Dave Gross

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Genre: Blues / Jazz / Soul
Location New Jersey, Un
Profile Views: 134719
Last Login: 2/28/2013
Member Since 11/20/2005
Website www.davegross.net
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.... ....Take The Gamble.. has been nominated for a 2007 Blues Music Award, in the cartegory of ..Best New Artist!!!.... .. .... .. "This guy is so damned talented, it makes me sick!" ....Dave Stone ..Blues Matters!.. .... "...OUTSTANDING...one of the year's best releases." ....Richard Ludmerer ..BluesWax.. .... "He can play, man! THAT BOY CAN SMOKE!" ....Hubert Sumlin.. .... "...a force to be reckoned with...A MONSTER BLUES PLAYER." ....Duke Robillard.. .... "Gross is good, very good, extraordinarily good, almost obscenely..." ....Francis Rateau ..Crossroads Magazine.. .... "...belongs at the top...HE SWINGS LIKE AN ANIMAL." ....Freddy Celis ..Rootstime.. .... "...POWERHOUSE VOCALS AND FAT-TONED GUITAR..." ....Mick Rainsford ..Blues in Britain Magazine.. .... "Dave Gross will help carry, if not lead, the blues into the next five or six decades." ....Peter "Blewzzman" Lauro ..Mary4Music.. .... "His classy guitar work can slide effortlessly from straight blues to swing, jazz, rockabilly, and any style you can name. If it's on the fretboard, Dave Gross will find it!!" ....Don Crow ..Music City Blues.. .... "...ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST YOUNG NEW PROMISES OF ACTUAL BLUES MUSIC." ....La Hora del Blues.. .... "...considerable skills as a guitarist, songwriter, and singer...DOWNRIGHT SCARY...impeccable, tasteful guitar..." ....Blues Bytes.. .... "...along with the outstanding guitar work demonstrated by Gross, his voice is smooth, snappy and oozes style." ....Karen Nugent ..Boston Blues Review.. .... "When you're ready for something new, this guitar god of tomorrow is ready, willing and able to blow your ears wide open." ....Chris Spector ..Midwest Record.. .... "Wait until you hear this guy! The CD is excellent from top to bottom...his music is far beyond his year...SIMPLY FABULOUS." ....Blue Barry ..Smoky Mountain Blues Society.. .... "Take note people, there is a new torch bearer for the 'mood' Blues sound and his name is Dave Gross." ....Ray Hansen ..Walla Walla Blues Society.. .... "His vocals contain that edge of heartbreak that inhabit all good blues performances...way ahead of his contemporaries. HIS GUITAR PLAYING IS FIRST RATE..." ....Mark Thompson ..Crossroads Blues Society.. .... "...Dave Gross will be carrying the torch for Mother Blues way into the future. SUPERB." ....Mark Gresser ..Long Island Blues Society.. .... "Mighty fine, mighty fine indeed...the blues is in good hands..." ....KVRX Radio.. .... "I believe this boy has traded his soul to the devil to play like that!" ..Keith Mulhare ....WFDU Radio.. .... "SERIOUS GUITAR PLAYIN'...PASIONATE VOCALS." ....The Byrd of Paradise ..KZSU Radio.. .... "...marvelous CD...DON'T MISS THIS." ....Nick Delay ..WVKR Radio.. .... "When I heard Dave my ears stood up and I thought 'man this kid can play!' Look out for Dave Gross." ....Popa Chubby.. .... "It's so refreshing to discover Dave Gross. Here is a young man who is digging deep into the blues, studying all of the masters, and yet simultaneously committed to finding his own voice as an artist." ....Debbie Davies.. .... "Every time I hear Dave Gross play he gets better and better! I only wish I played that good when I was his age. He's pretty amazing." ....Arthur Neilson.. .... "Those of us present at this naissance can only wait and see where his guitar---and his heart---will take him next." ....Blues Who New York.. .... .. .. ..
Members
.. ..Sign up for the email list:...... .. .. .............. ....Dave Gross.... ....Guitar/Vocals.... ....Dennis Gruenling.. .. ..Harmonica.... ....Doug Sasfai.. .. ..Tenor Sax.... ....Scot Hornick.. .. ..Upright Bass.... ....Michael Bram.. .. ..Drums..
Influences
.. T-Bone Walker.. Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown.. Lowell Fulson.. Charlie Christian.. Tiny Grimes.. Hubert Sumlin.. Lightnin' Hopkins.. Arthur Neilson.. Duke Robillard.. BB King.. Guitar Slim.. Magic Sam.. Otis Rush.. Muddy Waters.. Jordan Officer.. Whit Smith.. Eddie Lang.. Django Reinhardt.. Nick Lucas.. Ray Charles.. Sam Cooke.. Otis Redding.. Les Paul.. Freddie King.. Charles Brown.. Little Charlie Baty.. Albert King.. Lester Young.. Billie Holiday.. Count Basie.. Benny Goodman.. Ike Turner.. "Hot Lips" Page.. Jimmy Rushing.. Elmore James.. Johnny Clyde Copeland.. Bill Jennings.. Illinois Jaquet.. Jimmie Vaughan.. Hollywood Fats.. Junior Watson.. Rick Holmstrom.. ...........................
Sounds Like
....Live @ the 2007 Montreal Jazz Festival:........ .."I'm Leavin' Baby".... .. .. .. .. ...... .."T-Bone Boogie".... .. .. .. .. .. .... .."You Gotta Move".... .. .. .. .. ..