Artist-Page-Main-Photo-DaveDave Rave is a musician’s musician. To the general public, he’s the manic Teenage Head rhythm guitarist who graduated to lead singer and catapulted the band back into the charts; but musicians know him as a valued session player (Daniel Lanois, Andrew Loog Oldham, Alex Chilton, and countless others) who can play the best version of a song he’s never heard.  Additionally, Dave’s knack for pop hooks has made him an in-demand songwriting partner for Platinum selling Producer, Jack Douglas (John Lennon, Aerosmith, etc) and John Wesley Harding (Bob Dylan).

Dave began his music career in his high school years writing songs and performing driving acoustic rock and folk-pop in and around Hamilton, Ontario.  This evolved into the wildly popular, The Shakers, from 1979-1982 with Rick Andrews, Tim Gibbons and Claude DesRoches. They charted many singles with albums produced by Daniel Lanois (U2) and Jack Richardson (Guess Who, Alice Cooper).  Their garage rockapunkabilly sound ignited the masses during their reign.

Following the break-up of The Shakers, Dave took over as lead singer of the already popular Teenage Head.  Dave replaced Frankie Venom who incidentally had worked with Dave on several other projects from their early teenage years.  Dave Rave continued to take Teenage Head on an upward trajectory with radio friendly hits like “Can’t Stop Shakin.”  Dave left Teenage Head after a successful run to try things out on his own.

Often referred to as a Canadian Nick Lowe, Dave was the first North American artist to sign to Russia’s Melodiya record label and recorded Valentino’s Pirates in 1989 as The Dave Rave Group.  They were originally known as the Dave Rave Conspiracy but this name was changed to appease cold war era Russian sensibilities.  Press surrounding this release included a CBC documentary revisiting Russia with the group as well as 3 promotional videos that were in heavy rotation at Much Music in Canada.  Some of the players on this album included Gary ‘Pig’ Gold, Coyote Shivers, Jack Pedler and Television’s Billy Ficca.  Bullseye Records re-issued the album for the first time on CD in 2001 and the positive reviews continue to pour in.

The next Dave Rave Conspiracy album, Three Octave Fantastic Hexagram, included many of the players from the Valentino’s album with the addition of former Washington Squares player, Lauren Agnelli. Lauren and Dave formed an incredible creative partnership that resulted in 3 Agnelli & Rave albums over the next ten years including the critically acclaimed Cowboy Flowers SessionsHeaven and Earth, and Confetti! – not to mention a song writing partnership that flourishes to this day with hundreds of songs to their name.

Media continually notes “his sharp pop intelligence means the songwriting is of high standard.”

Dave continues to produce incredible music in a wide variety of genres from jazz to folk to rockabilly to punk.  But it is Dave’s pop sensibilities and his devotion to making music that is honest, intimate and real regardless of whether he touches you with smiles, tears or the occasional urge to pogo in your living room.

The Dave Rave Group’s second album, Everyday Magic, was released in 2003 and features players from his former bands such as Teenage HeadThe Shakers and bands and musicians whose projects he has worked on either in a musician’s capacity and/or in production roles such as The TrewsJoe Mannix and Kate Schrock.  “Love Fades” and the title track “Everyday Magic” featuring ECMA winners and Juno nomineesThe Trews, received airplay at Rock, AC and Campus radio.  Dave also co-wrote the Trews current single, ‘I Can’t Say’ with the Trews and Jack Richardson.  Other co-writing credits include bands such as Oliver Black, now Townline, and the Maddhatters and he continues to work with and mentor some of the hottest acts today.

Dave spends his time in Canada and the US playing live, producing, writing and creating more ideas to bring great musicians together for the purpose of entertaining themselves and the masses.  Dave Rave released his Anthology in 2 volumes worldwide on Bullseye Records in January 2006.  Dave Rave released his second jazz-pop album entitled, “In The Blue Of My Dreams” with Mark McCarron in 2007 under the Bongobeat label which was shortlisted for a Grammy that year.

With additional “Top 50″ success at FMQB National Charts with “Anne Marie” and “Looking Out My Front Door,” Dave Rave continues to tour internationally in Canada, The US and Europe.

Artist-Page-Main-Photo-MarkMark McCarron is New York-Canadian guitarist/composer/arranger. McCarron has worked with such jazz notables as Ed Bickert and Don Thompson, organist Jack McDuff, the Mingus Five Guitar Band and has performed with Rufus Wainwright on the Conan O’Brien show.

He has performed on Canadian Radio and Television and at all of the major Canadian Jazz Festivals. McCarron studied under jazz guitarist John Abercrombie in New York City under a Canada Council grant and also studied at the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop.

A versatile artist, McCarron is much in demand in a wide range of genres and roles. He is a core member and the arranger for the Red Hot Swing––formerly the Central Park Stompers, and Art Lillard’s Heavenly Band (Big Band), and has co-written, recorded, and performed widely with Dave Rave.  He has also produced albums for a variety of artists.

As a much in-demand substitute performer on Broadway, McCarron can currently be heard in the shows Wicked and Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark. He has also been a featured performer in the off-Broadway production Summer of ’69, made recurring appearances as a member of the cast of John Kelly’s Paved Paradise: The Music of Joni Mitchell, and been a substitute performer in many of Broadway’s and Off-Broadway’s top shows, and the touring companies of Rent and Wicked.  Most recently, he has also been heard in clubs around New York with his jazz quartet, The McCarron Brothers, which released its debut album, Way Down in Brooklyn, to great acclaim in 2010 and is preparing to release its second CD, No Moon Train, this year.  Mark also performed for a decade as half of the cello/guitar duo McCarron & Mueller, with cellist Suzanne Mueller.


* The Official Dave Rave Website

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