Dave Schneider (musician)
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| name = Dave Schneider
| image = DaveSchneiderZambonis.jpg
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| birth_name = David Schneider
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| birth_place = Trumbull, Connecticut
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| genre = {{Flatlist|
| occupation =
| instrument = guitar, vocals
| years_active = 2005–present
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| associated_acts = The Zambonis, The LeeVees
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Dave Schneider (born 23 April 1966) is a musician known for his work in the LeeVees and The Zambonis.
Schneider, who is Jewish, said he "grew up on the records of Allan Sherman, Woody Allen, and Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner" and wanted to create a Hannukah album that was funny as well as musically interesting.{{cite web | last=Orloff | first=Brian | title=LeeVees Rock Hanukkah | website=Rolling Stone | date=2005-09-16 | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/leevees-rock-hanukkah-101467/ | access-date=2021-10-04}} He and Adam Gardner created the album "Hanukkah Rocks" in 2005 and worked with Matisyahu on a collaboration in 2015.{{cite web | title=Musical Musings: The Leevees Get Serious | website=The Jewish Daily Forward | date=2006-12-15 | url=http://old.forward.com/articles/9640/musical-musings-the-leevees-get-serious/ | access-date=2021-10-04}}{{cite web | last=Danton | first=Eric R. | title=Matisyahu Teams With the LeeVees on ‘Outside of December’ (Exclusive) | website=WSJ | date=2015-12-07 | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-SEB-92498 | access-date=2021-10-04}}
Schneider was the on-ice MC for The Bridgeport Sound Tigers from 2001 to 2012.{{cite web | last=Saraceni | first=Dan | title=Interview: Dave Schneider of The Zambonis | website=Lighthouse Hockey | date=2014-03-19 | url=https://www.lighthousehockey.com/2014/3/19/5451856/interview-dave-zamboni-the-zambonis | access-date=2021-10-04}}
Schneider plays a 1965 Gibson ES-335, a guitar that got seriously damaged by baggage handlers at an airport in Detroit in 2013.{{cite web | title=‘Musician’s worst nightmare’: Vintage Gibson guitar mangled by airline baggage handlers | website=Yahoo News | url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/vintage-gibson-guitar-delta-baggage-leevees-214634001.html | access-date=2021-10-04}} Delta Airlines initially refused to pay in full for the repairs but eventually relented, and Gibson offered to do the repairs for free, and also offered Schneider a brand-new 50th anniversary reissue of a 1963 Gibson ES-335.{{cite web | title=Musician whose vintage guitar was smashed by Delta gets check from airline, new one from Gibson | website=Yahoo News | url=https://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/delta-gibson-guitar-schneider-leevees-zambonis-203119266.html | access-date=2021-10-04}}
Personal life
Schneider grew up in Trumbull, Connecticut.{{cite web | last=Trifilio | first=Salvatore | title=Fairfield Musician Embraces Roots In Hanukkah Band | website=Fairfield Daily Voice | date=2014-12-16 | url=https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/fairfield/neighbors/fairfield-musician-embraces-roots-in-hanukkah-band/512005/ | access-date=2021-10-04}} He is married and lives in Fairfield Connecticut and is the co-owner, with his father Robert, of Jimmy's Army-Navy in Bridgeport, Connecticut.{{cite web | last=Juliano | first=Frank | last2=Cleary | first2=Tom | title=Smashed guitar ends up playing happy note | website=Connecticut Post | date=2013-01-11 | url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Smashed-guitar-ends-up-playing-happy-note-4186978.php | access-date=2021-10-04}}{{cite web | last=Grice | first=Jordan | last2=O’Neill | first2=Tara | title=Rash of vandalism frustrates downtown Bridgeport business owners | website=Connecticut Post | date=2019-12-13 | url=https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Rash-of-vandalism-frustrates-downtown-Bridgeport-14904364.php | access-date=2021-10-05}}
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Category:Jewish American musicians
Category:American rock guitarists