Dana Erlandson

Bio:

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I am one BLESSED and LUCKY DOWG !!! I have been an active member of the music scene in this part of the upper midwest that I call home, for more years than I should admit. I have loved it all. I have friends that I have made music with in GLASS, TWO WAY STREET, FORGIVEN, the GARAGE BAND, the DOWGS, and most recently..the ROCKETS and the Roy Orbison tribute "DREAM BAND" whom I truly love and respect. ........... I have opened for and in many cases played with:........... America, Brewer and Shipley, Jackson Browne, Stacey Earle & Mark Stuart, Steve Forbert, Richie Furay, Nanci Griffith, John Hartford, John Hiatt, Lucy Kaplansky, Leo Kottke, David Lindley, Pat MacDonald, Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, Kevin Montgomery, the Nashville Bluegrass Band, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Todd Snider, Al Stewart, Greg Trooper, and Jerry Jeff Walker.......... I have tried to keep my head straight and my feet on the ground. I have always kept my day job and the bills paid...... So in the words of John Prine (who is still number one on my WISH LIST of people to play with...waddya say Johnny?) How lucky can one man get!?!

Influences:

Adding to the list form time to time....John Prine, Jackson Browne, Jerry Jeff Walker, Nanci Griffith, America, Johnny Cash, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Jonathon Edwards, Emmylou Harris, Steve Forbert, Todd Snider, John Hiatt, John Hartford, Bill Monroe, Mark Stuart & Stacey Earle, Guy Clark, Ryan Adams, Gram Parsons, Michael Nesmith, Jimmy Buffett, Neil Young, O.J. (Red) Rhodes, "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, David Lindley, Al Perkins, Leo LeBlanc, and ...

Sounds Like:

Reviews....................................................................................................... ..Dana, I'm liking your CD a lot. Listened to it once on the way down to Milwaukee, and listening again now. Sharp songwriting........Peter Cooper - The Nashville Tennessean and talking head on CNN, CMT, MSNBC, and the BBC............................................................................................................... Opening for Jackson Browne & Pat MacDonald - Steelbridge Songfest2 - Sturgeon Bay, WI. ...Dana is a very prolific songwriter.......patmAcdonald - singer/songwriter............................................................................................ .. Opening for John Hiatt - Barrymore Theatre - Madison, WI. A delightful singer songwriter with a great sense of humor. Dana tells stories in the true tradition of the traveling troubadour. Check this guy out when he hits your town! ..…Gabby Parsons 105.5 Triple M Radio WMMM FM Madison,WI...................................................................................................................... Opening for Lucy Kaplansky – Cedarburg Cultural Center - Cedarburg, WI. …he writes very well from the heart, mind and funny bone…it’s comfortable to just sit, listen, and be taken away by the merits of the songs themselves.... .Joe Delucia - founder of the Wisconsin Singer/Songwriter Series............................. ............................................ Opening for Todd Snider - Riverside Ballroom - Green Bay, WI. ….Last weekend’s Todd Snider/Michael McDermott/Dana Erlandson show was a great night of music and stage stories that capped of a spring series of concerts by singer/songwriters at the Riverside Ballroom. …Kendra Meinert - Green Bay Press-Gazette............................................................................... Opening for Jerry Jeff Walker - City Centre Theatre - Green Bay, WI. …local singer/songwriter Dana Erlandson, has a lot of good original songs. He got great mileage out of Illinois Plates, a tantalizing tease of our distinguished visitors. It was a hit with the crowd.…well made personal songs from no one root style, rather touching on blues, country, and folk. …Warren Gerds - Green Bay Press-Gazette........................................................................................ Opening for Leo Kottke - City Centre Theatre - Green Bay, WI. ….The album, A Postcard Dream, came out last month. Pontiac Stew, his first effort, hit the market four years ago. His musical offspring certainly made the grade when Erlandson opened for Leo Kottke at City Centre Theatre. Continuing applause after a 45-minute set signaled that an enthusiastic crowd craved an encore. …Mary Colurso - Green Bay Press-Gazette..........................