David Caulfield
Speaker Topics
Entertainment & Comedy
Locations Covered
- East of England
Fees
£75 - £150
Availability
Short Notice
Profile Bio
David Caulfield is a Music Industry professional. He has been playing guitar since the early sixties and has collected stories from friends and music colleagues about the excitement of playing gigs when live music was changing from pub singalongs to rock and pop. He also had professional experience working in the equipment side of the Music Industry and shares stories from top professional musicians.
Talk Description
The Semi-Pro Sixties
'The Semi-Pro Sixties' is a talk by David Caulfield based on his book of the same name. Covering a period from 1961 to 1976 he takes his audience back to the time when budding musicians were forming groups and starting to play gigs in Youth Clubs, Pubs and Clubs. He raises plenty of laughs as he tells stories of the life and times of a semi-professional musician setting out on the road for the first time. Drawing on interviews with over fifty different musicians David details experiences from the outright funny to the downright dangerous!
Other Talks
'Songs & Stories from the ‘60s' is a talk based on David Caulfield’s experiences working in the music industry. It features many songs and stories drawn from personal experience as well as ‘inside’ stories from the music business. Expect plenty of name dropping!
