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Posted by: DBCooper Jul 28 2013, 07:12 AM

Imagine my surprise to see that the Blues Foundation's award for 2013 Song of the Year "I Won't Cry" by Janiva Magness featured Dave Darling!! I'm so impressed, Dave, I had no idea. I'd also never seen a good photograph of him, but here's a whole video of Dave (in the white hat) tastefully strokin' his Gretsch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7m1n5IFmyA

Multi-talented!

Posted by: jsconst Jul 28 2013, 07:23 AM

Too Awesome, at first I wasn't sure, then he started walking around looking at all the equipment wire harnesses during the song.....gotta be Dave.

Nice find!

Jeff

Posted by: 914rat Jul 28 2013, 07:59 AM

What kind of music do you think a 914 man would play ? Gotta be the blues . Cool stuff and nice find. WTG Dave bringing the blues to the teener people.

Posted by: pilothyer Jul 28 2013, 08:49 AM

WOW !!! You go Dave........Awesome.....I would have never known.

Posted by: SLITS Jul 28 2013, 09:20 AM

Pretty cool, but Damp Dave needs an Olympic Blue Hat to complete the ensemble.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jul 28 2013, 09:56 AM

Thanks for sharing this! That lady has great pipes, and it's a good song. I'll have to send it around to the family, they'll probably get a grin or two out of it.

BTW, nobody in that video is fat enough to be me...

--DD

Posted by: ConeDodger Jul 28 2013, 10:02 AM

That DD is the guitar player. Janiva is a great blues singer...

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jul 28 2013, 10:53 AM

"White people got no business singing the blues, EVER". George Carlin. RIP

Posted by: aircooledtechguy Jul 28 2013, 04:50 PM

That's a great performance of a great song!! CONGRATS!!

Posted by: turk22 Jul 28 2013, 07:36 PM

Did anyone notice that the first comment under the video is "914"

weird...

Posted by: cwpeden Jul 28 2013, 09:55 PM

Steve is a member here, lovely Signal Orange -6.

This is a shock though. I though Dave was the "Maverick Cellist". http://www.daviddarling.com/bio1.html

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jul 28 2013, 10:59 PM

That, too.

Plus a stunt-man. And an astronomer. And more...

--DD

Posted by: DBCooper Jul 29 2013, 06:39 AM

Oh.... so.... MULTIPLE personalities? Wow. And a fat stunt man? Double wow.

Posted by: lsintampa Jul 29 2013, 06:46 AM

KUDOS Dave!

Posted by: Eric_Shea Jul 29 2013, 07:36 AM

Sounds like a Tremolux.

Posted by: jimkelly Jul 29 2013, 07:41 AM

nice

Posted by: Drums66 Jul 29 2013, 11:27 AM

....Catsoutofthebag!
(righttoprivacyviolated)

Posted by: euro911 Jul 29 2013, 12:15 PM

DD King

Posted by: StratPlayer Jul 29 2013, 12:40 PM

Very cool, nice tune.....

Posted by: lanker88 Jul 29 2013, 02:06 PM

I work at Cisco with Dave and thought this was real...I pinged him before watching the video and realizing it was a joke. I started talking to him about music and asking what he plays...fail haha he then proceed to tell me this was a joke. Are there other 914 music people out there? Here's a playlist from my 18 piece big band group: The Anker Big Band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlcpAq6h6mY&list=PL6F8C12609B246A99&index=1

Cheers!

-Luke Anker

Posted by: DBCooper Jul 29 2013, 03:57 PM

Not real? Luke, the blues are REAL, and that ain't no joke! Check with Dave. He's modest, but pry a bit and you'll find he's a stunt man, too! Or was, when he was skinnier.

I usually don't appreciate sheet music bands so much, but I'm now a fan of yours. Is that Ben FONG-Torres? If so how's he doing? Good, I hope, and laughing a lot?

Lots of music here, I recall a sub-set of these folks being in some clown band that got a reputation. Posse? Clown Posse? And Rico Suave, of course, but nobody else can stroke his Gretsh like Dave can!

Posted by: lanker88 Jul 29 2013, 04:24 PM

How do you know ben torres? Small world.

Posted by: euro911 Jul 29 2013, 05:08 PM

There's quite a few musicians out here.

I played rhythm guitar and background vocals for Uzed Karz back in the '70s

Posted by: Dave_Darling Jul 29 2013, 06:42 PM

Skinnier--and about 15 years older. (!! My uncle Dave is a TOUGH OLD MAN!)

--DD