Benjamin Darvill (born January 4, 1967), known by his stage name Son of Dave, is a

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musician and

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, based in the

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. He was a member of Grammy award-nominated, Juno award-winning folk rock band

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in which he played harmonica, mandolin,

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and percussion before returning to his blues, Beat-Box and harmonica driven solo work in 2000. SOD was born in

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. He was inspired to learn the harmonica after hearing

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and Sonny Terry play at the

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. He moved to

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, England, in 1998 and has remained there until 2021, he has since moved back to Winnipeg, Canada. (Source: I'm a friend of Son Of Dave) Son of Dave has recorded six albums to date and performed over eight hundred shows across Europe, as well as performing in Canada, the United States, Australia, South Africa, Uganda, Japan, Russia, and Cuba. Son of Dave appeared on BBC television's '' Later...with Jools Holland'' in 2005, performing the song "Hellhound", before recording the song a few years later on the album '' 03''. His 2003 album '' 02'' has been described as a mix of "cotton-pickin’ blues, vocalising beat-box, hard-breathing folk, steamy funk and even modern R&B". A song from ''02'', "Devil Take My Soul", which features chorus vocal by

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, was featured in the Warner Bros film, ''

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'', starring

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. In 2010, the track " Shake A Bone" from the album of the same title, recorded by

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, was featured on season 3 episode 11 of '' Breaking Bad''. In 2010, Son of Dave and his song "Revolution Town" were featured in a commercial for the search engine

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. The commercial, using a first-person perspective, shows Son of Dave using Bing and his Windows-enabled phone to travel to his own concert at the Someday Lounge in

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. In 2016, the track "Voodoo Doll" from the album ''Shake A Bone'' was featured as the last song in the first episode of ''

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'', an

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series based on the comic book of the same title.

Discography

Son of Dave

* '' B. Darvill's Wild West Show'' (1999) Kartel 019 * '' 01'' (2000) Kartel 002 * '' 02'' (2006) Kartel 003 * '' 03'' (2008) Kartel 013 * '' Shake a Bone'' (2010) Kartel 023 * ''Blues at the Grand'' (2013) Kartel SOD001 * ''Explosive Hits'' (2016) Goddamn Records SOD002 * ''Music For Cop Shows'' (2017) Goddamn Records SOD003 * ''Call Me A Cab'' (2021) Goddamn Records SOD004 * ''Call Me King'' (2022) Goddamn Records SOD005

Crash Test Dummies

* '' The Ghosts That Haunt Me'' (1991) * '' God Shuffled His Feet'' (1993) * '' A Worm's Life'' (1996) * '' Give Yourself a Hand'' (1999)

References

External links

Review of 'Ain't Going to Niketown' on the Daily Music Guide

at BluesinLondon.com
Son of Dave Official Website

Son of Dave's artist page at SEYDEL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Son of Dave 1967 births Living people Musicians from Winnipeg Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Crash Test Dummies members