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Dave Carroll


An Award Winning Singer/Songwriter
www.davecarrollmusic.com
Video, United Breaks Guitars An Instant Worldwide Hit
Last Date Changed: Thursday, October 17, 2013

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Dave Carroll is an award winning singer/songwriter, professinal speaker and social media innovator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He began his music career with his brother Don, as The Sons of Maxwell and for the last 2 years he went solo.


Dave hit the news around the world when it found out that United Airlines was responsible for damaging his guitar. Their employees were seen by Dave while sitting on the plane, throwing his guitar case around with the guitar in it. As a result Dave wrote a song, UNITED BREAKS GUITARS and released a video about the event to YouTube as the airlines said they were not responsible. As a result the video was seen by 10 million viewers and became one of the top 5 most important videos in YouTube history.

With twenty years expeience in the music business, when faced with a difficult customer service with United Airlines in 2009, Dave used his ability as a master storyteller to share his issue with the world. As a result Dave has become a highly sought after professional speaker and a published author with his book, United Breaks Guitars.

Dave released his new solo album entitled, Perfect Blue in 2012.

In the past, he as a solo and as a duo with his brother, won several ECMA & MusicNS nominations and awards, as well Camadian Folk Music and Ontario Independent nominations.

For more information regarding Dave and his music, refer to his website, address posted above.

 

Profile By: John Gavin


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