Guitar driven...blues inspired…"Fade to Blue", a 16 track, full-length CD by Dave Sadler, is now available from BluezArt Records. On "Fade to Blue" you will find a variety of guitar driven, blues inspired tracks ranging from Chicago, Texas, and traditional Delta influenced tunes, to blues/rock/jazz fusion, and reggae numbers.
Working with accomplished studio musicians from across the U.S. and the U.K., Dave Sadler has compiled a collection of music that draws from the blues/rock heritage of the nation's mid-section. From the farmland Delta of South Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana to the streets of Chicago and the plains of Texas, the early Blues greats paved the way for modern rock, and paid their dues. The music on "Fade to Blue" is intended to be an acknowledgment of their struggles and contributions, with a few messages for our times.
Collaborating with Dave on several tracks for the Fade to Blue CD is Dan Cipriano, the busiest saxophone player in New York. Dan has performed, or recorded with Wilson Pickett, Bruce Springsteen, The Allman Brothers, Gary U.S. Bonds, Michael Bolton, Southside Johnny, George Thorogood, Paul Shaffer, and a host of others. You will love his contribution on Fade to Blue.
In March 2008, Fade to Blue entered the Roots Music Report Blues Chart at No. 33. Tracks from Fade to Blue have been featured on Sounds of Blue with Bob Putignano, Mark Kerr’s Blues Nation Show, numerous other broadcast outlets, and have been named among the top songs for 2007 on Midnight Special Blues Radio, originating in Paris, France.

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Born in 1956 and raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (home to blues legends Cedell Davis and Big Bill Broonzy), 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, 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".Dave is affiliated with BMI as a songwriter/composer. The 2008 solo release, "Fade to Blue", is available from BluezArt Records at www.davesadlermusic.com

Guitars used on the tunes featured on the player-
Electric: Taylor T5 and Ernie Ball Axis
Acoustic: Alvarez-Yairi DY62C
Special thanks to Jan Cyrka for instrumental backing on "Fade to Blue"
Also, thanks to Dan Cipriano, for arrangement, engineering, and performance of horn section on "Ain't Got Time", Can't take it with You" and "Cold Wind Blowin'"