Danny Scherr--guitar, vox, David Majka--standup, acoustic & electric bass, Tripp Stapleton--drums and cajon
Influences
The Beatles, the Beach Boys, The Who, Holland/Dozier/Holland, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello, The Clash, The Jam, Husker Du, The Byrds, The Eagles, Badfinger, Gram Parsons, early REM, Soul Asylum, The Replacements, Tom Waits, Teenage Fanclub, The Bevis Frond, Zane Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Townes Van Zandt, Nick Drake, Wilco, Elliott Smith, the Zombies, the Left Banke, Guided by Voices, 70's AM Hit Radio
Sounds Like
Buffalo Tom, Wilco, Elliott Smith, Bob Mould, Gram Parsons, the Eagles, Teenage Fanclub, The Bevis Frond, Paul Westerberg, or see videos below
Danny Scherr's solo debut cd, Richmond Special, has received commercial and non-commercial airplay on radio stations in the US and Europe. His song "Fade Me In" appeared on the Local Scene cd released August 2008 by San Francisco's KFOG.
Danny has been writing and performing since his high school days in the 1980's, originally for NYC area band Chappaquiddick +5 which played CBGB's and opened for some well known punk acts of the day. During college Danny began playing solo shows, gigging around Ann Arbor and opening for Soul Asylum in Detroit.
Back in NYC in the 90's, Danny started power pop band the Sky Violets, while also playing guitar and singing backup for Zane Campbell and playing solo acoustic shows.
After moving to San Francisco, Danny continued performing solo acoustic shows and wrote songs and recorded with Jon Wilkins of The Postmarks.
In 2004 Danny's song "Maybe You're Gone," as covered by Binocular, appeared as main end credit song of "The Girl Next Door" starring Emile Hirsch and Elisha Cuthbert.
"An expert evocation of the 70's California sound, with enough punch to keep it from being overly mellow....By the time you get done with Richmond Special, you'll be wondering why there isn't an Elektra Records logo on the CD" -- AbsolutePowerpop.com
"Scherr turns up the energy level for some superb Nick Lowe/Tommy Keene-style power pop on 'Always Goes That Way,' 'Make My Day,' and 'Til I'm In Love Again.'" -- Mark Suppanz, The Big Takeover
"Scherr slides into his upper register akin to a young John Lennon while spinning melodies comparative to those scruffy bards who always seem to show up on the arms of super models and year end best of lists (James Blunt, Daniel Powter, Josh Rouse, Damien Rice, Chris Martin)."--Tom Semioli, Amplifier Magazine (April-May 2007).
"Such is the life of the music addict. You spend your life trawling the backstreets of Musicopolis in search of a sweet hit and every now and again up pops a little nugget that manages to push just the right endorphin releasing button. Well worth consulting your (record) dealer then in search of this little gem of a cd. Ten tracks of sherbert fountain sweetness mixing uptempo melodic indie/pop/rock and slower introspective acoustic numbers all tightly played and nicely sung. In fact it comes as something of a surprise to realise that instead of the really tight, well drilled band you were expecting to see credited on the cover you find that Scherr plays all instruments (bar drums and some keyboards) himself. But this is no self indulgent naval gazing vanity project. Scherr obviously has too much common sense to let that happen. Apparently this New York City born San Francisco resident was on the verge of giving up music when a track (not present here) was used in a movie soundtrack and the fan feedback made him reconsider. Thank goodness for that because to lose this guy’s talent would have been a travesty. Standout tracks are two rockier numbers – “Always Goes That Way” and “Love Again” both of which, in a fair and just world, would be instant radio-friendly hits for a discerning adult market. Touchstones might be Pete Yorn, our own Matthew Jay or maybe The Pernice Brothers." -- Paul Villers, Americana-UK.com
hey danny, great to catch up last nite at toy's gig. listening to your cd this morning, and yes your "fade me in" fits perfectly on kfog's playlist, congrats on it being on their cd. would love to hear you play "too far down" live sometime, this one is hitting me presently. hope you dig my first cd, thanks for the swap. peace... -becki digregorio
Come join the celebration over the release of our new CD – Boteco!!
‘Boteco’ is an artful mixture of neo-futuristic traditional Brazilian rhythms with the right quantity of the best North American spices. It is funk and rock boiling and baking with samba, maracatu, frevo and baiao.
Put Pele and Mohammed Ali in a fictional mix machine. Now add Frank Zappa, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim and Roger Waters and fused in to one. What a mix eh? Bat Makumba is this fusion, multiplied by 2.
CD Release Parties: 10/31 Someday Lounge – Portland, OR 11/01 Cozmic Pizza – Eugene, OR 11/06 Moe’s Alley – Santa Cruz, CA 11/07 The Old Ironsides – Sacramento, CA 11/13 The Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA 11/21 Stage Door – Mount Shasta, CA 12/04 Harp Inn – Costa Mesa, CA 12/05 Santa Monica Bar & Grille – Santa Monica, CA ...more to come
Thanks for befriending my music page! Enjoy the tunes and check back for updated blogs, tour info, etc. And feel free to comment or msg me whenever. I love getting feedback from new friends and fans! Also, my debut album is coming out at the beginning of Oct! xoxo alyssa suede =)
Thank you for your contribution to us, through your participation in KFOG's Local Scene CD! Awesome that you're supporting music education for all, and we promise to spend the money wisely! ;-)
Hey we have a really great show coming up September 19 at Broadway Studios San Francisco. Come check us out... We really love to put on a great show for you in a really great venue. Live 105 as well as other SF Radio Stations will be in attendance. Come check us out. Music starts at 9:00, Tickets sold online at: acteva. com/go/bandsonbroadway. We will be sticking around before and after the show so come have drinks with us! Great venue in North Beach. Cheers!
