Batten down the hatches, leave the house and go find a venue near you to hear some live music. We’ll be blowing through the Maritimes this fall doing shows in support of my new tribute to John Allan Cameron recording. I’m excited for all the John Allan fans to check it out and I’m very excited for John Allan newbies to hear these great songs and tunes. The record has 17 tracks, 2 of which are instrumentals on the 12 string. I became quite obsessed with the project and I’m relieved to have it finally being released. I hope that you enjoy. After the John Allan tribute tour I’ll be heading back out to some old familiar towns and venues throughout Ontario as well as some new stops. Hope to see you all out. To view all of the tour dates visit www.davegunning.com. Thanks so much, Dave

Hello everybody.
Hope that you’re enjoying the hot summer. The John Allan tribute CD
has been completed and sent away for manufacturing. It was hard to
see her go but I’ll have more free time on my hands now. I’m looking
forward to the Chez DeLauriers festival in Antigonish on July 30 and opening for Blue Rodeo at the New Glasgow Jubilee on August 1st.
Check the ’shows’ page for other dates this summer. Hope to see you soon!
All the best,
Dave

Hello folks,

Just getting geared up for summer and currently putting the final touches on the John Allan Tribute recording.  Can’t wait to get back to Stan Fest this year and then off to the Mariposa Folk Festival in Orillia, Ontario (the home of Lightfoot) for their 50th anniversary.  Then I’ll be playing at the Twisted Pines Festival in Midland, Ontario.  When I get back to Nova   Scotia I’m going to be playing in Antigonish for the Dragonfly’s Outdoor Festival and then back home to open for Blue Rodeo, one of my favourite bands, at the New Glasgow Jubilee.  To see other dates click on the shows tab at the top of the page.

In the fall I’ll be doing a John Allan Tribute tour in the Maritimes, then back to Ontario for a bunch of dates and then returning home to do a run of Christmas shows.

Thanks everyone & hope to see you at my upcoming shows,

Dave

Hi everybody,

I’ve been in the studio quite a bit during the last few weeks working on a John Allan Cameron tribute record. This is a very special and important project to me and something that I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I’m really happy with the way that it’s shaping up!

I’m also looking forward to the summer. I’ll be playing lots of shows on the east coast including StanFest in July, then heading out to Ontario to play a few dates including the Mariposa Folk Festival for their 50th anniversary.

There are some really cool things happening and tours being planned for the coming months and into next year. Check in from time to time to get the latest news!

Take care for now,
Dave

Off to the Olympics … to Ireland … to the East Coast Music Awards … a rolling Sconestone.

Everything comes in a rush it seems. It’s such an exciting month of shows and to tie all of this together I will be carrying the Sconestone with me. Check it out at www.sconestone.com. I will be the 18th carrier of this beautiful piece of art. Each person who touches the stone commits to doing an act of kindness. It’s already been to many different parts of the world and I will be taking it from Vancouver to Ireland and then back to Pictou County, where I’ll do my act of kindness. At each stop I make, people will be able to touch the stone and make their commitment to doing act of kindness. I will then bring the stone with me to the East Coast Music Awards in Cape Breton and then to Breakfast Television in Halifax where I’ll hand it off to Jason Baxter.

I also wanted to thank Steven Bowers, Thom Swift and Lennie Gallant for the great run of shows that we just finished together in Nova Scotia. I really enjoyed hanging out with you guys, and Steve, we’ll always have the hot tub in Mabou.

The best to you all,
Dave

New dates have just been confirmed for February including a concert performance at the ‘Atlantic Canada House’ in Vancouver during the Olympics! It’s going to be awesome! Please visit the ‘Shows’ page of the website for further info.

Thanks to Galaxie Folk/Roots programmer, Roch Parisien, for making “We’re All Leaving” one of the highest played CDs of 2009!
http://www.rootsmusic.ca/2009/12/26/galaxie-folkroots-top-canadian-spins-of-2009-2/

Dave has just been confirmed for a tour of Northern Ireland in February, 2010! For these and other dates, please check out the ‘Shows’ page.

The 2010 East Coast Music Award Nominees were announced today and Dave has been recognized in 3 categories: Male Solo Recording of the year, SOCAN Songwriter of the year (”Made on a Monday”), and FACTOR Recording of the year!

http://www.ecma.ca/news.asp?section=19&id=92

I’m in the Yukon and loving it – What a place!! Below is a picture of me heading to my next show…

This is called Dog Mushing. Karen McKenna and her friend David Murray took
me out the day after my show at Annie Lake Road. It was magic! When
this picture was taken we had gone through several kms of narrow trail
through the woods, dodging trees and ducking branches, and had just
crossed a frozen lake. I had a team of five dogs and David, in the
distance in front of me, had a team of eight. He wanted to make sure
that my team didn’t overtake his. These dogs have an incredible work
ethic for sure. They just go. It was absolutely beautiful!