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Dave Keller Is One Of The Finest Soul And Blues Men Of His Generation. About.Com Recently Said "Dave Keller Is Gonna Be Huge!" And It's Starting To Seem That Way. After Being Discoverd By Legendary Guitarist Ronnie Earl At A Stevie Wonder Concert No Less Keller Appeared As A Singer And Co-Writer On Earl's BMA-Nominated CD Living In The Light. Next Blues And Soul Fans Got To Hear Keller With His Own Band On His All-Original Critically-Acclaimed Release Play For Love. And Now Keller Is Releasing His Latest Gem Where I'm Coming From An Album Of Deep Soul Songs Recorded With The Revelations One Of The Hottest Soul Bands On The Scene Today. Produced By Bob Perry Wu-Tang Clan 50 Cent Brian McNight Foxy Brown This Is Bound To Garner Some Serious Attention. It Even Includes A Duet With Tre Williiams Whose Own CD The Bleeding Edge Drew Rave Reviews Last Year. Release Date 9/9/11 2011 Has Been A Busy Year So Far For Keller With Shows In NYC Southpaw Hill Country BBQ Philly World Cafe Boston Harper's Ferry Beehive Berklee RI Chan's CT Bridge St. Live All Over VT And NH And Festival Work From ME To PA. Keller Has Opened For And Performed With Deep Soul Master Otis Clay As Well As Rising Soul Band The Revelations Featuring Tre' Williams. He Has Also Toured The Northeast With Johnny Rawls BMA Winner Of Best Soul Album Of 2010. Far From An Overnight Success Keller Has Paid His Dues The Old Fashioned Way Performing At Hundreds Of Venues And Giving Every Show His All For Over Close To 20 Years. At Sweaty Dirt Road Bars. At Huge Summer Festivals. At Jam-Packed Dance Clubs City Halls College Theaters Prison Gymnasiums And Blues Cruises. You Name It. Chances Are Keller Has Played There. And Chances Are Those Audiences Still Remember Dancing Like Crazy To His Deep Soul Singing His Gritty Guitar Licks And His Super-Tight Super-Funky Band. When Keller Moved To The Green Mountain State That's Vermont Y'all In 1993 He Had Already Spent Many Years Learning His Trade. Growing Up In Worcester MA He Picked Up Guitar In His Teens Before Falling For The Blues And Starting His Own Band In 1988 Covering Songs By B.B. King Otis Rush And The Neville Brothers. Soon After Keller Moved To Boston. Weekend Nights Found Him Backing Up Reggie Taylor An Older Blues/R&B Musician Who Himself Had Backed Up Many A Blues Legend. Weekdays Keller Hung Out With Acoustic Blues Master Paul Rishell Learning The Roots Of The Blues. Weekend Afternoons Keller Put His Skills To Use Sitting In At Blues Jams Throughout The City. Eventually Keller Tired Of City Life And Moved To Rural Washington State. There He Decided To Take Up Singing And Songwriting. With Few Other Blues Musicians Around He Immersed Himself In Homemade Tapes Of Ray Charles Son House And Gospel Quartets From The Forties And Fifties. By 1993 When Keller Moved To Vermont His Singing And Playing Had Taken On A New Depth. He Began Playing Solo Shows With His National Steel Guitar Garnered A Loyal Following And Released A Cassette Of Acoustic Blues Originals And Covers Deep Down In My Soul . By 1996 Keller Had Put Together A Band And Began Touring Throughout The Northeast. Since Then He Has Released Three All-Original CDs On His Own Label Tastee-Tone Records Faith 1998 Down At The Aloha 2001 And Play For Love 2009 . Along The Way Keller Has Garnered Excellent Reviews From The U.S. Blues Magazines And Bloggers Received Airplay On Over 200 Radio Stations Making It To #8 On Roots Music Report's Blues Chart And Picked Up Accolades From Fellow Musicians Including Deep Soul Legend Mighty Sam McClain Who Isn't Shy About Telling The World "Y'all Check Him Out! He's For REAL!" Keller Keeps Up A Heavy Performance Schedule Touring With The Dave Keller Band Ira Friedman On Hammond Organ Brett Hoffman On Drums And Giovanni Rovetto On Bass. He Has Also Had The Honor Of Backing Up Soul And Blues Greats Including Fontella Bass Robert Ward Ronnie Earl Big Jack Johnson And 2010 BMA Soul Artist Of The Year Johnny Rawls. Thanks For Taking The Time To Read His Story. read less