Big Wave Dave and the Ripples is an eight-piece funk and soul band that got its start in 2010, gaining an audience with a long-term weekly residency at the now defunct Rex Bar. Since then, some career highlights include being featured as halftime performers with the University of Minnesota Duluth marching band at Homecoming, performing a concert with the Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, performing with Chuck Leavell of the Rolling Stones and Allman Brothers Band and appearing on his show America’s Forests, playing at the First Avenue club in Minneapolis, and recently appearing on an episode of the North Star Comedy Hour with comedian Mary Mack. Big Wave Dave is vocalist Dave Adams; the Ripples are Alex Nordehn, Alex Piazza, Peter Knutson, Brian Wells, David Rode, Matt Wasmund and Scott Millis.