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ASK THE ARTIST: @Daveypoo
Don @Daveypoo relates:
Once upon a time, in an age long past, there lived a man. Not just any man, but a man without a YouTube handle. He wasn't the strongest man, nor was he the smartest, but this man - he could talk. He could talk and talk and talk - this was the gift of his ancestors to be unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. It had been foretold, and this man knew that his future would surely come to pass.
The man spent many years searching for a vocation, for a purpose, for a reason to be. It was upon a chance meeting with a Man From Berkeley that would finally set his fate in motion. An unplanned connection between two great contributors to the Forum of AudioBus, the Man From Berkeley would utter the fated words, "You should start a YouTube channel."
And so it was, and so it became - Daveypoo, The Mobile Music Minstrel was thrust upon the Earth that fine day, and the universe was never the same.
I'm sure you'll have questions. I know I do. But... after you.
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Who added poo to your name, Davey?
And why?
He did.
His humor is self-deprecating. But be assured... he's nobody's fool. He's his own fool. He's also in the running for "Father of the Year" which is not easy when you make Youtube training videos when the kids are sleeping.
oh, man sorry for unleashing the kraken guys
Ahhhh!!!
I hear that.
My son is now coming up to six so those times are long gone.
Thankfully.
@iOSTRAKON Daveypoo is a name I've been using on and off for various things for about 25 years now. The idea comes from a friend of mine who used to play the game Wing Commander on PC. In the old WC games, you'd have to put in the name of your pilot at the start, and then throughout the game the text-based dialogue would customize itself to include your name. My buddy used to use the name "Wuggums" so that people would have to address him as "Captain Wuggums" or "Commander Wuggums" throughout the game, and that used to make him giggle. I took that idea and used Daveypoo - not as a reference to poop or anything - with the same idea. Kind of a cutesy, silly name only a terrible lover would give you. Imagine the most annoying person in the world talking baby-talk to their pocket chihuahua - "Oh, my little shmoopsy-poo. You're so lovey-wovey in your widdle sweater. Yes you are! My little Daveypoo..." etc.
When it came time to pick a "handle" for YouTube, it seemed the appropriate amount of ridiculous and I figured it'd get people's attention. And so it did....
Now, it just makes me laugh.
And yes, it is true that the YouTube channel was started at the behest of @johnfromberkeley . About 3 years ago, he and I started messaging on the forum here since we're both in the Bay Area, and we went out to lunch or something. Then he invited me to a Retronyms event at their office in San Francisco, and we got together a few times. At more than one of those, both he and a few others kept saying "Hey, you should start a YouTube channel." I've been told in the past that folks like the way I explain things, so I took it to heart and here I am.
What the hell is going on with the AMA threads, where the M stands for me, but me appears to be someone other than me?
Do not waste those years. Or your kids will turn out like me.
My dad kept getting shipped off to foreign countries and my mom
said "We'll be here when you get back." Tradeoffs. You can't make that time up
later.
Very true.
I’m not a great father.
I wouldn’t use myself as
an example for anyone.
Still, with all of my faults and flaws I’m teaching him how to live.
I’m a large part of my son’s life.
Everyday.
@Daveypoo Hey man! How are you doing? I haven’t seen you in thesoundtestroom live streams for so long. I’ve lost touch with your moving plans. Did you make it to Europe or are you still in the US? Take care wherever you are, good Sir! Best wishes.
@Daveypoo how is your Italian citizenship coming?
@Daveypoo Always appreciate your comments, tunes, and videos. Hope to meet you one day
@Gravitas Despite what @McD says, I am not a great father either. It's a struggle day to day - I just hope that everything comes out in the wash and we can be cool with each other when they become adultish. That remains to be seen - fingers crossed.
@Spidericemidas Hey man! Good to hear from you - those LaGrange patches are killer! Not in Europe yet - 2021 we're moving come Hell our high water. The plan was to do a recon mission this year to the 2 cities we like, check them out and figure out which one we like best and move next year. COVID derailed that plan, and we don't want to wait another whole year to do a recon trip, etc. We picked the city we arbitrarily like best and are trying to figure out how to get gone already. Doug's streams are right on the middle of my work day and work's been a real b*tch lately so I haven't had the space to join.
@mjcouche I received my recognition of citizenship in May of 2019, and got my passport in June 2019. We had booked a trip to Korea in October of last year, and as I mentioned above we were going back to Italy this year but that's out the window with all things COVID. Now we're using this time to plan and save some $$ - the biggest of hurdles.
@audiobussy Hey - thanks for the good vibes. I would also love to meet you. Where are you located? If I'm ever in the neighborhood (assuming the world doesn't ACTUALLY end this year) I'd be down to have a coffee or beer or beverage of your choice.
Who is daveypoo and why do i want to know about him? Why does this exist
@Bill_Brasky
Hey, @Daveypoo, tell us about your bands and other musical projects.
@johnfromberkeley Sure!
