Dave fronts his Electric Soul & Funky Blues quartet Lovewagon, singing and playing drums, around the Seattle-Tacoma region. Dave also performs sings and plays jazz, with a combination of a bassist, pianist or guitarist, and a saxophonist. Singing drummer vocal jazz with an extemporaneous emphasis. Billed as the Dave Christianson Three or Four, performing at venues throughout the Puget Sound area.
Check Out Dave's Soul, Blues, Funk, & Jazz Song List:
All That You DreamCLittle Feat
Are You Lonely For Me BabyGAl Green version
Ask Me No QuestionsAB B King
Black Cat BoneCblues standard
BodhisattvaESteely Dan
Born Under A Bad SignCmAlbert King
Buddy Buddy FriendAmCharlie Musslewhite
Can't Stand The RainDAnn Peebles
Dark End Of The StreetGDan Penn
Demolition ManAThe Police
DominoGVan Morrison
Don't Change Horses In The Middle Of A StreamEJohnny “Guitar” Watson
Don't Keep Me Wonderin'GAllman Brothers
Down In The FloodABob Dylan
DowntownGmTom Waits
Drift AwayCDobie Gray
Driving WheelDB B King
Everytime You Go AwayDHall & Oates
Fat Man In The BathtubGLittle Feat
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's HomeGmAnn Peebles
FrancineCZ Z Top
Givin' It Up For Your LoveCDelbert McClinton
Going Down SlowCblues standard-Bobby Bland version
GravediggerAmDave Matthews-Willie Nelson version
Hard Way To GoCTbone Walker-Taj Mahal version
Help The PoorDmB B King-Robben Ford version
Hey Pocky AwayCThe Meters
HolidayDBooker T Jones
If You LiveBbMose Allison
If You Want Me To StayDSly Stone
Into The MysticDVan Morrison
Jealous GuyGJohn Lennon
Kansas City LimitGJack Mack
King harvestCThe Band
Knock On WoodDEddie Floyd
L A WomanAThe Doors
Let's Get It OnEbMarvin Gaye
Living For The CityDmStevie Wonder
Love LetterCBonnie Hayes
Love TKOETeddy Pendergrass
Missing YouEJohn Waite
My Old SchoolGSteely Dan
Next Time You See MeBbblues standard
Nutbush City LimitsEIke & Tina Turner
OpheliaCThe Band
Out The Front DoorABonnie Raitt
Paying For It NowEmRobert Cray
People Get ReadyGCurtis Mayfield
Respect YourselfBStaple Singers
Searching For A HeartGWarren Zevon
Sexual HealingCMarvin Gaye
SledgehammerCmPeter Gabriel
Start It UpERobben Ford
Take Me To The RiverDAl Green
Teach Me How To StayGStephen Bruton
Telephone SongCStevie Ray Vaughn
Tell Me I'm Your ManEmRobben Ford
Tennessee StudFMy wild arrangement of the Jimmy Driftwood yarn.
