{{short description|American bassist. (born 1956)}} {{BLP sources|date=July 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dave LaRue | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|27}} | birth_place = [[East Brunswick, New Jersey]], U.S. | image = Davelarue.jpg | caption = | landscape = Yes | instrument = [[Bass guitar]] | genre = {{Flatlist| * [[Progressive rock]] * [[progressive metal]] * [[jazz fusion]] }} | occupation = [[Bassist]] | years_active = 1978-present | label = | current_member_of = Steve Morse Band, [[Flying Colors (band)|Flying Colors]] | past_member_of = [[Planet X (band)|Planet X]], [[Dixie Dregs]] | website = {{URL|http://www.davelarue.com/}} }} '''Dave LaRue''' is an American [[bassist]] who performed with the [[Dixie Dregs]] from 1988 to 2017 and with guitarist [[Steve Morse]]'s Band since 1989. He also has worked with [[Dream Theater|Dream Theater's]] [[John Petrucci]], [[Mike Portnoy]], [[Derek Sherinian]] and [[Jordan Rudess]]. He plays [[Music Man (company)|Music Man]] [[bass guitars]], among them the "Grilver" and "StingRay 5 five-string" but has mainly switched to their "Bongo" line (which he was instrumental in helping develop) including four- and five-string fretted and fretless models. From March 2006 to September 2006, he toured with [[Joe Satriani]] on the [[Super Colossal]] tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satriani.com/2004/road/archive-2006-03.shtml |title=joe satriani - road - archives - 2006 supercolossal shows |publisher=Satriani.com |access-date=2011-07-15}}</ref> Most recently, LaRue became a member of the supergroup [[Flying Colors (band)|Flying Colors]] alongside long-time bandmate Steve Morse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flyingcolorsmusic.com/band/ |title=Flying Colors - Band |publisher=flyingcolorsmusic.com |access-date=2012-02-22}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Solo albums=== *''Hub City Kid'' (1992)
===with Dixie Dregs=== *''Bring 'Em Back Alive'' (1992) *''[[Full Circle (Dixie Dregs album)|Full Circle]]'' (1994) *''California Screamin' ''(2000)
===with Steve Morse=== *''[[Southern Steel (album)|Southern Steel]]'' (1991) *''[[Coast to Coast (Steve Morse Band album)|Coast to Coast]]'' (1992) *''[[Structural Damage]]'' (1995) *''[[StressFest]]'' (1996) *''Major Impacts'' (2000) *''Split Decision'' (2002) *''Major Impacts 2'' (2004) *''Prime Cuts – From Steve Morse's Magna Carta sessions'' (compilation, 2005) *''[[Out Standing in Their Field]]'' (2009)
===with Vinnie Moore=== *''[[The Maze (album)|The Maze]]'' (1999) *''[[Defying Gravity (Vinnie Moore album)|Defying Gravity]]'' (2001)
===with T Lavitz=== *''Extended Play'' (1984) *''Storytime'' (1986) *''From the West'' (1987)
===with John Petrucci=== *''[[Suspended Animation (John Petrucci album)|Suspended Animation]]'' (2005) *''[[G3: Live in Tokyo]]'' (2005) *''[[Terminal Velocity (album)|Terminal Velocity]]'' (2020)
===with [[David Ragsdale]]=== *''David and Goliath'' (Renaissance Records, 1997)
===with Joe Satriani=== *''[[Satriani Live!]]'' (2006) [[File:20120920-230334 Flying Colors 013 Tilburg.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Dave playing with [[Flying Colors (band)|Flying Colors]], [[013]], [[Tilburg]] (sept. 20., 2012)]] ===with Flying Colors=== *''[[Flying Colors (Flying Colors album)|Flying Colors]]'' (2012) *''[[Live in Europe (Flying Colors album)|Live in Europe]]'' (2013) *''[[Second Nature (Flying Colors album)|Second Nature]]'' (2014) *''[[Second Flight: Live at the Z7]]'' (2015) *''[[Third Degree (Flying Colors album)|Third Degree]]'' (2019) *''Third Stage: Live in London'' (2019) *''Morsefest 2019'' (2019)
===with Hammer of the Gods=== *''Two Nights in North America'' (2006)
===with Jordan Rudess=== *''[[Rhythm of Time]]'' (2004)
===Other Collaborations=== *Mike Santiago & Entity - ''White Trees'' (1977) *[[The Markley Band]] - ''On the Mark'' (1982) *John Macey - ''Meltdown'' (1984) *Stretch – ''Stretch'' (1984) *[[Glen Burtnik]] - ''Talking in Code'' (1986) *Scott Stewart & the Other Side - ''Scott Stewart & the Other Side'' (1987) *[[Planet X (band)|Planet X]] - ''[[Live From Oz]]'' (2002) *[[Balance II]] - ''Balance II'' (2005)
===DVD=== *Steve Morse - ''Sects, Dregs & Rock 'n' Roll'' (2002) *Steve Morse Band - ''Live In Baden-Baden Germany March 1990'' (2005) *John Petrucci - G3 ''Live in Tokyo'' (2005) *Hammer of the Gods - ''Two Nights in North America'' (2006) *Joe Satriani - ''Satriani Live!'' (2006)
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==External links== * [http://www.davelarue.com/ Official homepage] * {{discogs artist}} * {{MusicBrainz artist|id=47db4d10-b7b8-42ff-ac75-2ebd3d4be960|name=Dave LaRue}}
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