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Website: Dave Sasscer

Home Base: New York, NY

Genre: Latin, Pop, Rock, World, Reggae

Compared To: Peter Gabriel, Jack Johnson, Juanes, Dave Matthews, UB40

Influenced By: Peter Gabriel, Juan Luis Guerra, Bob Marley, Beatles

Bio.: Dave is a New York City based singer songwriter. He was raised in Puerto Rico and currently performs his mesmerizing version of polyglot Spanish and English rock and reggae songs in clubs around New York City. He has just released his new album of Spanish Rock songs called “Cuentos de la Porta Del Sol (Capitulo Uno)”; available on iTunes and other online outlets.

Dave is a New York City based singer/songwriter. His work is characterized by island-tinged rock rhythms underpinning consistently mesmerizing pop/rock songs. He is joined in the studio and onstage by a roving group of musicians that go by the name the “Mojo Conga Jam”. Regular members of the “MCJ” include David Patterson on guitar (alumnus of Atlanta Singer/songwriter Shaun Mullins and the Indigo Girls), David Gomez on percussion (internationally acclaimed Latin Jazz percussionist and Hiram Bullock/Omar Hakim collaborator), and various other luminaries of the NYC music scene.

Dave incorporates varied rhythms into his writing, including reggae, rock and salsa, to name a few. The end results are sometimes playful, sometimes soulful, sometimes down-right rockin’, but always evocative tunes that the NYC crowd has begun to call “rhythmic rock”. Dave grew up in Puerto Rico and incorporates Spanish into many of his songs along with the random Hebrew rap and snippets of Yoruba chanting.

His songs have appeared on television shows, feature films and international DVD releases and have been played on the radio all around the world. He has also worked with such stars at Richie Havens and has pitched songs to internationally acclaimed artists including Norah Jones and Carlos Santana.

My Review: Dave Sasscer, “The barefoot troubadour”!

Whether I understand Spanish or not I’ve always found Latin music to be rather comforting and natural sounding.

Dave’s music varies from the “classic” Afro-Caribbean rhythms to the reggae-sounding “Puerto Rico”. Most of the songs are light and upbeat love songs. They feature some really great guitar work and you can’t beat MCJ for a backup band.

I lived in Tampa, Florida for a number of years. Tampa has a large Latin American population, so I’ve heard a lot of Latin music and it doesn’t get much better than this, folks! You can feel the Latin “soul” in Dave’s music.

But wait! Check out the video of Dave performing the Buddy Holly classic “Not Fade Away”! Dave does a great job with rock music as well! That’s David Patterson on lead Guitar, by the way.

I tried to pick a favorite track, but found that impossible, I like them all! I rate “Cuentos de La Porto Del Sol” (Capitulo Uno) (“Stories of the Porto Of the Sun (Chapter One)”), by Dave Sasscer with Mojo Conga Jam, 10 stars and a “thumbs up” for some great Latin music!

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