Previous events

Nov10

Trail Concert - David Piper & Comrades

McGroarty Arts Center, 7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, CA

Greg Krueger (recording engineer) and I began work on this album in February with the goal of finishing by the end of the year. We accomplished that goal and this night is the culmination of the work. Together with nearly all the musicians who played on the album, we will present all thirteen songs on Trail. The CD will be on sale. Opening band is “The Young Canadians”. David Piper

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Dec22

David Piper

Backdoor Bakery, 8349 Foothill Blvd, Sunland, CA

David Piper will appear at the Backdoor Bakery, a fine establishment in Sunland that features great music and an exquisite menu. Starts at 8 and goes to 9:30pm. No cover. davidpiper.net

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Jul12

JC Hyke's Songwriter Serenade

Matt Denny's Alehouse, 145 E Huntington, Arcadia, CA

JC Hyke is a songwriter who runs a weekly show at this restaurant in Arcadia, CA, featuring other songwriter acts. It's a nice vibe venue, and very supportive to songwriters. JC asks that one of the four songs that you play is a cover (song penned by someone other than yourself) and the other three original. Earl Grey and I (Piper-Grey) played there thus past Tuesday (7-12-16) and played the following songs: "Wind Up Clock", "Ioway" and "Open Sails", Piper-Grey. Wild Horses (Jagger/Richards/Parsons) was the cover tune we performed. Truly a nice evening with many excellent performances.  

Sep13

Live at The Fremont Center Theatre!

Fremont Center Theatre, 1000 Fremont Ave, South Pasadena, CA

Piper-Grey will perform a full set on this night in this fine little theatre in South Pasadena, 9-13-15. also playing: Paul Zollo, John M., and Tedrow/Kaye.

Aug15

Charity for Fresh Water

Throop Unitarian Church, 300 S. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena, CA

www.facebook.com/QuarterMoonRevue/info

A benefit to raise money for Charity: Water, a top rated provider of fresh-water projetcs throughout the developing world. 800 million people are without direct access to potable water, and 4,000 children die each day as a result. Join us in helping to fund wells, transport pipes, and water-purification equipment to the poorest people on the planet. Performing are Ed tree, Brad Colerick, Lorin Hart, Dave Morrison, Brad Lee Swanson, Kara Grainger, Corrina Carter, Justine Willis, Jonie Blinman & KP, Will Risbourg, Nick Goodman, Debra Penberthy, Wild Mountain Mystics and more. Give what you can at the door, or at the online Donaton Station. You will receive a receipt for tax purposes.

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Nov23

Andrew Lorand and David Piper in concert

House Concert, Beachwood, OH

David Piper and Andrew Lorand will appear in Beachwood, OH on Sunday, 11/23/14, for a house concert.

If you would like to attend, please respond to pipdm@earthlink.net for the address. Thanks! See you there.

May22

Piper~Grey Live at The Onion!

The Onion, 9550 Haskell Ave, North Hills, CA

This is a live recording session. Piper~Grey will perform and record 14 songs (12 original and two "cover" songs). David Piper and Earl Grey play guitar and sing, and they will be joined by Greg Samuel (flugal horn, trombone and stand up bass) and Wendysue Rosloff (percussion). Mark Humphreys, TROUGH RECORDS President, is engineering the recording.

The Onion 9550 Haskell Ave North Hills, CA

Call 818 489-7373 for reservations. $20.00 admission (includes a copy of the upcoming CD from the session).

Jan24

Friday night music showcases at the Pho-King

Pho King Delicious, 9350 Corbin Ave, Northridge, CA

7pm to 7:45pm--- Bryan Chan

8:00pm to 8:45pm--- David Piper
David Piper is a performing songwriter based in Los Angeles. Since 2005, he has been performing with Earl Grey as part of the duo, "Piper-Grey", and together they produced their debut album entitled "Apples" (Trough Records) in 2008 to critical acclaim. Piper has published three solo albums, all on Trough Records as well; "Lucky Penny" in 2000, "All My Angels Past" in 2002 and "Lemonade Shoes" in 2005. Piper just released a book he finished, started by his father, Keith Piper, called "The Single Wing and a Prayer". The book chronicles Keith Piper's life in football as a head coach at a small college in Ohio, and outlines his version of an antiquated offense, the single wing. For purchase of the book go to denisonbookstore.com and for cd's... davidpiper.net and piper-grey.com.

David will appear this night with Greg Samuel, an outstanding player who will bring his trombone, flugal horn and stand up bass.

Piper-Grey will return to Pho King on Friday, February 21.

