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Stompin' Dave Allen[Various, Solo Artist]
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Stompin' Dave Allen performs energetic folk & blues music on guitar, five-string banjo, fiddle, harmonica, vocals & tap dancing.
Based in Bridport, Dorset, UK.
2008 promises to be a bumper year for Stompin Dave, he has performances scheduled for Banbury Blues Festival, Wessex Folk Festival, Foxstock Festival, The Barton Inn Folk & Ale Festival, Almeley Bluegrass Festival, Suffolk Bluegrass Day, Exmouth Blues Festival, North Devon Fringe Festival, The Beaminster Festival & Southsea Folk & Roots Festival.
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In 2007 Dave's gigs included Glastonbury Festival, Weymouth Folk Festival, The Great Dorset Steam Fair, Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, The Cornish Bluegrass Assosiation Festival & Verwood Roots Festival [u][b][i]
Previously known as Dr. Stomp, Dave has performed at Glastonbury Festival 2004/5, The Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival 2005, Frome Festival 2005/6, Brampton Live Festival 2004, Bournemouth Music Live 2004/5 and won Falmouth's International Street Entertainer's Competition in 2004. Dave produced eight Dr. Stomp albums & a video.
Since beginning to perform as Stompin' Dave Allen in April 2006 Dave has recorded two CDs Westwood Bound, and Like A Lotus Flower Growing In Muddy Waters, travelled across the USA, with impromptu performances in Chicago, New York, Charlottesville and New Orleans. Dave has also performed in pubs, bars, village halls, and art centres in Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Cornwall, Hampshire, Gloustershire & Surrey.
More info, including more music clips can be found at www.stompindave.com
Video clips of Stompin' Dave, stomping, can be found at www.myspace.com/stompindave
Forthcoming gigs (4 of 14 total): Thu 24th Jul: Cobb Arms, Lyme Regis... Fri 25th Jul: The Foundary Arms, Poole... Sat 26th Jul: Evershot village Hall, Evershot... Fri 1st Aug: The Royal Oak, North Gorley
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| Thu 24 Jul | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Cobb Arms, Lyme Regis 9pm - 11pm |
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| Fri 25 Jul | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at The Foundary Arms, Poole 9pm |
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| Sat 26 Jul | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Evershot village Hall, Evershot 9pm - 11pm £5 |
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| Fri 1 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at The Royal Oak, North Gorley 9pm |
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| Mon 4 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Boot Inn, Weymouth 9pm |
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| Thu 7 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at The Dolphin, Southampton 9pm |
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| Fri 15 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Q Bar, Falmouth 9pm |
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| Fri 22 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at The Greyhound, Corfe Castle 9pm |
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| Sat 23 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Foxstock Festival, Burford 9pm |
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| Sun 24 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Southsea Folk & Roots Festival, Southsea 9pm |
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| Mon 25 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at Havering Festival, Hornchurch 9pm |
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| Thu 28 Aug | | | Stompin' Dave Allen at The Platform Tavern, Southampton 9pm |
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Original Demo 1 : 3.what Am I Supposed To Do? [Acoustic Blues]12345678910 0 votes  average 0.00 Notes from Stompin' Dave Allen: "Original Acoustic blues on the Stompin' Dave CD Like A Lotus Flower Growing In Muddy Waters. Released 2006. Features vocals, acoustic guitar & harmonica, with basic foot stompin'" | |
| Previous Gigs / Events | |
Stompin' Dave Allen at Boot Inn, Weymouth on Mon 7th Jul 08  write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at Eyre Court Hotel, Seaton Junction on Sun 6th Jul 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Woodman, Bridport on Sat 5th Jul 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Royal Oak, North Gorley on Fri 4th Jul 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Dolphin, Southampton on Thu 3rd Jul 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Black Bear, Wareham on Wed 2nd Jul 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Beaminster Festival, Dorchester on Sat 28th Jun 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at Marshall's, Barnstaple on Sun 22nd Jun 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at The Anchor Inn, Swanage on Fri 20th Jun 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
| Stompin' Dave Allen at RMA Tavern, Southsea on Thu 19th Jun 08 write a gig review for Stompin' Dave Allen » | |
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 Great entertainment on Sat 10th Feb 07 | |
  This man's reputation is spreading far and wide. We brought along two friends who had travelled all the way from Cheshire to see this talented man. They were not disappointed. Stompin' Dave's musical skill and enthusiasm have the attention of all those in the pub within 3 songs. His range of music from bluegrass to blues, Irish traditional to Appalachian clog pleases most tastes. His multi-instrumental talents featured guitar, banjo, snare drum, harmonica and those stompin shoes. One minor downside... he forgot to bring his fiddle, but we'll let him off and we'll be back for more soon.
