Dave Hanson

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  Dave Hanson (Harmonica-Keyboards-Vocals) was a teenager when he began playing harmonica.He has been a professional piano tuner/ technician and musician for over 30 years.Dave has been the concert piano tuner at the Rockford
  
  Metro Centre for over twenty years.He has played with various groups including Wheezer Lockinger and Red Bud Thunder.He is the founding member of the Blues Hawks.
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  Dave Hanson of the Blues Hawks talks about his career and the Rockford music scene.
  
  Currently playing harp and keyboards plus adding some vocals to The Blues Hawks.Dave Hanson has spent most of his years on the planet, working with music.His story is similar to many other musicians, playing for the love of the music and working to get that one chance to "make it".It is an interesting tale with some surprises.Dave was born in Madison, WI, to parents who did quite a bit of singing.His father often listened to a local radio station that played a jazz & blues mix.Dave quickly learned to like Ray Charles and the boogie woogie piano players.
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  Curious, Dave asked his father what was in the case.The response was, "It's a licorice stick."His father explained that the jazz musicians referred to the clarinet with that phrase.
  
  The family moved to Oregon, IL, in 1955 when Hanson was 7 years old.The schools had band programs for children in elementary school and Dave started playing cornet.Later his family moved to Rockford, where the schools did not have band at the lower grade levels.Dave drifted away from music into sports.At the age of sixteen, Dave married his wife of thirty-eight years, Cheryl.Two years later, Cheryl won a guitar as a door prize at an event.Dave found himself to be the proud owner of an electric Goya guitar, which rekindled his love of music.The Beatles were an early influence, at least until a friend introduced Hanson to a John Mayall record, which was the catalyst for Dave exploring blues music and beginning to learn to play the harmonica.Soon Dave and some friends opened the Red Whale, one of Rockford's largest boutiques/head shops.Hanson started meeting plenty of musicians that regularly frequented the store, including members of the Grim Reapers, an early Rick Nielson band.Dave quickly found himself jamming with different groups, playing harp and adding vocals.He also began to learn to play keyboards,
  
  After making the decision to leave the head shop business, Hanson began an apprenticeship as a piano tuner technician for Nielson's Music World, owned by Rick's parents.
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  This growing career did not keep Hanson from getting heavily into the rock & roll scene.He eventually headed for Philadelphia along with 3/4th's of the future Cheap Trick - Rick Nielson, Bun E. Carlos and Tom Petersson.All were looking for that big break.But before it happened, Dave returned home to Rockford.He missed his wife and two sons, Troy and Trent.He went back to work at Nielson's Music City, where he did it all- sold, tuned and rebuilt pianos by day.At night, he went looking for a new band.The mid -70's found Hanson in Weezer Lockinger, a band that once opened for Fleetwood Mac at a show in Belvidere!!!The group did mostly original songs, which inspired Hanson to get interested in song writing.The highlight of his three-year tenure was night that the band opened for Humble Pie.From there, Hanson went to Red Bud Thunder, a southern boogie rock band.Gradually, rock music lost its appeal and Hanson made the decision to search for the opportunity to front a blues band, where he would be able to feature his harp playing and vocal talents.
  
  After several attempts with a couple of bands,.Dave formed the Blues Hawks in 1996.Dave describes the group's music as classic contemporary & original blues-rock.
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  Hanson adds, "We like to get people up and dancing.
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  Hanson commented "We hope it pays for itself, that the much-improved sound will help us attract new fans."
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  Dave would be happy if a national act or musician started playing one of the band's original songs.His ultimate dream is to get a record label interested in working with the group and getting their recordings out to a larger audience.
  
  Hanson estimates that the Blues Hawks have played about 325 dates in the last six years, an average of one show per week.He adds "Business is good, especially the piano tuning business.

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  Published on: 3/17/2007    Last Visited: 3/17/2007  

  Dave Hanson (Harmonica-Keyboards-Vocals) was a teenager when he began playing harmonica.He has been a professional piano tuner/ technician and musician for over 30 years.Dave has been the concert piano tuner at the Rockford
  
  Metro Centre for over twenty years.He has played with various groups including Wheezer Lockinger and Red Bud Thunder.He is the founding member of the Blues Hawks.
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  Dave Hanson of the Blues Hawks talks about his career and the Rockford music scene.
  
