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MP3 David Berchtold & Brian Stear - Ghosts of Music Past
15 MP3 Songs in this album (55:33) !
Related styles: Folk: Folk Blues, Rock: Acoustic, Type: Acoustic
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David Berchtold
Propelled by a hard-driving alternating thumb, the infectious acoustic fingerstyle music of David Berchtold keeps feet tapping from start to finish. David’s heart-felt, melodic original tunes and expressive interpretations of familiar standards make for all-around audience delight. David regularly entertains at restaurants, bars, coffeehouses, private parties and concert venues with up to four hours of music – either with vocals or completely instrumental.
Ghosts of Music Past, the latest and 4th CD from David Berchtold, is his first collaboration with musician extraordinaire, Brian Stear. The CD is available online and at shows. Recent appearances of note include a performance at the Hickory Ridge Concert Series at Dixon Mounds Museum.
A dedicated perfectionist, David spent over 25 years diligently practicing his craft, learning from the likes of Jorma Kaukonen, Pat Donahue, and Woody Mann.
David has amassed a tasty blend of concert-quality acoustic instrumentals featuring his emotive finger picking (such as “Little Martha” by the Allman Brothers and “Embryonic Journey” by Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna) and a huge variety of folk, blues, ragtime, roots rock, gospel, and acoustic rock classics. His original tunes, such as “Things I’ve Seen,” “Suits Me Fine,” and “Aftermath” get great audience response everywhere he goes.
“Berchtold and Stear” is David’s new duo with multi-instrumentalist Brian Stear on harmonica, mandolin, guitar, vocals, and his Grandma’s old washboard. They are creating a buzz and getting return visits at nearly every venue they play.
David now plays as a solo or duo act. With his easy, laid-back stage presence, the music of David Berchtold touches and inspires as it entertains.
Brian Stear
The son of a very musical family, multi-instrumentalist Brian Stear grew up in the melting pot of music in the 1960s known as Los Angeles. While soaking up influences from Motown, musical theater, jazz, rock, and everything in between, he would sneak his AM radio under his pillow at night and fall asleep to the greats he would later pay tribute to. Above all, it was his Grandma, the one person in the family with no musical talent at all, who inspired him to follow a career in music by making him feel that he could do anything.
Proud of his reputation as a consummate sideman of over 30 years, Brian has developed a unique style and approach to each instrument in his arsenal. Though he started out on drums, his harmonica playing is melodic, joyful, soulful and searing. For him no melody is sacred, as he captivates the audience like the Pied Piper himself. For blues, rock and country guitar, it’s all about “The Three T’s”: taste, technique, and tone, as he uses the guitar to add the icing on the cake. For bluegrass, folk, and blues standards, Brian uses his mandolin as more of a support instrument to accompany the artist as opposed to pulling the spotlight. He’s even got his Grandma’s washboard for rhythm accompaniment, which he plays with bare fingers to really feel what he’s doing.
A guy you’d trust to get the job done (or be honest enough to say he can’t,) Brian has played with hundreds of great musicians, from local coffeehouse regulars like David Berchtold, to Grammy award winners like Koko Taylor. A self-described musical chameleon, he has the unique ability to bring exactly what’s needed to the table and blend into the song, creating a canvas of sound translated from the natural (and unnatural!) sounds of daily life all around us.
In addition to studio work and live performances, Brian also works with schools, youth groups, educators, and other organizations to present musical workshops to inform and motivate the next generation.
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