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Watch the 10-minute Mini-Documentary on how the world premiere of Ruth came to be! Video shot, edited, and directed by Micah Hancock. “The deeply human characters of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz come to life in David Getz’s colorful and warmhearted musical setting.
- Early Life
- 1966–1979
- Renewed Involvement with Visual Arts
- Drumming Style
- Personal Life
- Recent Musical Activity
Getz grew up in a crowded Brooklyn apartment with his Jewish immigrant grandmother, parents and two sisters.. His first experience with drumming came from his childhood interest in Plains Indian culture, which led to his joining the Heyoka Indian Dancers, directed by a teacher named Grey Owl. In that grouped he learned to play the drum and develope...
Getz performed and recorded with Big Brother and the Holding Company during the years of their greatest success (1966–1968) as well as their later projects. His drumming is clearly audible (and visible) in the two Big Brother performances included in the documentary film Monterey Pop, energetically virtuosic in "Combination of the Two" and solidly ...
From 1979 to 1987 Getz devoted himself completely to the visual arts. Working from his studio in Santa Monica he produced over thirty limited edition prints, hundreds of paintings, cast paper pieces, collages, and mixed-media pieces. Since 1980 his work has been shown in galleries all over the U.S.A. and Europe and has been acquired by numerous cor...
Due in part to his early training, Getz at first played with a traditional grip, but when he joined Big Brother he switched to matched grip under the influence of Ringo Starr, whose drumming he had seen in A Hard Day's Night; this provided him with the increased power to be heard above loudly amplified instruments. A rare reversion to traditional g...
Since 1982, Getz has been married to his second wife, Joan Payne, a singer and actress. Payne remains active as a singer in the Marin County area, specializing in standards from the Great American Songbook. Getz and Payne's two daughters are also professionally active in music. Alzara Getz (b. 1969), Getz's daughter from a previous marriage, helped...
Aside from his continued work with later versions of Big Brother and the Holding Company, Getz has collaborated with many other artists, including the Brazilian guitarist Jose Neto and the late jazz vocalists Bob Dorough and Kellye Gray. He has also worked with Bread and Roses, the non-profit musical cooperative founded in San Francisco by Mimi Far...
David Getz is a music educator, author, composer, performer, and speaker who uses creativity in his daily life to inspire others. Welcome to his official website!
In the audience was painter and jazz drummer David Getz, who soon replaced Jones. Big Brother went on to become the house band at the Avalon Ballroom, playing a progressive style of instrumental rock.
DAVE GETZ. 1965 – present. David Getz was born January 24, 1940 and raised in Brooklyn N.Y. As a child he showed an exceptional talent in both music and art. His first passions, starting somewhere in early adolescence, were drawing and copying comic book art and studying Native American culture.
Dave Getz was the drummer of the San Francisco band that launched Janis Joplin's career in 1966. He shares his memories of Janis, her music, and her image in this interview.
About. I was born in 1940 and grew up in Brooklyn. I studied at Cooper Union in NYC, Skowhegan in Maine and got an MFA at San Francisco Art Institute in 1964. I won a Fulbright Fellowship and lived in Crakow, Poland for a year. I taught painting at the SFAI from 1965 to 1966.
