Born at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Oceanside West Coast base of the
United States San Diego County.
Only child of parents from the Great Depression World War l+II Navy veteran
Daniel Evan Hauskins.
Raised, graduating El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, Los Angeles
county.
Age 23 earned a Associate in Arts degree
harmony-Composition-Arrangement-Orchestration with composer,
pianist-organist Dr. Williametta Spencer, Professor of Music, Whittier
College, Rio Hondo Whittier, California.
His father bought him a guitar at age 8.
A versatile reggae pop jazz-rock progressive rock guitarist, available for
studio projects, tours gigs or to join or work with band and or artist in
Southern California areas, Vancouver, British Columbia areas. United States
and Europe.
Extremely lucky working touring recording with the founders, creators of
rock steady and reggae music.
Blessed working,recording with west coast legendary hip-hop artists.
Grateful to be part of Swiss, European progressive rock history, and for
the privilege to work among a collaborative of many of today's most
influential artists.
Versatile
Compassionate collaborator
A gentleman's gentleman
Quintessential sideman
Pro gear acoustic and electrics
Punctual & dependable
Domestic + International touring experience
Discographies Tours & Works
The Alliez ( "the alliez" cd 2008 Maui,Hawaii )
"All Things Swiss" by The Embassy of Switzerland.Music+guitars by Dale
Hauskins. on THINK SWISS Swiss Pic Contest
Andre Afram Asmar ("Harmonic Emergency" CD 2011 Mush Records)
Pato Banton (tours)
Bargain Music ("The Magic Is Over" CD/2003 )
John Wolf Brennan (Irish-Swiss pianist,organist,melodica player,and
composer )
Einstein Brown (renowned Trinidadian steel drummer/Singer )
Errol Dunkley (tours)
Calypso Rose(tours)
Martin Campbell (British reggae singer/artist tours 2001-2013)
Phil Chen (renowned bassist for Jeff Beck,Rod Stewart,Door,etc.)
Carlton "Santa" Davis (renowned drummer with Ziggy Marley,Soul Syndicate)
Gary Davis (Veteran disco electro hip-hop producer/songwriter "Gotta Get
Your Dub" DJ KNOE1 remake 2017)
the late great Mikey Dread (tours)
Majek Fashek (African reggae superstar «Little Patience». 2005 cd )
Flame Dream ( Legendary Swiss progressive rock band from Lucerne
Switzerland. «Out in the Dark».Vertigo Phonogram records.Produced by John
Acock(Steve Hackett)
Fully Fullwood (renowned Jamaican bassist with Peter Tosh,Bob Marley,Soul
Syndicate
Wadi Gad (renowned drummer for Boom Shaka,Don Carlos)
Joe Higgs (The father of reggae music. )
Humble Soul (Hawaiian reggae artist "Jah Love Supreme" 2006 CD Mix by
Scientist )
Jon St. James(songwriter,composer,producer,engineer for Stacey Q,Starforce
1 LP 1981)
Jah Mex (SoCal reggae keyboardist/artist "Firm Soundation" CD 2009
produced/bass by fully fullwood "Mind Food" CD Family Vbz 2007)
Jesus Wore Dickies ( "Friends of Jesus " CD 2007 Skunk records )
Remi Kabaka (Nigerian drummer/percussionist for Rolling Stones,Ginger
Baker,Steve Winwood,Hugh Masekela)
Hanni El Khatib "Loved One"
(singer,songwriter/multi-instrumentalist,producer,remix by Scotty Coats and
Mes Man Innovative Leisure Records 2017)
Iakopo (International reggae pop recording artist,formerly singer for Keys
of Creation Hawaii tour 2009-2018 with Collie Budz)
Kontiki (2004 reggae album of the year Hawaiian music award winner "Stand
Tall" cd 2006 )
Kyng Arthur ( "Mr.Master" cd 2004, " Prisoner of the Flesh" cd
produced/bass by fully fullwood 2004 Reggae Album of the year at the OC
Music Awards.
The Lambsbread (International Reggae Recording Artist from Hawaii.)