I started playing guitar at age 10. Took lessons from a guy at a local music store - he taught me some basic chords, some single note stuff, etc. I took lessons for a single school year with him but I got frustrated that what he was teaching me (Mary Had A Little Lamb on the high E string) didn't sound anything the Rock music I listened to so I quit. I noodled with the guitar in my room for a few years and decided to start lessons again at age 14. Studied with a friend of my sister's (they were both Seniors in High School at the time) and he introduced me to Rush and Al Di Meola. From there I studied with a guy (who became my favorite guitar teacher) for a few years at a different music shop - Michael. He was a jazz player and started teaching me chord inversions and triads and such. I didn't understand then why it was important but I liked his attitude and he treated me like a person rather than a student. He was a big fan of Steve Howe of Yes, and introduced me to tunes like Mood For A Day and The Clap.
My introduction to bass was in Junior High School - when I started taking guitar lessons from my sister's friend, I also went to my music teacher at school and asked if they needed a guitarist for the jazz band. He told me that they needed a bassist. I said "That's just a guitar with only 4 strings, right?" So I played bass for the school year and didn't think much of it. When I got to college, I was alternating between guitar and bass in bands, filling in wherever I was needed. The more I played bass, the more I realized that all the things I played on guitar that sounded sloppy and half-assed sounded MUCH COOLER when I played them on bass. I took that as a sign, and thus bass became my main instrument.
I met a friend in college, Tony, who introduced me to the idea that subtlety and humility were more exciting than being fast and flashy, and got me hooked on the studio musician scene, showing me guys like Lee Sklar, James Jameson, Duck Dunn, Chuck Rainey, Jerry Jemmott, etc. After I graduated (Bachelor of Arts in Music & Sound Recording) I moved to Florida and then California. I toured the US with a blues artist on Shanachie Records who was managed by the same guy who managed Johnny Winter. We opened for Johnny's band over a month or so throughout the South and Northeast. Played the House of Blues in N'Orleans and BB King's on 42nd St in NYC, amongst others. While on the road, I got a chance to jam with Bernie Worrell of Parliament Funkadelic fame. He was amazing - I was just awful.
I did the blues thing for 7 months or so, then joined a reggae band in San Francisco. They had a solid local following, and we got to share the stage with The Skatalites, Crosby Stills & Nash, The Time, Santana, Elvis Costello... All sorts of peeps. When I quit the band I got a chance to do a one-off gig with Zigaboo Modeliste, the drummer of The Meters. It was a wedding at a winery in Napa, and I remember this moment where I was playing It Had To Be You (totally straight) while the newlyweds danced. It was bizarre to be at that place, for that event, with THAT guy, playing that song. Awesome, but bizzarro.
After that I became a singer/songwriter for a few years - cut a couple of solo albums, put together my own backing band, made the rounds locally. I liked the material but all the management stuff I hated so I stopped after a while. I also got sick of hearing my own tunes, so there's that.
Then I was hired to play in a Modern Country band (think Jason Aldean-ish). Three guitarists in the band and the sound was loud and MASSIVE. I had to quit when the bandleader got funny with the money one too many times.
Since then I've been in a local Oakland blues outfit, and also with some friends in a very ramshackle, Roots Americana kind of band (country, rock, blues,etc.). That last band is currently "active" but only in that pre-COVID we got together every 6 weeks for jamming and BS. Mostly BSing and less jamming.
There you go - didn't name the bands as I don't want to unknowingly trash anyone 😁
Zigaboo!
@Daveypoo Awesome to hear your story and to discover your channel! I would not be surprised if I saw you play in the Bay Area without knowing it, and I must have seen the Skatalites at least 3 times there. I grew up in SF as a kid in the ‘90s and went to college at UC Santa Cruz. Used to play rhythm in a band at random places like Hotel Utah, Hemlock Tavern when it existed, random bars and art galleries in the Mission. Your story brought me back! I live in NYC now but miss the Bay Area so badly. My parents live in outer Sunset still. Sent me pics of this morning, pitch black!
@JoyceRoadStudios Nice. Going to UC Santa Cruz, you must've seen a bunch of shows at The Catalyst. I got to play there a couple of times - on the main stage in the Reggae outfit, and in the lobby with my own band. Actually, my first gig with my own band was at Coasters Bar & Grill in the bowling alley in Santa Cruz - man, that was ages ago.
Thanks for sharing the stories. SF isn't what it used to be - so many places have closed, even before COVID. It'll be interesting to see what happens when things settle down.
And yeah - yesterday was fairly unsettling. It truly felt like the end of days was upon us. Today at least we're back to grey, which while the air quality still sucks, at least I don't have the ball of anxiety in the pit of my stomach any more
Of course I know the Catalyst! We got to play one show there winter of 2005. Santa Cruz was a great town for bands and for house shows, also not so much anymore. Virtually everyone I knew in SF/SC who was in a band moved to Oakland or Portland. I miss it terribly, there’s nothing like Cali.