DAVE ALLEN WAS BORN IN SYDNEY AUSTRALIA, AND LEARNED TO PLAY THE FLUTE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, COMMENCING 1960, UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF VICTOR McMAHON. VICTOR ALSO TAUGHT JAZZ LEGENDS DON BURROWS AND PAUL FURNISS AND SYDNEY SYMPHONY PRINCIPAL FLAUTIST PAUL CURTIS. HE CONTINUED HIS STUDIES UNDER VICTOR McMAHON AT THE SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC. HE DISCOVERED HIS LOVE OF MODERN JAZZ DURING HIS EARLY TEENS BUT UPON LEAVING SCHOOL PLAYED WITH NUMEROUS POP/ROCK/BLUES BANDS. THESE INCLUDED" FRED KARNISS ARMY" WITH BRUCE BONGERS, "SYN" WITH STEPHEN GARD AND KEITH HERBERT, "FLAKE" WITH SOME GREAT MUSICIANS, INCLUDING GUITARIST JOHN RUSSELL, AND VOCALIST SHARON SIMS,"WHITEWINE", INCLUDING GUS McNEILL AND FRANK LEWIS, GALADRIAL WITH GARY ADAMS , THE JAZZ LEGEND JOE LANE AND MANY OTHER FINE MUSICIANS OF THE DAY INCLUDING ROSS WARD, WARREN WARD, PHIL COULSON AND MANY OTHERS. HIS FIRST RECORDING WAS WITH FLAKE IN 1970, "THIS WHEEL'S ON FIRE" AND IT WENT TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. A BUSY PERIOD DURING THE EARLY 1970'S INCLUDING PERFORMANCES AT ALL THE MAJOR VENUES AROUND SYDNEY INCLUDING THE OLD SYDNEY STADIUM, LONG RESIDENCIES, TOURS, TV, LIVE SHOWS AND RECORDING DATES WERE ALL FITTED INTO A LIFE THAT INCLUDED WORKING FULL TIME AND IT EVENTUALLY TOOK IT'S TOLL AND DAVE GAVE IT ALL AWAY AND MARRIED. BUT IN RECENT YEARS, THE MUSICAL BUG BIT, AND HE TOOK UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF, BUT IN A DIFFERENT GENERATION AND NEW TECHNOLOGY.
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