Rochester Summer Park Concert Series - Dave Keller Band 8/2/2026

All right. We're so happy to be back in Rochester. >> We have come from far away, many miles, through many valleys and great swaths of greenery to be here in your beautiful little village. and we're excited to play for you. I'm gonna stop talking. We're gonna make some music, but please feel free to hoot and holler as loud as you want. All right. [music] >> We're going to send this one out to our K9 friends here at the Rochester. [music] Well, Mary [music] dressed in black silver but down her back tip toe. She broke that needle. The girl get so [music] walk that one needle. If you don't know how to do it, show you how to walk that dog. [music] Mary dressed in white, looking for good time. [music] Long she [singing] got that game upight. She [music] going to shake that thing baby. Walk down [music] how [singing] to do it. Show you how to walk that dog. [music] R dressed in brown. She came down to Rochester [music] in a wedding gown. Man, she's crazy. That girl loves the clown. Going [music] to set it right down to the ground like walk that dog. Walk [music] that dog. If you don't want to do it, we show you how to walk the dog. [music] Oh, and one more dressing great getting down on the scene. Man, you should have [music] you should have seen that like hot like $8 a cal. [music] I don't know how to do it. Don't worry. Hey, Chris, would you mind demonstrating how to walk the dog? [music] Uh-huh. [music] What's that? I hear you, brother. [music] Mr. Chris Daster. >> [music] >> dressed in yellow looking around. [music] She ain't up. She shakes like a plate full of lemon. >> [music] >> Hey Jay, would you please demonstrate one more time how one walk? [music] Sister Mary testing blue. I tell you, she knows [music] what to do. She had a couple drinks on the way to the show. Maybe a few. She's going to do whatever her own self tells her to do. That's all right. You believe in your marriage. [music] Come on, walk that dog. Walk that down. Walk that door. [music] You don't know how to do it nowhere. Let me show you how to walk that dog. [music] >> [music] >> Every [music] red should Listen to what [music] mama said. Yeah, she's crazy out of her head. Well, you better do something else instead. Girl, you know the way you [music] walk that funky [music and singing] dog, girl. If you don't know how to do it, [music] show you how to walk. Show you how to walk. Show you how to walk. [music] show you how to walk that little road. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] [music] >> In my younger days, wish I know like I know now. In my younger days, [music] I wish I know like I know now. where I would have to be [music and singing] down. Baby, [music] I want to give my love to you. Baby, [music] I want to give my love to you. There ain't nothing I can't hold you. Let me love you, baby. [music] Let me love you, baby. Let me [music] love you, baby. Let me love you. My [music] classic [music] my head held high. I remember you girl. [music] Why you got to do like that? [music] You ain't nothing but [music] people. Let me love you, baby. [music] Let me love. [singing] Let me love. [music] Let me [music] let me [music] >> [music] [music] >> in my younger days. If my younger day you [music] [music] wish I'd known then [singing] like I know right now in my younger days it's my younger day. In my young days. I [music] wish I know baby. [music] >> [music] [music] >> I think so. >> Oh, it is. Sorry, we apparently had the uh the DJ, my iPhone came on during that song towards the end if you heard something weird. I was hearing something weird. I was like, "What is that?" >> Am I like hitting bad guitar? It's very strange. >> The ways of the iPhone are a mystery to me. >> But we've solved the problem. That was Highway. We got a little tune about Get [music] out on the highway. It's called Highway Mile. Got [music] [singing] the edges. Just scratches too. But my running these days, even if it ain't [singing] brand new. [music] Oh, I can take those curtains with confidence. Handle every turn. >> [music] >> They still want to jump [singing] the fence. Feel like [music] me. Let's see what we can do. Take it up [singing] to Highway 10. Honey, [music] just [singing and music] to the middle. Oh, turn the radio up. Roll those wheels down. Honey, we [music] will [singing] stay away from all those buttons. ain't nothing but love. [music] Well, I've been ask all the way I [music and singing] guess. Let me tell you [music] about what I saw. A whole lot [music] of life and love, whole [singing] lot of fun. [music] And I still got a lot of myself [music] with me. Let's [music] see what we can do. Take it up to Highway 100, baby. Oh, me and you. [music] do [singing] let each other do it up [music] down [music] even the highway Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Oh. where I let me tell you about what I saw a whole lot of whole lot of fun [music] [singing] [music] [singing] with me and see what we >> [music] >> Make it up. I wait baby just to [music] let it just [music] down. Come on. Let's say [music] the goel. [music] [music and singing] Highway miles do not count. City miles count. Highway miles don't count. That's the way I look at it. Thank you. Is it raining out there? No. Little sprinkle. >> Little sprinkle. Not too much. Enough to cool us off a little bit. Well, thank you for hanging with us. My name is Dave Keller. We got Mr. Chris Doncaster on the bass. Mr. Jay Gleason on the drum. We are the Dave Keller Band as you may have suspected since we've played here just about every year for the past maybe 14 to 15 years. I think something like that. Which may be why there's all these cars parked out there staring suspiciously at us. It makes me nervous all you. No, I'm just kidding. But uh that's one thing I like about this is you can sit in your car or you can sit out here on the green. You have your choice. And not only that, I want to let you know that we brought CDs and t a couple t-shirts, CDs, vinyl albums and bandanas to our little merch table here by the black and white umbrella from Orca television. We love our friends at Orca. So, thank you for filming tonight and sharing it with the greater world. But if you're interested in any of the wonderful Dave Keller paraphernalia, please see the lovely Idol. He should be happy to discuss it with you. >> Let's do I want to play a little swamp boogie for you right about now. Going back to the great Slim Harbo. If you're a fan of the Rolling Stones, you no doubt heard his influence in the Stones because they covered this tune. Maybe even more than just this tune, but they were definitely Slim Harbo fans. >> Our Slim Haro fans. I want to tell you about a day. It's been going [singing] all around. Everybody do it from the girls on down. Don't have to move your head. Don't have to move your hands. Don't have to move your lips. Just shake those hips. Do my hips say hips. Do my hip sh [music and singing] [music] Now what you don't know. Don't have to be afraid. Listen to me, baby. >> [music] >> What I got [singing] to say? Don't have to move your head. Don't have to move your lips. Just shake those hips to the hips. >> [music] >> You say mama. [singing] You say mama. Show your [music] head. >> [music] >> Yeah. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Well, I met a little girl in a little country. It's kind of like Rochester to be honest. I said, "What do you know?" She said, "You sound like Slim High." I said, "Thank you, miss." She didn't move her head. She didn't move her hands. She didn't move her lips, y'all. All she did, she got way low down. Shook her head. to the hip ship. [music] Take your hand. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] >> Oh, hey. We're having too much fun already. Are you all having a good time so far? >> If you're not having fun, that's all right. That's all right because there's still time for us to have fun. And just to clarify, I know we're way up high on this gigantic gazebo here and you all are very down to earth on the beautiful green lawn, but we are just like creating one thing here tonight. That one thing is we get to enjoy our human brotherhood and sisterhood right here together in this moment in all three dimensions. We're not online because there's no service here. We're not disconnected. We're not all like, "Oh, you're in that group and you're in that group." We get to be humans together having a beautiful summer evening here in Rochester, Vermont. So, how about a hand for getting to be here at this moment. I personally feel grateful to be here and to be able to play some music with you. Not for you, but with you and with these fine gentlemen. How about a hand for the band while we're at it. Chris and Jay, these guys follow me all over creation. God bless you. >> All right. So, uh, we're going to keep just, uh, playing songs for you. I want to break it down and play a beautiful love ballad for you. Do we have any romantics in the house? Yes. Excellent. We have at least one romantic. Anyone else? That's it. This is a cruel world we live in. two romantics. All right, this is good. That's enough. From there, we can build we can build some positive romance energy right now. And if you're not a romantic, don't worry. This song is going to make you one. Let's go back in love again. >> [music] [music] >> back in love again. [music] Yes, I am [music] deeper [singing] than I was long time ago. Back in love again. Oh, [singing] baby [music] said I never fall [singing] in love [music] anymore. You see, I've been hurt by love. [music] Too many times falling in love again was the last thing on my mind. You know, [singing] honey, when I first met you, oh, fall in love again was such an easy thing [singing and music] to do. I don't mind. I don't [music] mind. I know. I'm telling you tonight. [music] [singing] Oh, baby. [music] deeper than [singing] I was [music] a long time ago again. Oh, [singing] honey. [music] I say I never [singing] fall in love anymore. You see, love is such a precious thing. Oh, sometimes [singing] it don't take a whole lot of love to make your body. [music] Love between you and me, baby. It's such a delight. I knew when I met your girl, everything would be all right. And sometimes when it's late at night [singing] and I'm far from home. Oh no, baby, [singing] you're out there thinking of me cuz I'm thinking of you and I don't feel so all alone. [music] Sometime when I wake up in the morning in bed all by myself, [music] all I got to do is look in your picture, baby. [singing] Up there on the shelf and I feel good all over again. Come on, baby. [music] I don't mind. I don't mind. [music] I tell everybody tonight [music] love again. Oh. [singing] deeper than I [music] was deeper than a long time ago. I feel [music] love [singing] again. Oh, baby. [music] I love you. [music] I can love you. [singing] Oh, [music] deeper, deeper. >> [music] >> I was before again [music] I thought I never thought I thought I never ever ever fall in love. I was wrong [singing] and I fell in love again. [music] Right. All right. All right. Thank you to the fell in the blue in the brown pants there for getting that kid down from the monument. Kids, don't go climbing way up high on that monument. That is not safe. I don't Parents, please do me a favor. Don't give me a heart attack. Keep your kids from climbing up that thing around the base. That's one thing. But I'm a parent myself. >> Yeah. >> Sorry. What? >> We haven't done a while. Let's do >> the sunrise. >> We're going to do a tune off our vinyl record. The record is called uh It's Time to Shine. And this song is called Waiting for the Sunrise. >> [music] >> I can't believe you [music] when you said you were moving on. >> [music] >> came home to an empty house. [music] All your [singing] time were gone. Now I'm staring at the ceiling [music] and I don't know what to do. [music] I got a [singing] baby feeling and it's all [singing] coming to you. [music] [music] Waiting and I'm waiting for that [singing] to come. [music] Waiting and I'm waiting. Wait for [music] the I must have missed the signs. [music] I guess I should have read I should have read right [music] between [singing] those damn lines. Oh, looking back it was obvious. [music] Oh, now [singing] I understand. Oh, I said [music] here today you [singing] man. [music] I'm waiting for that. [music] Waiting. I'm waiting. Waiting for the sunrise. >> [music] >> I swear [music] to every count [music] you have my head. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> There you go. I may never [singing] see your face again. That's all right, girl. And I know I may be lonely. Oh, I may be lonely without one single friend. But I know that the [music] night got to end [singing] sometime. I know that [singing] the night going to ease my Oh my [music] god. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Thank you. Oh yeah, >> baby. I love you. [music] >> [music] [music] >> We're going to do a number by Franklin right here. [music] If you want my love, if you [music and singing] really do all you got to do [music] to you want to kiss I don't mind. [music] All you got to do is snap those. [music] I love you, baby. Baby, [music] baby, I love you. I [music] I love you. I love you. I love you. >> I love you, baby. >> [music] >> Someday you won't [music and singing] run away. Keep me heading [music] stop you from saying bye-bye [singing] [music] baby. I need you. [music] I got to have you. I really want you. [music] I really [music] really do. [music] Said I really really need your good. I really do. Oh, I need you. [music] [music] >> [music] >> If you [music and singing] were to kiss me, I don't mind. [music] All you got to do asking, [music] [singing] I can't lie. Girl, you know you got it. [music] Oh, I see you. I [music] love you. I love you, baby. Baby, baby, I love [music] it. [singing] Honey, I I love you. I love you. [singing] I love you. I love you, baby. I [music] someday you won't run away. The poor day is all the same to your [music] lady. won't stop you from saying bye-bye. [music] I feel I really want you. [music] I got to have you. I said I feel your [music] good. I give you baby. