Dave Weld

Chicago-based veteran blues musician Dave Weld, one of the few real innovators in the blues realm

Born in Chicago in 1952, Dave was first influenced as a child when he found an old Victrola in the basement and wore out the 78's blues albums. In high school many listened to the Stones, Clapton and Mayall but Dave traded those records for Howlin' Wolf, Lightnin Hopkins, and BB King.  After high school Weld moved to New Mexico to attend New Mexico State University and studied guitar under Kurt Black, a jazz player who worked with Benny Carter, Grant Green and others in the New York jazz scene. During his time at NMSU, he drove to Nevada where he met and jammed with Gatemouth Brown.  Weld bought Hound Dog Taylor's first Alligator album, heard Howlin Wolf over the radio in the desert one night which drove him to pack up and return home in his 67'…