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Dana Salmela of Too Many Shoes

Acoustic solo artist & member of Too Many Shoes

About Me

I am a lead electric & acoustic guitarist, singer & song writer. I have been playing guitar for 19 years. I am a band member of an all girl band called "Too Many Shoes". We recorded an album together back in 2006 with all the original members of Too Many Shoes Tracy Howard (lead vocals & rhythm guitar), Dana Salmela (lead guitar), Mary Kirk (bass), Kebra Warnick (percussion) all songs written by Tracy Howard. This is a revival album dedicated to Tracy's life. Tracy had been battling with terminal cancer (melanoma) for the past two years. Around spring of 2006 she wished the whole band "Too Many Shoes" to record an album with some new originals she wrote. It was a race for time, but Tracy managed to have the strength to lay down the tracks in time for this album. My dear friend Tracy passed away Wednesday October 18 2006 at around 2:00 pm. I will miss her dearly. I know she is in heaven with God singing and playing guitar with the angels now. Tracy definitely left her mark with her beautiful soulful voice and touched a lot of hearts. She has left her recorded music for all of us to enjoy. More sad news: Kelly Jordan, our bass player from March of 2003 through December 2006, died Monday evening (2/12) at approximately 9:30 PM. She had been battling breast cancer since February 2004, but played with the band through all of her chemo and radiation. This past December Kelly decided to leave the band to devote more energy to fighting her cancer. We all hoped that she would beat it, but she lost her battle and TMS lost another family member. She was an awesome bass player and a wonderful person. We all miss her deeply and we can only wait till we pass to the otherside to see her again. It's all so crazy having lost two members of our band due to cancer, but, the band is still trying to make it through everything and sticking together with members Dana Salmela (lead vocals/lead guitar), Kebra Warnick (percussion/vocals) Wendy Sullivan (rhythm guitar) and Mary Kirk (bass). Our newest album is now released. You can click here to buy our cd "Fat Fanny & The Too Many Shoes Revival or visit website www.myspace.com/fatfannyproductions and find the pay pal link. Check out website for "Too Many Shoes" at www.toomanyshoesrock.com .....................................................

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Member Since: 1/4/2006
Band Website: toomanyshoesrock.com
Band Members: Dana Salmela - Lead Guitar & Vocals ******************************************* Mary Kirk - Bass ******************************************* Kebra Warnick - Drums *******************************************
Influences: I have been influenced by many stlyes of rock, goth, classical, punk, jazz and blues. I play my own original material and can cover songs by bands like Jimi Hendrix, Fleetwood Mac, Green Day, The Doors, Nirvana, Eric Clapton, Alanis Morissette, Janis Joplin, Indigo Girls, Incubus, Alice In Chains, Switchblade Symphony, The Gathering, Concrete Blonde, The Beatles, The Misfits, The Ramones, The Romantics, Pink Floyd, Blink 182, 4 Non Blondes, Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Matchbox 20, Sonic Youth, The Cranberries, Five For Fighting, Sublime, Cold Play, The Go Go's, Dishwalla, Local H, Maroon 5, Blondie, Melissa Etheridge, Jimmy Eat World, Gin Blossoms, Silver Chair, Third Eye Blind, Avril Lavigne, Howling Wolf, Nickelback, C.C.R., Letters To Cleo, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, The Police, The Moody Blues, Semisonic, The Troggs, Bobby Bland, Elmore James, Dido, Radio Head, The Cure, Weezer, Jane's Addiction, Heart, Jefferson Airplane, Jet, Stealers Wheel, Joan Osborne, Sex Pistols, Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Joy Drop, Sheryl Crow, K's Choice, Hootie And The Blowfish, Violent Femmes, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, Blind Melon, Audio Slave, Saliva, Puddle Of Mudd, Classic IV, Meredith Brooks, The Bangles, Metallica, Ozzy, AC/DC, etc., etc., etc.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
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My Blog

Song List Of Covers & Originals

Song List - Covers 4 Non Blondes - What's Up Alanis Morissette - Hand In My Pocket Alanis Morissette - Head Over Feat Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign Alice In C...
Posted by Dana Salmela of Too Many Shoes on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

Review by David Geffen/Buy The CD

This is what David Geffen from Geffen Records wrote about our Fat Fanny And The Too Many Shoes Revival Cd http://cdbaby.com/cd/fatfanny1  A mastery of lyrical artistry! Recomended to all music en...
Posted by Dana Salmela of Too Many Shoes on Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:58:00 PST

Too Many Shoes unplugged at Rock 105

Go to www.mymgd.com to here the band I'm in "Too Many Shoes" do the unplugged cover version of the song "All Along The Watch Tower"  played Friday Dec. 8th 2006 at 9am&nb...
Posted by Dana Salmela of Too Many Shoes on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:59:00 PST

A bunch of pics

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Posted by Dana Salmela of Too Many Shoes on Fri, 10 Nov 2006 08:00:00 PST