Dave King has played with, or opened for: Chuck Berry, James Brown's JB's, Screemin' J Hawkins, The Drifters, Cornell Gunter's Coasters and Marvelettes, plus others.
In addition, Dave is the blues consultant for Hal Leonard Corporation, as well as the author of Inside the Blues: 1943-1983, Art of the Shuffle, Power Trio Blues, 12 Bar Blues, R&B Soul and Funk Guitar and an ongoing series of Guitar School books. His journalistic credits include Living Blues, Blues Access, Guitar Shop, Guitar School, Guitar World, and GuitarOne, where he is Executive Editor. In addition, he is the music director for the Star Licks Video "Blues Series", and has recently made first video, 12 Bar Blues.
The DK Group has performed at:
- Grand Opening, Millennium Broadway Hotel
- Gala Benefit for City Harvest
- The Grand Opening, Broadway musical "Showboat"
- Sterling Winthrops' STERLING SOUNDS SERIES at Bryant Park
- Morgan Stanleys' JAZZ IN JULY SERIES at Bryant Park
- Pierre Cardin's Grand Re-Opening of Maxim's de Paris
- People Magazines' 20 Anniversary
- The New York Gift Show
- Grand Openings, The Body Shop
- Grand Opening, Hotel Millenium
- Featured on Time Warner Cables' New York NOW!
 "The DK [trio] is a class act jazz/R&B instrumental blend, offering a deep, smooth rhythmic blues that drifts over a crowd like a funky blanket of fog, swirling around table talk and settling into quiet corners in mellow patches of sound.
Darrell Bridges of Long Island struck me as the quintessential jazz bassman. Laid back and easy when paving an uniformed surface for the music to glide over and hangman serious when it came to his brief, well-played solos and free form fills.
Dave King's impressive finger work along the neck of his six string [guitar] was accented with some tricky cord progressions and a practiced slide that spoke of years of experience. The guy was hot and it came as no surprise when I later learned that King, a Manhattan resident, writes a monthly column for Guitar Player Magazine.
Together, the [trio] cuts their way through such numbers as "Chicken Shack," "Ain't Nobody's Business" and "Mercy Mercy Mercy." They cover artists the likes of BB King, Take Five and Cannonball Atterly and when called for, pull off a few hits by Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Chuck Berry (with whom King once played as a member of his band) and The Allman Brothers Band."
Paul S. Kargo, Staff Columnist, The Tri-State Gazette
The Dave King Duo
Darrell E. Bridges, bass and pictured with Dave, has performed in the New York City area for the past 15 years. He has appeared on the "Blues Avenue" TV show as well as a Channel 7 "Blues Special". Darrell has worked with such nationally known blues artists as Johnny Clyde Copeland and Bo Diddley, Jr. Darrell was the Publisher of Tri-State Blues and is the founding President of the New York Blues Society.
Ira Bolterman, guitar/vocals, rounds out the trio. Mr. Bolterman has worked extensively as a studio guitarist and producer. In addition to collaborating with Herb Abramson, co-founder of Atlantic Records, he has recorded on Verve and Kama Sutra Records. Ira has performed as guitarist and vocalist with blues, rock and country bands for the past twenty years as well as appearing as a solo act with original material in the tri-state area.
Listen to the Dave King Duo (click below)
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