David Gerald

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David Gerald
Born1968
OccupationBlues rock musician

David Gerald (born 1968) is an American blues rock musician.

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Early life

Born in 1968, [1] David Gerald is a native of Detroit, Michigan, where his parents moved from their home in Mississippi [2] during the mid-1950s. [3] He began playing the guitar at the age of fifteen, first learning rock music before taking on the blues, [4] on repaired guitars he received from a neighbor. [5]

Musical career

While mainly a guitarist, Gerald also plays the drums, bass, and keyboards. [6] He travels and tours as the front man of his eponymous David Gerald Band. [7] He released his first album Hell and Back in 2009, [8] [9] which reached the number one position on the Roots Music Report's Blues Chart, staying in the top twenty for several weeks. [4] He also reached the top of the ReverbNation Michigan blues charts, and the album received national radio play. [10] The album contains ten tracks, including five originals and five live covers. [1]

In April 2018, [11] he then released his second album, N2U. [12] Gerald performs guitar, bass and drums on all the studio recordings, the album also featured Ronald Thieleman on bass and Geoff Kinde on drums [13] on the live cover recordings of "Hug You Squeeze You" and "Willie the Wimp". [14] [15]

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