Biography
Brophy was born in Texas but traveled overseas thru his early years. He has lived in Long Beach, Ca. for the past 30 or so years after making the scene in Ann Arbor/Detroit,Mi. area. Here he played in several bar bands such as the SailCatz playing with long time friend, piano player Al Hill. Brophy has his own trio that plays the Long Beach area. Dale released a CD in 2008 titled "Night Hawkin'," which features Dave Gore on bass and vocals, Dave Kida on the drums and Brophy on guiters and vocals. He produced the CD and wrote several of the songs including, "Key Thang" which features saxman Jeff Turmes.
He can also be found playing slide,and adding vocals along with some co-writting with the Lee Rocker Band,(x-StrayCats Bassist) . Which has performed worldwide and has several CD's that he performs on. The CD "Racin' the Devil", the 2003 release of "Bulletproof" and 2007's "Black Cat Bone",which was released on Alligator Records. Brophy has played with former Elvis sideman Scotty Moore at the 25 anniversary of Elvis' death. He has shared the stage with the likes of O.V.Wright, Dave Edmunds, and Delbert McClinton, as well as being some of his early influences. Brophy blends rock, blues, R&B,and some rockabilly riffs all with distinctive slide stylings.
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Brophy Dale has gained a widespread respect for his passionate roots-rockin’ guitar and vocals. He's played all over the world, from Moscow to Melbourne, Anchorage to Zurich. lived in Texas to Africa, but now calls Southern California home. He honed his guitar chops in the Midwest, mostly Ann Arbor/Detriot area in countless Rock, R’n B, Blues, Oldies, and Country bands that set him on a journey and has taken him from local bar guitar hero to an international recognized performer.
Brophy’s first big moment came when he got to backup the late great Memphis soul singer, O.V.Wright (Nickel and a Nail) for a few gigs. Moving out West in the late 80s, Brophy worked/toured with Robert Lucas of Canned Heat, Smokey Wilson, Joe Houston, & King Ernest to name a few, on the Southern California blues scene. He's also had the opportunity to work with some of his heroes, which include Dave Edmunds, Delbert McClinton and a few tours with Scotty Moore.
The last ten years Brophy has worked steadily with Alligator recording artist Lee Rocker, a Rockabilly/Americana cat who came to fame in the '80s as bassist for the wildly popular Stray Cats. He's recorded six records, with co-writes on the last three and been on several compilation records with Lee also. Brophy’s playing can be heard and on sound tracks for Kids ESPN in Japan to placement on TV shows with Lee, Numbers and the WB show Supernatural.
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