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Dan Gallagher

Dan Gallagher

About Me

Words - Jim Zeiss / Music - Dan Gallagher, except "Strawberry Patch:" Words and music - Dan Gallagher, Title - Andy Overtoom (Thanks Andy).All songs performed and recorded by DG.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Members: Dan Gallagher - Guitar, drums, piano, etc - "He Knows The Law, And The Law Knows Him."
Influences: Brian Wilson, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Bruce, Todd Rundgren, Chuck Berry, Grand Funk Railroad, Jim Bouton, James Brown, THE VENTURES, Chuck Barris, The Rolling Stones, President Kennedy, 1966 Batman TV series; Motown, Jeff Beck, Lester Bangs, Bob Dylan; most of the rock & roll, soul, pop and funky AM radio hits from the mid-50's to maybe 1974; CCR, Neil Young, RFK, The Cream; Q: How Fabulous is Robin Meade?, Muddy Waters, Yes, The New York Dolls, Simon & Garfunkel, Jimmy Page; "....Good Evening I'm Yolannnnda Vega !!!" Robert Johnson, The Stooges, Genesis with Peter Gabriel; Bo Diddley - "Bring It To Jerome" is probably the Greatest Record Ever Made - Plus - Seriously: What the Hell is "Aztec?".... Paul Kossoff, The Four Seasons; Buddy Holly, Peggy Fleming, Charlie Parker, Stewart Copeland, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson; The Consumers, Burt Bacharach, Edward Van Halen, Liz Cho, Jobim, Elvis Costello, H.R. "Bob" Haldeman, the first couple PiL records; Montrose; Al Primo - A True Visionary; Chet Atkins and Les Paul - Those two "Chester and Lester" albums are UNREAL; Third Wish, Allan Holdsworth, Black Sabbath; Harrison Edward Livingstone; Pop Art in general, Billy Preston, Dizzy Gillespie; Buzz Aldrin, The Dickies, Johnny Carson, just about everything on the Nuggets boxes; A lot of of blues, jazz, country and big band; Adam Savage, Jamie Hyneman and The Build Team; specific records like "Get Together" - The Youngbloods, the 5th Dimension's version of "Aquarius/Let the Sun Shine In," "Ball of Confusion" - The Temptations, "Bus Stop" - The Hollies, "Smile A Little Smile For Me" - The Flying Machine; The Byrds' "Eight Miles High;" "Walk Right In" - The Rooftop Singers, "Respect Yourself"- The Staple Singers; "Speedo" - The Cadillacs; Johnny Cymbal's "Mr. Bass Man," "Downtown" - Petula Clark... "Get Dancin'" by Disco Tex & The Sex-O-Lettes; Elvis Presley's version of "Run On," - And of course "Telstar" by the Tornadoes and Clarence Carter's "Patches" are absolute masterpieces
Sounds Like: Love, Baby........
Type of Label: None