Saturday November 28thDave Turner
at
The Straightaway Cafe
6pm
"My earliest memory of being moved by music is from 1968, when at age six I heard Hey Jude by The Beatles on a jukebox at the YMCA in Rochester, Minnesota. The sound of that song still takes me back there."
As a singer-songwriter-pianist Dave Turner has developed his style in part by combining the traditions of Elton John and Tom Waits. He is a prolific writer of words and music, plays the piano with power and passion,
and has a strong, soulful voice.
and has a strong, soulful voice. His most recent album, "Could Have Talked All Night," was released November 16, 2007. Its captivating songs were inspired by empty pockets and starry skies, Kentucky bourbon, late-night diners, old lovers, Blue Ridge mountains, California dreams, desperation, roadside shrines, hangovers, unsent letters, beer joints, bar buddies, staying put and getting away.
In fall 2007, Dave was one of eight finalists selected from across the United States in the North Carolina Songwriters Co-op 10th Annual Song Contest with two songs from the "Could Have Talked All Night" album, "Never Meant To Stay" and "Amber River."
"I began playing the piano shortly after and I started writing songs in grade school, inspired by Elton John at the height of his career. After high school my band mates and I went off to college with dreams of making it big, but by the end of college I had succumbed to a variety of external and internal pressures with a degree in journalism and a fledgling career in corporate communications. But all along the desire to make music has churned inside me.
So after 18 years in advertising and public relations, after many late nights at home playing the piano and writing songs, and after countless experiences wishing I was doing what I saw and heard musicians doing all around me in venues, on television and on my stereo, I released my first album (Stories That Are True) in 2004.
With the realization that I was 43 years old, releasing the CD lit a fire under me. I cannot, I concluded, live out my life without staying engaged in performing and recording music. In 2007 I released what I consider my first serious attempt at a professionally produced album: Could Have Talked All Night. I'm working on my third record now, including the large task of raising the money I need to produce it."
