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Acoustic Nites return to Large Hotel

Dave, Mark & Andrea will bring our Acoustic Trio to the Large Hotel this spring! We'll have acoustic guitars, saxophone and vocal harmonies on Friday, April 23 and Friday, May 28. Let's live Large!

WYEP plays new single

Thanks to BumbleBee Slim for spinning the new Dave Iglar Band single "Kangaroo Jump" (Erny Recordings) during his Blues and Rhythm Show on Saturday, Feb. 27 on 91.3-WYEP fm. You can get a free MP3 of the tune by signing up for our mailing list (see our homepage). To request the song again, please call WYEP at 412.381.9900.

Dave interviewed in Clapton article

Check out Dave Iglar's comments on guitar great Eric Clapton, featured in Scott Mervis' Feb. 25 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article. Here is an excerpt of a Dave quote: "Everyone learning to play the guitar in the '60s and '70s learned Eric Clapton licks and songs. He was, and is, a living textbook of the evolution of the electric blues-based rock 'n' roll that influenced guitar vocabulary forever." ...View our homepage sampler video for a clip of Dave Iglar Band performing Clapton's "Let It Rain."

MySpace page tops 10,000 views; Band now on Facebook

Thanks to our MySpace friends for visiting our page more than 10,000 times! We're at www.myspace.com/daveiglarband. And now you can join us on Facebook!

Blues for Food raises $4,100, 524 lbs. food

Thanks to our own Mark DeMeno for putting together a great band and set of songs for the 16th annual Blues for Food show at Domenico's Ristorante in Cranberry on Sunday, Feb. 21. The band featured Mark on guitar and vocals; Andrea Iglar on sax and vocals; Rod Miller on rhythm guitar; and bassist Dave Tauberg and drummer Mike South, both of theCAUSE. Highlights included Mark playing Europa and other Santana tunes; event host Eugene Morgan joining the group for a fun rendition of Mojo Workin' and Dave Iglar Band's Dave & D-Kat jamming on Andrea's Who Been Talkin'. In addition to the Mark DeMeno Band, the all-day program included the Waldo Young Band, Jill West & Blues Attack, Eugene & the Nightcralers, the Jimmy Adler Band and Johnny B & the Accelerators. More than $4,100 and 524 pounds of food were raised for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Please enjoy our event photos.

Blues for Food show Feb. 21

As part of the 16th annual Blues for Food show, the Mark DeMeno Band (featuring our own Mark & Andrea), with a special appearance by the Dave Iglar Band, will perform at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 21 in Domenico's Ristorante, 20550 Route 19, Cranberry. The day of music, hosted by Eugene Morgan & the Nightcrawlers, will benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Donation is $10 at the door. Canned goods and nonperishable food items are welcome. See you there!

"Messiah" video gets 1,000+ views

Dave Iglar Band's "Messiah" video has surpassed 1,000 views on YouTube! The video features Dave playing his version of Roy Buchanan's "The Messiah Will Come Again" on an autographed PRS Santana SE One Abraxas guitar. See it on our videos page or on our YouTube channel.

Band to rock Del's Roadhouse March 6

This just in: The Dave Iglar Band will return to Del's Roadhouse on Saturday, March 6 for a wild rock-n-roll show! It's the 3rd Annual "Can't Afford to go to Bike Week" Blowout Party. The club is between Saltsburg & Indiana, in Jacksonville. Check out our events page for directions. The Del's crowd knows how to have fun!

Acoustic gigs set in Robinson

This just in: The Dave Iglar Trio will play Friday, March 12 at Houlihan's in the Robinson Mall, and on Thursday, April 8 at Downey's House, on Steubenville Pike in Robinson. Dave, Mark & Andrea will perform at 9:30pm with vocal harmonies, acoustic guitars and saxophone. Visit our events page for details. And check out photos from past acoustic nites. See you there!

Electric band gigs scheduled

Extra! Extra! Dave Iglar Band will appear at a new-to-us venue, Hollywood Gardens Bar in Rochester, on Saturday, June 26. Also, we'll be at Clairton Club 46 show Friday, March 13 AND Friday, April 9. And we'll soon return to Jeannette at two great locations: Neighbors on Friday, March 19 and Franko's on Saturday, April 24. Check out details and our full schedule on our events page. Cheers!
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