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Danny Amis, aka Daddy-O Grande is perhaps best known as one of the founding members of the musical group, Los Straitjackets, although his contributions to the world of Guitar Instrumentals goes back much further.
Born in Memphis to a respected newspaper editor, his family moved to Minneapolis when he was 4 years old. His first band, The Overtones, brought guitar instrumentals to the late 70s Twin Cities punk scene, and was one of the first acts to appear on the now legendary Twin/Tone Records. From there Amis made a much bigger instrumental splash when he moved to New York City and joined up with the Raybeats for several records including Guitar Beat.
Switching roles from Musician to engineer, Amis produced an album for Beat Rodeo before moving on to Nashville where he landed a job working for the Grand Ole Opry, TNN, Nashville Now and yes, Hee-Haw.
Enjoying his newly found world of paid vacations, Amis took time to travel and became enchanted with Mexico City and the Lucha Libre. Soon after that, Amis donned a silver and blue wrestling mask and the persona of Daddy-O Grande was born! It wasn't long after that that Americaâ€™s Instrumentalists, Los Straitjackets, was formed.
For more than 13 years in Los Straitjackets, Amis is enjoying the success of 11 critically acclaimed CDs, a Grammy nomination, numerous television appearances, and over 1300 live performances worldwide. Among those live shows was a televised 2005 concert in Daddy-O Grandeâ€™s home away from home, Mexico City, in the Historic Plaza de la Constitucion, for a crowd of over 70,000 fans.
Amis also had the honor of hearing his own Calhoun Surf performed and recorded by his heroes, The Ventures.
Besides performing with Los Straitjackets, Amis also produced the debut CD by Mexicoâ€™s instrumental sensations, Lost Acapulco, as well as producing and directing the ever-popular Go-Go Robics DVDs starring Americaâ€™s queens of burlesque, The World Famous Pontani Sisters.
In the spring of 2006, Amis returned to Mexico City to record his proudest accomplishment to date, Daddy-O Grande in Mexico, reuniting with his good friends, Lost Acapulco.
The year 2007 saw Daddy-O Grande travelling to South America for many Solo concerts in Argentina and Brazil. For 2008, look for Los Straitjackets in concert in Mexico City, as well as more Daddy-O Grande solo tours, namely in Europe!
Citing the great surf-guitarist Dick Dale as a major influence, Danny Amis has also developed an ability to write about himself in the third person.
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Member Since: 8/12/2006
Band Website: daddyogrande.com
Band Members: Here is a semi-complete Discography for Daddy-O Grande:

Influences: The Ventures, The Shadows, Dick Dale, Duane Eddy, Link Wray, Al Caiola, Hank Marvin, Scotty Moore, Lonnie Mack, Al Casey, James Burton, Les Paul, The Beatles, Lou Reed, Henry Mancini, Esquivel, Perez Prado, The Ramones, The Suicide Commandos, Bob Mould, Paul Westerberg, Slim Dunlap, Chris Osgood, Steve Almaas, Bill Schunk, The Cramps, Los Teen Tops, Los Locos del Ritmo, Los Rockin' Devils, Jobim, Lonnie Mack, Jorgen Ingmann, Burt Kaempfert, Wes Montgomery, Steve Cropper, Jody Harris, Jack Nitzche, Johnny Thunders, Angelo Badalamenti, Ben Vaughn, The Fleshtones, Xavier Cugat.
Sounds Like: Check it out!! Another new Video!

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Record Label: Yep Roc, Mostrissimo, Daddy-O Grande Signature
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Guitar for sale on eBay!

Hey Everyone, Just to let you know, I put a guitar up on eBay for the first time, something some of you might be interested in.It's the white Fender Jagmaster I used years ago in magazine ads and on C...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 02:03:00 PST

Gracias a mis amigos de DF!

Muchas gracias a todos que vinieron a el Vive!! Confirmaron que Mexico es mi ciudad favorita, y no puedo esperar a tocar en DF otra vez. Pronto con suerte. mientras tanto, estare por la tienda KONG, c...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Tue, 27 May 2008 07:04:00 PST

Los Straitjackets en Mexico

Hola mis amigos de DF!! Estoy encantado de regresar a DF con Los Straitjackets! Es nuestro primer show en mi cuidad favorita desde el concierto de 2005 en el zócalo. Tocamos el sabado por el "Viv...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Fri, 16 May 2008 08:54:00 PST

I’ve got some things on eBay.

Well, after years of buying stuff on Ebay, I finally started selling things. I don't know what took me so long, but check it out. My seller name is daddyogrande. You can click here: http://search.ebay...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:53:00 PST

New Video and other news

Hey Everyone, I've gotten a little behind on the blogging, among other things. I finally just updated my website at www.daddyogrande.com. As you can see on my profile, I have a new video, of Fre...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:00:00 PST

Argentina!!

Words can't adequately describe what a wonderful time I had in Argentina. I don't remember ever feeling so welcomed anywhere else. The shows were fantastic, The Tormentos were excellent musicians to p...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 11:21:00 PST

Conan O'Brien & other Upcoming Shows

On the eve of our trip to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, I've just learned that Los Straitjackets featuring Big Sandy have just been confirmed for June 5th on Late Night with Conan O'Brien! Chec...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 06:01:00 PST

CD now officially available in U.S.!

I'm actually a few days late announcing this, but Daddy-O Grande in Mexico is now officially released in the U.S. on my own label, Daddy-O Grande Signature Series, distributed by Redeye. What tha...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 02:32:00 PST

Greetings from Acapulco!

I've never done a blog before, this is my first. I've sort of shied away from it, the word "Blog" isn't very appealing, it sounds like something greasy or fattening or cumbersome. It's one of those wo...
Posted by Daddy-O Grande on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:16:00 PST