- Following 580
- Followers 11.7K
- Engagement 2.73%
- Avg likes 346
- Avg comments 11
About Dave Alvin
Dave Alvin (@davealvinoriginal) is a Musician creator on Instagram, also filed under Music & Artists. The account has 11,661 followers and 794 published posts. Recent posts average 346 likes and 11 comments, an engagement rate of 2.73%.
With 11.7K followers, Dave Alvin is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 580 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 20 followers per account Dave Alvin follows. Dave Alvin carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. Flinque files Dave Alvin under Musician, with Music & Artists as a secondary category.
The Instagram bio for Dave Alvin runs to 6 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Dave Alvin dates from June 2026.
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794 Posts
Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dave Alvin, 6 are single images and 4 are videos. That mix leans toward single images. Dave Alvin has built a substantial archive of 794 posts. Against the audience, that is roughly 15 followers for each post published. Dave Alvin also keeps 36 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 92 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include july, tickets, california, lenny and blues. The captions tag #davealvin, #storyteller, #songlyrics, #rimbaud and #jimmiedalegilmore.
Now, multiple albums and tours later, they’re still conquering the road together. Catch them this July with Lenny Kaye across California. Tickets available at the link in bio.
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While on my daily hike through the neighborhood hills the other day, for some murky reason only my subconscious knows, I started thinking of two very different artists: 19th Century French symbolist poet Arthur Rimbaud and 20th Century New Orleans pianist/singer/songwriter Huey ‘Piano’ Smith.
Rimbaud talked about how poetry should be a “disordering of all the senses” to arrive at “the unknown” no matter what the cost to the sanity of the poet. In the 20th Century, Rimbaud’s intense, insane sometimes violent poetry (as intense, insane and violent as his own life turned out to be) influenced everyone from the surrealists and dadaists to Beat scribblers like Ginsburg and Kerouac as well as rock and rollers like Dylan, Jim Morrison and countless others.
I don’t know how much of an influence Rimbaud had on 1950s New Orleans rhythm and blues performers though. I imagine little to none. On the other hand, one of my absolute favorite lines in all of early r+b and rock and roll (or any type of music actually) is more than equal to the best of Rimbaud. The line was written by Huey Smith when he wrote the classic tune, Sea Cruise (Yeah, I know the song Sea Cruise has been done to death but the original version with Mr Smith crooning while pounding the 88s with my mentor Lee Allen leading the sax section is still a hard rocking masterpiece). The quick little line of poetic genius is: “I got to boogie woogie like a knife in the back.”
Damn! That line never fails to knock me out. Talk about Rimbaud’s disordering of the senses. I’ve never found a clear cut explanation of what it might mean written by any rock music writer who can explain all of Dylan’s more obscure lyrics. Years ago, when I asked Lee Allen what it might mean, he thought for a moment and then said, “It means just what it says, David.” Hard to argue with that. Class dismissed.
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#davealvin #storyteller #songlyrics #rimbaud
Watch the full video of Dave Alvin covering “Surfer Girl” by Brian Wilson at the link in bio.
⭐️ DAVE ALVIN & JIMMIE DALE GILMORE - Almost Acoustic Duo 2026
* with Special Guest LENNY KAYE
July 10 & 11 – Santa Monica, CA – McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Sold Out)
July 12 - Santa Barbara, CA – *
July 14 – Morro Bay – *
July 15 – Santa Cruz, CA – *
July 17 – Sacramento, CA – *
July 18 – Berkeley, CA – *
July 19 – Nicasio, CA –
Link in bio for more info!
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#davealvin #jimmiedalegilmore #davealvinandjimmiedalegilmore #lennykaye #americanamusic
Get tickets for the JULY TOUR DATES!
⭐️Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore - Almost Acoustic Duo
* with Special Guest Lenny Kaye
July 10 & 11 – Santa Monica, CA –McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Sold Out)
July 12 - Santa Barbara, CA – *
July 14 – Morro Bay – *
July 15 – Santa Cruz, CA – *
July 17 – Sacramento, CA –Harlow s *
July 18 – Berkeley, CA – *
July 19 – Nicasio, CA -
Info and tickets:
Just take everything down to Highway 61”
—Happy Birthday, Mr. Dylan!
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#vinyl #recordcollection #turntable #vinylcommunity
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Dave Alvin's engagement
Dave Alvin's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.73%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 37 followers. An average post collects 346 likes and 11 comments, close to 31 likes for each comment.
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2.73%
- Avg likes
- 346
- Avg comments
- 11
- Interactions : followers
- 1 : 37
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Who is Dave Alvin?
Dave Alvin (@davealvinoriginal) is a Musician creator on Instagram, also filed under Music & Artists. Dave Alvin carries Instagram's verified badge and is set up as an Instagram business account. The Instagram bio for Dave Alvin runs to 6 words.
How many followers does Dave Alvin have?
Dave Alvin has 11,661 followers on Instagram (11.7K). Set against 580 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 20 followers per account Dave Alvin follows. Dave Alvin has built a substantial archive of 794 posts.
What is Dave Alvin's engagement rate?
Dave Alvin's engagement rate on Instagram is 2.73%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 37 followers. An average post collects 346 likes and 11 comments, close to 31 likes for each comment.
What does Dave Alvin post about on Instagram?
Flinque files Dave Alvin under Musician, with Music & Artists as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Dave Alvin, 6 are single images and 4 are videos. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Dave Alvin repeatedly use the words july, tickets, california, lenny and blues. Dave Alvin's captions carry hashtags such as #davealvin, #storyteller and #songlyrics. Dave Alvin writes those captions mainly in English. Dave Alvin keeps 36 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.
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