Dave Purple

American bassist and engineer.

Born: February 27, 1945 in Clearwater, Florida.
Dead: June, 2001 in Antioch, Tennesse.

Original bass player for Chicago garage band the Cryan' Shames,
left the group in 1967 for military service.
Upon returning to Chicago took up a career as a recording engineer,
first with Chess Records and from 1971 with Stax.