Danny Django: News

The song "Jennifer" from Cosmic Wheel is on the Artist spotlight CD that has been circulated to radio stations throughout North America and Europe. It is the brainchild of the Music Resource Group and The Planetary Group and has done quit well since it's release 3 months ago picking up over 300 adds on College radio alone. I've been contacted by several College station recently telling me that "Jennifer" is climbing their charts. It can't "chart" because there are no sales to track since the compilation is not for sale but it can register adds (stations that have set the song aside for air time). We are quite grateful for the air time and the exposure!

The Touch The Sky CD has been reviewed in Roctober issue #44. It's a good review, you can read it on my website under press/reviews. Roctober has a circulation of 5,000 to 10,000 worldwide. I found the magazine itself quite entertaining, sarcastically truthful and humorous. I also have a link on my site set up to there site.

I've got all the sound clips for the New CD "Touch The Sky" on the website. I'm still working on getting the rest of the lyrics. I hope you enjoy it!

It was great fun at the Celtic Crossing in Castle Rock last night. The sing alongs were a blast, the atmosphere was cool. The set with Major Ryan was awesome. Thanks all!

After many months of painstaking sweat and fears, my new CD is now finally out and selling. The physical CD at cdbaby.com and the trunk of my car, the digital variety at itunes so far, the rest of the digital world soon to follow (napster, rhapsody,etc.). It's called "Touch The Sky" with 16 songs all recorded in my cellar. So far people really dig "Sydney", "Touch The Sky", and "Carpetbagger Cowboy". People tell me they get a big kick out of "Gettin' There's Half The Fun", They say it's upbeat and funny. It was fun making the CD, I hope people enjoy it.

The Indie Guitarists.com webzine has published an interview of me on their webzine today. I've created a link on my link page or you can go to http://indieguitarists.com to see it.

I finally was able to get a descent translation from a website on a May, 2005 review of Cosmic Wheel and Soul Traces CD's respectively. I've posted the review under the Press/reviews icon. First is the translated version and then the original. It sounds like they dug it!

It's with great pleasure that I announce my inclusion in the 2007 edition of the well known music industry guide "The Musicians Atlas" I'm on Page 7 - Cool! It sells at Borders, Barnes and Noble, the Guitar Center, on-line, etc.

Alot of people have been inquiring about the new CD. I'm titling it "Touch The Sky". Well, the good news is I'm almost done recording it. The bad news is I don't know when it will be available. I'm thinking late February. Please keep in mind I not only write the songs and sing, I play and record all the tracks, market, promote and tour out of my basement. My wife does the CD art work. The manufacturer makes the final product with lead times, etc. I'm not complaining, it's really alot of fun. I'll try to keep you all posted.

I posted a new review I got from the webzine Indie-Music.com on Saturday. You can read it on my site under Press/Reviews or you can go to their site. It's a little complicated so I'm also providing a link on my links page.

It was a picture perfect day in Albuquerque to play on the Quad on the great campus at the University Of New Mexico. (35,000 students! Awesome!) Thanks to Paul for having me there and making sure the show went off without a hitch. Also, thanks to the students.

I Got home yesterday morning after driving from Bellingham, WA. The gig at Western Washington University was a lot of fun - Thanks for having me! The drive home was un-eventful for a time. I stayed over night in Yakima, WA. on Friday. They were having a dog show, so it was nearly impossible to find a room. Stayed at the Best Western. The drive was going really well ( 81 to 82 M.P.H.) until I got to Elk Mountain on I-80 in Wyoming. About 60-80 miles of blizzard. It seems like everytime I hit that stretch of Highway it's some sort of major weather event. Any way, I'm home safe and sound. Thanks to everyone for making my tour such a blast!

Alooga Radio has the song "Cosmic Wheel" on it's Indie playlist through out Germany.

Great gig here in Bremertom, WA. Everyone was so nice to me. Thanks for having me!

Thanks MSU-Bozeman and ASMU coordinator John for having me. It was a great show and I loved being able to come and play for you all! Thanks Again!

The local Colorado Springs Newspaper gave "Cosmic Wheel" a good review in it's "GO" entertainment section June 30th, 2006.

A song I wrote called "I Believe" from the Soul Traces CD is at #42 on the American Idol Underground internet radio charts. It's charting under Folk, Modern Folk. This is a big network of stations. You can go in and listen, review it, etc. at http://www.idolunderground.com . I'm providing a direct link to the site under "links" .

It was a Great tour of the Pacific Northwest. I met alot of cool and interesting people. Thanks for coming to see me, I hope to see you all again soon! It's good to be back home.

The Gig at GHC was outstanding! Thanks to the students for having me and for singing along and being such a great audience. I also went to a place in Aberdeen called Hubb's Muffler of HWY 101. The welcome sign to Aberdeen has the town motto "Come As You Are", very fitting. The owners wife there at Hubb's set up a cool little memorial for Kurdt right there in the garage with authentic memoribilia from his life. Mr. Hubb also said she knew him many years, grew up with him really. I gave them a copy of both my CD's as payment for the tour. I also went up and saw Cobain's home. He grew up off Market Street on the corner underneath a bridge by a river that empties into Gray's Harbour. A very clean, well kept neighborhood of older, surprisingly small homes. Kurdt Grew up in an extremely humble environment. I always felt a kinship with Kurdt. We are essentially the same age, on a musical journey ( his ended tragicly and too soon). I am a poor kid from Peoria, Il. and Kurdt was a poor kid from Aberdeen, WA. It made me sad again to think he's gone, yet thankful for all that he gave us.

Wow! What a great place! It was a great day and thanks for having me as a part of your festivities.