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Danny Roberts

About Me

About me:
Born in Austin Texas. and very proud of it. I've got a great family. Mill and I have two daughters Laurie and Lisa, trust me their both knock outs, and between them they both married great guys. how lucky is that?? , And i have 9 amazing grandchildren:
1 Alexandria, 2 Kevin, 3 Tyler, 4 Danielle, 5 David, 6 Jessica, 7 Joey, 8 Nicholas, and 9 Cammy.
I drove a truck for 25 years. I also sang and played in bands up and down the east coast for years. on the weekends in Taverns and backyard parties, and im still alive to talk about it. I mean i played in the boom boom rooms - enough said !
I gave up trucking, and came to Phoenix. Mill and i bought a home and started a new life here in Arizona. I hung out on the troutstreams in the white mountains.
I started playing guitar and singing in some local bars in the north west valley, got the bug again, started writing. I met Mike Bolenbach and the Plump Tones, and here i am actually acting out my fantasy with some of the hottest players in Phoenix. Mike Bolenbach my engineer and producer of my debut CD, Both Hands On The Wheel told me one day when i went into Fullwell studios to do a scratch vocal on a tune i was working on that his band " the plump tones were available and would work with me on this CD. I thought i was dreaming!
Seriously these guys are out there kicking ass. They are Mike Bolenbach Jimi Powers Jeff Leece Phil Janzen and Willie Gillette. I am so proud to be involved musically with these guys. If you have not seen the Plump tones in action on stage your missing out.
By the way, they not only played on all the tunes on the CD, but helped out by doing all the arrangements helping write the songs ect ect. Love you guys.
Danny Roberts
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Music:

Member Since: 11/04/2008
Band Website: http://www.idnmusic.com/dannyroberts
Band Members:Danny Roberts - Lead Vocals
Jimi Powers - Guitars/Vocals
Wilson Gillette - Pedal Steel/Vocals
Phil Janzen - Drums
Jeff Leece - Bass
Rags Allen - Piano
Mindy Nilson - Backing Vocals
Kristen Gillette - Backing Vocals

Mike Bolenbach - Producer/Engineer
Recorded at Full Well Recording Studio

Mastered by Roger Seibel at SAE Mastering

Influences:

some early music influences of mine and they still rate high on my list are :john lee hooker, muddy waters, robert nighthawk, sonny boy williamson 2, BB king, robert johnson, and Jimmy the yeah yeah man reed "you got me runnin" .

Buddy holly and the crickets
Jerry lee lewis
johnny cash
merle haggard
Elvis
Walon Jennings
Hank snow
Roger miller
ronnie milsap
Willie Nelson
Eddie rabbitt
john denver
Ricky skaggs
Randy Travis
Alan jackson
lee greenwood
george strait
hank jr
Josh turner
Conway Twitty
the allman brothers

to name a few.
These days i am being heavily influenced by the Plump Tones. They are the band to watch. In my opinion they are the most likely band to break out in phoenix, and beyond! You need to see and hear them to believe it. As luck would have it, i got invovled with them, and they helped me write, arrange, and record someof my origional music. My debut CD, Both Hands on the Wheel, came together because of their involvment. thanks again to Mike Bolenbach, my good friend, producer and engineer, Jimi Powers, Phil Janzen, Jeff Leece, Wilson Gillette, Rags Allen, Mindy Nilson, and Kristen Gillette. These people are some of the unsung heros in the music business, and i am thankful for their friendship and influences.
Record Label: Full Well Records
Type of Label: Indie

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