Lovewagon plays Funky Soul & Driving Blues, featuring cool cover tunes, and Dave’s original music with contemporary grooves in energetic settings.
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Price Range: $600-3000
Languages: English
We're a quartet, singing drummer, guitarist, bassist, keyboardist. We can handle a larger event, or a smaller more intimate gathering. we can perform a variety of music depending on the requirements of the crowd: covering popular rock 'n roll, soul, blues, funk, and jazz standards, as well as our own entertaining original songs. We'll accept and perform requests for guests. We have a high quality sound system that will accommodate an event in a room large enough for serving up to 1,000 guests. We will dress accordingly from casual to tuxedos. Just specify your concerns to us about your event, and we'll take care of those concerns. All of us are consumate professional musicians and entertainers.
It all started when Dave Christianson quit elementary school to accept an offer from the CBS television network to fill a technical position working
on their popular “Sing Along With Mitch” Miller program as the reverberation device operator as applied to the ever-present harmonica accompaniment to Mitch’s men’s chorus. Though legally just a youth, Dave had to “ride gain” on the then state-of-the-art plate reverberator and simultaneously ride a crude stationary bicycle as to provide DC power to the fore-mentioned unit. Impressed, both IATSE & SMPTE organizations accepted Dave as a junior member of their trade organizations.
After each rehearsal & weekly live broadcast, Dave would tag along with some of the other CBS stagehands as they took the subway to Harlem where they would frequent “Small’s Paradise” to enjoy jazz & cocktails. Even though Dave was well underage, he did act enough like an adult to fool the Maitre’D & coat check girls. There Dave met the great Billy Eckstein, to whom Dave did demonstrate his talents as a singer, drummer, tap dancer & comedian. Impressed, Mr. Eckstein immediately took young Dave under his wing & taught him about show business, getting Dave hired at Small’s as a novelty performer, since no one had ever seen an 8-year-old white child sing “I’m In The Mood For Love”, play “Drum Boogie”, dance to up-tempo bebop numbers, & spout forth blue anecdotes in front of a mixed crowd.
Dave’s enjoyed a long & illustrious career, having nowadays returned to Washington State from his previous residence in Texas. Dave’s newest venture is the band Square Wave Dave, which features the innovative bassist & electronic surveillance researcher Dr Steve Kim, guitarist & the regional marketing manager for Schweppes, Cmdr Mytch Meadows USCG(Ret), & pianist-organist-keyboardist Rev Jeffrey Goodman, an ordained minister for the Church of the Snazarene. Dave & his band Square Wave Dave perform their own specific brand of soulful but syncopated renditions of blues & soul favorites that everyone likes, as well as presenting Dave’s weirdly cool original compositions, also strongly favored by everybody.
Despite the fact that the vast majority of talent scouts & venue operators don’t know what’s good for them, the Square Wave Dave Band has proven to be a crowd-pleasing favorite throughout the great State of Texas, the great Province of British Columbia, and in New Jersey. Although this groundbreaking musical juggernaut is in constant demand, Dave will from time to time entertain offers for club dates, casuals, festivals, & religious rituals.
We can bring our own sound and lighting equipment, or work with a hired staging company. Instrumentation is a typical drum set, guitar amp mic-ed, bass amp with direct box, keyboards sub-mixed with direct box, four monitors, only one vocalist who is the drummer, and the drummer will supply his own special microphone.
