Dave Cloud
| Dave Cloud | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | David Bliss Cloud |
| Born |
August 3, 1956 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | February 18, 2015 (aged 58) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Genres | Garage rock, lo-fi, experimental rock, outsider music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, storyteller, actor |
| Instruments | vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–2015 |
| Labels | Fire Records (UK), Thee Swan |
| Associated acts | Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power, Cruel Oval Brown Stomachs (C.O.B.S.), The Psychotic Night Auditors |
| Website | www |
David Bliss "Dave" Cloud (August 3, 1956 – February 18, 2015) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, storyteller and occasional actor. Cloud was known foremost for his amusing earthy concert performances and garage rock recordings with his band The Gospel of Power.
Cloud came of age listening to rock and roll of the 1960s and early 1970s, and learned to play guitar as a teenager. He first performed publicly in local Nashville record stores in the late 1970s.
After overcoming severe stage fright, he started to play solo shows in small Nashville clubs, most notably the dive bar Springwater Supper Club & Lounge. In the late 1970s, Cloud formed The Psychotic Night Auditors, a punk rock band so loud and obnoxious that they "cleared the room" at Springwater, prompting the club owner to ban the group "for life."
During the 1980s, Cloud listened mainly to classical music and directed his energies into "private tape experiments [that involved] overdubbing voices, guitars and other instruments." Eventually Cloud was invited back to Springwater, where he would spend the next several years developing his performance style (including his signature "stage humping" and "phantom kung fu" antics) and a repertoire of original compositions, rock and pop covers, and occasional karaoke. In the process he earned a reputation as Nashville's resident "garage rock lounge lizard extraordinaire."
In 1994 Cloud met James Clauer with whom he formed the band Cruel Oval Brown Stomachs (C.O.B.S.), "a jaw-dropping synthesis of performance art, experimental theater, and pure vaudeville." C.O.B.S. disbanded in 1995.
In 1996 Cloud formed Dave Cloud & The Gospel of Power, an experimental garage rock band that would go on to record several lo-fi albums with Cloud as the lead vocalist and principal songwriter. In 2006 Cloud signed a multi-year recording contract with UK record label Fire Records. He toured Europe with The Gospel of Power in 2006 and 2008.
Cloud also worked as a volunteer book reader for visually impaired persons; beginning in 1984 he recorded thousands of hours of audio books and magazines for the Nashville Talking Library. He appeared in several films, music videos, television programs and advertisements.
Cloud died in Nashville on February 18, 2015, aged 58, following a long illness.
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