  Currently playing harp and keyboards plus adding some vocals to The Blues Hawks.Dave Hanson has spent most of his years on the planet, working with music.His story is similar to many other musicians, playing for the love of the music and working to get that one chance to "make it".It is an interesting tale with some surprises.Dave was born in Madison, WI, to parents who did quite a bit of singing.His father often listened to a local radio station that played a jazz & blues mix.Dave quickly learned to like Ray Charles and the boogie woogie piano players.
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  Curious, Dave asked his father what was in the case.The response was, "It's a licorice stick."His father explained that the jazz musicians referred to the clarinet with that phrase.
  
  The family moved to Oregon, IL, in 1955 when Hanson was 7 years old.The schools had band programs for children in elementary school and Dave started playing cornet.Later his family moved to Rockford, where the schools did not have band at the lower grade levels.Dave drifted away from music into sports.At the age of sixteen, Dave married his wife of thirty-eight years, Cheryl.Two years later, Cheryl won a guitar as a door prize at an event.Dave found himself to be the proud owner of an electric Goya guitar, which rekindled his love of music.The Beatles were an early influence, at least until a friend introduced Hanson to a John Mayall record, which was the catalyst for Dave exploring blues music and beginning to learn to play the harmonica.Soon Dave and some friends opened the Red Whale, one of Rockford's largest boutiques/head shops.Hanson started meeting plenty of musicians that regularly frequented the store, including members of the Grim Reapers, an early Rick Nielson band.Dave quickly found himself jamming with different groups, playing harp and adding vocals.He also began to learn to play keyboards,
  
  After making the decision to leave the head shop business, Hanson began an apprenticeship as a piano tuner technician for Nielson's Music World, owned by Rick's parents.This growing career did not keep Hanson from getting heavily into the rock & roll scene.He eventually headed for Philadelphia along with 3/4th's of the future Cheap Trick - Rick Nielson, Bun E. Carlos and Tom Petersson.All were looking for that big break.But before it happened, Dave returned home to Rockford.He missed his wife and two sons, Troy and Trent.He went back to work at Nielson's Music City, where he did it all- sold, tuned and rebuilt pianos by day.At night, he went looking for a new band.The mid -70's found Hanson in Weezer Lockinger, a band that once opened for Fleetwood Mac at a show in Belvidere!!!The group did mostly original songs, which inspired Hanson to get interested in song writing.The highlight of his three-year tenure was night that the band opened for Humble Pie.From there, Hanson went to Red Bud Thunder, a southern boogie rock band.Gradually, rock music lost its appeal and Hanson made the decision to search for the opportunity to front a blues band, where he would be able to feature his harp playing and vocal talents.
  
  After several attempts with a couple of bands,.Dave formed the Blues Hawks in 1996.Dave describes the group's music as classic contemporary & original blues-rock.
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  Hanson adds, "We like to get people up and dancing.
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  Hanson commented "We hope it pays for itself, that the much-improved sound will help us attract new fans."
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  Dave would be happy if a national act or musician started playing one of the band's original songs.His ultimate dream is to get a record label interested in working with the group and getting their recordings out to a larger audience.
  
  Hanson estimates that the Blues Hawks have played about 325 dates in the last six years, an average of one show per week.He adds "Business is good, especially the piano tuning business.
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  Booking/Sales 226-9588 Dave Hanson
  
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  Blues Hawks - Dave Hanson, 815-708-5312, www.blueshawks.com
  
  Boulas Trio - Doug Furze, 815-399-9067

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  Published on: 10/30/2008    Last Visited: 11/1/2008  

  Over the next year or so, I met Dave Hanson, another extremely talented musician, when he started coming out to the sessions with his kidsâ€"and his bodhran. Wow! And I asked Dave to join usâ€"whenever we have a paying gig, he is the first guy we call.

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  There will also be a live pit band featuring area musicians Bob Danner, Bob Romza, Adam Turner and Dave Hanson.

