The first images you think of when you hear Dave Loveland’s music are the peaceful vibes of the breezy guitar instrumental music from way back in the 1960s.

Those sounds will surely remind listeners of the innocence of American groups like The Ventures and the iconic Duane Eddy and, from over in England, The Shadows. In fact, back in the 1960s, Dave Loveland was a member of several instrumental guitar bands in his native England.

Leaving England and emigrating to Australia in 1976, Dave carved out a career as a musician and music teacher in the land Down Under.

Dave’s long awaited solo album, Dangerous Rhythm is a superb return to form and a very easy on the ears set of guitar instrumentals that will surely inspire the listener with an array of electric guitar influences like Hank Marvin of the Shadows and country jazz guitar legend Chet Atkins to name a couple greats from the golden era of the guitar.

1. Dangerous Rhythm (3:23)
2. Mexican Trip (3:39)
3. Blue Sands (3:41)
4. Peruvian Strut (3:39)
5. I Never Thought This (4:34)
6. Blue Horizon (2:45)
7. Hopping Around (3:45)
8. Rain In The Hills (4:44)
9. Remembering Bazza (2:54)
10. Moving Clouds (5:06)
11. Cool Groove (3:01)
12. Changing (4:34)

Drawing on his repertoire of 400 originals, Dave selected a dozen Loveland classics for this album, and opens on the shimmering surf rock of the titular Dangerous Rhythm and then the sumptuous Mexican Trip, before then bringing forth the low slung Blue Sands, the flighty hipsway within Peruvian Strut, the beautiful balladry of I Never Thought This and the aptly-named mellow blues of Blue Horizon are upon us.

Along next on this dutifully impassioned new recording is the melodical Hopping Around and the quietly rhythmic Rain In The Hills and the upbeat, joyous even Remembering Bazza, the album rounding out on the more strident affair Moving Clouds, coming to a close on the foot-tapper Cool Groove and the guitar-driven, almost ’80s hair band, mid-song solo-esque Changing.