DALE HAUSKINS
(858)401-2973                                     (714)444-6951               dalehauskins@gmail.com

DALE HAUSKINS
(858)401-2973                                     (714)444-6951                   dalehauskins@gmail.com  

AVAILABLE for gigs,tours,tracking,recording projects;and BAND MEMBER in 2009-2010 .(Valid US passport)

Californian freckled native lead/rhythm GUITARIST,singer & songwriter;a only child.

A healthy hard working,fun playing,life loving active man,that has NEVER been married;with no children(yet).
 

Californian freckled native lead-rhythm GUITARIST,singer & songwriter;a only child. Born at national historic site Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base Oceanside August 26(Raised in middle-class PICO RIVERA East LOS ANGELES).

His father Dan Evan Hauskins(Chief Petty Officer CMM US Navy World War I & II Born July 1900-Died 1976).

Dale,alone found his father dead of a heart attack on his very last day of high school just before graduating.Father and son were very very close,did everything together as a youth...Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.Love the people who treat you right,forget about the ones who don't and believe that everything happens for a reason...

Dale's father bought his first(Sears Silvertone)guitar and amp at age 8 hearing the sounds of John Coltrane,Chet Atkins,Ink Spots,Herb Albert,Mills Brothers;Motown and much more from his father's record player.

Initially,DALE learned to play by ear.As a teenager,DALE played in many local LOS ANGELES bands along with childhood friend guitarist RUSTY ANDERSON(Currently on CD/Tour with Sir Paul McCartney in 2003-2010.).

Moved to London,England after graduating EL RANCHO High School in Pico Rivera,East Los Angeles.Playing in many different English bands & jam sessions at the famed Rod Argent's keyboard shop in London.At 19,meetings with PETER GABRIEL while building his Real World studios Bath,England.

At the age of 23 Dale earned a Associate in Arts degree & studied 3 1/2 years harmony-Composition-Arrangement-Orchestration with composer,pianist-organist Dr.Williametta Spencer,(Professor of Music,WHITTIER COLLEGE);at RIO HONDO COLLEGE Whittier,California.

Soon Dale got a call from Lucerne,Switzerland to join,record & tour throughout Switzerland and Europe with a established Swiss PROGRESSIVE ROCK band Flame Dream signed to Vertigo Phonogram(a renowned label that was created by the Philips and/or Polygram group specializing in progressive rock music.Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its record label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI.Philips/Vertigo record label was founded by Dutch electronics giant Philips.Some of the first artists to be signed included young and modern artists/Bands like Black Sabbath,Gentle Giant,Thin Lizzy,Colosseum,Ramases,Status Quo,Rod Stewart,Nirvana,Uriah Heep.Now part of the Universal Music Group.)

Years later joining in 1985 Trinidad's master steel panist PROFESSOR EINSTEIN BROWN's hardworking band SAPADILLA,(replacing New York's late great ERIC GALE).

Dale pursued his passion for playing live shows and recording in the studio working in southern California's creme de la creme's REGGAE & HIPHOP musician community;along with the true creative forces and founders of REGGAE music.

A humble down to earth positive ambitious creative,open minded ACOUSTIC and ELECTRIC guitarist-Musician.Expressive soloing & chords with sheer passionate involvements with which he aproaches REGGAE,JAZZ,HIPHOP,HOUSE MUSIC,FOLK,SOCA,ROCK & SLIDE GUITAR.

Dale's playing aptitude is very VERSATILE and diverse;and has a very expansive musical appetite.Extensive experience in Europe;Costa Rica & the California Pacific Caribbean scene working along with International artists,musicians(recordings/tours/gigs).DALE was a member of a established SWISS progressive rock group in Switzerland during 1978-1986.(see FLAME DREAM)

WORKS,TOURS & DISCOGRAPHY CREDITS:

