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Second Fridays @ The Arts District with Dave Sills & Chris Walke

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Kiss The Sky Records, 810 1st St, Batavia

I'm delighted to be the guest at February's Second Fridays @ The Arts District. FREE LIVE MUSIC! Come grab a drink in the bar at Water Street studios and then come on through to Kiss The Sky Records, where Chris Walke & I will be playing from 7 to 8:30 PM. It's the night before V-Day so maybe you can pick up a vinyl copy of my latest record, MORE, for that special someone! We'll be slinging songs about hearts aching and breaking for ya. Heck, we may even dig through the catalog for a love song or two (no really, I have some of those!). Hope to see you there!

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Dave & His Band (Justin O'Connell, Chris Walke, Adam Gardner, Doug Wielert, Emily Padilla) make their long overdue return to The Law Office! As if that wasn't enough, the talented Dave Ramont kicks things off at 8PM. Only $10 at the door! 21 & Over (sorry kids!)

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First Fridays (band show) - FREE! EARLY! ALL AGES!

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The Venue, 21 S Broadway Ave, Aurora

We're back! The band and I are excited to be returning to The Venue and celebrating our new album, MORE. Since this show is part of The Venue's "First Fridays" Series - it's also FREE SHOW (though we will happily accept tips)! AND note the 6PM showtime, so you could even bring the kids (though we highly recommend hearing protection for the little ones) and have them home for bedtime. It's almost like we've removed your excuses to not come...

Though there are no tickets "on sale" - I'll post a link to reserve a spot when we have one.

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One of the best singer/songwriters you've never heard makes a great, varied album: Like all of the best art, Dave Sills's music is hard to describe in a few sentences. If, like me, you're the kind of person who listens closely to lyrics even the first time you hear a song, the first thing you may notice is that Dave is a smart, emotionally honest guy who works on his songs until they actually are DONE, with not a word wrrong--you can sample any of the songs Spare Rain, Yours & Mine, Habit or Where You Are for a taste, but every song really shows this. I don't mean to over-emphasize that point, but one of my pet peeves involves writers who just "settle" because a song seems "good enough". Dave defnitely isn't one of them. Next you might notice that Dave has a beautiful sense of melody, made clear by the songs Not Far Behind, Where You Are and others. And, he can create a killer rock mood *without* a fast tempo (Yours & Mine; the climaxes and middle section of Put the World Away; All Messed Up) and create a lovely, swaying country-rock grooove too (Habit). He's a fine guitar player with a tight band made up of players that know each other very well. You may hear some influences here and there (Mark Knopfler's early guitar style on "Wrong About You", pub rock in "Bring The Sun"--the best song that Nick Lowe never wrote--or the occasional "country rock" vocal inflection), but they're all used tastefully and don't overwhelm the songs. Plus, they're GOOD themselves. Sampling some tracks should be enough to persuade you to purchase it in one form or another!” - Lloyd Reid Cole, music reviewer

mog.com

How many times can we say / Let's give it one last try?" That's the question Dave Sills opens with on his latest offering. And if you say you can't relate to that, you're either extremely lucky in love or you're lying. Waiting Room is the soundtrack to a breakup, and Sills has a way of putting words and music to all the feelings that accompany such a heart-rending experience. Whether he's singing of frustration ("All Messed Up"), anger ("Wrong About You") or acceptance, Sills' husky tenor really tells it like it is. In "Yours & Mine" he sums up a typical split: "I won't say we'll still be friends, it probably won't be the case / 'Cause we were never friends in the first place." Uplifting it ain't, but Sills softens the blow with Hammond organ, shimmering electric guitars and a drum beat to drive your breakup blues away.” - Mare Wakefield

Performing Songwriter magazine

Dave Sills is a songwriter who continues to get better at his craft. Along with the songs, it's nice to hear the obvious confidence Dave brings to his disc. Faith in one's own work in conjunction with actual talent - that's what the successful people in this business have.” - Richard Milne, DJ and host of Local Anesthetic

— WXRT 93.1 FM Chicago

This 'Room' from Chicago-based Sills is full of edgy rock sketches on the downtrodden side. With a sound at times conjuring both early del Amitri and Ryan Adams, gentle shuffle "Where You Are" and uptempo "Bring The Sun" are standout tracks.” - Guy-Michael Grande

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