Dave Jorgenson

Dave Jorgenson is no newcomer to country music. From a young age he has been slinging a guitar strap and entertaining audiences with songs that reflect his personal life and the real world of Midwestern America. In Dave’s early years, he was exposed to every type of music by his teenage friends, and through his participation as a sax player in his high school band, but his heart was always lured back to the songs that were a part of the rural, blue-collar life he lived. Dave is country. Now, what happened between picking up his dad’s guitar at age seven and playing on stages in front of thousands is no short story…. Dave was raised in the small town of Perry, Kansas, near the nation’s shortest highway (3/8 mile). His natural ability to sing was discovered as a youth. Encouraged by his friends and family, he began to feel very comfortable behind a microphone with his guitar, but it wasn’t until he graduated high school that he realized the potential of his voice and the songs he had begun to write. Performing those songs in front of audiences gave Dave fulfillment, and would form a dream that had to be followed. Right out of high school, he decided to make his first bold move toward proving himself as a respected singer/songwriter by entering the GMC/True Value Country Showdown. His rich vocals and easygoing manner made an immediate impression on both music fans and other musicians. Dave did not take top honors at his first competition, but he turned the heads of the band that did win. ‘Rio’ was already touring dance hall circuits in the Midwest and Rockies when they became acquainted with Dave that night. Following the competition, Dave formed the Kawboys with some of his high school friends and began performing in clubs and on stages around NE Kansas. After a year of experience as the lead vocalist for the Kawboys, he again entered the GMC/True Value Country Showdown, and this time went all the way to the Kansas finals. Not long after that, Rio asked Dave to join…