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News About Daniel |
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News About Daniel |
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| August 2008 | Tour News | The Daniel Smith Blues Band will be touring extensively in the UK from autumn 2008 into spring 2009, with Cheshire, Scotland, Warwicks, Derbys, Notts, Staffs and Oxon already on the agenda. 2009 itself will see the band's 10th year since its 1999 debut (at The Station Tavern, London) and will also see Daniel's 15th year as a performer on the UK blues circuit. |
| May2007 | Tour News | T-Bone Taylor joins Daniel north of the border for a 9 day Scottish tour in May. |
| May 2007 | Internet News | Daniel launches his MySpace webpage - go to www.myspace.com/danielsmithbluesband - and is in the process of recording a live boogie piano video for it. |
| May 2007 | Tuition | Daniel is recording a brand new series of audio
jazz, blues and boogie woogie piano lessons on
CD ROM, all 90 minutes, cramming a large amount
of great information and tips, clearly presented, and available in different levels. See the Tuition section |
| September 2006 | Daniel will be going full-time in music from September 2006. Enquiries and bookings via the usual contact details on this website. | |
| Summer 2006 | CD News |
Daniel will be recording a brand new CD |
| July 2006 - August 2006 | Scotland Tour | Daniel plans another Scottish tour, this time with the full band, again including the Edinburgh International Jazz and Blues Festival as well as other gigs. |
| April 2006 | CD News | Daniel plans to re-release his debut CD, Southside Boogie due to popular demand and to tour it summer 2006. |
| November 2005 - March 2006 | Band News | The Daniel Smith Blues Band resume touring on the Arts Council's rural arts touring programme covering Warwickshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Worcestershire and Derbyshire among others. |
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October 2005 |
Tour |
The band are touring with Dave Specter from Chicago, USA, the respected guitarist with a four-album portfolio with Delmark Records on a whistlestop one-week UK tour. Daniel has already been invited to Chicago to play with Dave Specter in the USA |
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July/August 2005 - |
Scotland |
Daniel will tour his native Scotland (well, he's actually Anglo-Scottish-Dutch-Indonesian) in the summer, including the Edinburgh Jazz & Blues Festival. |
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May 2005 - |
Festivals |
May looks like being a hectic festival month with bookings at The Bute Jazz Festival (Scotland) t.b.c., The Isle Of Man Blues Festival (solo) and The Hessen Blues Und Kulturfest, Germany. |
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Autumn 2004 - Summer 2005. |
Band |
The Daniel Smith Blues Band will feature Damon Sawyer (drums) and George Pearson (bass, acoustic guitar and vocals) for a series of gigs throughout this period, promoting the brand new acoustic CD, Sitting On Top Of The World, recorded with George and Damon. |
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July 2004 |
CD News |
Daniel will start recording a new CD this month with George Pearson and Damon Sawyer at Damon's South Hill Park studio in Bracknell. It's acoustic blues and boogie woogie, along with a hotch potch of other new original material. Release date: Christmas 2004. |
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September 2003 |
CD News |
Daniel Smith is about to start recording a new album. The 'Chicken and Egg' CD will be available from April 2004. It will feature the full band, plus special guests, Alan Barnes (BBC TV Award Winner) on sax and Roger Cotton (Peter Green Splinter Group) on Hammond organ. |
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July 2003 |
Band |
Jim Mercer joins the band, playing electric bass guitar and upright bass. |
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February 2003 |
CD News
Gigs
Radio
Magazine |
Debut album 'Southside Boogie' now sold out its second run. Some may still be available from Red Lick Records in Porth Madgog. 'Dreamtime' shortly available on the New Note label for distribution. Original material for 3rd album being finalised. Featured gigs with Alan Barnes and / or The Big 5 Blues Band at Ascot and Crawdaddy Clubs. Gig and festival schedule very full, including Edinburgh, Isle Of Man, Trowbridge and Tring festivals. BBC Radio 4/World Service interview as part of the Year Of The Blues feature. Interview and special feature in recent Blues In Britain magazine |
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October 2002 onwards |
Daniel Smith & The Big Five Blues Band |
The line up for this outfit will be Daniel Smith, Alan Glen, Dave Briggs, Jeff Walker and Dino Coccia. |
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September 2002 to January 2003 |
Alan Barnes |
Look out for some special events during these months when Alan Barnes, Saxophonist and BBC TV's Jazz Instrumentalist of the Year will be appearing with The Daniel Smith Blues Band. |
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January 2002 |
Tour |
Arrangements are being made for Daniel to tour with legendary Mississippi Harmonica player Mojo Buford in May 2002 - details to follow soon. |
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October 2001 |
The Daniel Smith Blues Band |
NEW CD - DREAMTIME is being recorded now for release in March 2002 |
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April 2001 |
Image scans of some recent press cuttings about Daniel. |
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The Daniel Smith Blues Band BBC Radio 2's Paul Jones Show |
The Daniel Smith Blues Band will be the featured
band on BBC |
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March 2001 |
Daniel to feature on BBC Radio 2 |
Daniel Smith is recording in March for the Paul Jones Radio 2 show. He will be the featured artist in a subsequent show, with 3 tracks due to be broadcast. The show will go out this summer. |
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British Blues Connection Annual Awards |
Daniel Smith has been nominated Best UK Blues Keyboardist 2001. In addition, band members Dino Coccia, Alan Glen, George Pearson, and Jon Taylor have all received nominations for Best UK Drummer, Harmonica Player, Bassist, and Album respectively. |
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Press and media features |
In the last 3 months Daniel Smith has had reviews and features printed or broadcast in Blueprint Magazine, Just Jazz, Keyboard Player, The Stage, numerous local newspapers, and BCC local radio. |
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Jon T-Bone Taylor |
Jon T-Bone Taylor has officially joined The Daniel Smith Blues Band and will share second lead instrument duties with Alan Glen. |
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October 2000 |
Alan Glen & Dino Coccia recording with The Barcodes |
Daniel Smith Blues Band members Alan Glen and Dino Coccia have their own CD available, linking up with Sonny Black's Bob Haddrell on keyboards for a great jazz-singed, Mose Allison-style album of cool blues. It is titled: The Barcodes "Keep Your Distance". |
Further information from:
Daniel Smith
Aberdour, Scotland
Tel: 01383 860 041
Mob: 07775 668 452
email: daniel@danielsmithbluesband.co.uk
