The Dave Murphy Band

About Dave Murphy Band: Amazing musicianship, stylistic versatility and infectious entertainment are the name of the game for the Dave Murphy Band.  Led by keyboardist and singer Dave Murphy, the band draws upon it’s ecclectic musical experiences to create a show that is fun, lively and full of great music for dancing.  Not only are they a band of a thousand songs, but singer Dave has often been called “the man of a thosand voices” for his amazing ability to mimic such a wide range of singers, and the band is renown for performing all your favourite songs just the way you remember them.

Before putting his band together, Dave recorded and performed worldwide for a wide variety of Canadian acts, beginning his career as a young musician with a five year stint as keyboardist for Canadian rock legend “Romping” Ronnie Hawkins.  Since forming the band in 1993, the Dave Murphy Band has performed over 3000 times.  The band’s mastery of a wide range of styles earned them opening spots for diverse acts like James Brown and The Bare Naked Ladies.  The band was the house band for four years running at the Collingwood Elvis Festival, and was enlisted by the Canadian government to perform separate shows for both Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles.