BORN IN CHICAGO IN 1963, DAVE SPECTER IS A TRUE PART OF THE CITY'S BLUES HERITAGE. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE: HE'S A GUITARIST WHO CAME UP IN CHICAGO'S BLUES CLUBS AND, AS A DISCIPLE OF STEVE FREUND, BECAME ONE OF THE WINDY CITY'S UNDENIABLY HOMEGROWN ARTISTS. FREUND INTRODUCED SPECTER TO DELMARK RECORDS, CHICAGO’S LEADING BLUES LABEL, WHERE HE HAS BEEN SINCE THE START OF HIS MUSICAL CAREER. WITH DELMARK, HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT ALBUM "BLUEBIRD BLUES" IN 1991. THIRTY-FOUR YEARS AND TWELVE ALBUMS LATER, HE’S RELEASING THIS OUTSTANDING LIVE RECORDING THAT CAPTURES DAVE SPECTER IN EXQUISITE SHAPE DURING AN UNBEATABLE CHICAGO BLUES CONCERT. SPECTER IS A SEASONED GUITARIST, AND HIS MERE PRESENCE UNLEASHES A WAVE OF ADDICTIVE AND IRRESISTIBLE MUSIC FOR ANY FAN OF THE GENRE. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, HE HAS BEEN A FREQUENT PERFORMER ON EUROPEAN STAGES AND IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED BLUES ARTIST. HIS MUSIC ALSO DRAWS FROM JAZZ AND SOUL, STYLES THAT BRING VARIETY TO HIS REPERTOIRE AND ELEVATE HIM AS AN EXCELLENT AND INSPIRING SONGWRITER.
A NEW DAVE SPECTER ALBUM IS ALWAYS GREAT NEWS, BUT LIVE AT SPACE AMPLIFIES THE ELECTRIFYING EFFECT OF DAVE IN A THRILLING LIVE PERFORMANCE BACKED BY A TIGHT THREE-PIECE BAND - KEYBOARDS, BASS, AND DRUMS- MAKING ANY ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION UNNECESSARY. SPECTER IS BACK WITH THIS ESSENTIAL ALBUM.