Dave Hemingway

UDavid Robert Hemingway owazalwa ngo-20 kuMandulo ngonyaka ka 1960 ungumculi nombhali wezingoma waseNgilandi, owaziwa kakhulu njengomculi weqembu laseHull iThe Beautiful South kwaze kwaba yilapho behlukana ngo-2007.Ngaphambilini wayeyilungu le-The Housemartins .

Hemingway was born in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, to Harry Hemingway, a lorry driver and local comedian on the club circuit, and Flo Hemingway, who was one of Hull's best-known barmaids. In Hull's Henry Cooper School, Hemingway was in the same class as The Housemartins' future drummer, Hugh Whitaker. The two shared an interest in drumming.  Hemingway followed Whitaker into bands, first the Newpolitans with Dave Rotheray on bass, and then the Velvetones. Whilst at university in London, Hemingway was the drummer and a founding member of The Shoppers, a post-punk band.