Dave Mehling

Art in the cafe...

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A Red Pine tree was planted at the corner of 212 Merry Street in the late 60s that evolved over the decades into a cooperative household. We are making it a place for comity and creativity; Clarity and the imagination; we change detritus of early 21st century late stage capitalism into art, shrine, paintings, music, sculptures, urban Permaculture and homesteading experiments. We appreciate the used, the worn out, ever crumbling and reassembling; as we all are all the time.
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Friday, October 24, 2008

Dave Mehling of Duluth, MN is a rag doll. A cross between Jeff Buckley and Jeff Tweedy, the femo-masculine quality of Nina Simone, the sentimentality of Damien Rice, and the acrimony of a young Bob Dylan, he shapes his performances to both satisfy and reward his audience.

Genuine pop, alt-country, psychedelica, soul and dirty stomp & clap acapella are all genres within Mehling's average performance. He's got something for you, your punk rock kid-sister, your soccer mom, your "good ol' days" grandfather, and your eccentric uncle (granted, 'you' may be any one of the above).

Since beginning performances at the impressionable age of 16, he has taken a
self-critical approach to finding his voice and discovering the community around him. In the last 6 years, he has performed at dozens of venues, recorded several collections of songs, and honed his style of writing and performing.

Now, throwing his management degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth out the window, picking up his late uncle's battered Gibson guitar, and preparing to release a string of 3 EP's in 2008, Mehling sets out to help his audience find what we are often looking for but rarely recognize: art.

Music