Square Wave Dave/Dave Christianson's Actively Performed
Soul, Blues, & Funk Song List:
All That You Dream C Little Feat
Are You Lonely For Me Baby G Al Green version
Ask Me No Questions A B B King
Black Cat Bone C blues standard
Bodhisattva E Steely Dan
Born Under A Bad Sign Cm Albert King
Buddy Buddy Friend Am Charlie Musslewhite
Can't Stand The Rain D Ann Peebles
Dark End Of The Street G Dan Penn
Demolition Man A The Police
Domino G Van Morrison
Don't Change Horses In The Middle Of A Stream E Johnny “Guitar” Watson Don't Keep Me Wonderin' G Allman Brothers
Down In The Flood A Bob Dylan
Downtown Gm Tom Waits
Drift Away C Dobie Gray
Driving Wheel D B B King
Every Time You Go Away D Hall & Oates
Fat Man In The Bathtub G Little Feat
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home Gm Ann Peebles
Francine C Z Z Top
Givin' It Up For Your Love C Delbert McClinton
Going Down Slow C blues standard-Bobby Bland version
Gravedigger Am Dave Matthews-Willie Nelson version
Hard Way To Go C Tbone Walker-Taj Mahal version
Help The Poor Dm B B King-Robben Ford version
Hey Pocky Away C The Meters
Holiday D Booker T Jones
If You Live Bb Mose Allison
If You Want Me To Stay D Sly Stone
Into The Mystic D Van Morrison
Jealous Guy G John Lennon
Kansas City Limit G Jack Mack
King Harvest C The Band
Knock On Wood D Eddie Floyd
L A Woman A The Doors
Let's Get It On Eb Marvin Gaye
Living For The City Dm Stevie Wonder
Love Letter C Bonnie Hayes
Love TKO E Teddy Pendergrass
Missing You E John Waite
My Old School G Steely Dan
Next Time You See Me Bb blues standard
Nutbush City Limits E Ike & Tina Turner
Ophelia C The Band
Out The Front Door A Bonnie Raitt
Paying For It Now Em Robert Cray
People Get Ready G Curtis Mayfield
Respect Yourself B Staple Singers
Searching For A Heart G Warren Zevon
Sexual Healing C Marvin Gaye
Sledgehammer Cm Peter Gabriel
Start It Up E Robben Ford
Take Me To The River D Al Green
Teach Me How To Stay G Stephen Bruton
Telephone Song C Stevie Ray Vaughn
Tell Me I'm Your Man Em Robben Ford
Tennessee Stud F My wild arrangement of the Jimmy Driftwood yarn.
The Forecast Calls For Pain Em Robert Cray
The Jealous Kind G Bobby Charles
Tip Of My Tongue D John Hiatt
To Sir With Love F Al Green version
Tobacco Road C Dave's arrangement of the standard
Trouble Man Bbm Marvin Gaye
Trudy On The Telephone G Charlie Daniels
Tupelo Honey G Van Morrison
Up From The Skies Bb Jimi Hendriz
Voices On The Wind G Little Feat
Walking Blues C Robert Johnson-Sex Machine vamp
Wild About You G Robben Ford
Wild Night G Van Morrison
Yellow Moon Gm Neville Brothers
You Upset Me G B B King
Dave's Actively Performed Original Songs:
Acts Of Faith C
Ain't No Time Like The First Time Bm
Back To The Joint G
Banged Up Sandwich Guy Tango Dm
Better Not Be Buggin' The Bishop D
Body & Soul Together Am
Change G
Chicken Store Bbm
Chiseler C
Down To My Last 200 K G
Dumpster Fire Bbm
Easy Chief Bb
Ezzard Teets G
Fast Love Fm
Federal Way C
Fireworks By The Side Of The Road E
Hangin' With Mister T Fm
Her Big Mouth Can Go South A
Hoodoo Network Am
Hotel Motel Time G
How Do You Do It? C
I Can't Swim E
I'm The Trouble You Couldn't Take Back G
Inside Man Bbm
Let Me Move You Bbm
Mercury Am
My Fall From Grace G
Nazi Spies in The Hill Country Gm
Pimps 'N Hoes E
Pussy Bitches Am
Seven Ways To Love A Woman Cm
'Splode Package C
Sweet Talk D
Tavern Tan E
The Ache C
The Troubleshooter G
Thimbs C
This All The Time I Have For You Eb
This House Ain't Home No More G
This Is Your Brain With The Blues Gm
Totem Pole G
Trying Make Small Time Look Big D
Unfriend Me D
Vantage Highway G
Walking On Guadalupe A
Walking With The Saints E/Bb
Worried Gm
