard to find)
    
    Best bet: Over 60 minutes with ...
    
    Why: It's got 'Bad Reputation' (the song mentioned in the base note),
    	 and all the best stuff from the first three albums on it.
    
    'Breakfast...' is also pretty good; the best tune is 'boogie' called
    "Layin' Pipe", which is full of suggestive remarks about construction
    work (in the great tradition of blues 'double entendre').
    
    I've seen him a couple of times live, and he's incredible live.
    
    
    						Cal C.
    						HPO
    						Burlington, Ontario, Canada
    
    
    

re: .7

>    Just for the record, there are TWO gentlemen who both go by the name
>    "David Wilcox":
    
I heard this a few days ago from Lale, but I hadn't found this note again
to put in a reply.  Thanks for saving me the trouble! :-)

I think one of the two should be made to start going by 
David {whatever his middle name is} Wilcox, just to prevent
confusion. :-)

-Hal

    Correct me if I'm wrong...but isn't there also a David Wilcox in the
    U.K.?
    
    Steve
    TBay
    

              I`ve just heard a tape of a David Wilcox that a friend sent over from
    

    	.....from the States and I need to know which DW it is,cos this guy
    is absolutely superb.The guy is kind of James Taylorish and plays a
    mean acoustic guitar,the tape (don`t know the title) also has the most
    incredible production ...it`s like he`s in the room with you!!!
    		Any info ..I know the above is a bit sketchy!!!
    
    PS Sorry `bout the last reply..slip of the finger..8-)
    

re: .10, .11

Sounds like the American David Wilcox rather than the Canadian.

-Hal