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DAN BRITTON

Nuthin' fancy - keep it vanilla...

About Me

DAN'S NEW CD, TURN THE STARS UPSIDE DOWN IS RELEASED APRIL 5TH ON MUSICIAN RECORDS. FOR MORE INFO OR TO BUY GO TO WWW.danbritton.co.ukDan Britton is a dynamic singer-songwriter with an amazing power in live performance. He blends US West Coast, hints of celtic and country, roots and rock into his own unique style. Go and see Dan perform solo, with his band, in duo with Chris Conway or with the traditional Irish band Govannen, you'll come out a fan. He has played guitar for Jackie Leven, Bob Cheevers and Cathy Lesurf ('The best guitarist I've worked with since Simon Nicol.') He has released several nationally acclaimed albums. A passionate performer, his powerful voice and stage presence immediately attracts attention. Current projects include adding vocals to the new Katie Lied album, being produced by Nigel Stonier and featuring ex members of The Waterboys & Thea Gilmore and playing UK summer dates with Nashville legend, Bob Cheevers.CD's include; 'Journey To Love' - 2003 - Dan solo - A New Day Records: 'Riding The Red White And Black Horses' - 1998 - solo - Rideout Records: 'Just Be Real' - 2001- duo cd with Chris Conway - A New Day Records: 'Chris Conway And Dan Britton Live' -2004- Oblong Records: 'The Water Is Wide' - 2006 - With Govannen - Oblong Records: 'The Kansas City Faggots...Knock One Off In Memphis' - with country band The Kansas City Faggots (no label - no surprise!)Dan also appears on cd's by Jackie Leven, Cathy Lesurf, David Wyatt, Andy Griffiths, Dave Kirk + others.
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/12/2006
Band Website: danbritton.co.uk
Band Members: Usual musical cohorts; Neil 'Tiny' Segrott - Bass, studio wizardry, Buddha-like wisdom; Chris Conway - Keyboards, long-time duo partner; Carl 'Fanny' Dawson - Guitar, cover art, Monkey Love; Adele McMahon - Violin, pure spirit: Mr Lee, Gav and Uncle Peter - drums; Neil Rabjohn - cajon and Jim Royale impressions; Tall Andy - bass and tallness.
Influences: Early; The Goodies, The Wombles, Elvis, The Bee Gees.A bit later; Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Lindisfarne, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground, Neil Young.Later still; Mike Scott and The Waterboys, The Sisters Of Mercy, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams, traditional Irish music, Maria McKee.Recent; Jackie Leven, Gram Parsons, Ben Harper, Gillian Welch, Jim White.Other influences; Love and Loss, Monkeys and Horses, The North Devon Coast, CrazyHorse, Kabir, Robert Bly, Anthony De Mello.
Sounds Like: Bits of The Waterboys, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Ben Harper, Jim White.
Record Label: A New Day, Musician, Paradise and Oblong
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hey Dan, how did your Moo-sic In The Cowshed night go...?

'...mmmMMMooooo!!!' (that means 'great! in cow language..) Seriously, it was great - thanks to those who played and those who came and to Yan who runs Northfield Farm. About 40 people made it which wa...
Posted by DAN BRITTON on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:55:00 PST

Katy Lied..

..> ..> About Katy Lied ..> ..> KatyLied is an all new band whose debut album "Late Arrival" will be an early arrival in 2008. With a sound that carries a blast of Southern California in 197...
Posted by DAN BRITTON on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:41:00 PST

READ REVIEWS FOR NEW ALBUM....

AMERICANA.CO.UK REVIEW: Dan Britton "Turn the Stars Upside Down" (Musician 2007) Heavy and heartfelt set of songs reminiscent of The Waterboys at their finest"We need leaders/Not self-serving fools/Ha...
Posted by DAN BRITTON on Fri, 04 May 2007 06:18:00 PST

How I came to record with Gram Parson's guitar...

I've had a few people ask me about this (including Polly Parsons, Gram's daughter) so I thought it would make an interesting subject for my 1st Blog entry.   The guitar in question is a bea...
Posted by DAN BRITTON on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 07:10:00 PST