Howlin' Dave
Dante David (July 16, 1955 — May 26, 2008) was a Filipino radio disk jockey. Better known by his stage name Howlin' Dave, he was credited with introducing Filipino radio listeners to Filipino rock music in the early 1970s, and to new wave and punk rock in the 1980s.[1]
Howlin' Dave grew up in Pasay City and dropped out of high school.[2] While enrolled in a Fine Arts course at the Philippine Women's University, he was hired as a radio announcer on DZRJ-AM in 1974.[2] He soon became the host of Pinoy Rock and Rhythm, a weekend thirty-minute radio program that featured the then-nascent Pinoy rock music. The program was credited with popularizing such Filipino rock acts as the Juan dela Cruz Band, Asin and Sampaguita.[1] The drummer Pepe Smith would call him "the best rock DJ the Philippines ever had.”[3]
Notes
- ^ a b Rome Jorge (2008-05-27). "A Cry for Howlin' Dave". Manila Times. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
- ^ a b "The Last of the Singing Cowboys". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2007-03-04. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
{{cite news}}: Unknown parameter|{author=ignored (help) - ^ Pocholo Concepcion (2008-05-26). "Howlin' Dave, Filipino rock icon, dies at 52". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 2008-05-28.