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David Ackles

David Ackles has been played on NTS in shows including EIKO ISHIBASHI, featured first on 17 March 2019. Songs played include Postcards, Love's Enough and Down River.

David Ackles (February 27, 1937 - March 2, 1999) was a Californian singer-songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s.

Although he never gained wide commercial success, he influenced other artists, especially British singer-songwriters such as Elvis Costello, Elton John and Phil Collins all of whom are self-declared fans of Ackles. When Collins was on the British radio show Desert Island Discs, he selected Ackles' song "Down River" as one of his eight most favorite songs. When Costello was…

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Postcards
David Ackles
Columbia1973
Postcards
David AcklesColumbia1973
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Love's Enough
David Ackles
Elektra1972
Love's Enough
David AcklesElektra1972
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Down River
David Ackles
Elektra1968
Down River
David AcklesElektra1968
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Montana Song
David Ackles
Elektra1972
Montana Song
David AcklesElektra1972
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Oh, California
David Ackles
Elektra1972
Oh, California
David AcklesElektra1972
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