Dave Aguilar on JMB's New Old Show

David Aguilar is an accomplished rhythm & blues/slide guitarist. He has been featured on many recordings with such artists as Lester Chambers, Norton Buffalo, Roy Blumenfeld, the late Johnny Salz as well as soundtracks in film. David performed and toured with the late harmonica virtuoso Norton Buffalo and wife Lisa Flores for 9+ years as part of the Norton Buffalo and Friends trio. David is a current member of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Barry “The Fish” Melton Band, The Aguilar Blumenfeld Project and The Tudo Bem Band and other musical configurations. He recently partnered with his good friend Lester Chambers on Lester’s recent CD release “Tribute to Jimmy Reed Vol 1”. David thoroughly enjoyed interpreting and performing on this project and has been given the honor of being Lester’s musical director for the follow up Jimmy Reed Vol 2 & 3 and Lester’s Legacy recordings. David has shared the stage with numerous artists including Bo Diddley, Lester Chambers (Chambers Brothers), David and Linda LaFlamme (It’s A Beautiful Day), Rich Kirch (John Lee Hooker), Cliff Hugo (Ray Charles), Sonny Rhodes, Lowell Levinger aka “Banana” and others. The late Sam Andrews (original member of Big brother and the Holding Company) said it best: “David Aguilar plays with everyone. He put in some years with Norton Buffalo and they made a couple of ferocious CDs. Dave plays with Big Brother and the Holding Company and he’s a joy to work with onstage.” Following is also an excerpt from a “Sundays with Sam” interview with David regarding his love/mastery of improvising: “I feel that improvising is an intuitive kind of process based on all the musical genres/influences and tricks that one uses as they develop their own signature sound and tonality, that is at least what I have tried to do. I also feel that we still can find improvisational nuggets as we continue to play and hopefully can remember them! I like enjoying the moment when those events occur!” David provided sound reinforcement for the Sonoma Valley Jazz Society and Sebastaini Theatre for over 25 years. He was recognized as Sonoma Treasure Artist of the Year 2013 for his musical talents and community contributions to the City of Sonoma. Among David’s favorite pastimes is not only playing the guitar but building custom guitars as well.