The Present
Dave recently played at The NAMMY's in Hollywood, FL...
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hosts
EIGHTH ANNUAL NATIVE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS
Thursday June 8th in HARD ROCK LIVE
Special Guests Include Little Steven, Rita Coolidge,
and family of late Link Ray for Hall of Fame Induction
On Thursday, June 8, 2006, the Eighth Annual Native American Music Awards, or The NAMMYS, makes its highly anticipated return to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida featuring over 25 Awards presentations, 12 live music performances, and a special Hall of Fame Induction of the late Link Ray. Showtime is 8:00 p.m. with a Red Carpet event beginning at 7:00 p.m. from the VIP entrance at Hard Rock Live.
This year's Awards ceremony will be hosted by the Navajo stand up comedy duo, James and Ernie, and feature an entirely new echelon of burgeoning talent as well as an equal amount of established and award-winning artists. Over 125 nominees with origins as far as Alaska (Medicine Dream), Hawaii (Keola Beamer), and New Zealand (Arjdijah), are among the Awards categories.
Featured performers include: Keith Secola (Anishinabe), Douglas Blue Feather (Cherokee), Gil Silverbird (Apache), Pura Fe' (Tuscarora), Wade Fernandez (Menominee), Arvel Bird (Paiute/Metis), Eagle & Hawk (Ojibway), Red Rhythm Band (Comanche/Kiowa), and Bill Miller (Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican). Nominee Micki Free (Shalimar) will front an All Star Jam with Stevie Salas (Mick Jagger), Dave Abbruzzese (Pearl Jam), Jean Beavouir (Little Steven) and John Brant (Cheap Trick). Little Steven will present a Hall of Fame induction for the late Link Ray with a tribute performance to follow lead by Ray's eldest grandson, Chris Webb and NAMMY nominee Gary Small. A Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to the Miami-based group Tiger Tiger (Miccosukee) and a N.A.M.A. Humanitarian Award will be presented to Harold Owens of the Grammys' MusiCares.
The Awards are being held in Hard Rock Live, South Florida's newest entertainment venue at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a state-of-the-art facility. Tickets are $25, $35 and $50 and are on sale now at the Hard Rock Live Box Office or through Ticketmaster and online at www.ticketmaster.com . Final voting is open to the general public at, www.nammys.com where voters can listen to tracks of the nominees before casting their vote.
About the NAMMY's
The Native American Music Awards, Inc. is the country's leading membership-based association composed of music industry professionals, musicians, programmers, producers, engineers and other professionals dedicated to promoting and preserving Native American music throughout the United States and around the world. Established in 1998, The Native American Music Awards, which helped establish a Native music category in the Grammys in 2000, has been acclaimed for having "all the professionalism and production values of much larger events like the Grammy Awards and the American Music Awards" (American Federation of Radio Television Artists). The Awards has received wide critical praise from both national and international media. All nominees were voted upon by the Awards' national Advisory membership and chosen between the 150 national contemporary and traditional music recordings originally submitted for nomination consideration. Winners of the Eighth Annual Native American Music Awards will be determined through membership print ballots and a national voting campaign open to the general public on the Nammys' website.
more info at : http://www.nammys.com/show.cfm
Also, Dave is on the new Bernard Fowler solo release! titled "Friends with Benefits"
6/06
Want to order the HairyApesBMX
"Out Demons" cd?
email Zak for details...
I'm at home, workin' with some great musicians... it's the best thing I've ever worked on!
Bernard Fowler, Jeff Fielder and Tilo are up here with me in "Dave's Studio and RV Park"... and it's really coming together!
I am healthy, happy, playin' my ass off... and good to go! Back down to my fightin' weight!
See ya soon!
8/01
Well, well, well...
What have I been up to? ...I am certainly glad that is not the question!
Let's see. You have to excuse me if I leave anyone out! It has been crazy! I have been embracing the processes involved with being on the "other" side of the glass. I am playing better than ever. There has been a lot of inspiring freak's getting my soul straight! I am proud of a recent freakout.
