Meet Dave Rood

An Atlanta musician

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Bio highlights

• 6/7-11/2006: Three Weird Sisters at Mythic Journeys
  
• 4/22/2006: The After Hours Quintet at Borders, The Avenues at East Cobb.
  
• 4/8/2006: The After Hours Quintet at a private party.
  
• 3/5/2003: The After Hours Quintet at Borders in Buckhead.
  
• 1/7/2006: Dr. Mary Crowell's Banquet Band at GaFilk music convention
  
• 1/7/2006: Toastmaster and in concert at GaFilk music convention
  
• 12/3/2005: Three Weird Sisters "Celestial Soiree", Phoenix & Dragon bookstore, Sandy Springs
  
• 10/20/2005: Three Weird Sisters "Witche's Brew", Five Seasons Brewery, Sandy Springs
  
• 10/2/2005: Three Weird Sisters at Atlanta Pagan Pride, Decatur
  
• 9/19/2005: The After Hours Quintet at Kudzu Playhouse in Roswell.
  
• 9/11/2005: The Cool Note Jazz Orchestra in Burnt Hickory.
  
• 9/7/2005: The Cool Note Jazz Orchestra in Burnt Hickory.
  
• 8/13/2005: The After Hours Quintet at a private party.
  
• 7/23/2005: The After Hours Quintet at Northside Hospital Women's Center.
  
• 6/17/2005: The After Hours Quintet at The Old Alabama Grille in Roswell.
  
• 5/14/2005: The After Hours Quintet at The Old Alabama Grille in Roswell.
  
• 5/1/2005: The After Hours Quintet at The Old Alabama Grille in Roswell.
  
• 4/16/2005: The After Hours Quintet at Borders bookstore, The Avenues East Cobb on 120.
  
• 3/27/2005: Easter services at Eastminster Presbyterian Church
  
• 3/19/2005: The After Hours Quintet at the Georgia Philharmonic concert
  
• 1/11/2005: Mary Crowell's Banquet Band at GaFilk music convention
  
• 12/19/2004: Orchestra (on French horn) at Mt. Bethel Methodist Church
  
• 12/4/2004: Three Weird Sisters at the Phoenix and Dragon Bookstore in Sandy Springs
  
• 11/20/2004: Three Weird Sisters at Jake's Toadhouse in Decatur
  
• October 2004: "Richard II" with The Atlanta Shakespeare Company
• 8/28/2004: Three Weird Sisters CD Release Party. I played trumpet on the track "Pole Star". Check out these ladies--nice harmonies, diverse influences, and just plain nice folk.
• May-June 2004: "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum with The Atlanta Shakespeare Company

In high school I got the wonderful opportunity to do arrangements for ensembles within the band. The end result was a complete four-movement symphony premiered in 1987. In the same year, I had a local choir perform an original anthem.

The first wedding I played was my sister's when I was twelve years old. By that time I'd already gotten to be a regular on Sunday mornings playing along with hymns.

In the late 1980s the New American Shakespeare Tavern first opened. This was to become a large part of my life. Aside from opening my eyes to theatre, it got me involved in many of the staff functions. Ultimately they did put me on stage in my special role of "trumpet player with no lines". Once or twice I've also been a backup musician for the role of "guitar player with no lines".

In the late 1990s I started going to fringe folk circles. They proved an appreciative audience, so I started doing a lot more writing and a lot more singer/guitarrist work. That led to doing a self-produced CD, which is a good step toward doing a studio CD. It also led to playing on several other artists' recordings (see trumpet for details).
The current developments are playing in Mary Crowell's Banquet Band and with Three Weird Sisters.

Around the same time I met Blaise Ziemian in a holiday pickup band.  We began playing as a duo and often add a drummer, becoming the bands Baby Boom and Pinstripe. That led to meeting the people that became the After Hours Quintet. A referral from one of those players involved me with the nascent Cool Note Jazz Orchestra.