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David Elon Preston
Dave and the Misfit Toys Every Other Wednesday!
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September 21, 2004 Catch Dave every other Wednesday at Barnstormer's Pub on Jefferson Road in Rochester, New York with the Misfit Toys! Go to the events page for dates and times. It's a fun time for all!! (Photo by Paul Schwartz)
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Famed Recording Artist Back From Vacation
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Left: Visions of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina....where famed recording artist, Dave Preston spent ($$$$$$$$$$$) his vacation......
April 23, 2004 It was a nice break from the hectic recording and recouping schedule, and - despite the bumber to bumper traffic down and back up Interstate-95 - a good time was had by all. I took my trusty Martin D-15 along to play in the shade while resting from the sun and I nearly wrote a new song. Perhaps I'll finish it this week because... Dave Goes Back to Work April 26th!
YUCK
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Two New Recordings Available for Downloading
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March 30, 2004 I've recently finished recording a couple of tunes that I'm considering using on my upcoming CD. The first one is a re-recording of Wayward Son of Mine. Fellow Song Ramp artist Anne Cozean writes, "don't know that many could pull off such a sparse offering as you've successfully done here. Your voice and the message it sings is truly a pleasure. Beautiful job." Another Song Ramp artist, Randy Showalter says, "Wayward Son is a wonderful song that should be published, recorded and distributed to the masses."
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The second recording is the traditional song called The Parting Glass. This song was well known in both Ireland and Scotland, appearing as early as the 1600s in period literature. Today it's often sung as the last song of the evening by celtic groups around the world. I'm planning to use this cut as the last one on the new CD. I hope you like both of these new recordings.!
Good Food . . .Good Mood!
March 21, 2004. An intimate setting and a delicious array of fine deserts provided the backdrop to an evening of entertainment at the First Presbyterian Church in Brockport, New York last night (Saturday, March 20th). It was a honor for me to host the event and to be able to sing some of the songs that I plan to include on my upcoming second album. More so it was a pleasure for me to welcome on stage a true variety other talented performers to make the evening more special.
I can't thank the following people enough for sharing their talents: Andy Stoker and his tremendous sax solo's; recorder virtuoso's Ben Harper and Tyler Maier; comedian Dan Harper (and Carl too); and wonderful singers Joy Bergfalk, Sara Terry, and Mike (Chris Prime's friend -didn't catch the last name). I'd especially like to thank Bill Noel who had to suffer PAINFULLY through me screwing up the guitar accompaniment to the song he had worked so hard on! (I hope you're still speaking to me, Bill).
Certainly a highlight for me was the support of my new bandmates, Frank and Laurie Sanseri, and Chris Prime. Frank, Laurie, and Chris happily agreed to join me on stage for several songs and were warmly embraced by the audience. They even learned the refrain to "Freeman's Farm" at the last minute before the show started. Of course they sang it like they've been singing it for years! It was a great night of food, fellowship, laughs and harmony!
ps: I think people liked my new songs too :)
Brand New Song Just Released!
March 11, 2004. This just in: Click here to hear Dave's latest, "All Day Long".......
