Updated 12/26/2000
Introducing DAVE HARDIN:
(also see BIO)
A native of Warsaw Kentucky, Dave now lives in Palm Harbor, Florida where twice he has been recognized by Tampa Bay's Weekly Planet as the Bay area's Best Singer/Songwriter. It is no surprise that his first CD, Nine Years Alone, has been awarded Best of the Bay honors, again by Tampa Bay's Weekly Planet:

September 21, 2000 Best of the Bay 2000. “In these high-tech times, music from the heart is hard to find. It’s a risky endeavor. Threadbare honesty can make people squirm in an increasingly superficial, cynical world. That’s why Hardin’s Nine Years Alone is such a rare and beautiful thing. The Palm Harbor singer/songwriter does not concern himself with posturing or attitude; he concentrates on the small events and images that make up a life. With a seductively raspy voice, he sings of the unspoken walls between married couples; the effects of divorce on his young son; a tree that gets chopped up and hauled away, its rings forging a family legacy. Hardin decorates these tales with snapshots of small-town life – broken down cars, IGA supermarkets, cold October rain – raising them above cliches. Nine Years Alone transcends the folkie ethos with fully drawn melodies and sensitive arrangements. This disc deserves to be heard – well beyond the boundaries of the Bay.“

The Octagon Arts Center, whose concert series includes such singer/songwriters as Richard Shindell, Vance Gilbert, Pierce Pettis, Christine Lavin and Michael Johnson, asked Hardin to share the bill with Kim Richey there on November 18, 2000. Ms. Richey had been touring with Trisha Yearwood in Europe. Kim sings like an absolute angel. It was a nice evening of acoustic music and it capped a busy month of special appearances for Hardin.

Nashville is showing interest in Hardin, and Dave’s made several trips up there this year. Robert Reynolds and Scotty Huff, (The Mavericks) like what they hear in Dave’s music. Dave has written with them several times this year and he may be going back up again before the year is through.