Current band members and special guests include:
Harlan Terson, Pete Benson, Greg Wyzer-Pratte, Mark Fornek, Kenny Smith, Howie K, Sharon Lewis, Tad Robinson, Jimmy Johnson, Jimmy Burns, Lurrie Bell, John Brumbach, Mark Wydra, Chris Foreman, Ben Paterson, Gordon Patriarca and more...
Influences
Otis Rush, Magic Sam, T-Bone Walker, Kenny Burrell, Buddy Guy, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Muddy Waters, Sunnyland Slim, Robert Lockwood, Louis Myers, Johnny Littlejohn, Eddie Taylor, Earl Hooker, Freddie King, Steve Freund, Ronnie Earl, Peter Green, Jimmie Vaughan, Duke Robillard, John Hammond, Bob Dylan, Curtis Mayfield, Jimi Hendrix, Steve Cropper, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Ry Cooder, Robbie Robertson, Lowell George, Lou Reed, Leo Nocentelli, Albert Collins, Albert King, Lenny Bruce, Miles Davis, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Horace Silver, Jimmy Smith, Frank Zappa, Joe Strummer, Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Robert Hunter, Stanley Kubrick, Woody Allen, Larry David, Hunter S. Thompson, Henry Miller, John Lennon, George Harrison, Mike Royko, Mike Bloomfield...
LIVE DVD/CD Now Available! DAVE SPECTER "LIVE IN CHICAGO" RELEASE DATE: APRIL 22, 2008 ON DELMARK RECORDS. RECORDED AT BUDDY GUY"S LEGENDS AND ROSA'S LOUNGE.
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS: JIMMY JOHNSON, TAD ROBINSON & SHARON LEWIS.
4 STAR REVIEW in DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE: August 2008 issue.
Further rave reviews online from Billboard, All About Jazz, About.com Blues etc. etc.
Guitarist, producer, bandleader and teacher.
Native Chicagoan from the smelt-laden shores of Lake Michigan.
Frequently tours outside of the geographically challenged Midwest.
Recent performances in London, Paris, Geneva, Mexico City, San Francisco, Honolulu, The French Riviera, Basel and Chicago.
Recent festival appearances at the Chicago Blues Festival, San Francisco Blues Festival, Basel Blues Festival, Geneva Blues Summit and JVC Jazz Festival Paris.
Often seen in the company of a Vibrolux Reverb and numerous guitars with abnormally large frets.
Toured, performed and recorded with many legendary bluesmen and jazzmen including Hubert Sumlin, Sam Lay, Son Seals, Pinetop Perkins, Snooky Pryor, The Legendary Blues Band, Brother Jack McDuff, Eric Alexander, Ari Brown, Jimmy Rogers, Lurrie Bell, Steve Freund, Boz Scaggs, Ronnie Earl, Tad Robinson, Kim Wilson, Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Johnny Adams, and many more...
Appears on over 30 CDs - mostly on Delmark Records.
Produced recordings for Steve Freund, Lurrie Bell, Floyd McDaniel, Jesse Fortune etc.
Appears on compilation CDs with artists such as Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Muddy Waters and Junior Wells.
Accidentally deleted a large group of friends after hearing that right-wing media hack Rupert Murdoch purchased MySpace for $580 million.
Please re-send friends requests...
Ciao,Dave ,Thank you for the add and the friendship. you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot, compliments ..really. you are one of my prefeitis you are a great really... talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music. all the best.. from italy neal
The new Delmark CD and DVD has arrived - "It Ain't Over!" a live document of Delmark's 55th Anniversary tribute concert from Buddy Guy's Legends from 2008.
Featuring Dave Specter with Jimmy Johnson on "Cold, Cold Feeling" and "You Don't Know What Love Is"
Thanks for adding us, Dave! We saw and heard you way several times at the Noergelbuff back in the earyl 90s in Goettingen/Germany. Your playing has been a great inspriration all over the years.
We added some new songs lately, hope you like them.
I have been studing blues and jazz guitar for a while.Rock is my forte.You have greatly inspired me to continue on this path.Amazing guitar and vocals. It was a priviledge to meet you.Take care and GOD bless.
Hi Dave! Thank you for adding Blackmail Bluesband to your friends. You have great tracks on your profile. Hope you will have a wonderful week. Greetings from Sweden. Blackmail Bluesband.
