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Danny G

About Me

Hi, I'm Danny G.
I feel truly blessed to make my living playing music. I've been playing guitar for 20 years and bass for 5. I am currently on tour with King's X as guitar tech for Ty Tabor . I also play bass full time with The Mother Truckers and guitar for Shandon Sahm , son of Texas music legend Doug Sahm as well as my own project Ironclad . I also have an instrumental experimental 2-guitar jam project in the works called Red River Day Care . I've toured through most of America and have been active Austin's Red River music community since the fall 2000. In addition to The Mother Truckers (Funzalo) and Shandon Sahm (Killing Bird), I have recorded and/or toured with Eric Tessmer, Southern Gun Culture (Arclight/Monotremata), the Ryan Bales Band, Velvet Brick (Mesa) and the Mark McKinney Band.
I was voted the Number 8 Bass Player in Austin for the 2008-9 Austin Music Awards . In 2008 I did 6 months of touring with The Mother Truckers. We got heavy airplay on Little Steven's Underground Garage and were featured on his Coolest Songs in the World compilation. The Mother Truckers' Josh Zee got a feature interview in the Nov 08 issue of Guitar Player Magazine and we opened for Mike Ness , Kenny Wayne Sheppard and The Cowboy Junkies . I am a FENDER endorsed artist.
In my spare time I build Armour Roadcases and Pedalboards , photograph bands and perform bizarre scientific experiments on effects pedals and other gear.
My guitar influences are Jimmy Page, Tony Iommi, Ace Frehley and the mighty Joe Walsh. Bass influences are Cliff Burton, Geezer Butler and John Paul Jones.
For the gearheads:
Guitar rig: modded 1981 Marshall JCM800 2203, Marshall 1960A and B cabs with each 2 G-75's/2 V30's. Boss TU-2, modded Boss Blues Driver, EA Tremolo/Booster I built, modded Phase 90, modded Crybaby. Main guitars: 1979 MIJ Ibanez Iceman w/57 Classic + Seymour Duncan Custom 5, 1996 Ibanez PS-10II Paul Stanley Re-issue Iceman w/57 Classic + Rio Grande BBQ. All amp/pedal/guitar modifications done by yours truly.
Bass rig: Late 70's Ampeg SVT, 1993 Ampeg SVT-II, Fender TB-600 rackmount, or new run Acoustic B200H (not all at the same time tho, heh). Ampeg Isovent cab. Boss TU-2, modded Big Muff Pi I built, Phase 90, Bass Crybaby. Main bass: 2002 USA Fender Precision Bass w/Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder. All pedal/guitar modifications done by yours truly.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/12/2005
Band Website: myspace.com/dannygrocks
Band Members: Danny G:

*Guitar Bass and Drums for Red River Day Care
*Bass on The Mother Truckers tracks
*Guitar on Ironclad tracks
*Guitar Lead on "Marijuana and Sex"

Sounds Like: An Ampeg bass rig about to explode and a cranked Marshall fullstack.
Record Label: Funzalo, Killing Bird, Mesa, Arclight, Monotremata
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Back home, and busy busy busy

Hey allGot back home Thursday evening from the 5 week King's X tour. Just gotta say it was an amazing experience. Met a lot of amazing people and got to see two amazing bands almost every night, Orang...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:05:00 GMT

I will guitar tech for King's X on a 5 week US tour!!!

When the Gods of Rock close a door, they punch a hole in the wall to make a window. Was already planning on seeing Honky/Grady/Amplified Heat at the Continental Club last night. Got an email from a...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 08:51:00 GMT

SXSW Video Blog for ATX Live.com

Danny G SXSW Video Blog for ATX Live.comHey allCheck out part 1 of my SXSW video blog for ATX Live.com!http://www.youtube.com/ATXLive411Part 2 coming soon...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:54:00 GMT

Danny G interview

Courtesy of Blondy Rock Promotions:QUESTIONS FOR ARTISTS/BANDS1. What is your stage name, as a solo artist or band?Danny G3. What genres do you play? Bass in a rock/americana band (The Mother Truckers...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:39:00 GMT

Stream the Red River Day Care album

Now you can listen to my solo Red River Day Care album online in its entirety!This is an album I started off as demos but turned in into a full length as part of the RPM Challenge, an online deal wher...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Mar 2009 06:44:00 GMT

#8 Bassist, 2009 Austin Music Awards

Danny G!!!http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Awards/MusicAwar ds?mode=browse&category=Best%20Austin%20Musicians&year=2008T his is awesome, exciting, validitaing, overwhelming and also a pleasant su...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:45:00 GMT

VAN TOUR Blog 4

Dec 11-18, 2008  Southwest run to SoCal, 2 shows with Mike NessThur Dec 11  Santa Fe NM, Santa Fe Brewing Company (2 sets)11:19am, Red Roof Inn in El Paso TX. Left yesterday afternoon. Didnt quite ...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:18:00 GMT

ATX Live.com: Meet The Mother Truckers

Our good friends at www.ATXLive.com just posted this video, "Meet The Mother Truckers"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqD0r5-YMM&feature= channel_pageNote our use of the revolutionary Beer Mic technolo...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:48:00 GMT

Red River Day Care "Sidewinder" (new track!)

Just posted a new track by my one-man instrumental studio project Red River Day Care."Sidewinder" as a title just popped into my head, a reference to the snake as well as the heat-seeking missle. This...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:20:00 GMT

The return of IRONCLAD -- Fri Feb 13th

The return of IRONCLAD and a benefit for Houston Ritcheson, a good friend of Red River who is battling lymphoma. The whole music communty has rallying behind him to help cover his medical costs. Frida...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 08:48:00 GMT