Dave Heald Bass

Sadly Dave Heald passed away in 2022 in Hobart Tasmania after a 9 month battle with cancer. Dave was a very kind and generous person who had a great sense of humor. He volunteered to help homeless people in Hobart and at Coastcare Australia for many years. He is sorely missed by his family and friends. His ashes were scattered as he requested at Netley Beach on the West Coast of Tasmania. Before his death Dave worked on his own original album playing both bass and guitar. The album is currently being mixed and mastered and is due to be released this year

Born in Tasmania in 1976 Dave Heald began playing bass at 16 years of age. He performed with numerous original Australian rock bands such as Felix the Dog, Buda Satva, Epicenter, Liquid Green, Whale Bone and his brother Glen Heald. Dave had considerable ability at providing solid heavy and melodic bass lines that allowed room for the guitar and drums to breath. Some of his favourite bass players were John Paul Jones, Flea, Roger Waters, James Dewar, Ben Shepherd, Dusty Hill, Tim Commerford, Jeff Ament, Tommy Shannon, Leon Wilkeson, Bill Wyman, Billy Cox, Aston Barrett, Les Claypool and Billy Gould.

Dave had a great knowledge of Blues, Hard rock, Progressive and 90's Guitar music and enjoyed collecting vinyl. In addition to Bass Dave also doubled on guitar when needed as he had a great knowledge of chords, songs and riffs in his extensive repertoire. Some of his favourite International bands were Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Robin Trower, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, Buddy Guy, Bob Marley, Soundgarden and Rage Against the Machine. Daves favorite Australian bands were; Midnight Oil, The Cruel Sea, The Angels, Grinspoon, You am I, Nick Cave, AC/DC and Radio Birdman. 

Albums featuring Dave Heald on Bass

Glen Heald "Guitar" 2021

Glen Heald "Electric Guitar Solos Two"  2021

Glen Heald "Peyote" 2020

Glen Heald "Hell Hound" 2020

Glen Heald "Prog Rock Guita Vol 1" 2020

Glen Heald "Electric Guitar Solos" 2019

Glen Heald "Acoustic Guitar Culture" 2018

Glen Heald "Marrawah" 2017

Glen Heald "The Best of 2010-2015"

Glen Heald "The Hanged Man" 2015

Glen Heald "Outsider" 2013

Glen Heald is a multi instrumental singer / songwriter who was born in Australia and took up the Guitar after hearing Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Roy Buchanan, Santana and Robin Trower. He had the good fortune to study Jazz in Tasmania with Jim Lade (who had studied at Berklee college of music). After completing an Associate diploma in Jazz/Rock he led the first of many original bands and started playing Flute, Banjo, Blues harp and Chapman Stick.

In 1992 Glen established the first fully contemporary music course in Darwin Australia. In 2001 he started performing with the Australian Aboriginal singer songwriter Shellie Morris, recording and producing her CD "Waiting Road". Glen composed the acoustic music for the Aboriginal film "Merrepen" in 2005. Toured Europe with Shellie Morris in 2007 and performed at the Sydney Opera House in 2008. 

Glen produced the music for the Aboriginal film "In a League of their own" in 2009 and produced and released his debut album and his second album in 2010. In December 2013 Glen produced and released his third studio album "Outsider".2015 saw the release of Glen's fourth studio album "The Hanged Man" with his brother Dave Heald on Bass. The album fuses progressive rock and funk with slide guitar, blues harp.

In 2017 Glen released the album "Marrawah". The album contain six instrumental tracks in a progressive rock format and two vocal tracks one of which is a reggae track. The album also contains two tracks that highlight Glen's ability to improvise guitar solos in a electric Hendrix style and his acoustic finger style guitar. Dave Heald once again provides tight and heavy electric bass lines on Marrawah locking in to the John Bonham style drums. 

2018 saw the release of "Acoustic Guitar Culture" a purely Instrumental acoustic album featuring baritone guitar, slide guitar. spanish guitar, violin, upright bass, flute and banjo. The album showcases Glen Heald's celtic folk style of composition.

In 2019 Glen released "Electric Guitar Solos", this album is a heavy blues rock album performed in a three piece power trio format. The album has a heavy guitar focus in the style of Hendrix and Robin Trower with Glen's brother Dave Heald on electric bass. No vocal on this album just electric guitar solos!

2020 saw International release of "Peyote", a ten track album with great slide guitar and blues harp. It has some excellent slide and lap steel guitar work as well as a the usual heavy guitar assault. The albums style ranges between Blues Rock and Progressive Rock with four vocal tracks.