KEOSAUQUA — D’Allan Rice is good “folk.”

“What I do, is, my live performances are all acoustic with harmonica,” Rice said. “I play 1920s-1970s, folk blues/folk and folk rock, with some cover songs.”

The D’Allan Rice Band is on a two-week tour around southeast Iowa and will perform Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at Whispering Pines Winery (18356 222nd St.), located 4 1/2 miles west of Keosauqua. Come join the party for fine wines and great music. Bring a lawn chair and spend the day. For more information, call (319) 293-6294.

Rice usually takes four or five guitars to a performance, so there are different sounds and it provides variety for the listener.

Rice has mainly played in southeast Iowa, but has also done some performances in Illinois, Davenport, the Quad Cities and a couple other venues.

“I usually draw a mixture of ages, from 20 years old up to 65 and sometimes older,” Rice said.

He said he mainly plays at clubs and festival and some coffee shops.

He writes some of his own music.

Rice said he gets his inspiration from down to earth kinds of things.

“My inspiration mainly comes from natural things, like outdoor settings. My lyrics and music is focused on outdoor settings and love.”

A lot of times, Rice said his inspiration comes from the way he is feeling and his emotions, as well as the stuff around him and the environment he is in.

Rice has had many musical influences throughout his life but some of the more significant musicians include the Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel and Mississippi John Hurt; also, Robert Johnson and The Loving Spoonful.

“I have some songs now that deal a little more with current issues, such as illegal immigration. But I haven’t really branched out into that too much. I like the more innocent songs and romantic ballads,” Rice said.

Rice has three CDs out and another one that he is working on.

“Some of them are just singles and I have a couple with a few songs on them. But my main CD was ‘Annie and the Wind of Love,’ that is the one that got the review,” Rice said. It sold over 300 copies.