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Artist
Dave Moore
12+ albums
bluesamericanaUSA
about
Dave Moore Dave Moore is one of the great songwriters to come out of the state of Iowa. Known for his elegant songwriting and instrumental prowess on blues guitar, button accordion and harmonica he has become somewhat of a legend. Coming of age in the late '60s and early '70s, Dave enrolled in college only to drop out to follow a girlfriend down to Guadalajara, Mexico. Though the journey lasted only a few months, it was to be the first of many travels in Latin America and totally altered his world view. Returning to the States for the holidays in 1971, his mother serendipitously left a harmonica in his Christmas stocking and he soon found that he could not quit playing it. He spent the next few years traveling the Southwest and Northwest, working an assortment of jobs (lumberyard worker, fruit picker, plumber's assistant) - all the time getting deeper into music. After his western travels and another lengthy sojourn in Latin America (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru) he found that the college town of Iowa City had turned into quite the music scene. Folk, blues, and rock were spilling into the streets as music hangout began to pop up all over the city. Around this time, he began to experiment with guitar and decided that he wanted to learn the instrument. Inconspicuously, he headed back to Mexico-this time to a town that has since become a home-away-from-home, San Cristobal de las Casas. With only a little plywood-topped Harmony 6-string, he holed up with a box of blues tap