The Forecast Calls For PainEmRobert Cray
The Jealous KindGBobby Charles
Tip Of My TongueDJohn Hiatt
To Sir With LoveFAl Green version
Tobacco RoadCDave's arrangement of the standard
Trouble ManBbmMarvin Gaye
Trudy On The TelephoneGCharlie Daniels
Tupelo HoneyGVan Morrison
Up From The SkiesBbJimi Hendriz
Voices On The WindGLittle Feat
Walking BluesCRobert Johnson-Sex Machine vamp
Wild About YouGRobben Ford
Wild NightGVan Morrison
Yellow MoonGmNeville Brothers
You Upset MeGB B King
Dave's Actively Performed Original Songs:
Acts Of FaithC
Ain't No Time Like The First TimeBm
Back To The JointG
Banged Up Sandwich Guy TangoDm
Better Not Be Buggin' The BishopD
Body & Soul TogetherAm
ChangeG
Chicken StoreBbm
ChiselerC
Down To My Last 200 KG
Dumpster FireBbm
Easy ChiefBb
Ezzard TeetsG
Fast LoveFm
Federal WayC
Fireworks By The Side Of The RoadE
Hangin' With Mister TFm
Her Big MouthA
Hoodoo NetworkAm
Hotel Motel TimeG
How Do You Do It?C
I Can't SwimE
I'm The Trouble You Couldn't Take BackG
Inside ManBbm
Let Me Move YouBbm
MercuryAm
My Fall From GraceG
Nazi Spies in The Hill CountryGm
Pimps 'N HoesE
Pussy BitchesAm
Seven WaysCm
'Splode PackageC
Sweet TalkD
Tavern TanE
The AcheC
The TroubleshooterG
ThimbsC
This All The Time I Have For YouEb
This House Ain't Home No MoreG
This Is Your Brain With The BluesGm
Totem PoleG
Trying Make Small Time Look BigD
Unfriend MeD
Vantage HighwayG
Walking On GuadalupeA
Walking With The SaintsE/Bb
WorriedGm
Dave's Soul, Blues, Rock, & Funk Standards That He Can Sing At Any Time:
1 9 9 9CPrince
634-5789Bb/BWilson Picket
A Change Is Gonna ComeFSam Cooke
Angel From MontgomeryGJohn Prine
Back In The USSRABeatles
Betty Lou's Getting' Out TonightEBob Segar
BitchERolling Stones
Born In ChicagoABlues Standard
Brown SugarGRolling Stones
Can't Get Enough Of Your LoveCBad Company
Can't Get Next To YouCTemps
Cold SweatCJames Brown
Crosscut SawGBlues Standard
Devil In The Blue DressCMitch Ryder
Dock Of The BayFOtis Redding
Downhome BluesBbBlues Standard
Dreams To RememberGOtis Redding
Early In The MorningEBB King
EvenflowDPearl Jam
Every Breath You TakeGPolice
Every Day I Have The BluesBbBB King
Everyday PeopleGSly Stone
FireEJimi Hendrix
For You My LoveALou Rawls
Georgia On My MindFRay Charles
Get ReadyATemps
Gimme All Yer Lovin'/Sharp Dressed ManCZZ Top
Gimme Some LovinESteve Winwood
Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of TownCRay Charles
Hold On I'm Comin'CSam & Dave
Honky Tonk WomenGRolling Stones
Hoochie Coochie ManGMuddy Waters
I Feel GoodDJames Brown
I Feel So BadCChuck Willis
I Heard It Through The GrapevineAmMarvin Gaye
I, Who Have NothingDmBen E King
Inner City BluesAmMarvin Gaye
Just A Little BitAFreddie King
Just My ImaginationCTemps
KatmanduEBob Segar
Land Of 1000 DancesDWilson Pickett
Lawyers Guns & MoneyGWarren Zevon
Let's Get It OnEbMarvin Gaye
Let's Stay TogetherDAl Green
Little WingEJimi Hendrix
LouisianaGRandy Newman
Love & HappinessBnAl Green
Mercury BluesEThe Police
Midnight HourEWilson Picket
Missing YouGJohn Waite
Muddy WaterGLou Rawls
Mustang SallyCWilson Picket
My Baby's GoneDLos Lobos
NadineBbChuck Berry
Never Make Your Move Too SoonBbBB King/Ernestine Anderson
Next To YouAThe Police
Night By NightASteely Dan
Oh What A ThrillAChuck Berry
One HeadlightDWallflowers
Out Of SightDJames Brown
Papa Was A Rollin'StoneCmTemps
Pretty WomanB Roy Orbison
Promised LandBChuck Berry
Promised LandAChuck Berry
Razor BoyGSteely Dan
Reach Out Bm Four Tops
Reelin' In The YearsASteely Dan
Respect GOtis Redding
Rip It Up Reddy TeddyBLittle Richard
Rock Bottom B Elvin Bishop
