Born in 1956 and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (home to blues legend Cedell Davis), Dave Sadler began playing guitar at the age of twelve, because his piano teacher failed to make any headway with him at all. The choice of learning to play a musical instument having 88 keys versus 6 strings was no contest. "Have you ever tried to tune a piano?", he remarks.
One of the more interesting moments in his early guitar career came when, as a teenager, he was given the opportunity to play Jimmy Driftwood's first guitar, hand-made from a bed headboard and a fence post, upon a visit to Driftwood's home in Mountain View, Arkansas. "It was an awful playing guitar, but it was an honor to be invited to play "Tennessee Stud" on the guitar of the man who wrote it", says Dave.
Heavily influenced by players such as Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn and others, Dave's playing style is a blend of blues, rock, and jazz, utilizing both acoustic and electric guitars.
Dave is currently playing with The Purple Doors, and is affiliated with BMI as a songwriter/composer. A solo CD "Fade to Blue", is in the works to be released fall of 2007 on BluezArt Records.
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