...one of the freshest and most essential voices in instrumental music today. Easley soars, shifts and flows, forming elegant patterns passing from sphere to shining sphere. - Michael Dominici, OffBeat Magazine

...the solos from pedal steel player Dave Easley are again transcendent. - John Duffy, All Music Guide (from review of Brian Blade's album, Perceptual.)

...gently haunting vocal style. - Spike Perkins, OffBeat Magazine

Among the bands Dave Easley plays or has played in are The Heartifacts, 3 Now 4 (Time Ebbing, Book of Spells, 3 Now 4), the Brian Blade Fellowship (in which he recorded for producer Daniel Lanois and played a duet with Joni Mitchell), Coco Robicheaux, Anderson/Easley Project, and Shannon McNally.

A few of the people Dave has had the honor of performing onstage or in the studio with are Dave Liebman, Howard Levy, Charlie Byrd, Seamus Blake, world renowned sarod player, Ashish Khan, sacred steelers, the Campbell Brothers, members of the String Cheese Incident, the Grey Boy Allstars and Tiny Universe, jazz violin virtuoso, George Mason, Raymond Weber, Tony Hall, and Dr. John.