Dave Berry
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dave Berry
Veteran Entertainer/Singer/Songwriter
Charleston, SC
Hello Everyone!
I play lead, acoustic and electric guitars, dobro, mandolin, harmonica and guitar synth. My styles range from Traditional, Folk, Irish, Rock, Jazz, Caribbean to flat out Full Shred. I just like to have fun with whatever I’m playing at the time! And I like to have fun when I play!
I am currently working as a full time solo acoustic musician and am available for all types of events. I’ve been performing in the Washington D.C. and Northern VA, MD, PA, tri-state area for the last 10yrs as a solo act. I have done all types of gigs: Festivals, Seminars, Golf Events, Charity and Community Events, Children’s performances, Restaurant and Bars, Weddings and Divorces (hire me for the wedding and divorce and you’ll get a big discount), and many others…Here’s how I work:
Songlist- I have hundreds of songs to choose from. I hand out a songlist and let everyone choose what they would like to hear!
Interaction- I hand out percussion instruments such as tambourines, maracas and even hula-hoops. I’ll use some fun skits to get the crowd involved in the show. (if no interaction is desired, then music will just be soft and in the background)
Technology- Wireless technology allows me to wander and interact with the audience during my performance! I have held sponsors with Godin Guitars, L.R. Baggs and Bartolini Pickups and Electronics. I also use a Roland Guitar Synth, Boomerang phrase Sampler, Taylor Guitars and some of the best sound gear on the market.
Musicianship- I have a 27-year history of “award winning” talent.
I’ve done a lot in the past as far as teaching guitar, making records, (at least that’s what they called them when I made mine) and performing night after night. I’ve played a lot of guitar to make my way in life, and life is good!
Experience
In the mid 1970’s and at the age of 14, he
was playing in a garage band with a "house" gig at a local bar in
Maryland. He later worked in Maryland and Virginia with rock bands that
had names like Faze, Nasty Habitz, and the Shift, as well as with the
recording groups Dirty Deal and Cracked Actor. In 1983, Dirty Deal
recorded its first self-titled album. It was released nationally in the
United States and it landed #66 spot on the indie sales chart. The band
toured and opened for acts like Ratt, Saxon, Kix and Tokyo Blade.
In 1989, Dave joined the group "Cracked Actor". In the four years with the
band, they released 5 self produced albums, wrote and recorded the music
soundtrack to the Gemini Productions movie "Sleeping Beauty", and opened
for groups like Kix, Nuffs' Enuff, Wrathchild America and Winger. With
this group, Dave won many awards, such as best guitar, best vocals, best
band, best live show, best manager and best road crew from the Music
Monthly's Annual Readers Poll.
He also worked as a guitar instructor at
Victor Litz
Music in
Gaithersburg, Maryland for
six years. During this time he also hosted and organized "open mics" in
Rockville and Hagerstown, Maryland.
Dave had
been with the acoustic duo, the
Mighty Chihuahuas.
This group was formed with the concept of working in resort areas. Since
their start in November of 1994, the group (Dave Berry and
Jeff Key)
has performed in the Baltimore/Washington area, Pennsylvania, Virginia,
Ocean City Maryland, Wilmington, Rehoboth and Lewes Delaware, Cape
Hatteras, Ocracoke North Carolina, Key West Florida, Vail and Copper
Mountain Colorado, Cape Cod Massachusetts, Killington Vermont ski resorts,
University of Oklahoma, and Salisbury Maryland. Notably, Dave and the
Mighty Chihuahuas
have spent a great deal of time performing in the U.S. Virgin Islands. St.
Croix, St Thomas and St. John.
He has opened for national acts in the recent past such as The Fabulous
Thunderbirds, Martha Reeves and the Drifters and Jan and Dean on the 4th
of July year 2000. He has won awards from the Music Monthly Readers Poll
in categories such as best acoustic duo, best guitar, best male vocalist,
and best harmonica. In 1998, Dave won the Music Monthly's Readers Poll in
the categories of best acoustic guitar and best in acoustic genre for the
Mighty Chihuahuas
duo. He’s played for state events, local charity and community
fundraisers.
Experience Dave for club performances, private parties, weddings (or
divorces), festivals or whatever your music needs may be, big or small.
He's done it.
Archer Music Service,
Just wanted to write a note of thanks for providing us a musician for our August 4th wedding. Dave Berry was Fantastic! He made sure everyone was having a good time and our guests raved about him. Please tell Dave how much we appreciate him, because we do not have his address to personally thank him.
Thanks so much!
