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David Gerald
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David Gerald commented on Troy Schell, KCOR's event 'Saturday PM on KCOR!'
See you on the radio! Thanks for keeping the Blues breathing. Peace.
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David Gerald replied to CHC Network's discussion 'The Saddest, Most Depressing Blues Songs Ever Recorded'
I think my song 'Hell and Back' should be in the running. It's a pretty sad story. Check it out here, http://davidgerald.com. Just click on the songs name in the player. It's got my vote for sure ;-). Peace.
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David Gerald replied to Blues Compilation Album's discussion 'Our company is releasing a promo Blues comp CD...need a few more great Blues acts'
I would be interested in your reviewing my original material. You can listen to my songs on my homepage at http://davidgerald.com. My CD 'Hell and Back' has 10 tracks. 5 of which are originals. They are titled 'My Guitar',…
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David Gerald replied to Blues Compilation Album's discussion 'Our company is releasing a promo Blues comp, need a few more great Blues acts'
I would be interested in your reviewing my original material. You can listen to my songs on my homepage at http://davidgerald.com. My CD 'Hell and Back' has 10 tracks. 5 of which are originals. They are titled 'My Guitar',…
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- About Me:
- David Gerald, the son of Mississippi born and raised parents, grew up to the sounds of the blues and R&B music in his hometown, Detroit. He’s the 11th of 11 children, 6 of whom were born and partly raised in Mississippi. “Because segregation and racial discrimination were so bad in Mississippi, my dad moved the family north to Detroit when he was 33, so we'd have a better chance at the American dream. He reminisces about that ‘til this day,” says Gerald.
Gerald started playing guitar at the age of 16 influenced by Prince and 80’s rock guitarists. He rediscovered the blues and listened to the music of Albert King, ZZ Hill, B.B. King, and Stevie Ray Vaughan to name just a few.
“I was lucky enough to have a neighbor who was a guitarist and gave me scrap guitars. I would piece them together and build 'Frankenstein' guitars,” says Gerald. “They were horrible to play and sounded bad, but I had to play music. It was and is my destiny. I finally scraped up enough money to buy an old amp and I was happy.”
Gerald performed in many local blues, R&B and rock bands cutting his guitar and vocal chops live and in person. Finding it hard to keep a band together, Gerald learned to play guitar, bass, keys and drums. Using two antiquated cassette recorders he would overdub each part individually until the song was completed. “The end result sounded horrible, and the songs would not end up in the same key they started in. But it got my songs recorded,” says Gerald. This was the beginning of his songwriting, most of which were pop and rock tunes during the 80’s. Around the age of 24, he began experimenting with computers to write and compose music, which he has done to this day.
Gerald, now in his 40’s, has his own band playing locally and regionally in Michigan. Earlier this year he opened the 'Triple Threat Of Blues' show for Bobby Rush and Mel Waiters in Jackson, Michigan performing at the State Theatre. Gerald has performed several times at the two major festivals in Michigan; Detroit Riverdays Festival, (International Freedomworks Festival) and Chrysler Art, Beats and Eats Festival. Recently David was listed as #1 on the ReverbNation blues charts for Michigan blues artists.
David Gerald’s debut album, Hell And Back, contains five studio originals and five live arrangements of well known tunes including Thrill is Gone, Red House and Cold Shot.
- Favorite Blues Artists and Bands
- Albert King, BB King, ZZ Hill, Stevie Ray Vaughan
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- http://davidgerald.com
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 5:47pm on August 12, 2010,
Tom 1960 said… - Hey David,
We definitely gotta get you on Blindman's Blues Forum! I help promote the website. It's worth looking up. Just GOOGLE it. Over 500,000 posts! Please stop by. You would make a fine addition to the forum.
- At 5:00pm on July 14, 2010,
Thomas D. Strickland said… - Hello! David Gerald,
thank you for excepting my friend request.I have you as a friend on my(Myspace Page-(Thomas heller4) I am also a fan of yours on Reverbnation.David you have got it going on.Thanks once again. Your Friend, Thomas
- At 8:46am on October 28, 2009,
Vasja Ivanovski said… - Hi Gerald,
Good to be friends!
Best,
Vasja Ivanovski
- At 11:31pm on October 11, 2009,
The Dirty Mac Blues Band said…
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