Biography

Dave Dreiwitz was born on January 2, 1966 in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

, New York to traditional jazz musician parents, Richard and Barbara Dreiwitz. In 1985 at the age of nineteen, Dave joined the Hoboken, NJ based psych rock band Tiny Lights

Tiny Lights

Tiny Lights was a music group formed by John Hamilton and Donna Croughn in 1985. Original members include Dave Dreiwitz , Jane Scarpantoni and John Mastro . Based in Hoboken, New Jersey, the group released a total of seven albums, two of which were later released on Psychic TV's Temple Records...

, his first professional band out of high school. In 1986, while attending Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 in New Brunswick, NJ, he met fellow schoolmate and drummer Scott Byrne and through a love of similar music they started the rock band Instant Death

Instant Death

Instant Death was a rock duo, with members Dave Dreiwitz and Scott Byrne .Byrne and Dreiwitz met in New Brunswick, NJ in the fall of 1986. Shortly after their meeting, they discovered they were neighbors when Byrne was loading his drums into his apartment and Dreiwitz was walking down the street...

 in 1991. Instant Death dissolved with the passing of Mr. Byrne in 2005. In 1997 Dave joined Ween

Ween

Ween is an American alternative rock group. They formed in 1984 in New Hope, Pennsylvania when central members Aaron Freeman and Mickey Melchiondo met in an eighth grade typing class. Ween has a large cult underground fanbase despite being generally unknown in American pop music...

. Dave is currently also in the Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 instrumental tribute band Bustle in your hedgerow, he occasionally plays bass with Chris Harford

Chris Harford

Chris Harford is a self-taught American singer, songwriter, guitarist and painter. The New Yorker described him as "...A singer, guitarist, and songwriter who rose through the local club scene in the nineteen-eighties, Harford operates in the free zone outside rock's usual categories. He has a...

 and the Band of Changes, The Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento

Marco Benevento is a pianist, organist and composer from Brooklyn, New York. Benevento is known for his effected piano work with his trio as well as his Hammond Organ and Wurlitzer Electric Piano work with the Benevento Russo Duo...

 Trio, The Old Rugged Sauce and he also has his own drum and bass duo, Crescent Moon. Crescent Moon is Dave on bass with guest drummers. Crescent Moon drummers have included Claude Coleman, Chris Harfenist aka Tomato from the Sound of Urchin

Sound of Urchin

Sound of Urchin is a diverse "outsider arena-rock" band from Brooklyn NY and New Hope PA. SOU is known for their eclectic songs and for their energetic, spontaneous live shows and heavy touring schedules...

, Eric Slick of Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog

Dr. Dog is a psychedelic rock band from West Grove, Pennsylvania. Its lineup currently consists of Toby Leaman , Scott McMicken , Frank McElroy , Zach Miller , and Eric Slick . Lead vocal duties are shared between Leaman and McMicken, with all members contributing harmonies...

 and Joe Russo

Joe Russo

Joe Russo may refer to:*Joe Russo , American film and television director*Joe Russo , American jazz/rock drummer*Joe Russo , American racecar driver active in the 1930s...

 of Furthur (band)

Furthur (band)

Furthur is a rock band founded in 2009 by former Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Phil Lesh. The original lineup also included John Kadlecik of the Dark Star Orchestra on lead guitar, Jeff Chimenti of RatDog on keyboards, Jay Lane of RatDog on percussion, and Joe Russo of the Benevento/Russo Duo...

 to name a few. He has also performed with the Moistboyz

Moistboyz

Moistboyz is a band founded by Mickey Melchiondo Jr. and Guy Heller . In the spirit of Melchiondo's other group, Ween, the two have donned aliases. Melchiondo is known as the character Mickey Moist and Heller as Dickie Moist. The first two Moistboyz LP's, now sold together on one CD, are very...

, The Gene Ween

Gene Ween

Aaron Freeman , best known as Gene Ween, is a musician and a founding member of the experimental alternative rock group Ween...

 Band, Andrew Weiss (guitarist), Russell Batiste, Billy Martin (percussionist)

Billy Martin (percussionist)

Billy Martin is an American jazz drummer, best known as a member of jazz-funk trio Medeski Martin & Wood.-Biography:Before becoming part of Medeski, Martin & Wood, Martin was part of the New York City Brazilian scene in the 1980s. He performed regularly with Pe De Boi, Batucada and several Bob...

, Lunar Bear Ensemble with John Ritchie, John Kruth

John Kruth

John Kruth is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist best known for his highly energetic “Banshee Mandolin” style of playing. He is also proficient on guitar, banjo, harmonica and various flutes. Kruth is also a music journalist and author....

, Peter Stampfel of The Holy Modal Rounders, Brook Benton

Brook Benton

Brook Benton was an American singer and songwriter who was popular with rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and pop music audiences during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when he scored hits such as "It's Just A Matter Of Time" and "Endlessly", many of which he co-wrote.He made a comeback in 1970...

, Hal Willner

Hal Willner

Hal Willner is an American music producer working in recording, films, TV and live events. He is best known for assembling tribute albums and events featuring a wide variety of artists and musical styles...

, Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child...

, John S. Hall

John S. Hall

John S. Hall is an American poet, author, singer and lawyer perhaps best known for his work with King Missile, an avant-garde band that he co-founded in 1986 and has since led in various disparate incarnations....

, Jack Petruzzelli, Greg Di Gesu, Robert Musso

Robert Musso

Robert Musso is a New York City-based guitarist, composer, engineer, and producer. He is the founder of the independent record label MuWorks as well as the recently launched MussoMusic.com...

 Trio, Clem Snide

Clem Snide

Clem Snide is an alt-country band featuring Eef Barzelay , Brendan Fitzpatrick and Ben Martin .-History:"Clem Snide" is a character in several novels by William S. Burroughs, including Naked Lunch, The Ticket That Exploded, and Exterminator!...

, Joan Osborne

Joan Osborne

Joan Elizabeth Osborne is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her song "One of Us". She has toured with Motown sidemen the Funk Brothers and was featured in the documentary film about them, Standing in the Shadows of Motown.-Biography:Originally from Anchorage, Kentucky, a suburb...

 and Sparklehorse

Sparklehorse

Sparklehorse was an American indie rock band led by the singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous.-History:Sparklehorse's first album, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot featuring Bob Rupe of the Silos and Cracker, was a modest college radio success...

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Equipment

• Bass 1980 Rickenbacker 4001
  Rickenbacker 4001
  The Rickenbacker 4001 is a bass guitar that was manufactured by Rickenbacker as a "deluxe model" of the 4000 between 1961 and 1981 before being replaced by an updated version, the Rickenbacker 4003...
  
  
• Rig Gallien-Krueger
  Gallien-Krueger
  Gallien-Krueger, also referred to as 'GK' , is an instrument amplifier manufacturer. The company is based in Stockton, California, and was founded in 1968....
  
  800RB head, Acoustic 2x15 cabinet

Sources

• Dave Dreiwitz : On Taking It To The Stage - Jimmy Leslie, Bass Player Magazine January 1, 2010
• Bustle In Your Hedgerow review November 29, 2008

External links

• Official Ween site