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Thanks for visiting Dave's site. Glad you enjoyed it! I'll be adding more to it as I discover new things, so please check back.

Nice work, delsbrother! Do take a photo, and let us know if you find anything else. Thanks!

Regarding Bernardo de Pace and his influence upon Dave, this is the information that I compiled in the biography...

Possibly when Dave was in his pre-teen years (circa 1907-1910), a world renowned...

alb... Thank you for your post! I agree... Apollon must have influenced many mandolin greats. As I compiled my research for the website, I grew in my amazement of all that he had accomplished. I...

uncle ken... Thanks for the info on some of Dave's band members. That '29 fern mandolin sounds like a prized possession. Nice!

Hey, Jim. Thanks for posting this "Hot From Petrograd" promo shot!

LaVonne... Thank You!

danb... I love this photo of Dave! Thanks for sharing it.

mandoisland... Thank you very much. I appreciate you telling your followers about Dave's sites. It's been good to meet you through Apollon's music.

Pete, thanks for visiting the website! I've got Dave's albums on my wishlist, and I'll certainly be shopping around.

mandroid... The only transcriptions I've seen of Dave's tunes are "Russian Rag," "St. Louis Blues," and "Stardust." I hope that there is more out there. I need to dig through my sheet music library...

Evan, thanks for posting the photos!

delsbrother... Turns out, I do know of one member of Dave's band.

According to the May 1936 issue of B.M.G. Magazine, Dave's band included a Hawaiian guitarist by the name of Harold Aloma.

Hi, mandolirius! Thanks for stopping by the site. I've heard some songs from his Coral albums, and I love the sound that he was creating in the 1960s. I wish someone would re-release those...

delsbrother... Dave passed away in 1972. I haven't found much at all on his wife, Danzi Goodell, and nothing on his sons, Mike & Leo. Same for his band(s). I don't know any of their names. It'd...

Thank you, JR! Although it was my 74-year-old mandolin teacher, Henry Courtney, who first told me of Dave Apollon; the Dawg made the recordings available for me to purchase, and I am certainly...

Evan, someone summed it up perfectly with one word... "Flamboyance." I love it!

Hey, delsbrother... Thanks for checking out the website. If I find out more about his Filipino band, I'll definitely post it. I love to hear those guys play! Lots of talent there. Speaking of...

I think it's neat that some folks actually own stuff that once belonged to Dave. Very nice!

I'm grateful for what David Grisman has done to make Apollon's music available to the public. I...

We'll keep it under wraps, Evan. Cool photo, though.

Thank you, Jordan! Glad you enjoyed the website.

AlanN, you've sparked my curiosity. Do tell of the "special connection."

Evan, it's great to meet Dave's fans! Thank you for the photo. May I post it to website? I'll gladly give you a photo credit.

Hey, Fast Eddie! I appreciate you visiting the site. Glad you enjoyed it. The mandolin you mentioned is a Lyon & Healy (style B). Thanks for writing!

Thanks for the welcome, and for the visiting the site, Malcolm!