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Dave Kellan Band Live @Funk Fest
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Mulcahy's Pub and Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793
Our first event is set up on Sunday, August 28th, 2022, at Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall in Wantagh, NY. The day’s festivities will begin promptly at 1:00pm, with the doors opening at 12:30pm. It will consist of nine hours of non-stop music performed by four awesome bands with three solo performances. We will have a large selection of gift baskets and gift cards that will be raffled off, a 50/50, an ala carte menu available, and beautifully designed t-shirts and merchandise for sale. All proceeds will be split between the two charities, after defraying the cost of the event.
AnswertheCall.org and IslandHarvest.org are the two beneficiaries we are donating our proceeds to from this occasion. Rich Townsend & The NightTrain, Bombzr, The Dave Kellan Band, and Peacock Mothership are the four incredible bands performing that day. More information and videos for each band have been provided on the Band Info page, as well as information on both nonprofit charities on the Beneficiary Info page.
$25 online $35 day of the festival
The first album was with the band, "Gutbucket". The day the album was released the band was already sharing the Salt River Blues Festival stage with the likes of international blues icons Joe Bonamassa. Gutbucket then was then cutting their teeth by doing demos for RCA for the soul singer Robert Bradley. The second was "Open Up" a self produced demo of Dave playing guitar, bass and singing all the harmonies himself. In 2003 Dave came out with "Truth of the Matter" which showed an intelligent mix of rock, jazz, folk and blues.
Dave won Mid-Michigan Idol from a Citadel/Epic Records contest in 2002 which led to him opening for various national acts such as Uncle Kracker and Bowling for Soup. In 2005, Dave won FOUR review awards(best solo artist, best blues and rock songwriter, blues band deserving wider recognition) at the Review ceremonies in Saginaw, Michigan and in 2006 he won best male vocalist, guitarist, songwriter and instrumentalist. Dave has won 20+ awards from Review. Dave Kellan's fourth CD "Rounder than the Sound" features special guests Larry McCray and platinum selling Verve Pipe drummer Donny Brown. The tracks show an array of Dave Kellan's catchy style.
In Dec 2011, a long awaited album was released with the powerful Michigan rock trio Gutbucket. This has proved to be some of
Dave Kellan's most prolific guitar work to date and "Gutbucket" was getting rave reviews on a global scale. It is now available on itunes and cd.baby.com
Dave's powerful style has now evolved into a soulful mix of rock, blues and jazz/funk that will soon be taking his larger band on the festival circuit in the U.S. and abroad.