Andre Afram Asmar("Harmonic Emergency" CD/Mush 2005)
Bamiki Bandula(Massive McGregor)
PATO BANTON (Tour/2001)
Bargain Music("The Magic Is Over"Beatville CD/2003)
John Wolf Brennan
Big Cat("California"with Scientist CD/2004)
Dean Butterworth(Ben Harper/Good Charlotte)
Calypso Rose
Martin Campbell(CD/Tour 2001-2002)
PHIL CHEN(Joan Armatrading/Rod Stewart/Jeff Beck/Jackson Brown/Donovan/Eurythmics/Roxy Music/"Tommy" sound track/Author of James Jamerson/Photographer/Etc!)
CINGULAR jingles(2004)
Gerald Couchman
Clinton'JR'Crawford
Daddy Roots
Dakeye
Carlton "SANTA" Davis
Dominators
EINSTEIN BROWN(Steel Drums-SAPADILLA,Black Eyed Peas "Hop On The Good Foot"1998 CD/Tours 1987-2006);
DJ Doze & E-MAN(CD/2004 "I'm Alot Like You"
Mikey Dread
Errol Dunkley
Anna Fisher("Ying Yang" Molin Music CD/2004)
FLAME DREAM "Out in the Dark"(Swiss Progressive Rock group(6 Albums Vertigo/Phonogram)Produced by John Acock(Genesis's Steve Hackett/Deep Purple/Adrian Legg/Rick Wakeman/Ian Mosley.)

Fully Fullwood(Bob Marley/Soul Syndicate/Peter Tosh's Word Sound & Power)
Wadi Gad
General Jah Mikey
LOS ANGELES GRAMMY AWARDS 1995
Robert Greenidge(Jimmy Buffett's Coral Refer band)
Guitar Instructor(La Habra/Corona Music Center)
Drew Hester(Lisa Marie Presley/Common Sense/Joe Walsh/Foo Fighters)
Joe Higgs(Father of Reggae)
Humble Soul("Jah Love Supreme"CD Tour 2001 with Scientist,Fully Fullwood,Santa Davis,Tony Chin,Jawge Hughes;Steve Reid.) 

Jah Mex ("Mind Food" CD 2007)                  Jah Soldiers Band(Tours 2001-2004)
JAMAICAN TOURIST BOARD
Jawge Hughes and The U.K.B."Come on Back"(CD/Tours 2002)
Jawge Hughes JR.
Winston Hussey
Mike Hyde(Big Mountain/Ziggy Marley)
Jesus Wore Dickies("Friends Of Jesus" SKUNK Records CD/2004)
JR P
Remi Kabaka
Kelpe "Extraquarium"  Remixed by Scotty Coats and Wes The Mes aka Wes Coats   KONTIKI("Stand Tall" CD (2004) (REGGAE ALBUM OF THE YEAR Hawaiian Music Award Winner 2004)
Kyng Arthur(CDs/Tours 1989-2005 "Mister Master"2000,"Prisoner of the Flesh""2004 Produced/Mix & bass by Fully Fullwood)
Ventura's The Legalizers
MAJEK FASHEK("Little Patience" CD 2005 Tours 1998-2005)
David "Hodge "Lodge
Nick Magnus(Steve Hackett/"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"Enid/Samantha Fox)
Carl McGregor
MYKA NYNE(FreeStyle Fellowship)("Citrus Sessions VOL.1"CD 2006)
Timothy Moynahan(The Untouchables/Unity Horns)
Musical Sniper(aka Rappa Robert Think Twice/R.U.B. Tours 2000-2002)
OBRE 4 "CONSCIOUSness"(CD 2007 Mixed by Fully Fullwood)
Johnny Osbourne(Tours 2001-2005)
Twiston Palma(Tours 2001-2002)
Beth Preston("Inside Fire" CD 2007)
Princess Cruises;ProgWest(2002)
Rankin'Joe
Coco Roussel(Happy The Man)
Sapadilla("Hop On De Good Foot" CD 1992)
Sammy Dread
Scientist("DUB 911"CD 2006 Nature Sounds)
Seal Beach Comedy Cable Show(1986-87 Music Director & House Band)
Sister Nancy(2002)
The Specs(CD/Tour 1993)
Freddy Studer(OM)
Surf Channel Jingles(Malibu,Ca.)
TIPPA IRIE ("Think Twice","I Miss" Tours 1998-2004)
UCLA Reggae/Jazz festivals
Unity Horns(Timothy & Danny Mohnahan)
Upstream
Dave Wakeling
Zebi(Detour Posse/Barrington Levy)

Including more performances recordings with international,Hawaiian,Caribbean,European;American artist/musicians.

"Pride will ruin people,but those who are humble will be honored" Proverbs 29:23

DALE HAUSKINS
(858)401-2973                                                                           (714)444-6951                                                         dalehauskins@gmail.com