During this time Edwards proved to be one of the finest lead alto players for big bands and orchestras of a generation being able to fit any style, display incredible consistency, and having total command of playing lead piccolo/flute/clarinet/soprano sax/alto sax or even the oboe. The sax/reed section for The Lawrence Welk Show would finally be settled into having Edwards-lead alto/Section Leader, Bob Davis-2nd Alto Sax/lead Flute/Piccolo, Henry Cuesta-2nd tenor/clarinet soloist, Russ Klein- lead tenor sax, and Dick Dale- baritone/bass clarinet. Edwards performed on The Lawrence Show while it was carried on ABC-TV (up to 1971) and then in syndication he left in 1979, when he was replaced by reedman Skeets Herfurt. In his first season with the show he replaced Mahlon Clark on 2nd alto sax in the reed section and then moved later to playing the lead alto/reed chair with Russ Klein moving to tenor. The Lawrence Welk Show 1968-1979 Īfter being discharged from the Army, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Lawrence Welk Show orchestra in early 1968. He toured extensively with the NORAD musical groups to include appearances at Carnegie Hall (May 1966), the Hollywood Bowl and Disneyland (September 1966), Expo '67 - Montreal World's Fair, the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Ontario, Canada (August and September 1967), the CBS The Mike Douglas Show, the Today Show, and NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Edwards would first meet longtime musical associates Dave Wolpe, Warren Luening, Bob Payne, and Larry Ford while stationed at Colorado Springs. Stationed in Colorado Springs, this unit became one of the elite musical groups of the armed forces during the Cold War/ Vietnam era due to the plethora of talented, young musicians being drafted into military service. While stationed at the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) during the 1960s, Dave Edwards would serve in the United States Army and play in the American/Canadian, joint armed serves NORAD Commanders Jazz Band alongside future Lawrence Welk Show musicians Richard Maloof and Johnny Zell. Out of school early from Auburn University (having played with The Auburn Knights Orchestra and singer Toni Tennille) he would play on the road with Richard Maltby and then with the Glenn Miller Orchestra before being drafted into the United States Army and stationed with the NORAD band in Colorado Springs, CO. He attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, where he played the saxophone and reeds ( Multireedist) with The Auburn Knights Orchestra Edwards would later try to complete his education at California State University, Los Angeles during the late-1980s while residing in Burbank.
1 Early life, education, and growing up in AlabamaĮarly life, education, and growing up in Alabama īorn in Opelika, Alabama, and reared in Tuskegee, he later moved with his family to Fairhope, Alabama.
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