- David Lane (musician)
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Davey Lane Background information Birth name David Daniel Lane Born 31 January 1981 Origin Australia Genres Rock Instruments Guitar, vocals Years active 1999–present Labels none Associated acts You Am I
The Pictures
The Scram
The Wrights
Crowded House
Jimmy Barnes
The Twin SetNotable instruments Fender Telecaster, Epiphone Casino, Gibson SG David Lane, also known as Davey Lane (born on 31 January 1981), is an Australian musician, lead guitarist of You Am I (since 1999),[1][2] and frontman of The Pictures.[1] He is also a guitarist in Australian supergroup The Wrights.[1]
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Biography
Lane joined You Am I in 1999 at just eighteen years of age as a second guitarist for the band.[2][3][4]
Lane performed with The Wrights at Waveaid in aid of the Boxing Day Tsunami, presented at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 29 January 2005. In 2005 Lane also joined Jimmy Barnes' band, and released The Pictures[3][4] debut album, Pieces of Eight. In 2006, Lane was nominated for Best Male Guitarist at the Jack Awards, for his work with You Am I. In 2007, he joined Crowded House for their tour in Europe and Australia, temporarily replacing Neil Finn's son Liam on miscellaneous guitar, keyboard and backup vocal duties. Late 2008 saw the release of You Am I's Dilettantes and the Pictures' Kicking Indifference.
Movies, television and media
- Contributed to the Dirty Deeds soundtrack.[5]
- Lane has made multiple appearances on talk shows and musical presentation programs such as Rove Live,[5] Rockwiz, JTV (now known as Triple J TV), The Carnival with Roy and HG, The Fat, Studio 22, The Gig, 10:30 Slot, as well as getting the honorable privilege of programming the music video program Rage (ABC) with You Am I in 2006.
- He is also webmaster and an occasional presenter on Melbourne Community Radio station Stereo 974's Let It Be Beatles program.[6]
References
- General
- McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Whammo Homepage". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1865080721. http://web.archive.org/web/20040405231007/www.whammo.com.au/index.asp. Retrieved 4 January 2010. Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality.
- Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1.[7] Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- Specific
- ^ a b c Spencer et al, (2007) Lane, David[dead link] entry. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ a b Spencer et al, (2007) You Am I entry. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ a b Nimmervoll, Ed. "You Am I". Howlspace. White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd. http://www.howlspace.com.au/en/youami/youami.htm. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ a b Magnus Holmgren. "You Am I". Australian Rock Database. Magnus Holmgren. http://hem.passagen.se/honga/database/y/youami.html. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ a b "David Lane". IMDb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1503727/. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ letitbebeatles.blogspot.com
- ^ "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
External links
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