Wed. April 25

 Dave Herily, Dave Martin, Dave Ingham and Ken Hickey attained a measure of fame during the '80s and '90s. They were a Boston-based band with a sound not unlike R.E.M.'s that established itself locally, but never hit the big time. We've known Herlihy since he was at Boston College (pre-everything) and have remained in touch, off and on, throughout. His post-O Positive career has been in music business law. What better training for the gig - for helping others avoid the myriad of pitfalls - than being in a semi-successful rock band? But Herlihy has not put down the guitar. It's just a sideline now. He, long with Martin, Ingham and Hickey, have put together a five-piece band called Hey Dave, for rather obvious reasons. (Hickey is one non-Dave in the group; the other is guitarist/keyboardist Charles Berman.) We asked Herlihy to tell us about the gig he and his mates play at the Lizard Lounge Wednesday April 25.
Said Herlihy: "O Positive released 6 critically-acclaimed and commercially successful releases throughout the 80’s and 90’s (including a full length album Toyboat, Toyboat, Toyboat on Epic Records). After O Positive stopped performing in 1995, Martin continued to write and record songs with his former band mates, and other pals, including Dana Colley from Morphine. Together with Dave Ingham, Martin has produced two full length CDs “One Has Hope For Her Soul”, and “Monkeys Can’t Stop the Show”, both on Smashing Records.
Dave Martin’s music is highly melodic and deeply personal and ranges in style from stripped down R&B to rootsy pop . Hey Dave opening for the Dennis Brennan Band at the Lizard Lounge. The band will be performing mostly Dave Martin songs, along with a few O Positive gems and some well-chosen covers."
You'll also want to see the headliner and longtime Boston rock vet Brennan. It's part of the Lizard's Soul Low series and is free. Starts at 7 p.m.

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