Dave Oakley Chipping Norton based singer songwriter Dave Oakley first trod the boards at the Zap Club in Brighton in 1986 and made his London debut at “God’s Little Joke,” an open mic in Clapham, followed by the Troubadour and the Mean Fiddler. Moving to Bristol in 2000, Dave has played at many clubs in the south-west, including supporting some of the great artists performing at the legendary Albert Hole and Priddy Folk Festival. His thoughtful, well-crafted songs cover all the usual topics of love, life death, whiskey and Maureen O’Hara, but not necessarily in that order.