| Watch for a new biography on RAY BUTTS, the inventor of the Echo Sonic amplifier and Gretsch Filtertron pickups, now in development. Input from Scotty Moore (Elvis), Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and many others. Never before seen photos and information on the man whose genius shaped the sound of bands from Elvis to the Beatles and beyond. ________________________________________________________ "How I Survived the Nashville Music Scene" a book by Dave Kyle Dave Kyle's book is no longer available from Author House Publishing. It is a never before told account of his experiences as a musician, writer and broker for some of the world's most famous musical instruments and their owners. Check Amazon.com for availability. As a feature writer for Vintage Guitar magazine, his cover stories include Chet Atkins, Duane Allman, Carl Perkins, Roy Rogers, Mike Bloomfield, Elvis Presley, Marty Stuart and many others. Kyle gathered some interesting stories while touring Europe, Asia and North America. The book also gives several accounts of time spent playing for a staff band on a weekly television series in Nashville. The program featured many new recording artists as well as established acts. After deciding to retire from road life, he started Dave Kyle Guitars trading in vintage and celebrity owned instruments. Among the more famous of these were George Harrison's Rosewood Fender Telecaster (pictured), Elvis's Rosewood Tele, Buck Owens's red, white & blue Tele, John Lennon's Mellotron, Duane Allman's first guitar (a Gibson Les Paul Junior), and several instruments used by Waylon Jennings. Sorry, this book is presently OUT OF PRINT. |
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| shown with the Rosewood Fender Telecaster used by George Harrison in the Beatles last live performance, from the album & movie, "Let It Be." (Now available on DVD) |
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A very special thanks to Vintage Guitar magazine and Eric Shoaf for the great review of my book in their George Harrison issue. Also to Jayson at Gadfly.com for printing the exerpt from the chapter on Waylon Jennings. And finally, a big thank you very much goes out to Arts Illiana, Vigo County Public Library and BookNation in Terre Haute, Indiana for their combined efforts in presenting program the book. And of course, thank YOU again for stopping by!! |
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| Click the guitar below for a sample of my work with Blues player, Mark Cook. There are short clips of my vocals on tracks 7, 8 & 9 with a little slide work, using Steve Rusin's '34 National on track 7. Thanks to Mark for including me on this album! |
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| Dave playing Steve Rusin's 1934 National Style "O" at Arts Illiana book signing. |
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| EnRoute Music's PorchBoard Bass I use one of these and if you try it, you will too! Click on the picture above to go to their web site. This is the coolest thing since sliced bread. I rarely perform without it. All you have to do is plug it in and tap your foot. It sounds like a bass drum, however loud or soft you want. It makes a solo acoustic guitar sound HUGE! Thanks Nadene! |
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| UPDATE - NEW BOOK in 2009 ! |
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Now on FACEBOOK, search, "Dave Kyle" facebook.com |
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| L to R: Billy F Gibbons (ZZ Top), Randy Poe (author of "Skydog") and Dave Kyle at Book Soup, Sunset Strip, Hollywood in November, 2006. Randy uses some of Dave's photos and interviews in his excelent book on the life and times of guitar legend, Duane Allman. |
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| Go to Randy Poe's Skydog web site by clicking on the picture of the book's cover below: |
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| This page is dedicated to the memory of the fantastic genius that was Carl Perkins. Our time together was much too short, but for me, its value can never be assesed. |
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| Grammy winning artist Tom Wilkes' web site, WILKES WORKS, has great original artwork he designed for artists such as George Harrison, The Who, Ike & Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, Monterey Pop Festival, Joplin, Streisand, Beatles ... well, you get the idea. This is GREAT stuff, order yours NOW! Click the Wilkes icon below: |
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| From back cover of "How I Survived the Nashville Music Scene": |
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