After 5 years of searching, I have finally found what seems to be a real band!!
Bernard Fowler (Peach Boys, Tacked, Motorhead, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC) vocals
Tim Murray (Tilo) (Methods of Mayhem >Tommy Lee<) vocals
David Abbruzzese (P.J. everything at present!) Silly me...
Currently we are getting it together... and it is good. The name of the BAND is "The P.O.S." I can't even begin to speculate....
....But man, I am excited! My drumming / musicality is the strongest that it has ever been.
ENJOY!!
It will be soon! I look forward to sharing the recorded work!
I CAN NOT WAIT TO introduce the new me to ALL OF YOUZ!
Some of what's gone on...
In From The Storm Jimi Hendrix tribute - Title track, and "Burning the Midnight Lamp"
co-Produced / Drummer - Stevie Salas "AlterNative"
Drummer - Nickle Bag "12 hits & a Bump"
Produced / Drummer / engineered / mixed - Stevie Salas "Sometimes Almost Never Was"
Produced / Drummer / engineered / mixed - HairyApesBMX "Out Demons"
Produced / Multi-Instrumentalist / engineered / mixed - The Green Romance Orchestra Play Parts 1 & 4
Produced / Drummer / engineered - "Apes of Wrath"
Produced / Multi-Instrumentalist / engineered / mixed - The Green Romance Orchestra Play Parts 1 & 5
Drummer / engineer / ? - Bernard Fowler "Sessions"
...and a lil 'o tour of the midwest with The HairyApesBMX. IT was GREAT!
See ya soon!
05/01
I did three gigs in Seattle with the APES... They were a blast. Sept 14, 15, 16 at The Rainbow, The Loft party, The Crocodile. Also, the APES were back with me in my studio. Working / tracking songs for the next record. The new record OUT DEMONS, will be available soon!!!
9/00
Road Report - Midwest Tour July / August 2000
"Dave here... ...I just got home from two weeks with my favorite Apes. I had almost forgotten how much I enjoy playing live music, but as I sit here with my swollen hands and a head full of new memories to smile at, I know that it is time to get back to that traveling world of craziness. The tour started at The Hurricane in Kansas City, MO. I had no idea what I was going to do, and I know that the Apes wondered about it, too. After participating in my first sound check in over 5 years, I knew it'd be all right. The band is tight and disciplined, yet there is so much room for musical expression. I emptied my ego and just reacted to the music and it was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a better group of Apes to return to the stage with. The family vibe coupled with the honesty of each individual in the band, both musically and personally, was a true release for me. Over the course of the tour, we became a hell of a force. At times, I just wanted to sit and listen! Ah yes... ...music. I didn't want the tour to end. It has been quite sometime since I was back in the world of driving, sweating, bleeding, loading, unloading, not sleeping.... ....I remembered it being more of a drag! I will be playing shows with these guys as often as I can... It is a must. If they come around to you, don't miss it. Thanks to all of you that came out and said hello. It was good to see you all again."
Dave has just finished Producing and Mixing an album for "HairyApesBMX" from Austin, Texas. The Album is tenatively titled 'Insane Dreams'.
Dave will be performing on percussion and drums with "HairyApes BMX" during their 12 show midwest tour at the end of July.
There are more shows to follow... Dave will be performing with The HairyApesBMX off and on, as his schedule permits. The Apes will be continuing to tour until around November, at which time they will be heading off to Europe. Dave is planning to join them on the Euro tour. With or without Dave on stage with them, HairyApesBMX is a fun night out...
...So go and support them freaks!!
Watch for their upcoming release of "Insane Dreams". Produced / Engineered & Mixed by Dave.
It's due out soon!
Digital Club Network - The site for Live Webcasts.
They archived 2 of the HairyApesBMX shows with Dave performing. Worth the search and work!
Go to Digital Club Network / Click and go to "live library" / Click on 'H' / Click on "HairyApesBMX 7/23/00 Granada Show"
If you don't have the RealPlayer program already, the site makes it easy to get what ya need to see and hear the 2nd show of Dave with the HairyApesBMX.
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