Biography
There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) Dave Gerard is a British folk musician who also records as Dave Gerard & The Watchmen.
2) Dave Gerard is an American musician from New Hampshire.
1) Dave Gerard is a British folk musician who also records as Dave Gerard & The Watchmen. He released the solo recordings Memory Hill (1996) and Under Veiled Light (2011).
2) Dave Gerard is an American musician from New Hampshire. His fourth CD, The Zoomy Trail, was released in 2009 and is infused with emotion, melodies, and quality songwriting. It is a rootsy album with a variety of genres and contemporary production, cohesively pulled together by Dave’s distinctive vocal style and guitar playing.
His music puts him on club, concert and school stages from New England to Florida, west to Colorado,
and to the U. S. Virgin Islands. Dave creates his own style from his love of New Orleans R & B, Pop, Blues,
World Music, and Country-grass, to bring a well-rounded set of contemporary roots music to the stage. In
acoustic settings, he has shared bills with international acts such as Richie Havens, Toots & the Maytals,
David Lindley, Arlo Guthrie, Chris Smither, Pat Donohue, and Tinytown (half of the Subdudes).
Juggling dual careers, Dave is also known as front man for the highly acclaimed NH - based band
(Savoy) Truffle. As well as headlining respected venues across the country, playing as many as 275 shows a
year, Truffle has shared the stage with Little Feat, Phish, The Band, Blues Traveler, The Radiators, and
Dave Matthews Band to name a few. Truffle’s success led to the signing of a three album deal with November/
Sony records.
Off the stage, compositions from his first two records (Memory Hill and Losing the Boy) have appeared
on a film soundtrack and a learning video series used by the N.Y. C. Board of Education. His tune “Preston
Hollow” won him a finalist spot in the John Lennon Songwriting contest. He has won countless “Best Artist”
awards and a “Song of the Year” award for ‘I’m Coming Home” (Dreams of Kings) from Jam Music
Magazine in his home state of NH. Solo shows provide Gerard the freedom to improvise vocally and on guitar,
taking liberties with song structures.
"The Zoomy Trail is an exemplary combo that demonstrates how Gerard has perfected his art of binding words and music with an alluring sound all of his own that will have long time fans and first time listeners purring with pure delight. Listen to it once, and feel the vibe, listen to it twice, and you'll find the groove. That groove is a great place to be, and the Zoomy Trail is the sound of the summer this year. Follow it along, again and again."
~Atlantic News (N.E. Coast)
“Dave Gerard, one of NH's finest songwriters, has released his third solo album, Dreams of Kings. It is Gerard’s
best of his three releases; which says a lot. “Tejanos Radio’ could be on any Dave Matthews Band release, and I love it!”
~ Jam Music Magazine (New England)
“Dave Gerard is like a fine wine. Not only is he super tasty, but he gives you a nice buzz. Oh yeah, he also gets better
with age.. His music has been the soundtrack of thousands of lives across the Seacoast.”
~ Portsmouth Herald (NH)
“Dave is a master of acoustic-Americana with a voice to die for” ~ C-Ville Weekly (Charlottesville, VA
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