Welcome to Dave Kaufman's Home

I have a single on CD Baby and iTunes (and possibly other download sites), called Oh Yeah. It's only US 79¢ on CD Baby and the usual US 99¢ on iTunes. Check it out and please let me know what you think. Thanks!

Dave & Raana 2009

My wife Raana and I, Feb. 2009

Dave in 7th Grade?

Dave "Bucktooth" Kaufman 1966 or 1967
George Kaufman 1950-2009 ... George was only 58. We have longevity in our family. Our grandfather lived to be 100. What does it mean?
George on Guitar
Abby the Tabby (1997-2007)
 She was the first pet I called my own. Click Picture for Abby's Page
Click for an Abby Video.

Who am I and who cares? Well, see me hard at work.

2010 ... In Serious need of redesiging!
  • New for November 2009. Recently rediscovered songs by the Motives. Check out their page and enjoy.
  • Hotel for Women, remastered and expanded. See The Nails home page for purchasing information.
  • Coming Soon for 2010 or whenever I finish the project-- Digital Release of Dave's Anthology 1980-2000. Some samples are below. Click here for a page listing additional songs.
  • Check out It's a Dull World, recorded in 1979, performed by Dave & George Kaufman. George -- Lead vocals, guitars, bass, drums. Dave -- songwriter, keyboards, backing vocals. And here's another, Standard of Living, recorded in 1983. I played all the instruments, all vocals & drum programming. Song by Marc Campbell.
  • The Nails' remastered Mood Swing and Dangerous Dreams CDs are currently available at The Nails web store, The Nails MP3 Store, Amazon.com and available for mp3 downloads practically everywhere.
  • For 1 1/2 years (1999-2000) I made entries on a web page of random thoughts. Today they call this a blog.

But ... enough about me. Yeah, I played keyboards in The Nails for a long time. Yeah, I co-wrote arguably the two most well-known Nails' songs: our influential cult hit 88 Lines about 44 Women and Home of the Brave, both of which continue to get airplay many years after its release. Yeah, our popular follow-up "Things You Left Behind" still remains "undiscovered" except for our fans. Yeah, yeah, blah blah, I also created sounds for one of the now hard-to-find first Micro Jammers musical toys! (George was working at the sound design company and invited me to play on them.)

These pages are dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Paula Kaufman (1926-2004).

Here's a picture of my brother George, my mom and myself -- North Miami Beach, winter 1986, taking a break during the recording of The Nails' Dangerous Dreams. It's hard to believe I am the only one alive now ...

I plan to have a tribute page to my grandfather sometime.

Thanks for visiting!

Colorado & New Mexico 2003 Pics | Hong Kong 2004 Pics
Big Mountain, MT 2004 PDF Slide Show | South Asia 2007 (login required)

Official Nails' Information | Hear My Songs | History of The Ravers
The Motives Home Page | Motives Listening Page | On The Road 1999
Dave Sounds Off | George Kaufman's Website
HS Reunion Pages | My Cat Abby
My Home Page

Write me and "Let It All Hang Out!" at
dak8844@gmail.com

Disclaimer: A musician friend of mine called me the Thelonius Monk of Rock due to my minimal style after playing on his recording session. I am, not in anyway, comparing myself to the sheer genius or ability of Mr. Thelonius Monk.