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DaveThomas | Guitar and Vox
DaveThomas
United States of America
Cockeysville, MD
United States of America
Genres
  • Bluegrass
  • Country
 
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More About DaveThomas

I taught myself to play guitar to impress the ladies. Never impressed any ladies, but I loved playing guitar. I've been playing since I was 17. I've gotten into old time country and bluegrass over the past few years and really enjoy the genres. I've written some songs of my own. I do some open mics in the Baltimore/Baltimore County area. I also try to be active in the bluegrass community. The people in the community are very special to me. I am also learning banjo.
Fun Stuff about the Artist

Embarrassing Moment

I was playing an open mic at the Ashland Cafe, and debuting a new song that night, "Drunkard's Waltz". It's a bar so I try to keep the audience engaged. I was about a third of the way through the song, and I hit my E minor chord, and the place went nuts. Everyone was cheering and whooping and hollering. I thought it was a bit of an over-reaction, but just went with it. I found out later that one of the Orioles had hit a grand slam in extra innings to win the game. Oh, well.

My Instrument

I have six guitars right now, four which I play regularly. I play my Martin DRS1 pretty much the most. When it's late, and I don't want to wake anyone in the building, I play my Kramer with the metal alloy neck, unplugged. I also play that when I'm learning a new song, or working out a new song. I have a Taylor 310 from about 2001, that is a sweet sounding instrument, and I don't play as much as I ought. I have a Potomac OM body Deluxe with Indian Rosewood back and sides, a sitka top, ebony fingerboard, and lots of shell all over it. The two I don't play are an old Yamaha that looks like an E-335. I need to get new strings, and just keep it in a case for now. The last one is my sad guitar story. I have had my Ovation Matrix since I was 18. I broke the "ovation" name thing off the head one night in a drunken stupor. My wife threw an alarm system through the top. It's cracked at the binding, and held together with packing tape. I keep it because I can't bring myself to throw it out.

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