2012 Winner, Best Self-Produced CD, International Blues Challenge, Memphis, TN, sponsored by The Blues Foundation
Listen to the entire new CD HERE -- and buy it if you like it :)
HUGE NEWS: I just won the award for Best Self-Produced CD of the year at the International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis!!! The IBC is an battle of the blues bands and is sponsored by The Blues Foundation. Five record label heads chose my CD as the finest of a crop of 74 CDs, submitted by blues societies around the world. This is a big deal in the blues world, and I am beaming and full of gratitude to everyone who has helped make this new CD such a success.
Photo by Alonzo Grant, owner of Tennco Express, 2-5-12
Not only did I get to accept the award on stage at the historic Orpheum Theater on Beale Street, but I performed live on Brett Fleming's Soul Stew show on WEVL-FM, and at the Rum Boogie Cafe's all-star jam, hosted by Steady Rollin' Bob Margolin and Richard "Rosie" Rosenblatt. The award includes prize money, plus airplay on Sirius/XM Radio's Bluesville, cable TV's Music Choice, and House of Blues Radio with Elwood Blues. I'm still on cloud nine :)
Special thanks to the Rhode Island Rhythm and Blues Preservation Society for submitting my CD. www.bluespreservationsociety.org
Listen to the entire new CD HERE -- and buy it if you like it :)
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About.com recently declared “Dave Keller's gonna be huge!”, and it's starting to seem that way. A first-class singer, guitarist, and songwriter, Keller has earned the respect of the torchbearers of blues and soul music.
Legendary guitarist Ronnie Earl featured Keller’s singing and songwriting on his 2010 CD Living In The Light, which received a coveted BMA nomination for Contemporary Blues Album of the Year. Mighty Sam McClain, one of the deepest of the classic soul singers, has mentored Keller for years. And Mississippi soul blues master Johnny Rawls calls Keller his protégé, frequently spotlighting him as part of his touring band.
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Here's what people are saying about Dave's new CD, Where I'm Coming From (released 10/25/11):
"SOULDRENCHED from the first song to the last! His music deserves to be heard around the world!" -- Michael Cloeren, Founder and Producer, Pocono and Pennsylvania Blues Festivals
"It's the only CD I can listen to." -- Johnny Rawls, Mississippi soulman
"Stunning...impassioned vocals...smooth delivery...honesty that can't be mitigated...fueled by infectious beats...a wise choice to recover some great lost soul music." -- Michael Kinsman, Blues Revue
"Keller takes you back to the days when soul music really had soul. His voice, his guitar work, the excellent vocal harmonies and the fine band make "Where I'm Coming From" one of 2011's best records." -- Brett Fleming, WEVL, Memphis, TN
"One of my favorite CDs of the year, and you know how many I get." -- James Nagel, DJ, KPFT, Houston, TX
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Dave at the Blast Furnace Blues Festival, Bethlehem, PA, 9/17/11, photo by Laura Carbone
Ronnie Earl and Dave, Lowell Summer Music Series, Lowell, MA, 8/29/09