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  "We're putting people that are 25 together with people that are 50 and older," said Dave Hanson, keyboard/harmonica player.
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  "It's more of a democratic group,' Hanson said."There's no dictator here.When it comes to writing the songs or at our rehearsal if someone has something to add to the groove, it's pretty much a mutual situation.That makes everybody an integral part of the group."
  
  Hanson, a blues man who plays mouth harp and keyboards, brought the Blues Hawks together about a year ago, but the band went through some personnel changes before hitting on the right mix of members.
  
  Bass player Adam Stryker and drummer Roger Wylie joined the group after the original members parted ways with Hanson.
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  That is what really took us over the edge as far as developing our sound," Hanson said.
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  Bun E. Carlos was a good buddy of Hanson's during high school and through the Red Whale, Hanson met a lot of other musicians, including the other pre-Cheap Trick members.
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  Like Roe and Hanson, Stryker believes most styles of music are intertwined, whether it be blues, country or rock.
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  I've always wanted to be in a blues band, so when Dave called me, I just couldn't turn it down " he said.
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  Booking/Sales 226-9588 Dave Hanson
  
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  Dave Hanson
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  Since Dave wasn't a student, he was the only one able to accept that offer.
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  At the end of that summer, Dave's family transferred to Europe and Dave followed in 1961. Dave's dad was the Special Services officer and soon had him playing with some local jazz groups around the 7th Army areas. Later, Dave played with the Grundig Recording Orchestra in Munich where he also completed his college degree at the University of Maryland in Munich.
  
  In 1963, Dave moved to San Francisco and was soon working with Bill Napier, Bill Ericson and Carol Leigh.
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  New Orleans was musically very rewarding and a learning experience as Dave shared bandstands with people like Louis Cottrell, Placide Adams, Danny Barker, Wendell Eugene, Frog Joseph and a host of newcomers, such as George Finola, Les Muscott, Orange Kellern and Iron Lips DeSaro.
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  Somewhere in there Dave reached burnout and ventured to New York City to play at Your Fathers Moustache, where he soon found himself as the substitute trombonist, traveling from club to club, so the resident bone player could take a vacation.
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  Few trombonists could move into this 'melodic' world but Dave proved to be more than up to the challenge.
  
  Ed Sullivan heard the Mustache band, liked their spirit and Dave soon joined the group that warmed-up Sullivan's live audience 18 minutes before each Sunday evening's taping.
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  This tour came through Atlanta, and Dave, always on the lookout for friendly local players with whom he could sit in, found his way to Ruby Red's Warehouse.
  
  The band liked Dave and Dave liked the band and before the evening was over Dave was offered and accepted a job with the Ruby Red's Warehouse Band. He joined Peanuts Fitch and Hal Johnson and became accquainted with Flambeaux (then a waiter at Ruby Red's). Within a few months the club moved from its Ellis Street location to its new digs in Underground Atlanta.
  
  Dave became a mainstay at Ruby Red's and soon was recording with many of the Traditional Jazz World-Class musicians that were drawn to the club in private concerts on Sunday afternoons sponsored by the Atlanta Dixieland Jazz Society. The Ruby Red's Band, often with Dave as the leader, made appearances at Atlanta Falcons games, University of Georgia football games, and Atlanta Braves baseball games. The band played in Underground at Ruby Red's Warehouse for 8-9 years, closing in 1976. At this time the band hit the road and Dave found himself playing in country clubs and hotel ballrooms and private pool parties throughout the Southeast.
  
  As Atlanta's economy began moving quickly into the Convention destination market the Ruby Red's Band made a smooth transition into this market as well. Soon the band was in demand for conventions, meetings, store openings, land auctions... every imaginable venue in which a dixieland band could be used. And as the economy went through a variety of fluctuations in the 70's and 80's Dave proved to be irreplaceable because of his ability to play the melody. As bands began to reduce in size due to economic squeezes, Dave could lead the band melodically.
  
  Dave is currently the Vice-President of the Atlanta Frederation of Musicians and continues to play with jazz bands in Atlanta an throughout the country, including...

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  Dave "Harp" Hanson(815) 963-2530

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