Allison and Kyle Swingle
Original Music
19th Nervous Breakdown
A Pirate Looks At 40
A Rovin' I Will Go
After Dinner Drinks
After Midnight
Alice, Alice
All Shook Up *
All You Need Is Love
Amazed
American Girl
American Pie
Amy
Angel
Angie
Aquarius
Back In The Ussr
Bad Moon Rising
Bang On A Drum All Day
Basket Case
Battle Of Evermore
Beer
Before You Accuse Me
Behind Blue Eyes
Bell Bottom Blues
Big Bad Bill
Big Bamboo
Black Velvet Band
Black Water
Blister In The Sun
Blitzkrieg Bop
Blow Me …. A Kiss
Boyz In The Hood
Brandy
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Breakup Song
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp
Brown Eyed Girl
Buttercup
California Dreamin
Can't Find My Way Home
Can't Get Enough
Can't Help Fallin In Love
Casey Jones
Cats In The Cradle
Cecilia
Changes In Latitude
Cheeseburger In Paradise
Closing Time
Come Monday
Come Together
Comfortably Numb
Copacabana
Country Roads
Crazy
Crazy Little Thing
Crazy Love
Creep
Dancin Days
Dancing Queen
Danny Boy
Day Tripper
Day-O
Dead Flowers
Dead Or Alive
Dear Abby
Dixie Chicken
Do A Little Dance
Domino *
Don't Stop
Dos A Beer
Down On The Corner
Drift Away
Drunk And Screw
Drunkin' Sailor
Dyer Maker
Edmund Fitzgerald
Every Breath You Take
Every Morning
Faith
Feel Like Makin Love
Finnigan's Wake
Fins
Fire & Rain
For What It's Worth
Fortunate Son
Freefalling
Friend Of The Devil
Friends
Friends In Low Places
Gallows Pole
Get What You Give
Gimme Three Steps
Girlfriend
God Bless America
Goin' To California
Good Girls Don't
Good Times Roll
Happy
Happy Trails
Heart Of Stone
Here Comes The Sun
Hey Hey What Can I Do
Hey Jealousy
Hide Your Love Away
Homeboy
Horse With No Name
Hot Rod Lincoln
Hotel California
House Of The Rising Sun
How Sweet It Is
I Alone
I Drink Alone
I Only Wanna Be With You
I Shot The Sheriff
I'll Be There For You
I'll Take You Home Kathleen
Imagine
Interstate Love Song
Irish Toast
Jack & Diane
Jamaica Farewell
Jambalaya
Jammin
Jenny Jenny 867-5309
Jet Airliner
Joker
Jump, Jive And Wail
Just Like Heaven
Kashmir
Key To The Highway
Kodachrome
Kung Fu Fighting
Lady Jane
Lady Madonna
Land Down Under
Last Train To Clarksville
Layla
Learnin To Fly
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Leroy Brown
Let It Be
Let It Bleed
Let It Grow
Let It Rain
Lies *
Like A Rolling Stone
Listen To The Music
Little Wing
Long Train Runnin'
Lost In The Ozone Again
Lucky Man
Lucy In Sky W/Diamonds
Maggie May
Margaritaville
Mary Mack
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Me And Bobby Mcgee
Me And Julio
Melissa
Message In A Bottle
Mexico
Millionaire
Misty Mountain Hop
Molly Malone
Money
Moondance
Moontears
Mother Natures Son
Mr Customs Man
Muirsheen Durkin
My Sweet Beloved Lisa *
No Expectations
No Quarter
No Woman No Cry
Norwegian Wood
Ob La Di Ob La Da
Oh Darling
Ohio
One
One Love
Outside
Over Hills & Far Away
Paint It Black
Peace Love & Understanding
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Peeping Tom Boy *
Pheasant Plucker
Piano Man
Pina Colada Song
Pinball Wizard
Pink Houses
Pipeline *
Poison Ivy
Pretty Woman
Psycho Killer
Puff The Magic Dragon
Rain Song
Ready For Love
Red Wine
Revolution
Rocky Raccoon
Rocky Top
Rodeo Song
Roots Rock Reggae
Roxanne
Ruby Tuesday
Run Around
Runaway
Runnin' On Faith
Salty Dog
Santeria
Sara
Satisfaction
Saw Her Standing There
Secret Agent Man
Selling The Drama
Semi-Charmed Life
Seven Drunkin Nights
Shake Senora
Shake Your Booty
She
She's So Cold
Shooting Star
Signs
Sister Golden Hair
Smoke Two Joints
Smooth
Some Day
Some Kinda Wonderful
Southern Cross
Space Oddity
Spanish Lady
Squeeze Box
Stairway To Heaven
Stir It Up
Stray Cat Strut
Stuck In The Middle W/You
Substitute
Superstition
Surrender
Sweet Caroline
Sweet Home Alabama
Sympathy For The Devil
Take It Easy
Take The Money And Run
Talks To Angels
Tangerine
Taxman
Teach Your Children
Tears In Heaven
Tennessee Stud
Thank God I'm A Country Boy
Thank You
That's The Way
That's The Way I Like It
The Boxer
The Gambler
The Last Time
The Leavin Of Liverpool
The One I Love
The Way
The Weight
Three A.M.
Three Little Birds
Times On My Side
Too Young For Country Music *
Traditional Irish Folk Song
Truckin'
Turn The Page
Two Princes
Uncle John's Band
Under My Thumb
Under The Boardwalk
Unicorn Song
Viagra In The Water
Volcano
Waiting On A Friend
Walk Of Life
Walk On The Wild Side
Walking On The Sun
What I Got
What Would You Say
When I'm Sixty Four
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Whiskey In A Jar
Whiter Shade Of Pale
Who Let The Dogs Out
Wild Horses
Wild Rover
Wild World
Will The Circle Be Unbroken
Wish You Were Here
Wonderwall
Wrong Way
Yellow Submarine
Ymca
You *
You Can't Always Get
You Don't Have To Call Me Darlin'
You May Be Right
You Say You Love Me *
You've Got A Friend
Ziggy Stardust