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This is Daniel Goddard - middle name Barnaby. D.B.G. was born in 1976. His first musical influences are also amongst his very first memories.
-"When I was about four or five I remember sitting and listening, mesmerised, to a few albums in particular: Rubber Soul, Late for the Sky, Déjà vu, Sounds of Silence".
Musical discovery and maturity continued through Dans teens and University years where he discovered a swift aptitude for both the guitar and violin amongst a blossoming, youthfull Westcountry folk scene.
-"A real breakthrough for me was meeting Sam Lakeman and his brothers Sean and Seth soon after going to secondary school. Its fair to say they had already begun to master their instruments and tune their ears to a level at which I knew they were deeply dedicated to music. I knew right away, these were my kind of people."
Dan wasnt really concerned at this stage with song writing despite a strong affection for language and literature, especially the Magical Realists. He was more into sessions, trying to learn as many tunes as possible, and inevitably the foolishness of youth made it certain that he would try and play them as fast as possible as well.
Dan spent a year studying in Caracas through 1998 where he was relatively starved of music, as he knew it. He purchased a cheap Cuatro (a local 4 string guitar) from a street vendor, and would spend his nights picking away. It was here in Venezuelas concrete Jungle that D.B.G. gradually found a voice.
On his return to England a seminal meeting occurred when he headed for London. Settling amongst the bohemian veterans of Camden Town it was here that one day Dan walked into his uncles flat to be greeted by a fabulous echoing acoustic guitar. It turned out this was emanating from none other than the great folk innovator Davey Graham.
-"Davey simply said- Do you know this one?- as he reeled off a perfect rendition of Blackbird by McCartney. The ensuing jam led to a visit to Davey's pad where he showed me his guitars, we drank whisky and played."
This meeting with one of his greatest heroes spurred Dan through an intensive period of playing and lyric writing. Urged by friends and family alike he bought a portastudio and a microphone to record some of his songs.
-"At first my bedroom recording sessions were purely therapeutic, but soon as I let others hear my work I knew I had to complete a full album."
2006 brings together the culmination of 2 years of songwriting and recording . The wholly self produced, self titled 'D.B.G.' portrays a warm heart, a keen ear, and a poets soul. D.B.G.s unique style can also be heard on other CDs where he guests on albums by Irish songbird, Cara Dillon and Dartmoors favourite musical son Seth Lakeman.
Hi ! Just popping by to have a browse at your page! Lovin' it! Hope everythings good with you. My myspace has been re-vamped, please check out my new recording and new pictures..there's more to come! Any feedback would be appreiciated =)
You may like to check out my recently released book - 100 Great Albums. It's a 220 page review of the best music recorded during the period 1965-08 featuring the Beatles,Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, U2, Nirvana, Radiohead, the Strokes and many more! Also, 500 vital album tracks are spotlighted (split between five categories... pre-1970, the 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000-08).
My aim is to prolong the existence of something close to my heart, something currently under severe threat from the download generation - The Album! With the modern world increasingly more interested in cherry-picking individual tracks, it seems to me a great shame that the sacred long-player is losing its importance. I'm on a mission to save the album before it's too late. All musicians, whether new or old to the scene, can appreciate the importance of that.
If you click on the button below you can access further details about the book (including an option to preview some of the content) before deciding whether you want to buy. All the best Andy.
Hey There! I wanted to thank you for taking the time to listen to my music and add me. I hope that you take a few and watch the video for "The Sky Below", let me know what you think. Happy Holidays!
We're now accepting submissions for our next mixtapes, please submit your info at www. coast2coastsubmissions. com for your chance to get a spot on the next mixtape!
I was told about this record at a recent Seth gig, promptly contacted fish records and have been listening ever since, I could be 16 again, so many 60's flavours, loving the Crosby Stills Nash and Young and S&G vibe, splendid stuff, I do hope you start to tour soon, I know a lot more people would love to hear your music, its like a breath of fresh air. Calinda
hey dan.....any chance i could grab a copy of your new ep...its awesome.. im seeing seth and co on wednesday...could you leave a copy with him or sean and i'll give them the cash...hope you're well mate...i'm spreading the word...keep it up!!!
HOORAY!!!!! (unfortunately my speakers don't work on the computer, i will have to hijack Phil's...) Pleased to see you're still working! Hopefully I'll see you sometime soon too! x
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