Besides cartooning, I've been playing percussion and drums in Asheville and Western North Carolina for about 25 years. Over those years I've had opportunities to play with some of the finest musicians in the area and have had chances to be involved with many great live and recorded projects.

Band No.1---David Holt and the Lightning Bolts. David is an internationally known storyteller and banjo player, as well as a mean slide picker. He blows harmonica, slaps himself silly doing hambone rhythms, and has won four Grammys, including one for "Legacy" with Doc Watson. I play a small kit. It's a lot less to carry around! In 2002, we went to Switzerland to play in, of all things, a country music festival! You haven't seen anything until you've seen Swiss cowboys boot-scooting and yodelling at the same time!

Band No. 2--Tennessee Hollow. This is an Americana/Roots band--Two young guys from Boston and a bass player from Hendersonville, via upstate New York. Some really cool influences, such as Little Feat, The Band, Led Zeppelin, and Blind Willie McTell all thrown together make this a fun band to play with. Dave Dribbon, Chris Budro, and Scott Benson. My nickname in the band is "Grandpa Fireball."

Band No.3--The Diaz Brothers. The Diaz Brothers--Angelo Santa Maria, Joel Schantz, Stephen Cohen (relation in band only!), and myself have started a quartet playing what we call "comfort music", covers of some of our favorite music from the last thirty years up to the present. Mercenary, perhaps, but a lot of fun! Come see the Bros. and you'll most likely hear something that you like and haven't heard someone play live in awhile. The Diaz Brothers are currently on an extended hiatus.

Here you will find a schedule of where I will be playing, when, and with whom. And to all the people who keep telling me that they don't know when I'm playing, I better start seeing you at some of these gigs!

MARCH 2008

Friday, March 21st Tennessee Hollow The Back Room Flat Rock, NC

APRIL 2008

MAY 2008

Saturday, May 10th Tennessee Hollow Veterinary Class Graduation Party NC State Raleigh, NC

© 2004 David Cohen

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