..................ACOUSTIC / AMERICANA VOTED BEST IN THE BAY 2008...................
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 ...
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............................................................................................
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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.............................
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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..........................
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, and several incarnations of the DOWGS 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).How lucky can one man get!?!
Hi, Dana ~ Thanks for dropping by and the nice comment. I'm not planning to go to the AMA conference this year.....maybe next year. Hope it goes well for you if you do :-)
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane.To those who don't know me, I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know if you like the new songs..be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! new videos too! Ruby Jane
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. Grandma said that. Although “weather wise” it was a cold but clear night in Green Bay, there was something “wild” in the air. The gathering of musical talent that two months ago was “The Title Town Three” has progressed and is now “White Rocket” . They played a set at Montagues wine bar in DePere Wisconsin. The usually laid back club’s musical fair is generally reserved for singer/songwriter types. Guitar pumping, harmonica rack wearing, mellow covers and the off original….(Bill Schulz excepted). But on the last day of February/ first of March, Gary White and friends ramped things up into a frenzy. Slowly at first swirling Gary’s original material in an alt country meets grunge fashion. (Think Super Suckers.) The tightness these guys have developed in a few weeks is testament to what good musicians they are. Whites sometimes sketchy vocals are strengthening and he’s hitting notes not obtainable two months ago…as well Gary is learning that less is more, not pushing. Of course the whole sound of this band rallies on that creedo. Less is more. The bass player Chuck has come to the forefront of their sound, and indeed is the anchor that they are fastened to. He also has been adding tasty backup vocals in increments almost unnoticeable…(less is more). Dana Erlandson is feeling a bit more comfortable with “White’s” material and he is venturing out of his comfort zones into tasteful areas of creation with his peddle steel and mandolin playing. Dana’s work is the invisible hook in this bands sound. It’s so cool! Not every band has these weapons. Phil “Gus” Gospoderak’s drumming and sense of time is very impressive indeed. Again his change ups in rhythms and perfect stops and back beats are a marvel of the percussion world! Working on not much more than a trap set, the soft spoken Gospodarek looks as though he may have stepped out of an old
Gary White and the Titletown Three Wednesday, November 26th 2008 Hinterland Brewery. Sometimes marathon runners find their stride late in a race, sometimes earlier.... but they never seem to be smooth from the start. Not the case with the sound from this band. It had a stride that was smooth and also different Different if you are familiar with Gary White and any one of the three or four friends he had on stage this night. The whole was definitely greater than the sum of the parts. From the first song there was a magic. Maybe it was the smooth bustle of Gus's drum work ever changing the feel of the songs over the night. Dana Erlandson (a local star himself) added a wide (beautiful) pallet of sound with his pedal steel magic and playful dalliance on mandolin. It seemed to bring and in fact demand Gary Whites (always powerful) guitar playing to a new level and also changed the vibe. Myself, a fan of White's songs and work for years. I recognized them but like seeing an old friend after many years they had changed.....and in a good way. This was a mellower but poignant sound. This is where these songs have needed to be and in fact White should get this crew together to record them all again the way they were meant to be.....the way they came out last night. Suffice it to say the band kicked ass last night. Almost mind blowing, but the real twister was in a body of work finding it's stride ....it's place to be. Chuck the bass player kept the sound honest. Some help by Jason Berken later in the night is always a welcome happening and White and Berken seem to shine when they are on stage together. But the night belonged to those beautiful songs, running smooth! The CG Post 11-27-08
Hi, Dana ! We sure share alot of the same favorite artists ! Really enjoyed your version of "Some of Shelley's Blues" ~ one of my very fave Nesmith tunes :-)
Sorry not to connect at the Bluebird the other night. I was getting over being under-the-weather so I couldn't quite make it for the whole night :-(
I did see your song tho' & felt for you with the wilting mic incident.... :-0 !!
Yes Dana, that's where I found you. I was reading about that competition and saw Bettysoo won, so then I checked out some of the contestants that I liked, you being one of them. But isn't Bettysoo fabulous?