9:00pm to 9:45pm--- Jeff Winter

Dec6

Friday Nights at Pho King

Pho King Delicious, Corbin Ave, Northridge, CA

Chad Watson and Pam Loe at 7 Piper-Grey at 8 Bryan Chan at 9

Jan23

Hallenbecks General Store

Hallenbecks General Store, Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, CA

Chad Watson’s “California Country” at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon, 4-3-24 

David Piper will appear as part of Chad Watson’s “California Country” at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon in Tarzana, Wednesday, 4-3-24, to play a couple of his new songs from the upcoming album, “Requiem for a Folk Singer”. Music starts at 8pm.

Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

18389 Ventura Blvd.

Tarzana, CA 91356

Backdoor Bakery, 3-23-24 

 

Last Saturday night, March 23, 2024, I played at the Backdoor Bakery in Sunland, CA. I was backed by Greg Krueger (mandolin and guitar), Keith Wyatt (guitar), and WendySue Rosloff (percussion). 
Lisa Johnson joined us on a couple of my new songs from the upcoming album, “Requiem for a Folk Singer”. 
It was a great evening .. so nice to reconnect with friends and play music with great musicians in a cool place to perform. 
David Piper

All My Angels Past, David Piper/Trough Records/2002 

The twenty year anniversary of the release of this album has arrived. Produced by Thomas Buffum and Thomas Dawson, the album was recorded and mastered at the solar powered Sonic Sorcery Studio in Northridge, CA. A release celebration at the Buffum home took place in August, 2002.

All My Angels Past features 13 original songs that were born from a difficult place in my life, when my father passed away and I was going through a divorce. Looking back, I can see where I was responding to these difficult truths…

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DAVID PIPER - TRAIL 

DAVID

PIPER

NEW RELEASE!

TRAIL

Trough Records is proud to announce the release of TRAIL (Catalogue No. TRCP 1326), the fourth solo album from Southern California singer-songwriter DAVID PIPER .

Piper’s first solo effort in 14 years, Trail is at once a meditation on, and celebration of, the journey that a life, fully lived, inevitably shows itself to be. In these 13 glorious new songs, Piper assesses the world around him and his own path through it with honesty, humor and reflective grace.

Sometimes soft…

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Trail - David Piper 

 

   DAVID PIPER TM NEW RELEASE! TRAIL Trough Records is proud to announce the release of TRAIL (Catalogue No. TRCP 1326), the fourth solo album from Southern California singer-songwriter DAVID PIPER . Piper’s first solo effort in 14 years, Trail is at once a meditation on, and celebration of, the journey that a life, fully lived, inevitably shows itself to be. In these 13 glorious new songs, Piper assesses the world around him and his own path through it with honesty, humor and reflective grace. … Read more

Trail, a new album by David Piper 

Trail/David Piper - on Trough Records, coming this October (2019).

Saturday, October 5, 8-9:30pm, David Piper, with Greg Krueger, will appear at The Back Door Bakery in Sunland/Tujunga on Foothill Blvd.

Trail Album Concert on Sunday, November 10 by invite only. Wanna be invited? Email me.. dmp5419@gmail.com

Today is my mother’s birthday. She would have been 95. Bless her soul. She was one of the good ones. Philomena

Trail - David Piper - 2019 

Due this October.. a new album by David Piper called “Trail”, on TROUGH RECORDS, consisting of 13 new songs featuring the following musicians; Vic Barrientos, Robin Jung Brown, Earl Grey, Lisa Johnson, Greg Krueger, Billy Piper, WendySue Rosloff, Chad Watson, and Keith Wyatt.

David Piper with Greg Krueger at Back Door Bakery 

Greg Krueger, recording engineer for my upcoming new album entitled, “Trail”, and I will appear at the Back Door Bakery in Tujunga, CA, Saturday, October 5, 2019. We go on at 8pm and will play until 9:30.

David Piper at Backdoor Bakery 

Nice to be playing publicly again, and to be getting out of the living room. I’ll play 90 minutes at this cafe in Sunland, CA, 12-22-18. Since it’s the holiday, I will offer a few tunes in the spirit of the season. 

Piper-Grey Back at it! 

Piper-Grey is back in play.. Hiatus to recover from surgery (Earl - hip replacement) and is over and we are getting ready for our appearance September 13, 2015, at The Fremont Center Theatre in South Pasadena.

On August 15, I played three songs at Dave Morrison's benefit for people without drinking water. May fine songwriters were playing that night and I was honored to join them for a worthy cause.