Danny Daniels: About Danny
DANNY DANIELS - Performer / Songwriter / Worship Leader / Educator
DID YOU KNOW....?
Did you know that Danny was the founder of one of the really good Jesus Music bands, “Bethlehem”, that came out of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa & Maranatha! Music in the late 70s?
Did you know that Jeremy Camp's CD," Carried Me: The Worship Project", that included Danny's song "Trust In You" was certified Gold, according to the RIAA/Recording Industry Association of America, shipping more than 500,000 units? Did you know that the recording also garnered the #1 spot in R&R Magazine’s year-end chart for 2005?
Did you know that Danny has a new CD, “Leavin’ On The Special” that can be best described as “Gospel Meets The Blues”, and was produced by Vineyard Music founder Randy Rigby?
Did you know that Danny teaches seminars? Did you know that he is currently on the road frequently delivering his “The Kingdom In The Market Place” seminar for people that have a hunger for learning to minister like Jesus in the world outside of the church?
Did you know that also Danny performs in concert, leads worship, consults with worship bands and teaches at worship services throughout the Calvary Chapel and Vineyard movements?
Did you know that Danny also performs at Jazz/Blues concert venues with his longtime musical partner Randy Rigby and their band?
Did you know that Danny lives in a suburb of Denver, Colorado with Cher, his wife of 37 years and is active in his home church in worship ministry?
Did you know that Danny’s songs were included on several of the TIME/LIFE Songs 4 Worship Platinum Awarded recordings?
Did you know that Danny’s songs have been featured on dozens of recordings from Vineyard Music? Did you know that he was the featured worship leader on “The Call”, a very recent CD from Vineyard?
Did you know that although Danny helped pioneer both Contemporary Christian Music and the Modern Worship Movement, he is still a relevant and authentic minister of the Gospel in both word and song?
… WELL, NOW YOU DO!
Danny Daniels
Danny cut his teeth in the music industry as the key songwriter for John Wimber, the man who put the Righteous Brothers on the map - prior to his emergence as a bona fide blue-eyed “blues brother”.
John Wimber wrote, produced and performed with Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield during their formative years until he started getting involved with Gospel and Christian music in the back half of the 70’s. Danny Daniels wrote a majority of the big songs for Wimber’s Mercy Records/Vineyard Music Group into the 90’s. Danny’s songs have become classics throughout that genre.
In 1993, feeling the call back to his deep roots in American music - blues, jazz, folk, country and rock & roll, Danny recorded Another Shade of Blue for Wimber’s label with moderate success. Regardless, Another Shade of Blue got Danny back out on the road as a touring act., performing nearly 200 dates a year, in roadhouses, on coffee house stages, churches and any other venue he could find.
Building an audience one person at time, Danny’s faithful following has supported him ardently into the 2000’s. An indie artist with strong CD sales and powerful live performances, Daniels has steadily grown into a Modern Blues powerhouse. One spin of his new CD, Leavin’ On the Special leaves no doubt!
Produced by Randy Rigby, guitarist/producer for Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco), Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers) and many others, "Leavin’ On the Special" carries on in the tradition of artists such as John Mayall, Paul Butterfield, Mike Bloomfield and Robin Ford. Danny’s vocals are like aged brandy with his soulful harp playing strongly reminiscent of the late Paul Butterfield.
As a songwriter, Daniels is steeped in Americana; on this, his 5th solo recording, one can hear the spirit of the Mississippi Delta, the south side of Chicago, Beale Street in its heyday, and the heart of the night down in New Orleans.
Says Daniels of his song writing style, “The music that I try to write and perform is music you hear in the air and in the streets; blues, soul, country, rock, spiritual music, crowds, street sounds and field sounds, the sound of people and silence!”
Danny is currently on tour promoting the new CD, performing on stages across America. Catch one of his shows, pick up Leavin’ On the Special and visit him at his web site danny-daniels.com
Danny Daniels
Danny Daniels is a veteran of Christian music and ministry, beginning in the Jesus Movement, and continuing as a founding member of Bethlehem, an early Maranatha! Music Group. He has served as a staff pastor and worship leader at Vineyard churches in California and Colorado.
Danny has had numerous worship songs and projects published by Vineyard Music Group, Maranatha! Music, Calvary Chapel Music, and 5280 Records; they include:
“Mighty Savior”, “You Are the Vine”, “Wounded Soldier”, “Glory”, “The Call”, “No One Like You”, “Sons of Thunder”, “Hearts On Fire”
“Praise Collection”, “Another Shade of Blue”, “Northern Light” “Touching the Father’s Heart”, “Winds of Worship”
Danny is always on the move leading worship, consulting with worship teams, teaching seminars, and performing at outreach concerts worldwide. His love of leading seminars on Worship, Healing, and Spiritual Gifts for various denominational, independent, and non-denominational churches grew out of his travels with John Wimber in the 80’s and 90’s where he served as worship leader and teacher. Danny and his family attend the Smoky Hill Vineyard in Aurora, Colorado.
Some More Info
I was born in North Carolina, home of the "Piedmont Blues", sort of a sub-genre of the larger blues expression. Then, as a toddler, I moved to the Kansas City, MO area, my mother's home of origin. I was privileged to have a friend in my early teens up to about 18 years of age who was from the only black family on our end of town. He always had 45 rpm records that were not being played on the radio. Big Mama Thornton, Son House, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins, and on an on. Those voices and sounds completely knocked me out as a kid, and caused me to be a seeker of that stuff for the rest of my life. Southern California was not my home until 1967, when I got out of the Marines, although the evangelical and worship music from Maranatha and Mercy/Vineyard, to which I was fortunate to be able to contribute, has caused most folks to look to So Cal in reference to my stuff. The real roots are way further East and South, and grew in a whole lot darker earth.
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