Dave has been playing bass for nearly 25 years. Since the early 1990's, he has devoted much of his musical life to the music of the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, starting on the Six Solo Cello Suites and then shortly thereafter, the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Dave has performed four complete works at four solo bass shows sharing the bill with Michael Manring, Jean Baudin, Jeff Schmidt, Edo Castro, and other noteable Bay Area bassists. Dave's 7-string electric bass was custom made by Hanewinckel Guitars so that more Bach works could be played without requiring any transposition of phrases for adaptation to this instrument. All of Dave's solo Bach works are played nearly exactly, though transposed by octaves down to the lowest playable range.
Kelly Back was born and raised in the bootheel of Missouri. More Mississippi delta than midwestern cornfields, Kelly grew up hearing country, blues, and plenty of southern rock. Soon he started exploring the worlds of fusion and jazz and his course was set. After studying music at a few different schools Kelly decided it was time to get out and get some real playing experience. A year after playing clubs he headed to Nashville...to play more clubs. Also around this time Kelly befriended musical virtuoso Shawn Lane. Shawn opened up Kelly's eyes to many different musical cultures and pushed him to develop his own musical path. Now living in the Bay Area, Kelly splits his time between (unpronounceable), a blues band, and trying to play as much music as possible. Kelly, a fellow Bach fanatic, has also been working on many solo Bach works on the electric guitar.
Dave has been playing bass for nearly 25 years. Since the early 1990's, he has devoted much of his musical life to the music of the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, starting on the Six Solo Cello Suites and then shortly thereafter, the Six Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin. Dave has performed four complete works at four solo bass shows sharing the bill with Michael Manring, Jean Baudin, Jeff Schmidt, Edo Castro, and other noteable Bay Area bassists. Dave's 7-string electric bass was custom made by Hanewinckel Guitars so that more Bach works could be played without requiring any transposition of phrases for adaptation to this instrument. All of Dave's solo Bach works are played nearly exactly, though transposed by octaves down to the lowest playable range.
Kelly Back was born and raised in the bootheel of Missouri. More Mississippi delta than midwestern cornfields, Kelly grew up hearing country, blues, and plenty of southern rock. Soon he started exploring the worlds of fusion and jazz and his course was set. After studying music at a few different schools Kelly decided it was time to get out and get some real playing experience. A year after playing clubs he headed to Nashville...to play more clubs. Also around this time Kelly befriended musical virtuoso Shawn Lane. Shawn opened up Kelly's eyes to many different musical cultures and pushed him to develop his own musical path. Now living in the Bay Area, Kelly splits his time between (unpronounceable), a blues band, and trying to play as much music as possible. Kelly, a fellow Bach fanatic, has also been working on many solo Bach works on the electric guitar.