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Dave Zollo - Iowa Roots Rock

Map # 24 • 1712 Pennsylvania Avenue
4:00 to 5:00pm

"Since bursting on to the midwestern music scene with the band High and Lonesome in 1992, David Zollo has had a busy career. Along with constant touring, in the U.S and Europe, with High and Lonesome (1992-1998;) and his current band, The Body Electric (1998-present) Zollo has recorded 7 releases of his own material, including the most recent, For Hire. The current iteration of the band is his longest running, all four members playing together for a decade or more.


In addition, he founded and operated the seminal, Iowa-based, roots music label, Trailer Records (Bo Ramsey; Joe and Vicki Price; Greg Brown; The Pines; Brother Trucker; Kelly Parkeooper; Pieta Brown, as well as his own work, and that of others, from 1994-2006;) played keyboards and sang harmonies on many records by Nashville folk singer Todd Snider; fellow Iowan William Elliot Whitmore, and Greg Brown, amongst many other artists; and worked as a producer (The Pines; Brother Trucker; Kelly Pardekooper.) In 2017, he also formed a new band with Whitmore, guitarists Stephen Howard and Steve Doyle, and Body Electric drummer Brian Cooper, called Middle Western.


Despite the many things Zollo has done during his career, it is as a live performer that many feel he's at his best.


“Zollo…finds inspiration and creative freedom in the heartland of America. Clearly, he’s well served by it.” —Buzz McClain, The Washington Post


“David Zollo is practically the patron saint of the roots music underground.” —Ethan Covey, 7 Days, Burlington, VT"


Web: www.davezollo.com

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Music: davezollo.com/music

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