In the annals of Rock & Roll history, there have been many Dave's and David's along the way. There's way too many for me to mention them all, but here's a standout few just for fun!
Of course the ultimate David would be the band itself called The David.
The David were from Brentwood, Ca, and released this album called "Another Day, Another Lifetime," in 1967. It's not on this album, but Wikipedia says that The David had a single called "40 Miles" that hit #19 on the local charts in Bakersfield, Ca.
"40 Miles" is a lot more accessible than most of this album.
Another Dave who I feel never got his due was another NY folksinger named Dave Van Ronk, and kind of like Phil Ochs, because people were quickly getting their fill of folkie protest songs, Dave put together an electric band called The Hudson Dusters to appeal to a broader audience.
Just in case you don't know what a Hudson Duster is, it's a kind of a hand pumped sprayer for spraying pesticides. They kind of looked like an old bicycle pump.
From my understanding the Hudson Dusters were also an early 1900's street gang who were trying to control the Hudson River Docks in New York.
They had lots of rivals with wild names like The Gopher Gang, The Potashes, The Boodle Gang, The Fashion Plates, The Pearl Buttons, and The Marginals.
Sounds like a 'Battle of the Bands!'
Here's a song from this record that skyrocketed Dave Van Ronk's career to Nowheresville!
David Vanian was the lead singer of the British band The Damned, and when the band broke up in 1989, he formed his own 'Gothabilly' band called The Phantom Chords.
They didn't have a lot of success, but as this 1995 album suggests, they had what appeared to be a lot of fun, and then it was all over.
DAVID VANIAN & THE PHANTOM CHORDS - "Frenzy"
Let's wrap up all this Dave and David business with a cut from an obscure record from 1959 by a pianist from Seattle, Washington named Dave Carlson.
I don't know much about Dave Carlson, but I can tell you one thing, the man could play the piano!