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. >> [music] >> tangled up. No, we got to >> Yeah. Check. One, two. >> You guys still feeling good out there? >> Oh, good. All right. Good. What about the people in the trucks? Are you feeling good? Are you Are you all sitting on the lawn? Maybe there's no one in the trucks. >> No, I'm just That's all right. Okay. I was just checking the ghost trucks. Okay. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Hey, heat. Hey, heat. Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Thank you. Oh, I appreciate it. The more you hoot and holler, the more good we're going to feel. And if if that feedback loop of energy, you give it to us, we give it back to you, and just keeps going. I'd like to play some down down in the alley blues for you. Would that be okay? >> I want to play a little tune going back to magic sand. Okay, slow. I walk the back [singing and music] streets at night with you on my mind. All I do is walk around crying. [singing] I wonder and I wonder who's been fooling who nights you got me wondering. Baby, I'm still in love with you. That's why I'm crying. Yeah, I'm crying. >> [music] >> You got somebody [singing] new. Still in love with you. That's why I'm crying. [music] I went to some of the places. >> [music] >> Your friends [singing] told me you don't come around no more. I look over in the corner. Tell me who did I see. I [screaming] saw that same fool. you. [music] That's why I cry. Yeah, [music] I'm crying. [music] You got somebody [music and singing] new. Oh, I'm still in love with you. That's why I'm crying. [music] [music] One of these days, [singing] baby. [music] When you get through tearing up my heart, [singing] girl, I tell [music] you what I'm going to do. I'm going to turn it around. All right. You going to look for me, girl, but it be [music] know you be crying. Yeah. [music] Yeah. You be crying. >> [music] >> You got somebody new. Oh, still love you. That's why I cry. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Heat. [music] [music] Heat. >> [music] [music] >> I'm crying, [music] girl. I'm crying. [singing and music] Don't you know I'm crying? [music] You got me crying. Can't you see I'm down on my knees? I'm begging you, girl. Please, please, please, please release my heart. Let me go. You know, [music] >> thank you very much. We're going to a little tune that you might recall from back in the early 60s. A fell named Betty King sang the hell out of this one. >> [music] >> the [singing] night that [singing] [music] the moon is the only [singing] light you'll see. [music] You know I won't I [singing] won't be [music] afraid. I won't tear just as you stand [music] now [singing] by [music and singing] me. Oh [music] my [singing] god. [singing and music] Well, you know, I won't cry. I [music] won't lying. [singing] [music] [singing] and stay by me. [music] All you got to do is stand down and stay right by me. Come on. >> [music] [music] >> Well, when the [singing and music] Night is come and [music] the only [singing] cry alone just as just as long as you stand by [singing and music] me. Come on, baby. Let's bring them home, y'all. [music] Oh baby. [music] Oh stay. Well, how about it for the band, y'all? Give him a hand. Tag Leon on the drums. Chris Doncaster on the bass. My name is Dave Keller. We're going to take a little break. We'll be right back. Please visit our little merch table over here. It helps keep us in business, keep us on the road. It really makes a big difference if you b if you offer your support in terms of buying CDs, vinyl, bandanas, whatever you'd like. We have an email list that costs nothing. And we also have a little tip jar that accepts Venmo or those old things. They're green and they're kind of papery. You know what I'm saying? I forget what they're called. >> Be right back, y'all. Thank you. Yeah. [music] Thank you so much. We'll be right back in just about 15 minutes. It's going to be a tight quick break. Thanks for staying with us here. We're so glad you came out tonight and I'm glad the weather held out nicely for us all. Just play some more blues and soul for One, two, three. