Poetry Reading at Moonstone Art Center, #110a, South 13th Street, Phila, PA 19107 (215-735-9600

Tuesday, April 10th at 7:00 pm, with Nina Corwin, (author of 2 books) 

open reading to follow!

featuring poems from new book: “Sequence of Nature Past the Via Mala” and the

new “Matchbox” poetry series, and a special event: “A trip back to the beginning of time:

“Creationless Creation”   !

Dave Steel will read at the Mad Poets Society’s Milk Boy Cafe venue on Thursday, December 8th at 7:00 with another featured reader. Address: 824 W Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.

“Sequence of Nature Past the Via Mala / La Sequenza della Natura Passa la Via Mala” Edition in English and Italian translation Introduction by Jack Hirschman (Read some of Jack Hirschman’s excerpts below) Published by Whirlwind Press summer 2011, lamont b. steptoe, 2nd publication of Dave Steel’s work. “The technique of Dave Steel’s compositions is what first engaged me. He seems to have arrived at his style of writing not so much under the influence of any particular poet (he mentions Robert Bly and Bob Kaufman as American poets whom he loves reading; otherwise he’d read many Europeans), and seemed not to have read Charles Olson deeply at all, though it was an Olsonic manner in his idiom that first called his work to my atten- tion. That manner is resonant to a letter Olson wrote to Cid Corman in the 1950s, to the effect that an American poet MUST BEGIN WITH NOTHING, THE BLANK PAGE, almost as a goad of emptiness, and from that confrontation really begin. THEN the possibility might emerge wherein the poet might discover—in the mix of the conscious- ness of the transfer of energies from without with the moil of self and heart-soul within—his own unique way of saying. Steel’s style is a staccato, almost at times telegrammatic one, in which he finds room to inform, comment and at the same time abbreviate so that as one gets deeper into the book one finds that one is genially identifying with his idiomatic technique of evoking by way of setting down a series of images and making a tight bit of music.” – Jack Hirschman, March 2011

For all of you in the 21st century who finally own a kindle or an ipad, my new book is available over at Amazon for download. A very modest $4. Embracing new technologies, one e book at a time. Purchase HERE

Der Absinthe Trinker is now available in E Book form through beam-ebooks.de

*Yes, my publisher, Nachtschatten Verlag of Switzerland: it’s premier E-book

MAGIC 5, LIVE IN BERN

DAVE STEEL EUROPEAN TOUR is over

September 15, Donnerstag, Thursday at Les Amis Bar, Bern-

Just returned from a fantastic tour in Switzerland,  and played with the Magic 5

and played live at Les Amis Bar in Bern with the famous Mario Capitanio (guitar), Bruno Deitrich (drums) and Peter Enderli on bass. The show, 2nd year in a row, was very cool & hot. Photos to be posted soon, and some Mp3 recordings of show. These Bern musicans have their act together!

First show of 2011 was a success!

Remember,  all year long in 2011 and 2012, The Dave Steel Blues Band will be performing every 2nd Saturday of each month at Fergies Pub, 1241 Sansom Street in Philadelphia.

All Year long in 2011, The Dave Steel Blues Band will be performing every 2nd Saturday of each month at Fergies Pub, 1241 Sansom Street in Philadelphia. The bands lineup is:

Rich Katz on Guitar, Lou Brotman on Bass, Paul Albrecht on Drums and myself on the Harp and Vocals.

NEXT SHOW: Saturday, December 10th     10:00 p.m. (No Cover). Food is great!

Please come out for good times and good tunes!

http://www.stauffacher.ch/shop/stb_ext_veranstaltungen/show/

Next Friday, July 30th, the Dave Steel Blues Band will be performing at the Moonstone Art Center in Philadelphia. Come out to enjoy great blues music in center city and bring you own booze. We’ll see you there. Cheers