Dakota Dave Hull
"Dakota" Dave Hull is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist who plays in a variety of styles: blues, gospel, ragtime, and folk music. He is also a recognized music historian and published one book Ragtime Guitar in the Classic American Style.Musical career
Hull was born in Fargo, North Dakota which led to his nickname "Dakota Dave". He has long been a fixture of the West Bank music scene in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He has toured the world playing solo fingerstyle guitar in multiple genres including American folk music, ragtime, gospel, and blues. He hosted the radio show The Dakota Dave Hull Show on KFAI radio in Minneapolis for twenty years and was a frequent performer on A Prairie Home Companion.
Hull has engineered, produced and performed with many artists, include Doc Watson, Dave Van Ronk, Utah Phillips, "Spider" John Koerner, Duck Baker, Dave "Snaker" Ray, and Peter Ostroushko,Discography
Solo
- Hull’s Victory
- Reunion Rag
- New Shirt
- Sheridan Square Rag
- The Loyalty Waltz
- Time Machine
- Under the North Star
- Heavenly Hope
- This Earthly Life
- Another Cup
- The Graveyard Shift
With others
- Ace Pickin’ and Sweet Harmony with Sean Blackburn
- North by Southwest with Sean Blackburn
- River of Swing with Sean Blackburn
- Moonbeams as Hull & Larson with Kari Larson
- The Goose is Getting Fat as Hull & Larson with Kari Larson
- Airship with Pop Wagner
- When You Ask a Girl to Leave Her Happy Home with Duck Baker
