Dave Eggar Live (21+)

📅 Saturday, December 5, 2026 🕐 7:00pm to 8:00pm ET 📍 Bristol, TN/VA Family / Kids

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Over the past two and a half decades, Dave Eggar's earned rock star status in pop music world as first-call cellist and string arranger for superstars like Coldplay, Evanescence, John Legend, Lewis Capaldi and Bebe Rexha and Foreigner. Yet for the multi-talented veteran musician, the piano has always been the ultimate place of solace since his childhood days as a classical prodigy.

In his youth, those keys were a sacred space where he found a home immersed in the lyrical glories of Chopin ballades and solo pieces by Satie, Gabriel Faure and Toru Takemitsu. Throughout his career, even as the four-time Grammy nominee has amassed hundreds of string credits, the piano compositions on his solo albums - from his 1998 debut Serenity to his prodigious latest release Dragonfly - reveal a truer artistry that comes alive in a space where he connects with people more deeply and emotionally.

Co-written and produced, like Eggar's 2021 album Awakening, by drummer, percussionist and songwriter Chuck Palmer, Dragonfly is a thematically expansive yet musically intimate collection which, true to the title's mythological implications, finds Eggar exploring the concepts of metamorphosis, self-realization and the insight of clear vision. It's all with an eye towards helping us meet the great challenges of a post pandemic world, rise above the darkness and discover exciting new possibilities.

While most of the pianist's previous solo albums bear titles reflecting the healing music space (including 2002's Angelic Embrace), the symbolism of the Dragonfly - brilliantly embodied by the colorful, intricate cover illustration and artwork - made perfect sense as a reflection of a hopeful embrace of a new era. In essence, it's a tribute as well to Gomeo, a Native American philosopher and fan of Eggar's music who always called the artist “Dragonflyboy” in reference to the combination of courage and fragility he observed in Eggar. Eggar in turn dedicates the graceful, reflective title track

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