Dave Clark (Canadian musician)

Dave Clark is a Canadian musician from Etobicoke, Ontario.

Dave Clark
Dave Clark performing with the Rheostatics at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, 2007
Background information
Birth nameDavid J. Clark
OriginEtobicoke, Ontario, Canada
GenresIndie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, poet, record producer
InstrumentsDrum kit, percussion, guitar, bass, keyboards, tuba, trumpet
Years active1980–present
Associated actsRheostatics, The Dinner Is Ruined, The WoodChopper's Association, Gordon Downie, Water Tower, Pigfarm
Websitewww.woodchoppers.com/davidjclark

Biography

Clark is a respected studio musician and live performer, and has collaborated with such artists as Charles Spearin, Gord Downie, The Inbreds, Jane Siberry, Julie Doiron, and the Sun Ra Arkestra. He is perhaps best known for playing drums in the indie rock band Rheostatics from 1980–1995, and again 2016 onwards. In addition to playing drums for the Rheostatics, Clark would often contribute backing vocals and occasionally write and sing his own songs; a notable example is "Full Moon over Russia" from Introducing Happiness. Following his departure from the group in 1995, Clark concentrated on his band The Dinner Is Ruined,[1] and formed The WoodChopper's Association, a multi-disciplinary artist collective. He has also released two solo albums, Dave Clark and Sketchbook #2.

Clark began playing music during childhood, and was playing his first gigs by age fourteen. He studied music for one semester at Humber College. Clark has taught drumming and organized workshops and arts performances throughout Ontario for more than 20 years. He heads a loose collective of drummers in Samba Punk Sound System as well as a group of horn, woodwind, guitar and rhythm players since 2005 as The Woodshed Orchestra[2]. He published a book of poetry entitled A Month of Sundays.

gollark: None can escape.
gollark: Bees are approachingYes, apioforms encroachingThey cannot be escapedThey cannot be japedFor apioids have informationThey will fly in your general directionIn a fairly large formation
gollark: Have you tried watching random YouTube videos on it?
gollark: I mean, unless they're very short tasks.
gollark: Wait, what? That sounds very excessive.

References
  1. "Rheostatics: Blame Canada". Exclaim!, November 2001.
  2. "The Woodshed Orchestra bio".
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