Dave Gardner is a Preston based Guitar Teacher, musician and published author. Frontman of Preston based Bluegrass band The Hellfire Preachers.
Tales Of The Road & The Wilderness is a personal memoir of growing up in Preston and details my experiences working in the music industry and touring with the likes of Kris Kristofferson and The Kinks as well working on the Folk Music circuit. Published in 2025 with an accompanying CD soundtrack album of the same name.
This new project is probably a far more challenging project and special care and attention to people's memories as well as accuracy of information is essential.
Collecting memoriesand preserving them is an essential characteristic of preserving history and in this case - culture.