ABOUT DAVE MACKENZIE

Education

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL IN:

• Iowa
• Colorado
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Germany

COLLEGE:

• U of Mo-St Louis
• St Louis Institute of Music (Loyola-Marymount U)
• MTSU

Credits

PERFORMANCE:
Dave has appeared as a warm-up act for over 200 major concert artists: 

• B.B. King
• Crystal Gayle
• Muddy Waters
• Meat Loaf
• Cheech & Chong
• ​John Lee Hooker

• Clifton Chenier
• Jerry Jeff Walker
• Taj Mahal
• Tanya Tucker
• Townes Van Zandt
• ​George Thorogood

• Zack Wylde
• Tom Waits
• Doc Watson
• Bela Fleck & The Flecktones
• Gatemouth Brown
• Keb Mo, etc.

Lionel Hampton Jazz Club, Paris, FR

B.B. King's Blues Club

SHOWS:
Shows in U.S. from Boston to L.A., and Chicago to New Orleans, and in clubs and festivals in: England, Norway, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France. 

RECORDING:
Dave has released 3 albums on Hey Baby! Records (USA):​

• ​“Rats in my Bedroom”
• “All new Slender Man Blues”
• “Solo”

And:

• “Old, New, Borrowed and Blue”

on Black & Tan records (Belgium). He has also appeared on anthologies in Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

COMPOSER:
Dave’s songs have been recorded by:

• Katy Moffat
• David Bromberg
• ​Edwin and Tremaine Hawkins
• ​David Soul
• James Armstrong
• ​Maria Muldaur

And legendary Nashville Blues Great Johnny Jones

​In addition, Dave appears on the platinum-selling Jeff Foxworthy album “Crank It Up” performing his composition “Let Me Drive”.
His instrumental music also appears as part of the score for the independent film “The Great Peace March”. 

TEACHER: 
Dave was an instrument demonstrator for more than a decade at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

He gave lectures in Blues History at Santa Monica City College, Santa Monica CA, and the Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University.

He has conducted workshops and in-school demonstrations in:
Hagerstown MD, Mountain View AK, Wheeling WV, Winfield KS, Jacksonville FL, Davenport IA, Wilkesboro NC, Louisville KY, L.A. and Nashville, as well as in France and Germany. 

Price and Scheduling details for LESSONS WITH DAVE MACKENZIE available upon request.
Call or text: six one five-557-8248   email: Dave at [email protected]