About Us

SOLE REPRESENTATION:

Barry Collings Entertainments
Tel: 01702 201 880
Email: Barry-Collings@btconnect.com (for all booking enquiries)

CLICK HERE TO EMAIL CHAS & DAVE (for all other enquiries)

FAQs:

Which is which?
Chas is the slightly bigger one sitting at the piano,
Dave is the slightly thinner one on the bass.

How old is the drummer?
No-one knows.

Is the drummer Chas or Dave's dad?
No

Are Chas & Dave available for private bookings?
Up until recently the answer was yes, but due to the sheer weight of private requests the boys have decided to just focus on tour dates once they've fulfilled existing bookings. Chas however, does have a seperate Rock'n'Roll band in which he does play private gigs. These can also be booked through Barry Collings - details above.

Are Chas & Dave on Myspace?
No. Any C&D profiles on Myspace are put there by fans and are not official. As much as Chas & Dave appreciate these profiles, They would like to request that fans do not send messages to these sites in the mistaken belief that they are messaging Chas & Dave. They would also like to request that anyone setting up a C&D profile should make it clear that it's not official, and most importantly, refrain from making copyrighted material available to download from their profiles.

Why is my Chas & Dave CD not on the discography?
Over the years some of Chas & Dave's back catalogue has been farmed out to various music groups resulting in a rash of badly packaged unauthorized compilation CDs hitting the shops. These CDs are technically not illegal but Chas & Dave had no input regarding their content, artwork, or packaging. In addition to these, there are unfortunately a number of CDs on the shelves at the moment which have been licensed out by companies that don't have a current agreement with Chas & Dave, and should be avoided. The CDs in question are pictured below. The safest bet is to only buy CDs and DVDs that are either sold at gigs or released by Demon (Edsel), EMI, Cleveland intl, or Sanctuary Records. All the albums on the discography are official, authorized releases.

What's all that about the Eminem thing?
In the seventies Chas & Dave were prolific session musicians before their own thing took off, playing on many albums for a wide range of artists. One such album was Labi Siffre's 'Remember My Song' from 1975. One of the tracks on this album - 'I Got The' - was sampled by Eminem on his breakthrough hit 'My Name Is' and is the main musical refrain of the track. Chas is playing guitar and Dave is playing bass.

Is Dave the real Dave?
Bill Bailey once suggested on 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' that the current 'Dave' in Chas & Dave is some sort of imposter and the rumour started from there. We can confirm that that is definitely not the case and Dave is the original, one and only... Dave!! The suggestion could come from when the soul duo Sam & Dave toured with a different 'Dave'.

Did Chas & Dave write and sing the 'Only Fools & Horses' theme tune?
No. The show's creator John Sullivan did. John did approach the boys to do the theme but they were too busy.

More to follow......

Unofficial CDs

Unofficial DVDs