2005 - 2009 LIVE PERFORMANCES

Cowboys Can Be Funny Too, Headliner – Gold Hill, NV, November 09

In The Barn Series, Featured Performer – Glenrock, WY, September 09

Truckee Rodeo - Truckee, CA, July 09

Lingo of Our Calling, Featured Performer – Sparks, NV, May 09

Lingo of Our Calling, Guest Speaker on Cowboys & Cowboy Poetry – Sparks, NV, May 09

Ranchers Roundup – Dayton, NV, April 09

Douglas County Forecast 2009, Featured Performer – Minden, NV, March 09

Nevada Reflections Cowboy Concert, Featured Performer – Dayton, NV, March 09

Reno Rodeo Foundation Cowboy Poetry Contest Finals – Reno, NV, March 09

Diamond Mountain Hotel/Casino, Headliner – Susanville, CA, October 08

Reno Cowboy Poetry & Music Gathering, Performer – Reno, NV, August 08

Ghost Mountain Ranch, Headliner – Pollock Pines, CA, May, 08

Elk’s Cowboy Poetry Show, Headliner – Grass Valley, CA, April 08

Mountain View School, Guest Speaker – Reno, NV, April 08

Supper Club Zulu, Headliner- Reno, NV, December 07

Family Counseling Service Benefit, Headliner - Reno, NV, November 07

A Gathering of Cowboy Poets, Performer - Chadron, NE, November 07

Korean War Veterans Convention, Headliner - Reno, NV, October 07

Vinton Cowboy Poetry Show, Headliner – Vinton, CA,   September 07

Reno Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Open Mic Participant – Reno, NV, September 07

Wild Horse Sanctuary Benefit, Featured Performer - Shingletown, CA, August 07

Summer Sagebrush Cowboy Poetry, Bowers Mansion - Washoe Valley, NV (2 weekends)

American Arts Festival, Featured Storyteller - Reno, NV, July 07

Oodles of Noodles Festival – Featured Performer - Dayton, NV, May 07

Rhymin’ Rodeer, Open Mic Participant – Minden, NV,   November 06

Emerald Valley Opry, Headliner – Eugene, OR, October 06

Nevada County Poetry Series – Cowboy Poetry Night, Headliner - Grass Valley, CA, August 06

Sierra Arts Foundation “Sierra Stars” donors’ dinner, Featured Performer –Reno, NV, August 06

Bolos and Blue Jeans at the Wild Horse and Burro Expo, Featured Performer – Reno, NV, August 06

Reno Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering, Open Mic Participant – Reno, NV   August 06

American Arts Festival, Featured Storyteller – Reno, NV   July 06

Stories by the River Storytelling Festival, Featured Storyteller – Reno, NV   July 06  

Piper’s Opera House, Featured Performer – Virginia City, NV, April 06

University of Nevada, Reno, Full Circle Group Breakfast Guest Speaker – December 05

AWARDS

2^nd Place,  Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009,  Crow Scout

3^rd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009,   Mrs. Reynolds

Honorable Mention,  Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2009,  Montana Jack

2^nd Place, Permian Basin Texas Cowboy Poetry Contest, 2009,  Come ‘A Ridin’

3^rd Place, Art Affair Western Short Story Contest, 2008,  Lone Rider

Finalist, Reno Rhythm & Rawhide Cowboy Poetry Contest, 2009, Come ‘A Ridin’

2008 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Outstanding Western Fiction for:

                          Bronc Buster – Short Stories of the American West

7 Readers Choice Awards for short stories (2005 – 2009)

2^nd Place, The Storyteller Magazine’s Short Story Contest,  The Story

TELEVISION, RADIO, & WEB

Featured Writer,  Author Author  TV Show (one episode) – SNCAT TV – Reno, NV August 09

Featured Author of the Month,  Rain Tiger Online Magazine   RainTiger.com -  March 09

Rhythm & Rawhide Cowboy Poetry Promotion,  KHTX Radio – Reno, NV, March 09

Cowboy Poetry segments on KOLO Channel-8’s Daybreak Show – Reno, NV, November 07

Tall Tale Tellers, one TV episode for Nevada Storytellers Network, Reno, NV,   March 06

 “Keepin’ It Cowboy”  Radio Program by Jo Hargrave , guest,  February 05

Jim Thompson performed two of Dave’s  poems (Western Myth, Thanksgiving Grace) on his radio show Live with Jim Thompson, on National Public Radio, October and November 2005

COMMISSIONS:

“The Grand Lady” created/performed, Piper’s Opera House, Virginia City, NV, February 06

PUBLICATIONS –Books and CDs

CDs:

      Snakebit – humorous cowboy poetry, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, NV

      They Still Do That (companion to the book), Double Diamond Books, Sparks, NV

Western Historical Novels:

      Yates – U.S. Marshal, Publish America, Frederick, MD   

   The Strawberry Mountain War, Publish America, Frederick, MD

 Short Story Collection:  Bronc Buster, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, NV 

Cowboy Poetry Collection Book:   They Still Do That, Double Diamond Books, Sparks, NV 

Jack and Cleve Series:  Regular Short Story Feature, Open Range Magazine, Glenrock, WY

Contributing Writer: Non-fiction articles, Open Range Magazine, Glenrock, WY

Contributing Writer:  Demand Studios; eHow, and other informational websites

Over 160 short stories, non-fiction articles, and cowboy poems have appeared in a variety of international publications in the last several years including The Storyteller, the Taj Majal Review, Rope and Wire,  Open Range, I Love My Truck, The Nevada County Poetry Series Anthology, and Writing on the Walls, in addition to many private newsletters and websites, etc.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

Over thirty years working as a cowboy and outdoorsman, including ranch and rodeo work, shoeing, packing, guiding, and teaching skills.  Worked from the bush of Alaska throughout the west including Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Colorado.  Professional fly tyer with over twenty-five years of experience.