Effective period / Period of releases: 1980 - 2014

Dave Plaehn was born and raised in Iowa. Both his parents were singers and he played in a high school band covering The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Henrix, Bob Dylan and more.

In college he played in a jug band, developing his singing and harmonica playing. After college, he moved to Madison WI and joined with Tony Brown, Ted Wingfield, and Jim Cowan to form Tony Brown Band. He left Madison in the late 70's and began focusing more on songwriting. His first album Dave Plaehn - Smokin was released in 1980 with all original songs. His next release soon followed, as a blues/folk/jazz EP called Dave Plaehn - Mouth Full Of Blues.

He then moved to Oregon in the mid 1980's, joining Neal Gladstone & Company. He started performing with slide guitarist Jeff Hino as a duo in 1990. They went on to release the mostly acoustic blues CD Dave Plaehn, Jeff Hino - On Your Bond in 1996. In 2002, they released "Can't Get My Rest" which is a mix of acoustic and electric blues. They continue to perform in the Plaehn-Hino Blues Band.

In 1997, Dave was endorsed as a harmonica player by Hohner, Inc. That same year he sat in with the OSU-Corvallis Symphony. His newer releases are Dave Plaehn - CrazyMan released in 2008, Dave Plaehn - Amos Got Soul in 2013, and Dave Plaehn - Radio Sister in 2014. Dave continues to release music to this day.