David Denny's "Diesel Harmonics" is a collection of four-guitar compositions, drawn from David's the real life experiences and observations as a singer, guitarist and songwriter.
David is joined by bass player ANDERS RUNDBLAD from WIRETRAIN and SHERYL CROW, and on drums PRAIRIE PRINCE of "THE TUBES, PAUL KANTNER'S STARSHIP. XTC and CHRIS ISAAC". Prairie is also the art director for this project and all five of the scheduled Diesel Harmonics album releases.
David is the author of the STEVE MILLER BAND'S hit song, "The Stake" (aka "Nobody Loves You Like The Way I Do") from the album "Book of Dreams," and "Greatest Hits" albums, and author of "Circle of Fire" from the Steve Miller Band's "Wide River." David includes his performance of "Circle of Fire" on the Diesel Harmonics release. Other cuts include "It's Over," "Put The Night Away," "Down To The Bottom," and "Tumbling Down."
There is also a special Diesel Harmonics interactive version, released by I Can Play That. It contains two standard cassettes which, through the use of the listener's stereo cassette deck and system balance knob, allows the isolation of the four individual guitar parts from the other instruments. This allows the listener to pick up a guitar and join the band by playing along with any of the guitar parts.
Denny's second release, Louisiana Melody, was released in 1997.
"Louisiana Melody is David's best-kept secret. Until recently, it was passed around inner circles of the music indurstry but never shopped to a label. The response has been overwhelming so now at last, it's available to the public!" The Grapevine.
Musicians who played on the Louisiana Melody CD:
* Tim Gorman - Keyboards
(The Who, Jefferson Starship, KBC, The Rolling Stones)
* Prairie Prince - Drums
(Tubes, Jefferson Starship, XTC, Dick Dale, Chris Issac, Tommy Bolin)
* Ross Valory - Bass
(Steve Miller, Journey, Frumious Bandersnatch, Sy Klopps)
* Myron Dove - Bass
(Santana, Steve Winwood, Robben Ford)
* Bobby Vega - Bass
(Zero, Mickey Hart, Lee Oskar, Paul Butterfield, Etta James)
* Lyle Workman - Guitar
(Beck, Todd Rundgren, Frank Black)
* Jerry Donahue - Guitar
(Fairport Convention, The Hellacasters)
* Steph Burns - Guitar
(Y&T, The View, Alice Cooper)
* Jerry Miller - Guitar
(Moby Grape, Bill Champlin)
* David Grisman -Mandolin
(Jerry Garcia, Old & in the Way, Earth Opera)
* Bobby Strickland -Saxophone
(Harvey Mandel, Second Sight, Sy Klopps)
* Kathy Peck -Background Vocals
(Contractions)
* Annie Stocking, Genie Tracy , Larry Batiste - Background Vocals
(Bay Area session ringers)
* Carlos Reyes -Violin
* Michael Peloquin - Harmonica
Produced by David Denny and Stephen Jarvis with Tim Gorman and Nathaniel Kunkel.
Nathaniel Kunkel Co Producer, Engineer and Mixer. Some of his credits include Crosby Stills and Nash Lyle Lovett, James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt, Little Feat and on.
