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The three guitarists have distinctive techniques, so each plays slide differently. Each discusses his career, musical influences and bottleneck preferences
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Australian slide guitarist Dave Hole will begin a US tour in Chicago, IL, on Aug 1, 1997. The blues musician will promote his fourth record marketed by Chicago-IL-based Alligator Records, 'Ticket to Chicago'. Hole has played professionally for approximately 30 years. He has a unique slide playing style which involves using his index finger rather than his pinkie
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Australia is a world champion when it comes to singing the praises of its sporting world champions. It's pretty good, too, at claiming world-famous actors ...
. - ↑ von Tersch, Gary (22 September 2007). "Dave Hole: Rough Diamond (Sound Recording Review) (Brief Article)". Sing Out! . 51 (3). Sing Out Corporation: 126–127. ISSN 0037-5624.
Following in the spirited footsteps of incendiary blues and rock slide guitar heroes such as Muddy Waters, Duane Allman and Mississippi Fred McDowell, ...
. - ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (pdf ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 131.
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Just when you got used to the stakes raised by Hole's highly acclaimed debut, Short Fuse Blues, the Aussie bottlenecker twists the throttle and shows he isn't going to be any easier to catch th ...
. - ↑ von Tersch, Gary (22 June 2003). "Dave Hole: The Live One (Sound Recording Review)". Sing Out! . 47 (2). Sing Out Corporation: 122. ISSN 0037-5624.
Australian slide guitar hero, Dave Hole has finally released an 'in concert' album. Since signing with Alligator records in 1992 (their sole overseas act), he's wowed critics ...
. - ↑ "APRA AMCOS". Apra.com. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
