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Short Bio...D.C. & Co. have been performing and recording their wild roller coaster mix of horn powered rockin’ blues, swing, funk & jazz for over a decade. Their 3 CDs recieve radio play through out the world and rave reviews in international press. Their songs have been featured on major network television, and have been recorded by various international recording artists.
Long Bio...D.C. & Co. is the brain child of songwriter, band leader, Dave Costarella. A late bloomer in the music business, he spent 8 years humming his originals to local musicians, in hopes of their help in turning the songs of his head into a tangible form. In 1992 Dave was 28 when guitarist Marshall Jones finally took him under his wing, and showed him the basics of the keyboard and uncorked a seemingly endless flow of original music that had been bottled up and building pressure for years.
In the early 90s Dave debuted on the stages of Lancaster , PA with D.C. & The Marshall Jones Band and quickly realized that his original material stood strong beside the popular cover tunes of their sets.
In 1994 D.C. put together the first version of The Lancaster Heat (a combination of the areas top musicians) to record their first album Somethins Definitely GoinOn .
His varied blues styles, his philosophy of freedom within structure and his knack for gathering talented players who play, as he puts it from the tips of their toes on up brought wide acceptance to their debut album . Its bluesy but its not blues. Its rockin but its not rock. Its jazzy but its not Jazz, I like it! It plays good and it listens real easy, D.C.s got a sound all his own. .Ready Teddy (host of the Ready Teddy Show WWOZ New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Station) s aid about this CD.
It wasnt until 1997, with the success of their second release D.C. & Co.s Somethins Happenin that the band started performing live on a regular basis, in clubs and festivals throughout the N.E. States including monthly gigs at N.Y.C.s Chicago B.L.U.E.S. Club, and being a frequent guest on WBAIs Gutbucket Blues radio show Somethins Happenin received rave reviews in International press and air play on over 70 radio stations through out the nation, while continuously appearing on CMJs top 30 charts.
D.C. has performed, recorded and shared the stages with countless numbers of great musicians including, Room Full Of Blues, Tino Gonzales, Kenny Neil, Tinsley Ellis, Chris Beard, Robin Work and Frank DiNunzio, Commander Cody, Bill Kirchen, Clarence Spady, Billy Hector, Sharrie Williams, Tom Principato, and many more.
D.C. and (his ever growing company of great
musicians), continue to record and perform their wild roller coaster mix
of high energy horn powered Rockin Blues, Swing, Funk, and Jazz. Their
2003 release, Aint
That Somethin is receiving radio play
in 7 countries and through out the USA
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