
Son Of Dave is lucky and proud: -to have been a member of Crash Test Dummies for four albums and countless long tours,to have jammed with Spinal Tap, Neil Young and other heroes of rock, to have released two independent albums which received glowing reviews and to now be playing with Martina Topley Bird in all live shows promoting her new Mercury Prize Nominated album "Quixotic".Currently living and gigging mostly in London, UK, Son of Dave (a.k.a. Benjamin Darvill) is now becoming renowned for a sound completely his own. As a one-man-band, he creates a mountain of Rhythm and Blues unlike anything heard before. The sound starts with Harmonica, is joined by Human Beat-Box grooves, and completed by a haunting voice occasionally taken to falsetto or deep moaning. This is sweet Devil music that no one can resist.Son of Dave brings the Blues kicking and howling into the modern world without pretension or thievery. He makes the little hairs on your neck stand right up. He makes grown men cry. He is loved by an audience of everyone from skate-punks to jazz buffs, having played over one hundred shows in London and toured in Canada, Sweden, South Africa, and the United States.The new album, "02" has just been completed, and captures live off the floor tracks as well as more sublime songs requiring just a hint of production and atmosphere. Official release in autumn."Son of Dave is representative of a man totally at home with the vibes. A mountain-bound blues shaped Beck with his sampler turned off and his Prince albums in the cupboard. Its that good" 24/7 Magazine UK."John Lee Hooker meets... Pee Wee Herman" Dazed and Confused Magazine U.K."Almost famous." The London Daily Telegraph ."I never knew the blues could be this uplifting NNNN/5" Now Magazine (Can)
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