All about Dave
Here's the essentials. We'll fill in the rest soon.
Dave Sills writes songs.
Songs about “love, death, and other health risks.”
He sings and plays guitar (and a bit of bass, and fumbles along on a keyboard here and there).
He has a new album out.
It’s his fourth.
It’s called Sea Of Strangers.
There are ten songs on it.
He wrote nine of them by himself.
He wrote one with his drummer, Gerald Dowd (Robbie Fulks, Chris Mills, Justin Roberts, Frisbie...).
He produced and mixed the album himself.
He does not recommend doing so, if you value your sanity.
His talented friends - Gerald Dowd (drums); Scott Stevenson (piano & organ); Tom Jancauskas (bass); Chris Walke, Dave Ramont, Dave Nelson, Tommi Zender (electric guitars); Kenny Kryger (cello); and Larry Rossi (brass) - all contribute their efforts “in the service of song.”
He’s played at The Old Town School of Folk Music, The World’s Largest Block Party (mainstage), Uncommon Ground, FitzGeralds, Cubby Bear, Goose Island, Martyrs, and other venues.
He’s sung with his friend Peter Himmelman at Schubas and Park West.
A completely unscientific study has shown that 95% of people who listen to Dave’s music really like it immediately.
The other 5% needed a second listen.
Recommended if you like: Crowded House, David Gray, Del Amitri, Peter Himmelman, The Wallflowers, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Lloyd Cole, Sam Phillips, Aimee Mann, Michael Penn...