Dave Widow, guitarist, singer songwriter, is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, currently living in the Los Angeles area. He and his band, "The Line Up", have appeared on a regular basis at such L.A. venues as The House Of Blues, The Mint, The Langham, B. B. King's Blues Club, The Lighthouse, and many others, as well as venues all across America, and abroad.
With his unique style of finger picking, and distinct vocals, Widow brings a fresh approach to the Blues, while also combining elements of R&B, Funk, Soul and Rock. His musical style is influenced by his relationship with many great blues and R&B talents, including Buddy Miles, Bonnie Bramlett, Bill Champlain, Lonnie Mack, and his mentor and collaborator (the late) Roger "Jellyroll" Troy, bassist and vocalist for The Mike Bloomfield Band.
"The Line Up" consists of some of L.A.’s most noteworthy and well-recorded musicians, such as Gary Mallaber; Drummer on such songs as Fly Like An Eagle, Moondance, Two Tickets To Paradise, and many more. Switching off on Drums is James Gadson; former drummer for Marvin Gaye, Paul McCartney, B.B. King, and many others. Gerald Johnson; Bassist for Steve Miller, CS&N and Dave Mason. Trading off on Bass is Reggie McBride; who has played with B. B. King, Elton John, and Keb' Mo'. David Morgan, Piano and Vocals for Ricky Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band and The Nelsons.
The group’s first CD, "Got It Covered" generated airplay on Long Beach’s own KKJZ and many others around the USA and over-sea’s. It is a must have item in every blues lovers collection!
Dave released his second CD at the end of 2012 entitled "Waiting For The World To End" and it was recently voted the "Top 5-Best Self Produced Blues CD's". It is also getting airplay on KKJZ here in LA as well as on over 100 stations nationally as well as many internationally.
The new CD features compositions by Dave, singer/songwriter David Morgan, along with several songs co-written with band members Gary Mallaber, Reggie McBride, Bill Champlin (of the group Chicago & The Sons of Champlin) and Larry Goshorn (of Pure Prairie League).
The CD features Mike Finnigan on Hammond B-3 and piano, David Morgan on piano & back-up vocals, Reggie McBride on bass, Gary Mallaber and James Gadson on drums, Marcy Levy, Lorelei McBroom, as well as appearances by Bill Champlin, Barry Goldberg, Marty Grebb, and other special guests....
Dave's new CD show-cases Widow with a stellar-gang of partners in groove. The new CD is available at www.davewidow.com, CdBaby, Itunes, and Amazon.com.