Dave Keyes and Strangeland
play the songs of
Leon Russell
@ BB King's NYC
237 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036
(212) 997-4144
Wednesday May 17th @ 8PM
Limit of 4 comps per party.
To claim your tickets respond to this e mail by May 17th
New York City native keyboardist, singer and songwriter Dave Keyes is a 30 year veteran of the Blues, Roots and Americana music scene. He has released five highly acclaimed albums under his own name, has been named the “Best Unsigned Artist” by Keyboard magazine, and also has been nominated by the Blues Foundation for the annual Pinetop Perkins best piano player award. His sixth album titled “The Healing” featuring Popa Chubby and many other special guests is slated for release in May.
Dave
has played with some of the most important figures of blues, roots and
folk music, having had long musical relationships with Odetta, David
Johansen, Bo Diddley, rockabilly legend Sleepy LaBeef and gospel great
Marie Knight among many others. In addition to his own solo gigs and
gigs with the Dave Keyes Band, he currently can be found playing with
Popa Chubby, Rock and Roll Queen Ronnie Spector, and gospel/blues
innovator Alexis P. Suter and the Ministers of Sound.
Dave’s
music finds its roots in deep blues, soul and rock and roll. These
roots are the foundation of his recent albums and vibrant live shows.
His recent albums have received 3 ½ stars from Downbeat magazine and are
rambunctious sets of mostly original material that range from New
Orleans second line funk to slow sensual blues, swaggering shuffles and
boisterous rocking boogie woogie.
Dave
‘s live work both with his own band and with others, have earned him
many kudos including the Dave Keyes Band winning the Blues Foundations
International Blues Competition. His festival appearances under his own
name include King Biscuit, Mississippi Valley, 3 appearances at France’s
prestigious Cognac Blues Festival and annual appearances at Lugano,
Switzerland’s Blues to Bop festival among many others. The last several
years, Dave has also toured Europe extensively with both Popa Chubby and
Ronnie Spector often doing double duty opening the shows as a solo
artist.
In
addition to those mentioned previously Dave has also worked as a
sideman for a who’s who of roots music masters such as Eddy Clearwater,
Big Jay McNeely, Tracy Nelson, Gladys Knight, Pam Tillis, Darlene Love,
and the late great Ruth Brown, Lou Rawls and Levon Helm.
Over
the last 20 years, Dave has worked in many roles as a band leader and
conductor for both Broadway shows and TV, most notably conducting over
600 performances during the 6 year Grammy winning Broadway smash run of
Smokey Joe’s Café. Dave also served as the musical director and band
leader for the nationally syndicated NBC TV morning show “the Ainsley
Harriott show”. Since then, he's conducted and performed in the
orchestras of Broadway musicals Lennon, Urban Cowboy and the Earth Wind
& Fire inspired Hot Feet.
Dave
also writes music for televison and the media. With saxophonist Chris
Eminizer, their company Crave Music creates underscoring and songs that
have appeared in numerous TV and films.Their work runs the gamut from
emotional underscore, to vintage R&R, to contemporary Alternative
and Indie Rock.