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Sorry, baby. I'm inside of you. Love me, I'll be girl [music] trying to tear my reputation down. I don't worry, baby. [music] I don't pick up guitar. One for the money, two for the show. Come on, baby. Let's sit down. [music] Yeah. [music] I like the I ever seen. Love me in the twice a night. Every time you love me out of nothing [music] [music] ever for the Come on, baby. Let's hit this. [music] [music] [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Baby, I'll be the same for you. [music] Love me, baby. I'll be the same for you. I do. Love me in the morning, late at night. You love me, girl. You know every [music] I still go for you. >> [music] >> Thank you very much for the beautiful New Orleans number by Tommy Richley. It's called Devil Out of Lambie. >> [music] [music] >> That girl [music] [music] only I can't eat. I can see my [music] she's [music] all right. Take her to the places. Sure. I know my way around. [music] Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> I love you. >> [music] >> I can't eat. Y I want to raise [music] somebody. [music] >> [music] >> Thank you. >> Yeah. [laughter] >> I know, man. It's hard, right? I'm qualified. It's not that. >> We're going to do a few songs off a brand new record. We just released it in June. It's my band. Uh, and and me and Johnny RWS, my buddy from Mississippi, doing duets, old school soul music with some horns. And um, it's all songs that are associated with Johnny's mentors. He's he's uh been on the road for over almost 60 years, play with a lot of the greatest soul people that ever made a record. And so we picked 11 of those records and we did our own versions of them. Johnny RS, myself, and my band. It's called Tribute to Soul. We've got copies over at our little merch table. And uh and that's the only way you can get them right now. It's not streaming yet. It will be eventually, but right now if you'd like to check them out, it's on CD and uh it's been getting great reviews. Seven Days loved it. And uh usually they're the toughest of all the reviews we ever get. It's very interesting. We get incredible reviews all around the world. And then Seven Days can be a little snarky sometimes, but they loved it. So I, you know, that must mean something. I don't really know what it means. I try not to pay attention to the reviews, but I do care. Obviously, I want people to like the record. So you tell me what you think. We're going to play a few songs off the record. We hope you dig it. This one goes back to the legendary Chicago soul man Otis Clay. [music] If you need a [music] love tonight, if you need [singing] someone to love you, make things feel all right. If you need [music] someone to love you, hold your hand. >> [music] >> Give that love to me. [music] If you need to cry, I'll be there. If you need something to lie to I'll be there to let it in. If you're looking for [music] somebody, hold your hand and be your guy. Oh, girl, [music] give all that love [singing] to me. Come on, baby. [music] Give your love. [music] Take a chance to make your dreams real. I can give you [music] all your heart require if you [music] Oh, I know I'm your woman. I'm not [music] about I just want to have a little fun. [music] You can be someone to love you. Hold your hand and be all right. Come on, baby. Give all the love to me. [music] Come on, girl. I know I'm Come [music] on, girl. Don't wait too long. I'm qualified to be your Lord. [music] Come on. I'm qualified. Qualified qualified. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Little bit of soul for you. Hey Todd, how's it going brother? This guy was playing over in Hancock earlier today. It's the musician circle everywhere you go. We never get to see other musicians because we're always playing. He's probably always playing. It's kind of the nature of it. That's a CD right there. Idle's got it right there. Idle Keller. You may be wondering who she is. That's my daughter. If you saw her years ago, she was a lot smaller. >> All right, let's do now. I know you all live in a small town, right? And sometimes neighbors talk, right? Little town gossip, right? There's always a town gossip. That's what this one's about. Baby, [music] don't worry. My worst you want to pass about. Go to door. You don't know. Don't worry. What [music and singing] goes on in my home? [music] [singing] Oh, don't worry. I'll make my way. [music] Yeah, [singing] I know my success is driving you out of your head. [music] Oh, you got enough [music] bad word. [music] was on my own. [music] >> [music] >> Hey baby, don't worry. I [music] love I know you know you're always talking about dreaming of Oh, you go around [music] your mind [music] and you don't worry what goes on. Don't you worry. [music] I don't know you worry. [music] >> [music] >> We'd like to play that one was by the great Jimmy Hughes. originally recorded by Jimmy Hughes who passed away last month. He must have been pretty up there. He was one of the original uh soul artists. Jimmy Hughes did uh Steal Away. A lot of people are familiar with that tune. This tune goes back to Eddie Floyd who is still out there singing based out of Alabama. He did of course Knock on Wood. He did had a lot of great hits, Eddie Floyd and wrote a lot of great songs too. This is one I just love. It's called I Never Found a Love, Never Found a Girl to Love Me Like