Dave Specter
The following was taken from a press release from Delmark Records
Dave Specter has earned an international reputation as one of the premier
young talents on the Chicago blues scene. Since 1985 Specter has performed
regularly at top Chicago and U.S. nightclubs, festivals and concert halls
in addition to international appearances in Brazil, Israel, Spain, Holland,
Norway, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg
and Canada.
Before forming his own band in 1989, Specter toured extensively throughout
the U.S. and Europe behind such blues greats as Son Seals, The Legendary
Blues Band, Hubert Sumlin, Sam Lay and Steve Freund. Specter has also
performed and recorded with such blues and jazz artists as Buddy Guy,
Junior Wells, Otis Rush, Jimmy Rogers, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Jimmy Johnson,
Jack McDuff, Johnny Adams, Snooky Pryor, Kim Wilson, Tad Robinson, John
Primer, Johnny Littlejohn, B.B. Odom, Mighty Joe Young, Valerie Wellington,
Magic Slim, Lonnie Brooks, Willie Kent, Ronnie Earl, Eric Alexander, Otis
Clay, Floyd McDaniel, Pinetop Perkins and Sunnyland Slim.
Among Dave Specter's critically acclaimed recordings, his 1991 release
Bluebird Blues reached the #1 spot on both the Living Blues national radio
charts and the Tower Records blues charts. Blues Access magazine called
his CD, "Left Turn on Blue," "an absolutely gorgeous blend of vintage blues
and jazz." Specter also appears on compilation CDs with artists such as
Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, B.B. King, Muddy Waters and Junior Wells.
In its June 2000 issue, Illinois Entertainer named Dave Specter's
"Blueplicity" album as one of the top 10 blues albums of the last decade by
"young blues artists" (under 50). Specter's guitar playing can also be
heard on national TV and radio commercials for Kraft Foods and Northwest
Airlines. Dave has recently been featured in Guitar Player and Downbeat
magazines and has been a 5-time Critic's Choice in The Chicago Reader. He
has also been interviewed on both NPR and BBC radio. Dave endorses
Epiphone Guitars, Victoria Amplifiers and GHS Strings. His latest Delmark
CD, "Spectulatin'" is available at finer record stores or through Chicago's
Jazz Record Mart, www.jazzmart.com.
For more information on Dave Specter visit, www.davespecter.org or
www.delamrk.com.
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