Description: David D Mansell, Bournemouth based original singer songwriter playing acoustic Americana, Roots, Blues, Soul & Folk music
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David D Mansell David D Mansell : Acoustic Americana & Roots Music David D Mansell a songwriter from London now lives on the south coast of England in Dorset where he writes, plays and sings original folk, blues and jazz ballads. David plays a finger and flat picking guitar style on various guitars of his including a 1973 Ibanez Firebird Acoustic, a Martin, Sigma, Tanglewood and Fenders Tele and Strat and an original 1980 Warner. David started performing solo in folk clubs and pubs in London from 1970-80 th
David's last solo album "From Skyward Blue" was released in 2017, an eclectic range of songs from folk and blues to jazz with a little soul thrown in for good measure. His first solo album released in 2006 "hobosolero" is a Portuguese term for a Minstrel playing in the sun written in Portugal also features a mix of folk blues and jazz ballads. In contrast the second album released in 2011 "The Brew House Collection" is a collection of 11 of his songs performed and recorded live at venues in the UK in 2010 a
David started writing poetry before playing guitar and writing songs so sometimes "lyrics come first, other times the music". When writing David loves the fine line between rhythm of spoken poetic verse and the phrasing of words into lyrics sung to a melody letting chords brush alongside. In a world where walls seem to be going up! David finds music helps to bring those walls down. Music brings people together and "free up the borders of the mind" as the lyric from one of his songs "The Four Corners" on hi