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Danny Britt - Red Dawg Music

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Danny Britt grew up in south central Kentucky playing everything from Bluegrass to Country to Classical to Rock and Roll. After playing in assorted bands in Kentucky, Danny made his way to Texas in 1980. Danny did a couple years touring with Jerry Jeff Walker as his road manager. He began writing and playing his own music as a part of the Austin music scene and by the early 1990s was performing on a regular basis.
Danny has performed around the country on shows with the likes of Guy Clark, Jerry Jeff Walker, John McCutcheon, Chris Smither, Bruce Robison, Nina Gerber, Kelly Willis, Chris Wall, Greg Trooper, The Dixie Chicks, and many others..
In 2000 Danny and business partner Rene’ Loflin formed their own record company, Red Dawg Music. Their publishing company is Austin Red Dawg Publishing.
Danny’s 1st original work was released in April 2001 titled: Danny Britt and Red Dawg - Texas Stuff. This work was noted in Performing Songwriter Magazine and reviewed in Sing Out Magazine in 2001. Texas Stuff was also reviewed in Roots Town Magazine in 2002. Long time Austin touring musician and producer Marvin Dykhuis produced this recording. It is a collection of some of Danny’s favorite original songs that take the listener on a tour of several different kinds of music while maintaining a unique acoustic sound.
Red Dawg Music released Danny’s second original work in Feb. 2003. This CD is titled Danny Britt The Other Side. It is co-produced by long time touring musician Chip Dolan and Danny. Several great Austin Based Artists join Danny & Chip on this recording. Some of them include Kelly Willis, Bruce Robison, Christine Albert, Chris Gage, Marvin Dykhuis, and more.
Danny's newest CD is titled Walk This Road. It is produced by Marvin Dykhuis and Danny. Danny Britt - Walk This Road was released in October 2007.
On November 29, 2001 the Austin City Council and Austin Mayor Gus Garcia proclaimed that day Danny Britt Day for his continued efforts to maintain Austin, Texas as the Live Music Capital of the World.Danny Britt has performed every type of venue from House Concert Series to Bars to large Outdoor stage productions to great listening rooms.
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Member Since: 11/6/2006
Band Website: http://www.reddawgmusic.com
Band Members: Marvin Dykhuis - Guitar, Vocals, Mandolin - Long time International touring musician and producer.Glenn Kawamoto - Bass Guitar, Vocals - Another long time International touring musician and producer.Bradley Kopp - Guitar, Vocals - Wonderful touring musician and producer based in Austin, TX.Charlie Irwin - Bass Guitar, Vocals - Great player who moved to Austin, TX from Bostin, MA and we're glad he did!Craig Calvert - Guitar, vocals - Long time professional musician based in Austin, TX. Great player and songwriter.Michael Jackson - (Yes, that's his real name) Guitar, Vocals - Another long time professional musician based in Austin, TX.Jeff Tverras - Guitar, Vocals - Another long time professional musician based in Austin, TX . Jeff moved here from San Diego, CA. Jeff also hosts and publishes a pod cast called: austinconnection.netWarren Hood - Fiddle, Vocals - Warren is an incredible talent who has played with us over the years. He studied at Berklee school of Music in Boston and is now playing with his own band called "The Hoodlums" as well as touring with "The Waybacks". We're always glad to have him around.Cam King - Guitar, Vocals - Cam came to us by way of Nashville to Austin. He is a great player and wonderful songwriter. It's always great to see what Cam will do next when we're on stage.Paul Garretson - Drums - Paul is a wonderful percussionist based in Austin, TX. Paul spends his time teaching as well as playing professionally.Obviously we don't all play together at the same time, but the above players make up the Red Dawg Band. We play in many configurations depending on scheduling and musical requirements... -- Facebook Badge START -- Danny Britt's Profile

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Influences: Jerry Jeff Walker, Guy Clark, Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Keb Mo, and many others
Sounds Like: Listen and let me know
Record Label: Red Dawg Music
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Review of Walk This Road CD from Europe

Danny Britt/Walk this road/reddawgmusic.com (lyrics)/ myspace.com/dannybrittaustin It happened to my fellow contributor to MazzMusikaS e-zine Dani Heyvaert in 2002, it happened to me in March...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 10:41:00 GMT

New Austin, TX Venue opened May 2nd.

The newest Acoustic music venue (Austin Acoustical Cafe') in Austin, TX had it's opening show on Sat. May 2nd. I was lucky enough to be the first show booked to open this venue. Bob Cheevers (www.bobc...
Posted by on Wed, 06 May 2009 07:08:00 GMT

Southwest Regional Folk Alliance

The 2008 Southwest Regional Folk Alliance has come to a close. We were in Austin, TX again this year for the event. We started with showcases at Threadgills North location on Wed. night. Th...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:49:00 GMT

How Long is Forever? by Danny Britt and Red Dawg at Donn's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMA3e-6AvHY
Posted by on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:21:00 GMT