USA – Boston: Former O Positive frontman Dave Herlihy merges careers as a musician and a lawyer

The Patriot Ledger writes

Dave Herlihy abandoned his legal career for his love of music, and his ride on the mid-1980s rock ‘n’ roll merry-go-round with the band O Positive brought him a good measure of success, and a major label deal.  But when that rocket-to-the-top stalled out and the record deals faded away, Herlihy put his legal acumen to work advising musicians and other artists how to navigate their oft-frustrating business.

Herlihy’s musical-and-legal career is one of the most unique stories in the Boston-area music scene, and now it has a new chapter. Herlihy has released his first solo EP, titled “Postcards from Kindergarten: Vol. One” on Lunch Records, this month, and is headlining Club Passim in Harvard Square on Friday night.

 

Herlihy’s work as an attorney includes advising musicians and other artists on contracts, copyrights and intellectual property rights, and also teaching those subjects at Northeastern University. But this proud graduate of Boston College Law School never has lost his love of music, listening and especially playing with his friends.

“I had gotten out of B.C. Law in 1983, and worked for a white-collar crime firm, but realized it just wasn’t for me,” Herlihy explained from his Boston office this week. “It was like I had my midlife crisis in my twenties, but I decided to quit and pursue music.  It sounds very romantic, but it wasn’t at the time. I never thought I’d ever practice law again. Most of the artists I really love will tell you they never had a ‘Plan B.’ Once I made the move, I gave O Positive all I had. And then after 12 years, it was remarkable we had all stuck with it. We did have two drummers over that time, but all the other members were original.”

Source: https://www.patriotledger.com/story/entertainment/2023/01/24/former-o-positive-frontman-dave-herlihy-merges-music-and-law-careers/69832289007/