Dave's Soul, Blues, Rock, & Funk Standards That He Can Sing At Any Time:
1 9 9 9 C Prince
(phone number hidden) Bb/B Wilson Picket
A Change Is Gonna Come F Sam Cooke
Angel From Montgomery G John Prine
Back In The USSR A Beatles
Betty Lou's Getting' Out Tonight E Bob Segar
Bitch E Rolling Stones
Born In Chicago A Blues Standard
Brown Sugar G Rolling Stones
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love C Bad Company
Can't Get Next To You C Temps
Cold Sweat C James Brown
Crosscut Saw G Blues Standard
Devil In The Blue Dress C Mitch Ryder
Dock Of The Bay F Otis Redding
Downhome Blues Bb Blues Standard
Dreams To Remember G Otis Redding
Early In The Morning E BB King
Evenflow D Pearl Jam
Every Breath You Take G Police
Every Day I Have The Blues Bb BB King
Everyday People G Sly Stone
Fire E Jimi Hendrix
For You My Love A Lou Rawls
Georgia On My Mind F Ray Charles
Get Ready A Temps
Gimme All Yer Lovin'/Sharp Dressed Man C ZZ Top
Gimme Some Lovin E Steve Winwood
Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town C Ray Charles
Hold On I'm Comin' C Sam & Dave
Honky Tonk Women G Rolling Stones
Hoochie Coochie Man G Muddy Waters
I Feel Good D James Brown
I Feel So Bad C Chuck Willis
I Heard It Through The Grapevine Am Marvin Gaye
I, Who Have Nothing Dm Ben E King
Inner City Blues Am Marvin Gaye
Just A Little Bit A Freddie King
Just My Imagination C Temps
Katmandu E Bob Segar
Land Of 1000 Dances D Wilson Pickett
Lawyers Guns & Money G Warren Zevon
Let's Get It On Eb Marvin Gaye
Let's Stay Together D Al Green
Little Wing E Jimi Hendrix
Louisiana G Randy Newman
Love & Happiness Bm Al Green
Mercury Blues E David Lindley
Midnight Hour E Wilson Picket
Missing You G John Waite
Muddy Water G Lou Rawls
Mustang Sally C Wilson Picket
My Baby's Gone D Los Lobos
Nadine Bb Chuck Berry
Never Make Your Move Too Soon Bb BB King/Ernestine Anderson
Next To You A The Police
Night By Night A Steely Dan
Oh What A Thrill A Chuck Berry
One Headlight D Wallflowers
Out Of Sight D James Brown
Papa Was A Rollin'Stone Cm Temps
Pretty Woman B Roy Orbison
Promised Land B Chuck Berry
Razor Boy G Steely Dan
Reach Out Bm Four Tops
Reelin' In The Years A Steely Dan
Respect G Otis Redding
Rip It Up Reddy Teddy B Little Richard
Rock Bottom B Elvin Bishop
Rocky Mountain Way E Joe Walsh
Route 66 G Bobby Troup
Runaway Bm Bonnie Raitt
Satisfaction E Rolling Stones
She Caught The Katy G Taj Mahal
Some Kinda Wonderful C Grand Funk
Soul Man D Sam & Dave
Superstition E Stevie Wonder
Sweet Home Chicago Bb Blues Standard
Synchronicity II G Police
Take The Money And Run G Steve Miller
The Joker G Steve Miller
The Walls Come Down A The Call
Them Changes E Buddy Miles
This Mascarade C George Benson
Try A Little Tenderness C Otis Redding
Twistin' The Night Away Bb Sam Cooke
When A Man Loves A Woman A Percy Sledge
Whiskey Drinking Woman Bb blues standard
Woman Across the River C Freddie King
Wonderful One Bb Marvin Gaye
Wrapped Around Your Finger Em Police
Dave's Active Vocal Jazz List:
A Remark You Made Ab Joe Zawinul with Kurt Elling's lyric
Afro Blue Fm Mongo Santamaria, my arrangement
All Blues G Miles standard with Oscar Brown Jr's lyric
All Of Me C Standard, Sinatra
Alone Together Dm Standard, Joe Williams, medium swing
April In Paris Bb Cover of Kurt Elling's arrangement; Sinatra
Ballad Of The Sad Young Men Eb Standard, Roberta Flack, Kurt Elling
Blame It On My Youth Eb Standard, Kurt Elling; Sinatra
Change G Original rootsy rocker by my pal Frank Johnson
Dumpster Fire Bbm My original tune
Easy Chief Bb My original tune
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's Home C Cover of Ann Peebles' soul number.
