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Freight Train Boogie
No, this isn't the famously twisted movie director but, judging from the rich atmospherics Lynch chooses to frame his bluesy songs, he could be just as moody and, dare I say, wild at heart. Lynch has crafted a fine acoustic blues CD but it is the blues with a difference - the song structure is not traditional and there is more than a touch of slippery jazz to his songs. In other words, it's not just the traditional two repeating lines and then the punch line blues structure. It's more of an old-timey jazz-bluesy feel updated, say if Leon Redbone played more funky or if Dr. John played acoustic guitar kind of thing. Real slippery and slidey and greasy, with a lot of old-style funk to it, Ray Charles instead of Muddy Waters. Whatever it is, it goes down like a tall, cool glass of sweet tea on a hot day and seems to be the perfect record for relaxing in the hammock and being contemplative. Not country but great stuff just the same.
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David Lynch wrote his first song in the fifth grade (don't ask him to play it for you, because he won't). He performed it in front of the class and took such an emotional beating afterwards that he didn't play another song in public for twenty years. He's making up for lost time, and is very happy with the quality of his second independent release "Good Wood," out on the Surprise Truck Label. "We recorded 27 tunes for this album, and chose 14 for the final. The recording is very personal. Steve Refling knew just how to handle me. He (Steve) told me to relax and let go. I wanted to hear the squeaks and the movements and the string noise. I wanted it to feel like I was in your living room, and I wanted to connect."
David majored in Math at the University of California Santa Barbara, but says he doesn't remember much of it. He spent a lot of his time in "The Pit" (the audio section of the film department), multi-tracking original songs on quarter onch tape. This led him to a successful career in post-production, for which he has already earned an Emmy and 2 Golden Reel awards.
Lynch lives with his wife (whom he worships) and their 3 sons in San Luis Obispo, CA, having made the choice to spend time with the kids while they are still kids. Before settling in S.L.O. the Lynch's spent 5 weeks in Austin, and 5 weeks in Nashville. "It was great! I went out every night and played open mics and any local spots I could find. I had set the goal of 100 public performances, and it seemed like a good excuse for a road trip." He still travels to Nashville once a year to play the Writer's Night at the Bluebird Cafe.
David has been steadily honing his writing skills, as evidenced by his contest track record: 3 time finalist at the Sierra Songwriters Contest in Sonora, CA, 2 time finalist at the Founders Title Folk and Bluegrass Festival in Park City, UT, and a finalist at both the Sisters Music Festivals in Sister OR and the Tumblewood Music Festival in Richland, WA. He is getting some local radio play on KOTR (94.9), and was invited to play at the KCBX Live Oak Music Festival in 2001. "My grandfather on my mom's side was a fiddle player, my grandfather on my dad's side was a mandolin player from Ireland, and my mother made a record as a vocalist in the early 50's. Songwriting feels very natural to me."
David is a native of Southern California and grew up near the beach immersed on the surf culture. Some of his tunes pull directly from those experiences, but the bulk of them transcend all cultural differences - speaking to and challenging the "heavy stuff" inside us all. "Good Wood" has a way of getting under your skin, and draws you in deeper with subsequent listenings. "I'm getting impromptu phone calls from professional sound people who tell me it's the only album they listen to. It never leaves the CD player."
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