Legalizer (Ventura's #1 reggae band)
Nick Magnus (keyboardist,producer for Genesis's guitarist Steve Hackett )
Marty Dread (Maui,Hawaii's "Reggae Ambassador" CD 2014)
NAMM Show 1980-2019
Myka Nyne (Freestyle Fellowship,project blowed,haiku d'etat,westcoast LA
rapper pioneer "citrus sessions" cd 2008)
Wes Osborne aka Mes Man (mastering engineer for Stones Throw Records,Dirty
Science,Ubiquity Records)
Johnny Osbourne (Tours)
OBRE 4 "CONSCIOUSness"(Ghana reggae artist CD 2007 Mixed by Fully Fullwood)
Triston Palmer (Tours)
Beth Preston "Inside Fire" CD 2009 ,"White Butterfly,Black Crow" (Featuring
Australian multi-instrumentalist Xavier Rudd) CD 2014
Princess Cruises
Rankin' Joe (tours)
Sammy Dread (tours)
Sapadilla ("Hop on the Good Foot" cd 1992 )
Sawdust Festival Laguna Beach,Ca.
Scientist "DUB 911" 2004 mix by Scientist (Dub engineer pioneer )
Scotty Coats
Skunk Records
Sojie "Rise Up,Native People " CD 2013 (Produced/Mix/Bass by Fully
Fullwood)
Sonny Romero "Liberty" 2014 Crocodile Records(Vocalist/Drummer of North
County San Diego Roots Reggae group RAIZ MUZIK.Produced/Mix/Bass by Fully
Fullwood.)
The Specs (Los Angeles renowned ska band "California Ska Quake" CD
1992,"Changes to the Few" CD 1995 )
Star Party Cruises Reggae Boat Parties Long Beach,Ca.
Tippa Irie (British Grammy nominated legendary MC reggae singer sing-jay
dance-hall rapper.Tours 2001-2018)
Dave Wakeling (English Beat)
Martin Zobel (German international reggae
artist,songwriter,musician,inventor)
More humble performances recordings with international
African,British,Hawaiian,Caribbean,European;Swiss and American artists,band
leaders and musicians.
https://www.musicianspage.com/musicians/DaleHauskins/
http://www.reverbnation.com/dalehauskins
https://www.earthquakerdevices.com/dale-hauskins
https://www.twine.fm/DaleHauskins
http://people.math.harvard.edu/~knill/teaching/mathe320_2011/exhibits/morley/index.html
Out in the dark is their third album from 1981 and to me at least their second best after Elements. They incorporated again a guitarist in the line up , the american Dale Hauskins , and the sound even has many similarities with previous two albums in places is quite diffrent. Already by the time they had Elements in 1979 , progressive rock music was still looked with little regard for the prevailing winds of disco, new wave and punk, and by the 1981 prog rock was almost dead in many parts of the world, but still lurking in the shadow ready to show the final battle witht the rest. This release gone unnoticed, even has some very good moments, again rich keyboards parts, but because of the guitar the sound is no more so bombastic as on Elements, in some parts it sounds to me like Anyone's Daughter same period or Stern Combo Meissen, not bad at all for sure in the end. The Tony Banks kind of aproach on keyboards are still present specially on opening track but aswell developed on the rest of the pieces where together with the guitar the result is a pretty good one for sure. For instance on Caleidoscope an instrumental pices where Ruckstuhl's synthesizer are top notch, what a great unsung keyboard hero is this musici, awesome and intrsting, I've never heared or see very much talking about this musicn among the very worthy keybordist from prog music, is a shme because is one hell of a great player and aswell composer. So, all in all another worthy Flame Dream album, that needs attention togeher with Elements, two of the unfairly unnoticed albums fro dark days of prog. 3.5 stars to this one.
