DaveDeLuca

SEEKING

Band to Join, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Upright bass, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.

ABOUT

Originally from New Jersey, I am an accomplished singer, songwriter, musician and recording engineer who has been writing music and performing for over 40 years. In the 1980s I was the principal songwriter and lead singer of the New York City-based rock group "Wild Life" and won several songwriting contests. Over the last 15 years I have shared the stage with oldies groups such as The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, The Stylistics, Larry Chance & The Earls, Barbara Harris & The Toys, and The 1910 Fruitgum Company. In December 2011 I auditioned for and won a starring role in the Count Basie Theatre's 5th Annual Sinatra Birthday Bash, beating out hundreds of other hopeful performers. In 2015 I performed my one-man musical tribute, A Century Of Sinatra, to SRO crowds in over 60 public libraries in New Jersey and Pennsylvania in celebration of the centennial anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth. I recently relocated to the Tampa, Florida area where I continue to perform music from the 1920s through the 1980s in care facilities and libraries, and for adult communities and various organizations.

Screen name:: DaveDeLuca
Member since:: Jan 10 2020; Active over 1 month ago
Level of commitment:: Very Committed
Years playing music:: 40
Gigs played:: Over 100
Tend to practice:: More than 3 times per week
Available to gig:: 6-7 nights a week
Most available:: Nights

Influences

Standards, big band, jazz, swing, classic country, crooners, rockabilly, doo-wop, surf, power pop, bubblegum, hard rock, classic blues and R&B, Motown.

Instrument experience:

Background Singer:: Expert
Vocalist - Bass:: Advanced
Vocalist - Baritone:: Advanced
Rhythm Guitar:: Moderate
Bass Guitar:: Moderate

EQUIPMENT

Several full sound systems from small to large
Taylor acoustic/electirc guitar
Bass guitars: 1968 Fender Mustang, Guild Starfire
Electric guitars: Gretsch Lake Placid Blue Falcon, 1963 reissue Fender Stratocaster, 1983 Gibson Black Beauty, D'Angelico Excel SS, 1970 Gibson L6-S