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Today I was talking with someone about how many songs I've written over the years, and how many I've forgotten. Here's one of the songs I completely forgot about, this I think recorded at Collapseable Studios in West Asheville, NC…Read more

Here is the web version of my latest email to those subscribed to my email list:

Hello, Everyone – It's been a while. I hope you're doing well! A couple of quick news items:

CD Review
I just published a…Read more

By Dave Turner

The latest release from singer-songwriter and guitarist Rupert Wates will sound familiar to his fans, as it is a retrospective of sorts. Yet while it looks back at a selection of his previously released songs, they all…Read more

Hello, Everyone – 

Thanks so much to those who have utilized my "virtual tip jar" in conjunction with my free bonus tracks. For those who didn't download the tracks, get them here.

Additionally, I've set my album downloads to…Read more

It's been a tough couple of years of transition, but I'm bound and determined to keep the music alive. I'm planning to be touring in the northeast this fall and winter. I am working on purchasing a suitable touring vehicle…Read more

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I'm excited to be performing two shows with my good friend and masterful songwriter Rupert Wates (www.rupertwatesmusic.com). Rupert is touring to support his fantastic new album The Rank Outsiders Ball. I'm also really looking…Read more

Hello, Friends – 

In advance of building my upcoming tour around the country later this year, I'd like to ask for a few minutes of help. On each page of my site, you'll see a share bar that makes it…Read more

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Unfortunately, the area along Highway 9 in Black Mountain, where The Straightaway Cafe is, received quite a bit of snow last night (as evidenced in the photos below). As a result, my performance there this evening (Friday…Read more

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Aside from a few impromptu performances here and there, I haven't played in WNC in a while, and I'm performing at Straightaway Café in Black Mountain, NC this Friday, March 7, 6-9pm. Hope you can come out…Read more

This note came to me today from my Canadian friend, client and fellow singer-songwriter Larry Pegg, who lost his daughter to suicide and is devoting his music to raising funds for youth suicide prevention and mental health resources via www.thehockeyproject.ca…Read more

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My friend and client Larry Pegg in Ottawa, CA, lost his daughter to suicide, and he's channeled his grief to inspiration with his music. He recently entered his song "We Love Hockey" to the CBC's Hockey Night…Read more

Hi, Friends – Few announcements: new shows announced, a new lyric soon-to-be-a-song, and a free download of my audio/eBook Billy Ray's Chevrolet – if you'd like the free download, or free downloads of any of my other recordings, just shoot…Read more

As I was updating my website this week, I realized that there was a long-forgotten page unlinked that has a link to download a PDF with the lyrics to the songs on my album Could Have Talked All Night…Read more

I've made four recordings available online at free bonus tracks. You can download them now at www.daveturnermusic.com/free-bonus-tracks. They include:

• Far to Go by Dave Turner Band – Recorded live at The Grey Eagle in Asheville, NC, featuring Dave Turner…

This new tune was on Facebook a few weeks ago, but I just posted it on my website video page and below in this post with the lyrics. It's a quick and dirty recording. Looking forward to refining it, getting…Read more

Dear Friends – 

My sincere apologies and heartfelt thank you to everyone who, despite the "please unsubscribe" email campaign that I foolishly sent out in a moment of frustration (or better described, a stress-induced lapse in good judgment), have:

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As I've mentioned in previous blog posts, I'm working on getting off the ground with regard to resuming my touring and recording a new album. To help in this regard, I'm offering my ebook/audio book Billy …Read more

Final excerpt from Dave Turner's ebook/audio book Billy Ray's Chevrolet and Other Writings and Photographs from a Southern Applachian Valley.

Planning a relaxing weekend at home or a road trip this weekend? Click here to download the ebook/audio…Read more

11. Hell

Two boys lay awake in a pop-up camper talking into the night. One closed his eyes and thought about the blackness, troubled by what he’d seen and heard that day. He’d come down out of the cove…Read more

"The 1953 Chevrolet truck had been parked in the same place for many years in a yard just past Lower Grassy Branch beside Riceville Road. I had seen it countless times on my trips in and out of the valley…Read more

Hello, Everyone – If you're in or near Weaverville, NC, this evening, please join us:

Monday, May 13 6:30 pm
Singer-Songwriters In The Round
Jack of Hearts:
10 S. Main St., Weaverville, NC 28787, Weaverville, NC ( …Read more

On Sunday, April 21, 6:30 pm, I'll be performing in a Habitat for Humanity Benefit Concert with Malcolm Holcombe, Freewheelin' Mamas, Aaron Price, Caleb Beissert, Jamie and Renae Brame, James Lewis, and others!

Where: West…Read more

In response to requests, a new printing of Dave Turner's two-disc limited edition CD compilation CALICARO is now available to order online. If you missed the opportunity to buy a copy of the original printing, click here to order now…Read more

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My audiobook and eBook, Billy Ray's Chevrolet and Other Writings and Photographs from a Southern Appalachian Valley, is available this week for download at 50% off - just $5 - includes MP3 audio book and eBook…Read more

Having just moved I'm discovering in my boxes some old recordings, this one a recording of the oldest song of mine (and a friend) that I still perform, with the lyric by my old friend Doris Reed King (written in…Read more