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Dave Bourne has been playing piano professionally since his first job in the Calico Saloon at Knott’s Berry Farm in 1958. He is a graduate of USC with a degree in Music Education. He has played bass and recorded with the “Wagonmasters”, the cowboy group who entertained in the Wagon Camp at Knott’s Berry Farm in Southern California from 1955 until 1968. He was leader of, and recorded with (on tenor horn), the Resurrection Brass Band, a 20 piece New Orleans marching band. He has released three albums playing cornet with his own “Dawn of the Century Ragtime Orchestra” and three cassettes and one CD playing guitar with his own western singing group, the Lobo Rangers. He has recorded five solo "Saloon Piano" CD’s featuring melodies from 1845 to 1910. His CD release “19th Century Favorites and Rarities” has Dave playing piano, cornet, alto horn, tenor horn, sousaphone, and banjo in a re-creation of typical town bands and small ensembles of the era.


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Soapy Smith's birthday 2004 Magic Castle, Hollywood.

Dave's saloon piano music was used extensively in the HBO series “Deadwood” where he was also the piano player in the Gem Saloon.
Dave's screen credits:
HBO's "Deadwood"   1st season   episode #4
One of Tolliver's minions (gunman for Powers Boothe)
Episode #9 through #12, piano player in the Gem Saloon

The History Channel's "Wild West Tech"
episode title "Revenge"
episode title "Western Town Tech"


He is a member of the Cowboy Mounted Shooting Association, the Single Action Shooting Society and the California Desperados.

SALOON PIANO
Authentic Music of the Old West
Available on CD in five volumes...





 CDs are $17 each, postage paid, payable to
Dave Bourne
P.O. Box 173
Agoura Hills, CA  91376-0173

Dave's Favorites and Rarities CD:

 CDs are $17 each, postage paid, payable to
Dave Bourne
P.O. Box 173
Agoura Hills, CA  91376-0173
   The founding of the Lobo Rangers really begins with the Wagonmasters, the cowboy group that entertained in the Wagon Camp at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, California from 1955 until 1968.  This group, originally led by Dick Goodman and later by Billy Beeman, was patterned closely on the sound of the Sons Of The Pioneers.  So close was the vocal trio sound to that of the original Pioneers that in 1958 when Hugh Farr sought to start his own group and leave the Pioneers, he came to the Wagon Camp to get his musicians.
   In 1988 when the Lobo Rangers was formed, Ramrod Dave Bourne who played bass with the Wagonmasters, chose fiddler Billy Beeman and guitarist Bobby Beeman as the core group for the new band along with Patty Bourne on vocals.  By 1990, the group included another Wagonmaster, Don Richardson on bass.  The Lobo Rangers solidified their sound with the addition of Michael Fleming, a multi-talented musician who played guitar, sang tenor, and wrote fabulous western songs.  Three cassettes were produced during this period which featured the writing of Michael Fleming and Billy Beeman.  The original tunes were so successful that several other artists have recorded them and Fleming’s tunes have won awards.
CDs are $17 each, postage paid, payable to
Dave Bourne
P.O. Box 173
Agoura Hills, CA  91376-0173

    
Fess at Elko 2003                  California Desperados

Dave Bourne
P.O. Box 173
Agoura Hills, CA  91376-0173
(818) 991-2479