Georgia On My Mind F Hoagy Carmichael
The Good Life Ab Frank Sinatra
Holiday D An arrangement of the old soul standard by Booker T Jones
Hotel Motel Time G My original tune
I Love Paris C Cover of Peter Cincotti's arrangement of the standard; Sinatra
I Love You F Cole Porter
I've Got You Under My Skin Eb Standard, Sinatra
In A Mellow Tone Ab Duke, easy swing
Inside Man Bbm My original tune
Jealous Guy G John Lennon tune
Joy Spring F Clifford Brown standard
Just My Imagination C Temps
Lady's A Tramp C Rogers & Hart
Let Me Move You Bbm My original tune
Living For The City Dm Stevie Wonder
Love TKO D Cover Of Teddy Pendergrass' tune.
Luck Be A Lady D Standard, Sinatra
Lush Life Db Billy Strayhorn/Johnny Hartman
Magnets Bb my original
Moanin' F The low down blues shuffle of Bobby Timmons done by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.
My One And Only Love C Standard, Johnny Hartman, light samba
Nature Boy Fm Standard, Kurt Elling, Nat Cole
Nothing Like You C Bob Dorough's tune recorded with Miles in the 60's.
Out Of Nowhere G Standard, my arrangement
People Get Ready G Curtis Mayfield's gospel standard
Please Don't Go G Be-bop treatment of Stevie Wonder's plea.
Poinciana G Standard tune
Razor Boy G My arrangement of the Steely Dan bossa.
Red Clay Cm Freddie Hubbard-Mark Murphy
Sexual Healing C Cover of the Marvin Gaye's sweaty testimonial.
She's Leaving Home G Vocal version with McCoy Tyner's changes.
Solitude Eb, Duke, my arrangement
Speedball Bb Lee Morgan's hard bop number with Dave's original lyric. Straight Life Bb Freddie Hubbard-Dave's original lyric
Sweet Talk Dm Original romantic discourse over a 'Breezin' vamp.
The Good Life Ab Sinatra's standard performance.
The Nearness of You C Standard, Johnny Hartman; Sinatra
The Summer Knows Fm Michel LeGrande
The Very Thought Of You F Standard, Kurt Elling; Sinatra
The Way You Look Tonight Eb Standard, Sinatra
Tobacco Road C My fast bop arrangement of the Lou Rawls testimonial. Trouble Man Bbm My arrangement of Marvin Gaye's movie anthem.
Try A Little Tenderness C Otis Redding
Trying To Make Small Time Look Big D Original tune
Tupelo Honey G Cover of Van Morrison's gospel number.
Valdez In The Country G Donny Hathaway's tune with Dave's original lyric Worried Gm Original bossa nova, representing the paranoid.
Wrapped Around Your Finger Em The Police tune as a bossa.
| David Christianson | Bandleader, singer, drummer |
| Mytch Meadows | Guitarist |
| Steve Kim | Bassist |
| Jeffrey Goodman | Keyboardist |
James Brown, Al Green, Curtis Mayfield, Otis Reading, Booker T & The MG's, Delbert McClinton, B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Little Feat, Steely Dan, Frank Zappa.
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