BIO

It’s never too late to completely change your life.  Sometimes playing rock songs for sold out crowds in the thousands isn’t enough.  Especially if they aren’t your songs.  Lockdown provided an opportunity to pursue a dream.  Dave Farver of St. Louis dove into writing and recording a dozen impactful songs with his favorite local musicians.  The result is two EPs, the funky poppy groovy gems of Crystal, and the slamming full-on rock style of Machine.  

“People told me ‘Never get a day job!  Keep going!’  I decided maybe I should just do what I love doing and see what happens..”  

Since he was 17, Dave has spent nearly every weekend singing and playing the tenor saxophone.  And that feverish desire to get it right hones skills that get you the best gigs.  Dave decided to use that experience and know-how to create something fresh, with a familiar vocabulary.  You’ll hear Sting, Paul Rodgers, and Peter Gabriel in his voice, and Black Crowes, Steely Dan, and Bruno Mars in the music.

He recently released an album of acoustic covers of his favorite songs he has performed over the years. Influential artists like Sting and Tom Petty are paid tribute in these stripped-down, almost jazz combo-like tracks on the EP Distilled. He is currently working on a new album using found-sound and electronica, to be completed sometime in 2022.

“Smoke, lights, friends, a crowded room, and transcendent sounds vibrating your bones.  I live for that stuff.”

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