Dave Goodman - Side Of The Road (2010) [Hi-Res]

No song could better describe the life this friendly Canadian spent on the road than “The Night We Chased The Day”. At the age of 18, David Goodman left his hometown of Victoria in British Columbia. And with his songs in his baggage he traveled the world and built up a reputation as a skilled guitarist, a fantastic singer and a genuine storyteller. His love of the blues earned him praise from big names like David Sanborn, Jeff Healey and John Lee Hooker.

After years on the road, Dave Goodman settled in Bremen and recorded his first album for Acoustic Music, “Side Of The Road”. On his album, the outstanding fingerstyle guitarist reveals himself as a stylish slide player, who works the influence of blues and folk, swing and pop into lyrical guitar songs full of romanticism and longing for the road. Each piece would be a class in itself as an instrumental, but with Goodman’s sensitive singing, the 12 new works blossom into shimmering song-pearls. In spite of his deep guitar technique, Goodman always arranges the songs with respect to the music, be that when he plays them together with the pianist Joe Dinkelbach, colors them with Steve Baker’s blues harp, or invites blues vocalist Big Daddy Wilson for a duet. “Side Of The Road” reveals an extraordinarily talented musician, whose songs will thrill everyone, not only friends of the guitar.

DAVE GOODMAN – vocals, acoustic guitar, acoustic slide guitar, electric guitar, acoustic nylon string guitar, six string banjo
BIG DADDY WILSON – vocals on track 11
STEVE BAKER – harmonica on tracks 11 and 12
JOE DINKELBACH – piano on tracks 2, 8 and 9