“Joel DaSilva is a fantastic guitarist. I always look forward to every opportunity to work with him.  He plays with a BIG heart and a BIG tone.”
-Billy Gibson - 2009 Blues Music Award Instrumentalist Of The Year -

Joel DaSilva

Joel DaSilva has blues running through his veins. Born and raised in his sweet home, Chicago, DaSilva hails from a musical family. His mother and father traveled throughout Brazil and Ukraine, his mother a singer and father accompanying her on guitar. His father passed away when he was 3, but Joel continues to channel that soulful energy in his live performances to this day.
As soon as he was old enough to work, Joel took a job as a bar back in a blues joint where his older brother tended bar. The goal was to get closer to the music, immersing in the scene. Eventually, he was setting up equipment for touring bands and getting to know them in exchange for lessons from the masters and lessons in Music Business 101.
By the age of 18, DaSilva joined his first band as lead guitarist for  Junior Drinkwater & the Thirstquenchers. He went on to play guitar and sing in jump blues in the Regulators, psychobilly, and surf-oriented band The Underbellies, and the frontman for rockin' blues act, the Hep Cat Boo Daddies  before breaking out on his own as a solo artist.
Joel DaSilva and the Midnight Howl formed and with a resume that includes performances with heavy hitters like B.B. King, A.C.Reed, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Reverend Horton Heat and opening for acts as varied as:  J.J. Grey, Nick Curran, the Smithereens, Foghat, Los Lobos, The White Stripes , The Black Crowes, Nighthawks, and Jimmie Vaughan,  etc,etc
DaSilva has already made a mark in the industry; and is poised to become a power player..
....He is the real deal.
You have to see his high energy mojo LIVE as he BRINGS it.
Soulful guitarwork and vocals.
Joel also enjoys Acting  as he has been in some regional theatre, some indie films , extrawork, and is currently playing  Sheriff Cousins and also doing Soundtrack work for the indie film "Sleep" .
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(Joel's Bio by Erin Lee)