You Do. >> [music] [music] >> Ain't no love. Ain't no [singing] love like my love. [music] It's like burning [singing] fire all set up in the [music] bones. Ain't no lonely days. Ain't no lonely nights. Every little [singing] guy that us right, [music] [music and singing] baby. Ain't no [singing] man, ain't no [music] man got a sweet woman like mine. Oh, everything about that woman, you know that she's [music and singing] so fine. Just every [singing] rich man's pray. [music] Oh, I don't need no money bank. You're always there. Yeah, you are. I never never found [music] it like [music and singing] you do. Baby, [music] I ain't never found the perfect [music] life. to love like [singing] you do, baby. Ain't [music and singing] no love, ain't no love. That's my baby love. Oh, it's like burning fire [music] shut up in your [music] lonely [singing] lonely days. ain't no long [music] [music] never never found [singing] me a girl like [music] baby like [singing] you Now, I see a few of you putting your umbrellas up. That means some moisture must be happening coming down on your heads. So, what we're going to do, we're going to wrap things up and let you all stay dry. We really [music] appreciate y'all listening, but we got to kind of keep everything kind of dry as well. We hope to see y'all again. I hope you all keep coming out to the shows here. It's been a beautiful summer so [music] far. Please make sure to shank thank the board, all the various uh businesses that chip in and individual donors. And please make sure to thank our buddy Joe [singing] Shankman for being the lead organizer. [music] He's kind enough to call us up and ask us to come down. Let's bring him down for just a second. Most of all, I want to thank you all for coming out. It really means the world to us that you keep coming back year after year to listen and give us a [singing and music] little bit of your attention and love. We send that love right back to you. I hope you can feel it from all the way over here. Please give a hand one more time for my buddy Chris Doncaster. This guy is not only a fantastic musician, but he spent an entire day getting a 900B cow out of a well. So yeah, there was like a well hidden in one of his fields and this cow found its way in there and it took three of them eight hours to get this cow out. So this guy is not only a beast of a musician, he's an amazing agriculturalist and animal rescuer. So extra hand for Chris right here. He didn't get to have much sleep last night, but you wouldn't know it musically, would you? This guy's a freaking beast. Excuse my French. Back there on the drums. This guy, I think it's his like 25th gig, you know, in the last 27 days. We played together since 1996 on and off. But give it up for my good buddy, Mr. Jake Leon [singing] on the drums. Jay Gleason. What a what a charming young man back there with the drums. >> And please don't forget to visit our little table over by the giant pine tree. We've got vinyl albums for those of you that are so hip you're into the new thing, which is the old thing really. And if you're the old school and you like CDs, we've still got CDs. And we got the brand new Johnny Ross Dave Keller Tribute to Soul [singing] CD available only directly from me and Johnny right now. And uh like I said, it's a really fun CD. you're hearing this song and the previous two are on there as well. So, if you want to check that out, we'd be happy to sign in for you as well. We also have bandanas. If you don't have a CD player or a vinyl player, you have a head and a neck, so you can get a bandanna. They're only 10 bucks. And we'll be uh we'll be back someday in the future hopefully. We we look forward to seeing you again. You can always find us at davekller.com and on all the various other places online, Facebook, Instagram. I even have a tiny presence on Tik Tok. So, thanks for listening. Thank you to Orca for videoing it and sharing it with the world. Thank you beautiful Orca watchers and other community video stations around the world. Thank you. Be well everybody. Thank you so much. Send this good love and [singing] peace out into the world. We need it right now especially. Ain't no love, ain't no love [music] like my baby [singing] love. Just like burning [music] fire in [singing] my bones. Oh, ain't no lonely lonely days. [singing and music] Ain't no lonely lonely nights. love the little things [singing and music] she does. You know the girls all right. I ain't [music and singing] never never found me a girl. Never found me a [singing] girl. Never found me a girl. to love me just the way that you [singing] do. Be well everybody. We love you. Thanks for coming out tonight to Rochester, y'all. [music] Thank you so much. Take care everybody. >> [music]