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Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin was born in Los Angeles in 1955. In the late 1970s, he formed The Blasters with his brother Phil, a band that became known for its raw,...
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East Texas Blues
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1968
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A Short Life Of Trouble
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Abilene
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All By Myself
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Ashgrove
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Barn Burning
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Between The Cracks
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Big Bill Blues
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Black Haired Girl
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Black Rose Of Texas
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Black Sky
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Blind Love
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Blue Blvd
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California Snow
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Dave Alvin was born in Los Angeles in 1955. In the late 1970s, he formed The Blasters with his brother Phil, a band that became known for its raw, guitar-driven sound. He left that group in 1986 to work on his own material.
His solo work includes albums like 'Romeo's Escape' from 1987 and 'Ashgrove' from 1994. Songs such as 'Every Night About This Time' and 'Out In California' show his lean, narrative style, which draws from rock, folk, and blues without fussing over genre boundaries.
He has recorded with various collaborators, including a project called Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women in 1993. Other musicians like Chris Gaffney and Bobby Lloyd Hicks have played in his bands at different times.
His songs have been recorded by artists including Johnny Cash and Lucinda Williams. He put out albums like 'West of the West' in 2001 and 'Eleven Eleven' in 2011, continuing to write plainly about places and people.
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