David “ Boxcar ” Gates' Piedmont Blues stylings are drenched with bottleneck slide and alternate fingerpicking. Heavily influenced by the Blues Forefathers Mississippi John Hurt, Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi Fred Mcdowell with a ragtime twist, he accompanies himself on the Bluesharp, mounted to a unique, homemade harmonica rack, constructed out of bicycle and lampshade parts.David has toured European and Canadian Blues Festival Circuits.He represented Canada at the 2012 International Blues Challenge in Memphis as a semi finalist in the solo category.