A melting pot of celtic and american-influenced new acoustic styles, yet firmly grounded in the Australian landscape. Features many fine Australian players on a world spanning array of instruments incl. uillean pipes, cello, dobro, mandolin and didgeridoo. David Hyams is one of Western Australia’s most well known and accomplished composers, producers and multi instrumentalists. Playing acoustic, electric and steel guitars, as well as bass, mandolin, bouzouki and harmonica, David has peformed in a wide range of musical styles from blues, rock and country to the progressive folk of popular WA acts Devils on Horseback and The Press Gang. David has composed for documentary and feature film and is a respected session guitarist and producer, known for his work a range of Western Australian singer songwriters, including Aboriginal performers Kerrianne Cox and Peter Brandy. David has also worked as sideman to a number of international artists, and in early 2005 toured Australia and Ireland with acclaimed Irish performer Sean Keane. In 2000 David emerged as a composer and artist in his own right with the release of his critically acclaimed debut “MILES TO GO”. The 13 track instrumental album attracted considerable radio airplay across Australia and a string of great reviews at home and abroad. “KNOWING THE PLACE” contains 11 instrumental pieces that continue the themes first explored on “MILES TO GO”. From the word go however, the spirited “Flat Out Like A Lizard Drinking.