Dave Moore (born Cedar Rapids, IA, July 5, 1951) is a folksinger, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who lives in Iowa City, IA. He is accomplished on the guitar, harmonica, button accordion, pan pipes, and more. He performed regularly on
A Prairie Home Companion
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between 1986 and 2014. His ninth album, ''Breaking Down to 3,'' was the subject of an interview-feature on NPR’s
All Things Considered
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,. In 1985, he won a National Endowment for the Arts grant to study
Conjunto
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accordion with Fred Zimmerle in Texas; he had previously "spent the bulk of the '70s traveling through Latin America and the American South and West, soaking in a wide range of musical influences along the way," and studying with folk musicians in
San Cristobal de las Casas and
Chiapas
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.
Partial Discography: Albums with
Red House Records
Red House Records is an independent folk and Americana record label in St. Paul, Minnesota. The label was founded in 1983 by Bob Feldman after seeing a performance by Iowa folk singer Greg Brown.
Origin
The label is named for a farmhouse in ...
*''Jukejoints and Cantinas'' (rec. 1984; released 1985, Red House Records) with Paul Cunliffe and Dough Thomson
*''Over My Shoulder'' (1990) with
Peter Ostroushko
Peter Ostroushko (August 12, 1953 – February 24, 2021) was an American violinist and mandolinist. He performed regularly on the radio program ''A Prairie Home Companion'' and with a variety of bands and orchestras in Minneapolis–Saint Paul an ...
,
Greg Brown,
Radoslav Lorković
Radoslav Lorković (born September 3, 1958) is a Croatian born and classically trained folk and blues musician, known in particular for his flair on the piano and accordion. He has six solo studio recordings, three live albums and has recorded a ...
and others. (named one of the top ten folk albums of 1990 by Pulse Magazine.
*''
Breaking Down to 3'' (1999), with
Bo Ramsey
Bo Ramsey (born Robert Franklin Ramsey, 1951 in Burlington, Iowa, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording producer.
Career
He made his debut in Williamsburg, Iowa in 1973, fronted the Mother Blues Band, and ro ...
,
David Zollo
David Zollo is an American singer, songwriter, author, and recording artist, playing piano and organ on his own albums and for other artists.
Biography Early years
Iowa native Zollo learned piano at age 4. His grandfather E. Payson Re was a ...
and more;
No Depression called it "a sublime moving tour-de-force. Moore conjures up some heaven-sent intersection of
Don Williams
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,
Harlan Howard
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C ...
and
Johnny Cash
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."
[No Depression, "Dave Moore - Nine years later, but better late than never," April 30, 1999, URL=http://nodepression.com/article/dave-moore-nine-years-later-better-late-never]
As a sideman he has recorded with many musicians, including
Greg Brown (folk musician)
Greg Brown (born Gregory Dane Brown July 2, 1949) is an American folk musician from Iowa.
Early life
Brown was born into a musical family, and his father was a Pentecostal minister. He grew up in the Hacklebarney region of southwestern Iowa, w ...
.
References
External links
Red House Records Official Site
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1951 births
Living people
Musicians from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
American folk musicians
Red House Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Iowa