David a burdick

David A Burdick

### Associated Acts

The Decisions • School • The Jeeps • The Jacks • The Jetsons • The Rickenbackers • The Insects • The Stand • The Big Bang • Sins Tailor • Joe Christ and the Healing Faith • Color of Time • Radio Stationwagon

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### Bio

it all began when my parents gave me guitar lessons................. my first band was in 5th grade called "the decisions" doing top 40 which was sixties garage rock at the time....("The Kinks","The Who","The Shadows Of Knight" etc..)we played a few talent shows and such...then i later joined with the "steed brothers" from dallas in a band called "school"..(the steed brothers later became "squareforce"..a great band..and released two albums both great )....and we played a few talent shows and skating rinks also began doing recordings and writing originals.....that's where i met jerry casey....when school ended........we formed 3 bands in a row.....with the letter "j"....."the jeeps", "the jacks", and "the jetsons"..........and we played all around town and sometimes in texas...in various new wave and punk clubs.......mainly in tulsa oklahoma......opening for such groups as "the Motels","the Cramps" and other new wave acts..at the Cain's Ballroom where the Sex Pistols actually played....(also did some radio shows and live broadcasts from oklahoma city)....jerry went professional with "the jacks)" (who had released an incredible 45 called "just like yesterday/it's not true)") along with songwriter "Walter Kleinecke" and recorded an album and got management..........while i joined "the insects"...........who did new wave and punk and put on some very unique concerts with performance artists comedians and fashion shows.... we opened for "The Fleshtones" and "The Lords of The New Church"..(and also did a tv show night shift that was hosted by Jeanne Tripplehorn)..(our drummer went on to do coutry music with "Red Meat")...(side note we were booked by michelle who was the girlfriend of wayne coyne from "The Flaming Lips" and was my girlfiend's best friend) .later i released a 45 on the Explosive Records....which was started by "the bridge climbers".......called "letters" (which was later released on a comilation cd called "Teenline #7 " also all the tulsa bands got together and released "the explosive sampler" album..(13 tulsa bands including Susan Cowsill on some vocals and cover art by Dwight Twilley)...............i did two songs on it one as a solo act " i can't sit still " 2nd song on the album and one with "the jacks".." pretty poison " .......i moved away to california to join a band there but it didn't work out ....then i moved back to tulsa to join a new band with jerry called "the stand"....(and we opened for The Byrds reunion show)...one writer even said we blew them away.....jerry moved to dallas to furthur his career and follow his manager...........who at the time had a couple Restaurants there.........(side note....at one of his pizza places he had vanilla ice as a delivery boy ..i later moved to texas and got back with jerry in a band called romeo and the dreamers ...we played the hard rock cafe where i sang a cure song....then me and jerry started a band called " sins tailor " we did one cd which got really good reviews ..one guy said it blew away matthew sweet..and it was on sale at notlame.com..our first show was opening for charlie sexton....after a long while.......i joined a few bands but they fell apart so i decided i can sit there and do nothing or i can do it all myself.....bought some recording stuff and tried to learn it.........my first songs had pretty bad drum machine on it........but i got a bit better..............i joined a pretty cool band called " color of time " doing obscure sixties hits..........then i was in line to be in a rolling stones tribute band called satisfaction who have been at it for a long long time and they tour the us and more..........big concerts not clubs...........so anyway i started practcing at the place i work... a very unbusy water store where i am by myself alot...............then started trying to record songs at work........my goal was to do one song everyday.....i would do them.....then when i got home i would add percussion and mix down.....then i would find a picture that fit and make a video and put them up on youtube....i did 60 tunes in 60 days ....some of my customers started asking for cds so i made them but it got expensive.......even sent some to japan and spain........i was getting fans on myspace......i then found out i could put them on cdbaby as virtual cd's.......so i did that and sent links around.......soon i was getting airplay on internet radio all over the world.....mostly in florida,england and ireland...somtimes in hawaii and japan...i also got on many cd compilations like ice cream man power pop,the blog gems,teenline,raiders of the lost hook,and many more......one blog even called me a power pop legend.....hahahahha.....which leads to now..................but i plan to have a new album probably covers again cuz i have so many i wanna do........it should be done this christmas year of 2022...............thanks.....

davidaburdick@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/daburdick

### Update

my new album is almost done 9 songs so far...it will be called 333 also the jacks are back together again and doing a new ep and maybe one show in tulsa at the end of the year.........stay tuned

### Record Labels

* *10x records*
* *Explosive records*
* *Reminder Records*
* *Frozenburd*
* *Staplegun*
* *Not Lame*

### Associated Acts

* *The Decisions*
* *School*
* *The Jeeps*
* *The Jacks*
* *The Jetsons*
* *The Rickenbackers*
* *The Insects*
* *The Stand*
* *The Big Bang*
* *Sins Tailor*
* *Joe Christ and the Healing Faith*
* *Color of Time*
* *Radio Stationwagon*

**David A Burdick** is a solo artist based in Tulsa, Oklahoma

### Albums

* *Under the Influence*
* *Relapse*
* *Remnants*
* *Make em Cry*
* *Staplegun*
* *Tulsa Gold*
* *The Jim Anthology*

### Compilation Albums

* *Explosive records sampler Double LP Vinyl*
* *Ice Cream Man power pop and more*
* *Raiders of the Lost Hook*
* *Tributes or not Tributes*
* *Teenline #107*
* *Stragglers #2*
* *Teenline #7*
* *The Blog Gems volume 6*
* *Ice Cream and Bubbles*
* *Ice Cream and Sunsets*
* *Ice Creams and Daydreams*
* *Rocking Road*
* *Songs We Learnt at Sundae School*
* *Chimes That Reel and Rock*
* *Scoops*
* *Screwballs and Curveballs*
* *Indian Summer*

### TV Channel

* *DAVID A BURDICK MUSIC*

https://channelstore.roku.com/details/c0e1d318389b24c72ba5012f29bdaa7f/david-a-burdick-music

## External Links

* [2] Audiomack
* [3] Bandcamp
* [4] Soundcloud
* [5] Youtube Older tunes
* [6] Youtube Newest Tunes