David Hayes is an American bassist, guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter. David Hayes on Bass

Biography

Hayes has worked with

Van Morrison Sir George Ivan Morrison (born 31 August 1945), known professionally as Van Morrison, is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose recording career spans seven decades. He has won two Grammy Awards. As a teenager in t ...

, Jesse Colin Young,

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, Terry & The Pirates,

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, Country Joe McDonald and others. Hayes first played on a Van Morrison album in 1973 with the release of '' Hard Nose the Highway'' and was a member of Morrison's acclaimed band,

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playing on the live album, ''

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''. This album has often been regarded as one of the top live albums of all time. Hayes is a featured member of the band on Van Morrison's first ever

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, '' Live at Montreux 1980/1974'' released in 2006. He also appeared with Morrison's band on his '' Pay the Devil'' tour, performing with him at the

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in September, 2006, which was released on the limited edition album ''

Live at Austin City Limits Festival ''Live at Austin City Limits Festival'' by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison is a limited edition live album recorded from the Austin City Limits Festival concert at which he was the first night headliner on 15 September 2006. It has ...

'' and performs at stateside residencies, such as Caesars Palace, Las Vegas as part of Van's current North American touring band. The other Morrison albums Hayes has contributed to are ''

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'' (1974), '' Into the Music'' (1979), ''

Common One ''Common One'' is the twelfth studio album by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, released in 1980. The album was recorded over a nine-day period at Super Bear Studios, near Nice, on the French Riviera. Its title is in the lyrics of t ...

'' (1980), ''

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'' (1982), ''

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'' (1983), ''

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'' (1984), '' A Sense of Wonder'' (1985), '' No Guru, No Method, No Teacher'' (1986), '' Down the Road'' (2002), '' What's Wrong with This Picture?'' (2003), '' Magic Time'' (2005), '' Keep It Simple'' (2008), ''

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'' (2009) and '' Three Chords & the Truth'' (2019). Hayes has also accompanied Morrison in concert more times than any other musician. Hayes also has released six solo albums starting in 1988 with ''Sunbathing In Leningrad'', followed by ''Logos Through A Sideman'' in 1989, ''Born Heroes'' in 1993, "Soul Diver" in 2007, "In Stereo" in 2011, and "FolkJazz" in 2013; the last three have all been released since moving with his family to the rural Northern California coast. David has also pursued visual arts along with his musical career and has painted or sketched all the covers for his albums. On December 10, 2016 Hayes and duo partner Gene Parsons released their first album as a duo, ''Gene Parsons & David Hayes.'' Hayes and Parsons (formerly of The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers) met in sessions on the Mendocino Coast, where both live. Their work as a musical duo began in earnest in the mid-00's. In 2013, the duo of Parsons and Hayes invited singer-songwriters Gwyneth Moreland, for whom Hayes had produced the album "Ceilings Floors and Open Doors" (2014), and Steven Bates, a long time California club headliner, to join them in four-part harmony vocals and a showcase for each member's songwriting. The Mendocino Quartet was born and in 2017 released their first CD together "Way Out There." Hayes produced a 2015 EP of live performances for Moreland called "Stages" that featured concert recordings with all members of The Quartet and, in 2017, he produced Gwyneth Moreland's "Cider." Both Ceilings Floors and Open Doors and Cider won the two of them accolades including topping Folk singles and album Charts.

References

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