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Marooned by a mutiny aboard ship while in transit to their holdings in Darkest Africa, the Earl and Lady of Doyle where forced to give birth to their infant son David on the western shores of the Quinnipiac River in what is now referred to as the Wallingford Congo. After the tragic disappearance of his parents in a freak banana peel accident, the child was taken in by Kala and Tublat Ape; of the Yalesville Apes. Tublat was nominative Chief of the Silverback Primate Collective, a hunting and gathering cooperative which was responsible for a large portion of the termite collection going on in the area at that time. Kala, a doting mother, renamed her unusual son Zep Tepi, which roughly translates as Major-Pain-In-The-Ass.

Due to his lack of body hair, the absence of any substantive sub-orbital ridge, and his propensity to walk upright, Zep spent his early years as an outsider. A painful yet little-remembered adolescence followed, after which Zep attended Tree-With-Hole-In-It University, where, while he struggled with such subjects as Prehensile Toe Usage 101, and Chest Beating 210, he showed some facility in the use of various tools. Especially sticks.

After developing a technique for using a long stick to gather termites from logs, an innovation that nearly tripled the Collectiveís annual production numbers, Zep set out to explore his natural propensity for finding new and imaginative uses for straight pieces of wood. Anthony Levin, who exposed him to the teachings of one Emmett Chapman, Patron Saint of Sticks, who had come up with perhaps the most innovative use for a stick ever conceived by Man or Ape. Zep has since become an Acolyte of Brother Chapman and travels the region spreading the Word to any and all who will listen.

Dave, as he is now known, has since been reunited with his birth parents, who were in fact only pretending to be apes just to mess with him.† He currently resides in the East Haven Italian Wildlife Preserve with his chimp, Jane, his girlfriend, Cheetah, and her daughter, Boy.

Dave Doyle, Chapman Stick player, adding bass punch and soaring melody to The Elsewhere band sound. See below Dave's picture for info on the Stick.
	Photos from the Milford Performance Coffeehouse, Jan. 30, 2004 : Left -Dave Doyle, Chapman Stick Photographer:Peter Doyle
The Chapman stick is played by using a two-handed tapping method of parallel hands discovered by Emmett Chapman on guitar in 1969 and taught since then to players around the world. Bass lines, lead melodies, chords, and rhythm, simultaneously, and in many combinations. Emmett Chapman, President,Stick Enterprises, Inc writes: A member of the guitar and bass family, The Stick introduced a full two-handed piano technique applied directly onto the strings. It has a longer natural sustain than guitar, and yet is extremely percussive, the "drumming" of fingers executing sharp, staccato rhythms. It also has a strong and distinctive bass voice. And so, the techniques of four major instruments - guitar, piano, bass and drums - are all brought together on this single Touchboard (TM) instrument. Stick Enterprises was founded in 1974 to manufacture and distribute the Stick. Since then we have added many new features and created a variety of related tapping instruments, including 8, 10, and 12 string models, an 8-string NS/Stick bass guitar, and related accessories.
The rather unbelievable story of how Dave Doyle came to be Marooned by a mutiny aboard ship while in transit to their holdings in Darkest Africa, the Earl and Lady of Doyle where forced to give birth to their infant son David on the western shores of the Quinnipiac River in what is now referred to as the Wallingford Congo. After the tragic disappearance of his parents in a freak banana peel accident, the child was taken in by Kala and Tublat Ape; of the Yalesville Apes. Tublat was nominative Chief of the Silverback Primate Collective, a hunting and gathering cooperative which was responsible for a large portion of the termite collection going on in the area at that time. Kala, a doting mother, renamed her unusual son Zep Tepi, which roughly translates as Major-Pain-In-The-Ass. Due to his lack of body hair, the absence of any substantive sub-orbital ridge, and his propensity to walk upright, Zep spent his early years as an outsider. A painful yet little-remembered adolescence followed, after which Zep attended Tree-With-Hole-In-It University, where, while he struggled with such subjects as Prehensile Toe Usage 101, and Chest Beating 210, he showed some facility in the use of various tools. Especially sticks. After developing a technique for using a long stick to gather termites from logs, an innovation that nearly tripled the Collectiveís annual production numbers, Zep set out to explore his natural propensity for finding new and imaginative uses for straight pieces of wood. Anthony Levin, who exposed him to the teachings of one Emmett Chapman, Patron Saint of Sticks, who had come up with perhaps the most innovative use for a stick ever conceived by Man or Ape. Zep has since become an Acolyte of Brother Chapman and travels the region spreading the Word to any and all who will listen. Dave, as he is now known, has since been reunited with his birth parents, who were in fact only pretending to be apes just to mess with him.† He currently resides in the East Haven Italian Wildlife Preserve with his chimp, Jane, his girlfriend, Cheetah, and her daughter, Boy.