Dave Boutette

About Dave Boutette

"Dave Boutette's Midwest is full of passion, humor and shaken grace. Influenced by songwriters that span from Paul Westerberg to Lyle Lovett, Dave Boutette documents the trips and triumphs of life between the coasts. With a full band or just a guitar, Boutette calls on memories of parking lots, college towns and Camaros to reveal a Midwest experience worthy of note in the American music continuum. The autumn of 2001 finds Boutette releasing his second effort for Ann Arbor's Thursday Records, Dave Boutette And The Old Dog Songbook. Written for everyone who's blown too many afternoons hanging around guitar shops or record stores, Songbook features Boutette's perspective on the weary and wiser musician's life amidst the confident playing of his band, the Old Dogs. The band's roster draws on a well of friends and great players, not too long in the tooth, that Dave has known for many years. Before stepping out on his own, Boutette spent ten years with the Detroit-based alterna-rock bar kings The Junk Monkeys. The band toured the nation relentlessly and recorded under the Warner Bros./Metal Blade label from 1990-93. Boutette has performed at many Michigan and Ohio venues including the Ark, the Blind Pig, the Barking Spider, the Ann Arbor Art Fair, Ann Arbor¹s Top of the Park Series, the Dilworth Saloon, Borders Books and Music stores and Lili¹s 21 Club. Dave has also been a featured artist on the Detroit Underground television series."