CRAZY DAVE
TESTIMONIALS
Dave you stole the show!
Richard Anaru
Lakeside Artistic Director
He’s great!​
Murray Thom Impresario
Shut your eyes and it's Neil !!!
Gray Barlett MBE, Patron Variety Artists Club of New Zealand
Vice President of NZ Concert Promoters Assn
I’ve never picked a dud.
Armand Crown
Academic advisor Te Whangana o Aotearoa
He’s very clever!
Bizarro’s Mum
Heartfelt, sincere and nakedly human. Solo artist David Simpkins's style might remind you of Neil Young on the surface, but listen closely and you'll find raw beauty only a man of his experience could unveil.
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No doubt David has had many challenges, but it is the way in which he deals with it which makes his songs play on loop in your memory long after the show. David's approach is to tackle the bull by its horns and whether he forgot a lyric or a chord,
it does not retract from the essence of the song.
Daves original songs are mostly about human encounters, some which he experienced on long roads in between dots on vast deserted earth as a truck driver.
David has a unique way of sketching the surroundings that it feels like you are there with him. The sincerity of bearing his feelings to an audience, a collection of strangers, is truly inspiring and reminds you of our own humanness.
Karin Vincent / The Rogue Stage