Rocky Mountain WayEJoe Walsh
Route 66GBobby Troup
RunawayBmBonnie Raitt
SatisfactionERolling Stones
She Caught The KatyGTaj Mahal
Some Kinda WonderfulCGrand Funk
Soul ManDSam & Dave
SuperstitionEStevie Wonder
Sweet Home ChicagoBbBlues Standard
Synchronicity IIGPolice
Take The Money And RunGSteve Miller
The JokerGSteve Miller
The Walls Come DownAThe Call
Them ChangesEBuddy Miles
This MascaradeCGeorge Benson
Try A Little TendernessCOtis Redding
Twistin' The Night AwayBbSam Cooke
When A Man Loves A WomanAPercy Sledge
Whiskey Drinking WomanBbblues standard
Woman Across the RiverCFreddie King
Wonderful OneBbMarvin Gaye
Wrapped Around Your FingerEmPolice
Dave's Active Vocal Jazz List:
A Remark You MadeAbJoe Zawinul with Kurt Elling's lyric
Afro BlueFmMongo Santamaria, my arrangement
All BluesGMiles standard with Oscar Brown Jr's lyric
All Of MeCStandard, Sinatra
Alone TogetherDmStandard, Joe Williams, medium swing
April In ParisBbCover of Kurt Elling's arrangement; Sinatra
Ballad Of The Sad Young MenEbStandard, Roberta Flack, Kurt Elling
Blame It On My YouthEbStandard, Kurt Elling; Sinatra
ChangeGOriginal rootsy rocker by my pal Frank Johnson
Dumpster FireBbmMy original tune
Easy ChiefBbMy original tune
Feel Like Breaking Up Somebody's HomeCCover of Ann Peebles' soul number.
Georgia On My MindFHoagy Carmichael
The Good LifeAbFrank Sinatra
HolidayDAn arrangement of the old soul standard by Booker T Jones
Hotel Motel TimeGMy original tune
I Love ParisCCover of Peter Cincotti's arrangement of the standard; Sinatra
I Love YouFCole Porter
I've Got You Under My SkinEbStandard, Sinatra
In A Mellow ToneAbStandard, easy swing
Inside ManBbmMy original tune
Jealous GuyGJohn Lennon tune
Joy SpringFClifford Brown standard
Just My ImaginationCTemps
Lady's A TrampCRogers & Hart
Let Me Move YouBbmMy original tune
Living For The CityDmStevie Wonder
Love TKODCover Of Teddy Pendergrass' tune.
Luck Be A LadyDStandard, Sinatra
Lush LifeDbBilly Strayhorn/Johnny Hartman
MagnetsBboriginal
Moanin'FThe low down blues shuffle of Bobby Timmons done by Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
My One And Only LoveCStandard, Johnny Hartman, light samba
Nature BoyFmStandard, Kurt Elling, Nat Cole
Nothing Like YouCBob Dorough's tune recorded with Miles in the 60's.
Out Of NowhereGStandard, my arrangement
People Get ReadyGCurtis Mayfield's gospel standard
Please Don't GoGBe-bop treatment of Stevie Wonder's plea.
PoincianaGStandard tune
Razor BoyGMy arrangement of the Steely Dan bossa.
Red ClayCmFreddie Hubbard-Mark Murphy
Sexual HealingCCover of the Marvin Gaye's sweaty testimonial.
She's Leaving HomeGVocal version with McCoy Tyner's changes.
SolitudeEbStandard, my arrangement
SpeedballBbLee Morgan's hard bop number with Dave's original lyric.
Straight LifeBbFreddie Hubbard-Dave's original lyric
Sweet TalkDmOriginal romantic discourse over a 'Breezin' vamp.
The Good LifeAbSinatra's standard performance.
The Nearness of YouCStandard, Johnny Hartman; Sinatra
The Summer KnowsFmStandard,swing feel over ballad
The Very Thought Of YouFStandard, Kurt Elling; Sinatra
The Way You Look TonightEbStandard, Sinatra
Tobacco RoadCMy fast bop arrangement of the Lou Rawls testimonial.
Trouble ManBbmMy arrangement of Marvin Gaye's movie anthem.
Try A Little TendernessCOtis Redding
Trying To Make Small Time Look BigDOriginal tune
Tupelo HoneyGCover of Van Morrison's gospel number.
Valdez In The CountryGDonny Hathaway's tune with Dave's original lyric
WorriedGmOriginal bossa nova, representing the paranoid.
Wrapped Around Your FingerEmThe Police tune as a bossa.