The Dave Amour Band has been playing together since 1972. Both the band's performances, and Dave Amour's custom-hand-made-to-die-for Guitars can be best described as WOW!.
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Dave Amour's awesome sculpture and guitar at Healdsburg Guitar Festival
About our Gigs:
(B=Booked; UC=Under Consideration)
Friday, February 17, 2012 4:30 p.m. Mt. Shasta Ski Park B
Friday, March 23, 2012 4:30 p.m. Mt. Shasta Ski Park B
Friday, May 25, 2012 9:00 p.m. McCloud River Lodge - start your evening with fine dining courtesy Chef Serge Margo followed by an exciting evening of dancing to great tunes, 140 Squaw Valley Rd, McCloud, CA 96057 Spend the night! 530-964-2700. Enjoy Historic McCloud's Mushroom Faire Saturday & Sunday
www.mccloudlodge.com B
Friday, July 20, 2012 9:00 p.m. McCloud River Lodge - start your evening with fine dining courtesy Chef Serge Margo followed by an exciting evening of dancing to great tunes, 140 Squaw Valley Rd, McCloud, CA 96057 Spend the night! 530-964-2700.
www.mccloudlodge.com BDave Amour Band bios:
Nick Cordellos, playing drums since 1968, considered by local musicians to be most steadying, intuitive, and creative in the country. He was born in San Francisco, played in numerous Bay Area bands, and has studied classical with San Francisco Conservatory of Music, learning percussion from Alex Acuna. Influences include John Bonham and Buddy Rich.
Dave Amour - Guitar, vocals - was born in St. Louis, but moved to and grew up in Hawthorne, CA at an early age. He started playing guitar at the age of 16, and has been writing and arranging songs ever since. He signed with Capital Records in 1968, before heading to Dunsmuir in 1972. There, as founding member of "Gage", Dave performed extensively until 1984. In 1984, he returned to Southern California, wowing audiences with his great vocal and guitar styling and fabulous choice of music. Dave took up guitar building as a sideline, and, 1997, moved back to Northern California. "I plan to continue to make quality guitars and violins. My goal is to first have fun while playing music."
Keith Anderson - Amour-crafted 50s P-Bass player (see photo below) - was born in Chicago's South Side - and has been performing since 1959. He signed with Mercury Record's "Smash" label in 1962; warmed crowds for the Rolling Stones in Chicago, 1963; the Young bloods at New York's Peppermint Lounge, 1968; and Albert King/Janis Joplin at San Francisco's Fillmore, 1969. One of the original members of the "Illinois Speed Press" and "Gage", Keith has published songs and recorded for Columbia Records.
Mail for Dave Amour Band, or $10 + $5 shipping and handling for us to send you a live 2005 performance CD (hear selections below), may be sent to Keith Anderson at:
P O Box 112
McCloud, CA 96057
AMOUR GUITARS
Ultra-light-swamp-ash body, maple neck, nitro-hand-wound pickups, thrilling sound, your choice of finish, includes deluxe hard-shell case, $2,700
You KNOW you deserve this. Call Dave @ 530-926-2208 damour@nctv.com
SOLD!
TESTIMONIAL-AMOUR GUITARS
Ron Lovelace, of the 'Ron Lovelace Band' writes "Dave Amour is a master craftsman and a detailed oriented person. The Telecaster that he built for me is not only a very fine instrument it has become a work of art. Working with him was very easy. This is the first guitar that I have owned that is perfect, just for me, right from the start. Many times I have acquired an instrument that has most of the qualities I wanted but there was always something that I had to change to make it more mine. I'm am a traditional player and this Tele was built to early '50's specs, with a little touch of Mr. Amour's mojo. When it came to winding the pickups for the guitar he also did a fantastic job, these pups have a growl that I have never heard from other name brand manufactured pickups. I consider myself a fortunate person to own a classic, brought to life by Dave."
Amour Telemaster
Amour #54286
Chambered Swamp Ash body with master grade flamed maple top with black binding....Neck is one piece flamed maple7.25" neck radius, vintage frets....Kluson tuners, O.C. Duff "Nancy" pickups....3 way CRL switch, Glendale Pots, Glendale .1 100V
paper in oil cap...Hand rubbed Nitro lacquer finish...weight 5.8 lbs. Tweed case
Amour P-90
Body of Swamp Ash with a Birdseye maple neck and a Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard boat neck contour and compound radius...
Kluson deluxe tuners...Gotoh bridge...P-Bass control plate with CTS Pots ,Glendale
.050 Cap...Custom hand wound pickups...
Butterscotch Blond Nitro finish...7.0 Lbs...G&G Tweed case....
50's P-Bass
#54618
Neck: Two piece maple,10" radius dunlop 6100 frets slim neck profile..hand lapped and polished
1st fret .875"...12th fret .990"..34.0" scale length
1.5" neck width.. Bone nut Hipshot vintage tuners..neck mounted to body with threaded inserts..slot head screws..numberd neck plate
Body: '54 P-Bass style..One piece ultralight Swamp Ash body and arm countours..3/8 body radius Vintage thin(.060) matte black pick guard
Pick-up..One single coil..handwound from Lollar guitars with chrome cover Controls: One volume..CTS .250 meg pot One tone...CTS .250 meg pot Control cavity shielded with copper
Hoveland musiccap .047 capacitor Swithcraft input jack mounted on machined alum electrosocket
Two brass chrome knobs with heavy knurl
mounted on chrome bass plate vintage cloth covered 22 gauge wire Bridge: Leo Quan Bad ass bass iii bridge strings through body..chrome cover Finish: Butter scotch blonde..with clear nitrocellouse lacquer Case: Vintage style tweed G&G case co.
$3,500 - SOLD!
1954 Strat type guitar.....Light weight Swamp Ash 6.8 lbs...Birds eye maple neck with soft V contour..2 tone.Nitro lacquer Sunburst finish... Amour hand wound vintage pickups...Callaham bridge....SOLD
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video credit: John J. Ortega
"Heart Beat":
"Come to Papa":
"Lost Woman Blues":
"Only You Know and I Know":
"The Nazz are Blue"
"Phone Booth":
"Back Door Man":
"Tin Pan Alley":
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