Dan Asselin on guitar, harmonica and singin. Dan Bennett on Bass, Angelo Hatgistavrou on drums and Greek, special guest guitarists James Ryan, Adam Tressler, and others...
Influences
The following songs: JEREMY ENIGK: Shade & the Black Cat. LOWRY: Zipped Up the Lost Coat, Wicked Witch of Bushwick. WAKEY!WAKEY!:Take It Like a Man! DARWIN DEEZ: Bad Day. EDDIE VEDDER: No Ceiling, Far Behind. RUFUS WAINWRIGHT: Do I Disappoint You, Greek Song. FIONA APPLE: I know, O Sailor, Sleep to Dream. ELLIOTT SMITH: Coast 2 Coast, Wouldn't Mama Be Proud? TOM WAITS: Gun Street Girl, Make it Rain. GILLIAN WELCH: Dreamed a Highway. JOHN LENNON: Watching the Wheels (acoustic).
Sounds Like
Non-adult Contemporary Singer-Songwriter with a hint of Adult Contemporary Singer-Songwriter.
My musicianship began at the age of five when I found an acoustic guitar in my grandma's closet. All I could play was the opening riff to "come as you are" and people kept telling me I was playing it upside-down. I was lefty---a child of Satan. Guitar teachers tried to break me of the devil trait by forcing me to play righty. All they accomplished was discouraging me from ever pursuing music academically (sike! I'm just lazy).
At fifteen I played guitar in defunct Long Island scream-o band Farewell in Splendor, but my interest in music at the time was transitory, and I soon ended up gleefully distracted by surfing, half-pipes and trying to lose my virginity at beach parties.
At 19, I moved to Brooklyn to brave the open-mic circuit. Since 2007 I've been cutting my teeth at Bar 4, Sidewalk Cafe, Pianos and Rockwood Music Hall, and after many false alarms, FINALLY moving toward recording an E.P. In the meantime, working on a live demo for shows, which should be really good. Thanks for reading!
Dan
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"...Dan's passion certainly runs deep. His performances are intensely rooted in the pit of his gut. You can feel him feel his music."
3rd Annual WAGSTOCK this Sunday, June 21st!! Wagstock is free for all. Bring blankets, pets, brew, snacks and snuggle up on the grass with your sweetie pie.
Go to our myspace for all details.
Jun 17 2009 3:36 PM
YES! I do too, but I can't breathe, I can't sleep and my head is throbbing....I went to the Pharmacy last night and she hooked me up, so I hope with these meds I can get to feeling better. I am not coming in this afternoon to work. We might actually do that. Send a text my way and remind me, if you don't mind. I'd love to do that! We are SOOO loving our vacation time and love being around people too. the extra money we made from taking those paid surveys online helped out so much!! you should really do them too; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
www.workforblingsurveys.com
anyways, so, I will see you next Tuesday. Have a great day!
sorry i missed you last night. i was stuck doing laps between my bed and couch... major ill. still pretty wobbly. i'll be at rockwood though, fit and w/a bell on. hope it went well. i guess i'm playing there on 3/24. so, that's cool. talk soon. c.
Hope to see ya at Sidewalk Cafe (94 Ave A East Village NYC)this FRIDAY 12/12 for a great show: Liv Carrow, Nan Turner, Maj. Matt Mason USA, Dan Fishback, Charles Latham and more!
Nice to officially meet you last night! You should've stayed longer... Mike could hear us talking about him from across Brooklyn and made an appearance. :)
Careful Dan...one bit of facial hair leads to the next... Pretty soon, you look like you come from Rhode Island... I know... It happened to me ! Hope allz good , Rick
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