No Cover Before 9PM! $10 after 9PM.Raised in a small beach town
outside of Tampa, Florida, Dave Herrero was introduced to the local
and national music scene though a family friend, sneaking out of
military school at age 15 to regularly to see bands like the Arc
Angels and Johnny Winter, and to go to a local blues jam at the Green
Iguana on Monday nights, where local heroes like James and Lucky
Peterson would frequently pop in.
HERRERO GOT HIS START AS A PROFESSIONAL TOURING MUSICIAN IN 1996 IN
JACKSONVILLE Beach, Florida, then moved to Austin, TX and joined
Archie Bell and the Drells (of "Tighten Up" fame). In Austin, he
quickly immersed himself into the Austin music community, playing with
the likes of Gary Clark Jr, Charlie Sexton, Lazy Lester, Matt
Powell, Seth Walker all the while starting the Blues Society of
Austin [http://www.austinbluessociety.org/] with friends, Mark "Kaz"
Kazanoff, Nancy Coplin and Nicole Shiro. It was in Austin that
Dave honed in on his guitar playing, singing and songwriting skills,
that he then took with him to Chicago.
In CHICAGO, Dave teamed up with his brother, acclaimed hip-hop
producer Mike Hero, and old friend and accomplished
songwriter, Felix Reyes [http://www.felixreyes.com/]. While
Dave, Felix and Mike produced Dave's second album, "Austin to
CHICAGO", which garnered a nomination for the 2009 Illinois Blues
Blast Award Debut Artist of the Year, Dave and his brother started a
production company, TrackForce Productions
[http://www.daveherrero.com/trackforce-productions], and began making
music for Harpo Productions (The Oprah Winfrey Show / The Dr Oz Show).
It was during this time that CHICAGO Blues / Soul legend Jimmy Burns
asked Dave to co-produce his album, "Stuck in the Middle"
[http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jimmyburns].
Since his move from Austin to CHICAGO, Dave has toured Europe
countless times, started a blues in schools program with Foundations
of Music [http://www.foundationsofmusic.org/] and has been blessed to
share the stage with many of hs heroes, including the man who
inspired him to make music his life, Mr. Buddy Guy. "I like to stay
busy", says Herrero. Aside from starting and running a television
music production company with his brother Mike, he has found time
to play bass on tours with Nikki Hill, has engineered and did horn
arrangements on her debut album, "Here's Nikki Hill", has shared the
stage with the likes of Gary Clark Jr. and Robert Randolph, and has
played drums on Mississippi Gabe Carter's album, "Until They Drag Me
Down". If that weren't enough, he has played guitar, bass and
co-produced countless hip-hop records with Chicago rap
architects PsychoDrama and Ready. Dave is currently a session
guitarist for Stockholm / L.A. based SONY/ATV producer "Jake Oh", and
has played on many European hit recordings.
He recorded his latest release, "Corazón
[http://www.daveherrero.com/music]" (2013) which seamlessly blends
psychedelia, blues, rock n' roll, and singer songwriter music. Most
recently, Dave was honored and humbled when asked to play on Playing
For Change [https://playingforchange.com/]'s tribute to 50 years of
the Grateful Dead, "Ripple Effect
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHo1fNnXFVU]".
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