Tall Dave grew up (and up and up and up) south of Chicago in rural Illinois, but it wasn't until moving to Minneapolis that he was introduced to house music. After starting to spend every friday night in First Avenue's legendary VIP Room, getting down with a diverse crowd to the soulful, vocal, spiritual grooves of Bryan Gerrard, David Drone, Monte Hilleman, Chuck Love, and Alexander East (among many others), Dave was inspired to start spinning himself. In 2004, finally fed up with Minnesota winters, Dave relocated to Austin, Texas, where he found a dirtier and jackin' funky house sound. He has since combined these influences into his own smooth style, which he describes as "funky vocal dubby techy groovin' dirty jackin' electro jazzy chunky soulful house music", or "funky deep house" for the sane and impatient. Tall Dave has quickly joined the ranks of Austin's notable house DJs, holding down multiple weekly and monthly residencies all over the city with Jamon, Toddy B, Jacob Clark and Ryan Miller. In 2005 he fulfilled a dream by opening for longtime influence and borderline idol, Miguel Migs. Dave has also opened for and played alongside such house music luminaries as Joey Youngman, Chuck Love, Charles Feelgood, Eddie Spettro, Jevne and Lance Cashion. A former on-air DJ himself, Dave has since gone on to be featured on local, satellite and internet radio, including recording sets for D:Fuse's "People's Mix" on XM Radio, Lance Cashion's "The Sound" on ProtonRadio.com, and multiple guest mixes on local radio shows "Hypersonic" and "The Chill Zone". In 2005 Dave was named one of Austin's top DJs by Study Breaks magazine. Check Tall Dave's website at http://www.djtalldave.com for dates, pics, mixes and more.