Dave Renegade: So Many Hearts
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Singer songwriter Dave Renegade releases a second single, So Many Hearts, from his forthcoming album. It’s a heartfelt tribute to the reminiscence of the good expertise that was Dave Kusworth and is a track which is infused with all of the spirit and craft that made Kusworth such an necessary determine to so many on the planet of rock’n’roll.
The tragic and premature loss of life of rock’n’roll troubadour Dave Kusworth on 19 September 2020 on the age of 60 touched the hearts of so many individuals on the planet of music, each followers and collaborators alike who noticed him as each an inspiration and a mentor, and none extra so than singer songwriter Dave Renegade who had performed alongside Kusworth on quite a few events. So it appears completely becoming that Renegade ought to launch a tribute in honour of an expensive departed good friend.
Dave Kusworth was an artist who was impressed by the likes of the Stooges, the New York Dolls, The Faces and the Stones all of which fuelled his want to comply with of their intrepid footsteps and maintain their musical legacy alive. He grew to become a prolific songwriter and performer on the rock’n’roll circuit and was typically to be discovered teamed up with Nikki Sudden by means of initiatives resembling The Jacobites, releasing some massively influential albums from the 80s onwards. And while his expertise was criminally ignored by so many, Kusworth all the time remained true to his rock’n’roll imaginative and prescient and by no means wavered from his path.
With all of the above in thoughts Renegade now releases a brand new single entitled So Many Hearts from his forthcoming album Haunted Coronary heart and explains its creation as follows, “After I first heard the unhappy information of Mr Kusworth’s passing, it got here as a terrific shock. Within the weeks that adopted I began scripting this track for Dave. I made a decision early on that I’d write it within the model of one in every of Dave’s musical initiatives (and one in every of my favorite teams), the Jacobites, based alongside Nikki Sudden in 1984.”
So Many Hearts is carried out with the darkish and melancholy vibe which characterised a lot of Dave Kusworth’s work but nonetheless having an uplifting allure that in some way penetrates the reflective temper created by the sound. Apparently each verses within the track open with the title of one in every of Dave’s greatest recognized songs ‘Hearts are like flowers’ which instantly units the tone for the jangly acoustic guitars and shimmering 12 string that comply with.
The track is produced by Pete Kosanovich who additionally options on lead guitar and bass as Dave explains, “We sat down at Pete’s studio the evening earlier than recording (the album) was resulting from start, I began enjoying ‘So Many Hearts’, Pete picked up one in every of his guitars and began enjoying alongside. Pete was simply responding to what I used to be enjoying, however he was enjoying like Kusworth with out figuring out it. There after which I pulled out my cellphone and recorded what he was doing and instructed him ‘Properly that’s you enjoying the lead guitar on it then!’.” Additionally worthy of be aware is that the art work for the only was produced by Dave Twist who has designed many artworks for Kusworth prior to now.
Other than his regular day job and performing dwell both solo or with a band, Dave Renegade can be heard on his weekly radio present, the ‘Darkish Coronary heart of Camden’ which was first based in March 2012 and now airs right here each Wednesday 9pm-midnight. You’ll little doubt hear this single alongside many different new releases from new and rising expertise in addition to extra established artists.
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All phrases by Ian Corbridge. You’ll find extra of his writing at his writer profile right here.
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