born in hamilton ontario and influenced by the blues folk music early on david carte self taught musician has played with sonny thorne and the blues review [william ohagen steve duncan]at the age of 21 in blues clubs all over hamilton area the taste of the music was enjoyed after backing up king biscut boy richard newell at a club in the hammer .then with jim mc cartney [michelle wright],wayne janus [wild child butler] mike mcmillin [guitar mikey]tom wilson [junkhouse ]brian gibbard[crowbar] dee curtis [ john lee hooker] mike cotton [deathmarch,brad james ]scott milne[wassabi collective,intersect] stu griffett[mighty panda band,creeping chester] ed jankowski [cj sleeze] art lavigne and many more musicians in the greater hamilton area .this mixture of music influences has made him a versitle player and a levelling up of the musicians he makes music with on the fly out of the box enjoy the music as everyone else has that has had the goodtimes making music with him