Dave Bartley

Dave Bartley plays guitar, mandolin, cittern, and several other stringed instruments. He has played many styles of music over the years and continues to range over several genres.

Dave composes dance tunes, many of which may be found in the KGB Tune Dossier and KGB Tune Dossier, Volume 2. A waltz he wrote and KGB recorded, The Clock Stopped, is used to teach cross-step waltz in much of the US and other parts of the world.

He also teaches guitar, mandolin, and cittern/bouzouki, and performs as a classical guitar soloist or can put together a band for weddings and other events. Contact him for more information.

For a long-winded biography see here.

For a calendar of upcoming performances see below.
Photo by Paul Bestock
Dave plays in these bands, among others:
  • KGB - One of the seminal avant garde contra dance bands, since 1993, with Julie King and Claude Ginsburg. KGB also plays for couple dances and English Country Dance.
  • Bag o'Tricks and Tricky Brits - A versatile contra dance and English Country Dance band with Anita Anderson, Betsy Cooper and Sande Gillette.
  • Rouge - French café and cabaret music featuring chanteuse Janet Rayor.
  • Valse Café Orchestra - Viennese waltzes and a variety of other couple dance music.
  • Ruby Slippers and Sky Blue - Romantic dance music from the Swing Era, led by pianist Julian Adamaitis.
  • Pasatempo - Rebetika, the "Greek blues," dating from the 1920's, 30's, and 40's, headlined by Christos Govetas and Ruth Hunter.
  • Gina Salá Ensemble - Songs from a lot of everywhere (Gina sings in 23 languages, and could be adding another one right now)
  • Jokers Wild - A fine contradance and couple dance band with Deb Kirkland and W. B. Reid.
  • Roguery - A new English (and contra) dance band with veterans Anita Anderson, Shira Kammen, and Jim Oakden.
  • Dave has toured with The Avant Gardeners and The Nettles, occasionally plays with Pangeo, and frequently joins other combinations of musicians to play for various events.
  • Dave plays occasionally with the Seattle Symphony and Seattle Opera.
Dave with cittern
Photo by Paul Bestock

Selected discography:

Avant Gardeners Asheville

News and Calendar

May 2009: Roguery's CD of English Country Dance music from Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett's book Impropriety is out, and wlll be available from CDSS soon. Contact me if you'd like to buy a copy.

May 2009: I just participated in another project that really excites me -- a 2-CD recording of traditional Sephardic music featuring Hazzan Isaac Azose. It's still in the recording phase, but I expect it will be released in the fall. Stay tuned.

April 2009: See Pasatempo live in Portland on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcGrGQMqwAc (the sound is direct from the PA mixing board, so the quality is high but you can't hear the audience.

Here is a schedule of Dave's upcoming gigs (updated June 28, 2009).

  • Sat-Sat, July 4-11, Dave is on staff with the Avant Gardeners for BACDS American Week, Mendocino Woodlands Camp, Mendocino, CA, also featuring Tidal Wave, Notorious, Lisa Greenleaf and Linda Leslie
  • Sat-Sat, July 11-18, Dave is on staff for BACDS English Week, Mendocino Woodlands Camp, Mendocino, CA, with a talented staff too numerous to list here
This year, August is for hosting visiting family members, except for:

BoT Chippenham

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