Reviewed by: Tom Karr, April 2005 Switzerland's best symphonic prog band of any consequence, Flame Dream released its third album, Out In The Dark, in 1981. Recorded at Patrick Moraz's legendary "Aquarius" studio in Geneva and surpassing 1979's excellent Elements, it is a classic of European progressive rock. Amazingly, in continental Europe, brilliant, classic progressive rock music was still being produced with little regard for the prevailing winds of disco, new wave and punk. Flame Dream had hit it big in Europe with release of Elements, and were mounting huge, headlining tours of the continent every year for months at a time, hitting the road in five semi trucks and a crew of eighteen. The band had even commandeered the Eden Hotel in Weggis, just across the Statter See from Lucerne, and set up for rehearsals in the historic building. Before hitting the road to promote Elements, the band decided to add a guitarist to their line up, and, on the advice of Brand X keyboardist Robin Lumley, Flame Dream picked up young Los Angeles guitarist Dale Hauskins. After finishing high school in California, Dale decided to jump into the deep end of the pool and set off for London and its burgeoning prog/fusion scene. He haunted jam sessions at Rod Argent's keyboard shop for two years and had struck up friendships with Lumley, Peter Gabriel and Allan Holdsworth, among others. He had obviously paid attention to Holdsworth, as Hauskins also displays the same fluid, legato style as his mentor, with phrasing that owes a strong debt to Coltrane.
The music on Out In The Dark continues in the same vein as on their preceding albums, with rich, keyboard heavy compositions by vocalist/wind instrument player Peter Wolf (son of the noted Swiss classical pianist and brother of classical/avant-garde composer and pianist John Wolf-Brennan) and keyboardist Roland Rockstuhl. The album is divided into the first, the "Sun Side," and the second, the "Dark Side," and, although lyrically the "Sun Side" does deal with warmer, more upbeat sentiments, the music that accompanies the lighter side of the album is, with the exception of the opening tune, "Full Moon," overall the darker of the two sides. Side two, the "Dark Side" overflows with up tempo meter and bright themes.
The music begins with "Full Moon," a cross between UK and Supertramp, and the most poppy sounding track the band will give us this time. It is followed by one of my favorite cuts, "Nocturnal Flight," five and a half minutes of absolute symphonic joy. The tune favors the late 70's style of Genesis, with keyboard work reminiscent of Tony Banks, and features a wonderful guitar solo by Hauskins. Side one ends with the brilliant title track, "Out In The Dark." Beginning with a melancholy theme, we segue into a lovely melody on Peter Wolf's flute that sounds much like the intro to Hackett's guitar solo in "Firth Of Fifth." This turns onto some of the most nimble piano lines ever recorded and the piece develops an almost Italian flair before returning to it's opening motif.
Side two begins with "Wintertime Nights," which boasts some more great Tony Banks- like keyboard work. "Strange Meeting (Part One)" is another Genesis influenced tune, moving moodily across its stark landscape and exploding into brisk lines from Ruckstuhl's synthesizer. It is chased by "Caleidoscope," a herky-jerky instrumental that bursts with syncopated keyboard and sax lines, and at times comes across as Gentle Giant-lite. The album's final track, "Strange Meeting (Part Two)," is not a separate track at all, but a continuation of "Caleidoscope" with the imposition of the two main themes from "Strange Meeting (Part One)."
This is a great album, with high caliber musicianship constantly grabbing your attention, very well conceived and developed themes and wonderful production by John Acock, who handled most of Steve Hackett's solo albums. The similarities to Genesis are, with the exception of a couple of synth solos, entirely compositional, and no one is trying to emulate the "sound" of Genesis, as many other bands have certainly done. Coming late to the game as they did, Flame Dream were, perhaps, not the most innovative band that ever was, but they carried on with true symphonic progressive rock long after many of the genres innovators had turned to pure pop sounds.
For anyone curious about what the members of Flame Dream are up to now, I can tell you that bassist Urs Hochuli, who also produced all the album artwork for Flame Dream, is building sailboats in Switzerland, Roland Ruckstuhl is working in Europe for Roland Keyboards, drummer Peter Furrer runs his own drum shop and is the author of several instructional books for drummers, and guitarist Dale Hauskins is in LA, recording and performing with a number of artists. My special thanks go out to Dale for his help, and for lending me his LP copy of Out In The Dark for this review.