Artist description A Northwest original singer/songwriter diverse repertoire of adult Alternative/Rock. Appearing mainly in Washington and Oregon states, where he calls home.

Music Style Acoustic, Folk, Blues, Alternative, Rock

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Artist History Dave-Michael Valentine (DMV) grew up in a community outside the city limits of Astoria, Oregon. This community, populated with "hippies," introduced DMV to the acoustic guitar as a means of personal expression, and experimental drugs and herbs at an early age. After his parents divorced in 1972 he toggled between his mother's assorted residences around Astoria and his grandparents' homes in Aberdeen and Hoquiam, Washington. DMV was raised in a spiritual environment and discovered many avenues leading to God. Of all the religious influence, his personal preference was more traditional Christianity. He settled down in Aberdeen and married. That relationship yielded 3 children before its end. After that, DMV took his carreer "on the road" appearing in a variety of "cover bands" as he relocated to Bellingham, Washington, then again moved to Salem, Oregon, where he resided until 1994 when he returned to Aberdeen, Washington. God appears in many of DMV's tunes because, "being a songwriter is a blessing and a curse. It is a means of therapy, whereby I can deal with my own personal problems and perceptions, as I work-through the human experience." Dave-Michael goes on to say, "The difference is that you run around with your heart on your sleeve for all to see... and there's no taking it back, later, after you've already put it out there." The result is a variety of musical discourse that is less marketable than one would expect. "The problem is that the religious folks have little respect for my personal 'spin' on their gig, and the general public that can appreciate my music for what it is - they're surprised to find that I have strong religious beliefs - and are pretty much offended by that." Not fitting into any commercial mold may have had a negative effect of his potential music career, "but," as Dave-Michael says, "I can't do anything about it, because it is what and who I am. You cannot separate Dave-Michael the musician from the person. They are one and the same."

Group Members Dave-Michael Valentine

Instruments Guitar

Albums Crawling Out, What's It To Ya?, One Step Away, Spiritual Graffiti, Top Secret, One Family Under God, Raiders of the Lost Tapes, Bootleg, The Clock Struck Twelve

Location Aberdeen, WA - USA

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