David Kilgour (musician)
{{Short description|New Zealand musician}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=February 2012}}
{{more footnotes needed|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = David Kilgour
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}}
| image =
| birth_name = David Auld Kilgour
| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|57|2019|09|15}}
| birth_place = Ranfurly, New Zealand
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| occupation = Musician, songwriter
| genre = Indie rock
| label = Flying Nun Records, Arch Hill Recordings, Merge Records
| associated_acts = The Clean
}}
David Auld Kilgour {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born {{Birth based on age as of date|57|2019|09|15|noage=1}}){{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/115344818/david-kilgour-offers-up-warm-sounds-from-the-chilly-south-on-bobbies-a-girl |title=David Kilgour offers up warm sounds from the chilly south on Bobbie's A Girl |first=Grant |last=Smithies |date=15 September 2019 |work=Stuff.co.nz |access-date=19 September 2021}} is a New Zealand songwriter, musician and recording artist from Dunedin. He first started playing guitar as a teenager in the late 1970s. With brother Hamish he formed The Clean, a group that went on to become one of the principal acts of the Dunedin Sound.
Early life and family
Born in Ranfurly, Kilgour is the son of McGregor Kilgour and Helen Stewart Kilgour (née Auld). He was educated at Otago Boys' High School from 1974 to 1976.{{cite journal |editor-last=Taylor |editor-first=Alister |title=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa 2001 |journal=New Zealand Who's Who, Aotearoa |year=2001 |publisher=Alister Taylor Publishers |location=Auckland |issn=1172-9813}}
Career
=1980s: The Clean and The Great Unwashed=
In 1980, Kilgour was one of the founders of New Zealand independent rock band, The Clean. The Clean broke up in the mid- 1980s and David Kilgour proceeded to form and play with other bands such as Stephen and The Great Unwashed. The Clean reformed in 1989 and produced the album Vehicle.
=1990s-present: Solo career=
In 1991, Kilgour released his debut solo album Here Come the Cars, which received much critical acclaim and peaked at number 35 on the New Zealand chart.
In 1994 Kilgour released his second studio album, Sugar Mouth.
In 1995 Kilgour released First Steps and False Alarms, a compilation of recordings and demos, the so-called "best of the worst", between the late '80s and early '90s. In 1997 he released his third album, David Kilgour and the Heavy Eights.
At the 2001 New Year Honours, Kilgour was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to music.{{cite web | url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2001 | title=New Year honours list 2001 |date=30 December 2000 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | access-date=17 August 2019}} That same year, he released his 4th studio album, A Feather in the Engine.
In 2004, Kilgour released his fifth solo album Frozen Orange. The making of Frozen Orange was documented by filmmaker Bridget Sutherland in the film Far Off Town: Dunedin to Nashville. The film screened at Raindance Film Festival, London; Nashville Film Festival, San Francisco Film Festival, Aarhus Festival of Independent Arts, Denmark and was nominated for ‘Best Feature Documentary’ at DOCNZ, 2007.{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1352699/|title = Far off Town Dunedin to Nashville|date = 24 May 2006}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.raindance.co.uk/OLD_festival/programme/documentary/faroff.htm|title=Fourteenth Raindance Film Festival | 27.09.06 - 08.10.06}}
In February 2007 Kilgour released his sixth solo album, The Far Now.
Discography
=Studio albums=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
|+ List of studio albums, with New Zealand chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:20em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart |
| style="width:3em;font-size:85%"|NZ {{cite web|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=David+Kilgour|title=David Kilgour Discography|website=charts.nz|access-date=21 August 2021}} |
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| scope="row" | Here Come the Cars
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| 21 |
| scope="row" | Sugar Mouth
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| 45 |
| scope="row" | David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights (as David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights) |
| - |
| scope="row" | A Feather in the Engine
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| - |
| scope="row" | Frozen Orange
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| - |
| scope="row" | The Far Now
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| - |
| scope="row" | Falling Debris (with Sam Hunt) |
| - |
| scope="row" | Left by Soft (as David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights) |
| 31 |
| scope="row" | End Times Undone (as David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights) |
| - |
| scope="row" | Bobbie's a Girl (as David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights) |
| 25 |
=Demo albums=
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|+ List of demo albums ! Title ! Album details |
| scope="row" | David
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| scope="row" | First Steps & False Alarms
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=Extended plays=
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|+ List of EPs ! Title ! Album details |
| scope="row" | Pop Art Toasters (with The Chills) |
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| scope="row" | Spiritual Gas Station
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| scope="row" | Cracks in the Sidewalk
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=See also=
Awards and nominations
=Aotearoa Music Awards=
The Aotearoa Music Awards (previously known as New Zealand Music Awards (NZMA)) are an annual awards night celebrating excellence in New Zealand music and have been presented annually since 1965.
{{awards table}}
! {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 1993 || David Kilgour || Songwriter of the Year|| {{nom}} ||rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusicawards.nz/award-history/|title=Aotearoa Music Awards|website=aotearoamusicawards.nz|access-date=18 August 2021|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025201023/https://aotearoamusicawards.nz/award-history/|url-status=dead}}
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| 1995 || David Kilgour || Male Artist of the Year|| {{nom}}
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| 2017 || David Kilgour (as part of The Clean) || New Zealand Music Hall of Fame || {{yes2|inductee}} || {{cite web|url=https://www.musichall.co.nz/home/inductees/|title=HOME INDUCTEES|website=www.musichall.co.nz|access-date=16 August 2021}}
|-
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References
{{Reflist}}
- Dix, John, Stranded in Paradise, Penguin, 2005. {{ISBN|0-14-301953-8}}
- Eggleton, David, Ready To Fly, Craig Potton, 2003. {{ISBN|1-877333-06-9}}
- {{cite web|first=Karen|last=Schoemer|title=A Supermarket of Sounds|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE1D61430F93AA25755C0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2|date=19 June 1992|work=The New York Times|access-date=2007-11-14}}
External links
- [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-kilgour-mn0000182305 David Kilgour at Allmusic]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103055835/http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/archive_site/bands/kilgour/kilgour_bio.html David Kilgour] at [http://www.flyingnun.co.nz/ Flying Nun]
- [http://www.davidkilgour.com Official David Kilgour website]
- The Clean and David Kilgour [https://web.archive.org/web/20070510185724/http://www.theclean.org.uk/ discography]
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Category:People from Ranfurly, New Zealand
Category:Musicians from Dunedin
Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Category:Flying Nun Records artists
Category:Dunedin Sound musicians
Category:People educated at Otago Boys' High School