Our friends from Cheshire were still smiling at 12 noon as they drove back t'up north. | |
| John G, Sun 11th Feb 07 | |
 Purbeck Beardies shown how to stomp The Square & Compass, Worth Matravers on Sat 2nd Dec 06 | |
Do you reckon you'd have a good Saturday night, given the following set of circumstances?
- a ridiculously atmospheric, log-fire warmed, ancient stonemasons' pub, (many say the best pub in Dorset) perched at the head of a steep stony valley leading down to the wild Purbeck coast only half a mile away,
- a raging gale blowing in from the Atlantic threatening to tear the pub sign off and fling it all the way to Swanage (but a bright moon glittering on the sea, not a drop of rain),
- an international beer festival featuring drool-inducing lunatic soup from all over the world, plus mulled cider so popular the whole place smelt like a warm apple barn,
- not only a beer festival, but a beard festival - entered into wholeheartedly by the assortment of 60 or so friendly, colourful and creative whisker enthusiasts and drinkers, from two year olds dancing on tables to, well, much, much older types who looked like they may have worked the nearby quarries in their time,
- The south's most dynamic, original, uplifting and entertaining multi-instrumentalist, Mr Stompin' Dave Allen.
Well, I believe I'd be right in saying that every last one of us will remember it as a night of raw, unmitigated musical virtuosity and rhythmic delight and I'll bet every last foot was still tapping furiously to a deeply ingrained bluegrass beat all the next day.
The thing about Stompin' Dave is that, for the first few numbers, if you were busily engaged in your pub banter and not paying too much attention, you could make the mistake of taking him as a musical middleweight; a talented and entertaining banjo player with an eccentric look and playing style, but with no real depth. However, not long after he's started playing, you start to notice that all around the pub people are pricking up their ears, heels and toes are tapping intently and talk ceases; they are gradually falling well and truly under the influence of the infectious and irresistible beat that is the driving force of Dave's wonderful music.
Not only that, give it a couple more songs and you can see it dawning on them that he's put down the banjo and he's since conjured the same primal, mesmerising effect out of his fiddle, his harmonicas, his guitars and most spectacularly the flat, weathered, wooden box on which he tap-dances with the energy and spirit of a dervish (whilst playing said instruments). There is a hell of a lot more to this guy than just decent banjo playing!
Pretty soon, the Square and Compasses' large flag-stone floor was playing host to some seriously uninhibited stomping and gyrating and before too long, the landlords had a full-blown hoedown on their hands - it was great!
The range of styles played on the different instruments gave the audience a variety of grooves to get into, both mellow and frenetic, and I noticed that Dave's solid funk infused rhythm & blues on the acoustic guitar seriously hit the spot.
But for me there was a moment during his first set where, wether the artist was conscious of his effect or not, he had so well and truly hypnotised his entire audience that he'd stripped his song right down to voice, two drumsticks playing against the mike stand and those mesmerising tap shoes on the wooden box - and the room was stomping and pulsing like it was the climax of some tribal ritual.
During the second set, I got the impression that Dave knew this was a bit of a special gig - that the mood was just right and the music going down really well - and he treated us to an impassioned mixture of barnstorming, incendiary traditional banjo numbers interspersed with some very impressive original material. "Lotus flower growing in muddy waters", a simple but lyrically powerful tune, was particularly appreciated.
It's hard to get a solid stone pub rocking, but with incredible musicianship and a huge dose of raw energy, Stompin' Dave Allen managed it on a stormy Saturday night! | |
| Dominic Longley, Wed 6th Dec 06 | |
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| CDs | |
 | | Westwood Bound
The Album Westwood Bound recorded in 2006 features 29 tracks featuring vocals, banjo, fiddle & guitar, harmonica, & tap dancing. The album features mainly traditional pieces but includes 7 original instrumentals. |
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 | | Like A Lotus Flower Growing In Muddy Waters
A new album of exclusively original material called Like A Lotus Flower Growing In Muddy Waters. 18 tracks featuring vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion and tap dancing. |
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| Page last updated 23 May 08, gig/event details last updated 12 March 08. |
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| Page first created on Lemonrock 27 July 05. |  |
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