Drums --- John Brainard, George Kazalas, Ron Butler
Guitar --- Mike Minda, Kelly Pidgeon
Harmonica --- Hot Dog John
Saxophone --- Greg Lutz
Influences
Blues masters Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, and Elmore James; British blues-rockers Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page; classic rockers ZZ Top, George Thorogood, and AC/DC; and, of course, all the "funkitude" of Jimi Hendrix!!
Sounds Like
Badder than Shaft, Superfly, James Bond, and Kung Fu all rolled together, it's the hottest, hippest blues band you ever gonna see. Like Bo Diddley on acid. Like Elmore James meets AC/DC. Like Muddy Waters meets Wayne Newton. And, occasionally, like a fully loaded freight train flying off the rails into a twised, ugly heap. We're coming your way, and we're here to stay --just like that sleazy uncle who won't stop grabbing your butt.
Dave Minda has been a part of the Pittsburgh area music scene for over twenty years, whether in blues combos such as his "Fatback Blues Band" or "Erin Burkett and the Mean Reds," or with the high-energy rock of "The Minda Brothers Band." He's been called the area's "best kept secret." Well, the secret is out, and Dave Minda is here to stay (just, it's been said, like that sleazy uncle who won't stop grabbing your butt). But there are more secrets to be revealed, so read on, faithful friend, read on...
It was on a recent visit to a Gypsy fortune teller that Dave's life changed forever. The Gypsy, upon touching the guitar player, immediately went into a trance-like state. She revealed to him truths about himself that were, until this point, unknown to all.
It's well known by many musicians and music lovers alike that Jimi Hendrix passed from this world to the next on September 18, 1970. What was not known, however, was the transaction that he made with this very same Gypsy fortune teller not long before his untimely death. Hendrix, with the help of the fortune teller, arranged that, after his death, the various parts of his "Musical Spirit" be spread out to other souls who would later in life develop into musicians. Not quite reincarnation, but it was a way that Hendrix felt he could live on in this world.
Well, Dave found out during that visit to the fortune teller that he, born exactly nine months and one day after Jimi Hendrix died, had been entrusted with the part of Hendrix's Spirit known as his "funkitude."
Armed with this new-found knowledge, Dave Minda has vowed to continue making music and entertaining people for as long as he's able. Whether they be young or old, rich or poor, black or white, and whether in front of an intimate home-town crowd or on the international stage that most surely awaits him, Dave Minda continues to excite, energize, entertain, and, well...arouse audiences with his unique blend of rock, blues, and "funkitude."
But don't take our word for it - go and see for yourself what all the fuss is about!
I don't know how much news you watch ... Lord knows I wouldn't watch any if James didn't have it on 24/7 ... but you should check out Glenn Beck. http://www. glennbeck. com/ He also has a show on Fox News weekdays from 5-6pm. He is an awesome liberterian and actually believes in things like the Constitution. Amazing, right? Also, have you checked out Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty? Good stuff, all of it! Hope all is well way up north there. Say hi to everyone for me! Oh, and say Happy Birthday to Aunt Beth for me!
Nice, you are sending me comments and I live in the same house. And you complain about texting, "What happened to talking face-to-face?" you said. This is like the same thing. What ever major losers! Peace out! WORD!
thank you! haha i was talking to mrs minda today and she said something about you telling her my birthday was coming up soon and she thought it was kinda weird how you knew when one of her students' birthday was
We just updated our calendar with your June shows. Keep in touch- let us know when you have new gigs- we will keep posting them to our website. Check it out!!!! www. PA-AreaMusic. US C & K
16% in the closed PA primary! At least there are some intelligent people left. Maybe there is still some hope for this country, even if it doesn't come in 2008.
