C. Daniel Boling

Genre: Folk
Secondary Genre: Singer/Songwriter Albuquerque, New Mexico USA Contact

"...a singer-songwriter with a special gift. Boling's story-songs--of remembering family, of coming of age, of loving life--are honest without being sappy and his style comes straight out of the honored American folksinging tradition." David Steinberg, ABQ Journal

Artist Information

Biography

"Daniel's guitar playing is exquisite and his vocals are particularly good."
-- Steve Gillette

"A creative, entertaining singer-songwriter who can stand up to the best in the business. His songs have clever, insightful lyrics and lovely melodies... His live show is entertaining from beginning to end, with songs ranging from serious to totally hilarious. I recommend him highly!"
-- Linda Bolton / Booking Agent for David Mallett

"'He Dreams' is one of those rare CDs that will remain on the top of our stack for years to come. Many things converge to make this CD a success-- wonderful songs about things that really matter, finely crafted guitar arrangements that keep the texture ever changing, and Daniel's voice which carries great emotion and beauty. It's refreshing to find a singer-songwriter recording that does not resort to drums and bass to carry the load. This is a great CD."
-- Kelly & Donna / Still on the Hill

*****

Daniel Boling is a songwriter with a storyteller's ear for detail and a balladeer's turn of phrase. His songs are inhabited by interesting characters drawn from Daniel's life, family and friends: the vagabond running off with a tiny circus to tour the West; an aging Viet Nam veteran looking back with surprise at his departed youth; a young rancher inheriting his grandfather's nearly worn out rangeland and hoping he can hold on and live up to the family legacy; a passenger on Flight 93 calling his wife to say goodbye; and morons with a death wish proving Darwin's theory of evolution! His finger-picked guitar and banjitar support a good, clear tenor voice that evokes his characters' emotions perfectly.

Daniel has released five independent albums since 1999. "He Dreams" was released in 2009 and features 13 new original songs recorded with a sparse, almost live feel and includes cameo appearances by several great friends: Jack Williams, Meredith Wilder, Jimmy Abraham, Jim Schwar, and Suzanne Shelton. Daniel’s “LIVE! from the Winter Folk Festival 2009” also came out in 2009 and showcases his MainStage set at this outstanding festival in Florence, OR. "The Old International" was released in 2003 and features a supporting cast of dear friends from the road including Bill Ward, T.R. Ritchie, Still on the Hill, Dave Nachmanoff, Susan Clark, Orrin Star and a few more. His previous releases are Welcome Home in 2000 and Perfectly Stable in 1999.

Songwriting honors include:
*1st Place Songwriter - Santa Fe Bluegrass and Old Time Music Festival 2012
*Folk DJ Invitational Showcase Artist - Folk Alliance Region Midwest Conference 2012
*Quad Showcase Artist - NorthEast Regional Folk Alliance Conference 2011
*Official Showcase Artist - SouthEast Regional Folk Alliance Conference 2010
*"He Dreams" #130 - FOLK-DJ Top 500 Albums of 2010
*Winner - Talent Contest - Albuquerque Folk Festival 2010
*Winner - Love Songs - Walnut Valley Festival 2010
*Winner - Feeling Blue Songs - Walnut Valley Festival 2010
*Nominee - "Western" category - New Mexico Music Awards 2010
*1st Place Songwriter, Woody Guthrie Folk Festival 2007 - Okemah, OK
*Winner - Songs for Children, Walnut Valley Festival 2005 - Winfield, KS
*Alternate Winner - Love Songs, Walnut Valley Festival 2005
*Alternate Winner - Blues, Walnut Valley Festival 2005
*Director's Cut Top 20 Honorable Mention - Great Lakes Songwriting Contest 2009
*Singer/songwriter Finalist:
South Florida Folk Festival 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Heartland Folks Fest 2001 - Leavenworth, KS
Suwannee Springfest 2000 - Liveoak, FL
*Daniel’s song WELCOME HOME has been chosen as the Festival Theme Song for the
Albuquerque Folk Festival - Albuquerque, NM

Raising a great family, and a career with the National Park Service and US Bureau of Land Management, took a good deal of his attention over the years and Daniel fit his music in around the edges, but since February, 2008 he’s been performing and touring full-time. plays 100+ shows each year and loves any venue where really listen to the stories the songs tell.

Please get in touch for bookings, recordings, further information, or just to visit. Thank you for supporting original acoustic music!

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MANAGEMENT:
Charlie Stewart
HandShake Management
Austin, TX
HandShakeMgt@aol.com
(512) 731-3543

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BOOKING:
C. Daniel Boling
PERFECTLY STABLE MUSIC
P.O. Box 53122
Albuquerque, NM 87153
505-228-2530
daniel@danielboling.com
www.danielboling.com
www.youtube.com/user/PerfectlyStableMusic/Videos
www.cdbaby.com/all/psmusic
www.mytexasmusic.com/danielboling
www.sonicbids.com/CDanielBoling (Electronic Press Kit)
(ASCAP/AFM Local 1000/FAI/CIYH)

Instrumentation

C. Daniel Boling - Guitar, vocals, and songwriter.

Discography

DANIEL'S DISCOGRAPHY:

*LIVE! from the WINTER FOLK FESTIVAL - 2009 - a live performance CD recorded in January, 2009 at the Florence Winter Folk Festival in Oregon, with 14 songs including 11 originals;
*HE DREAMS - 2009 - a CD album of 13 original songs;
*THE OLD INTERNATIONAL - 2003 - a CD album of 14 original songs;
*WELCOME HOME - 2000 - a CD album of 16 original songs;
*PERFECTLY STABLE - 1999 - a two CD album of original, traditional, and cover folk songs
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*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume XII #6 - includes Daniel's song "Tell Me You Love Me So" from the CD HE DREAMS;
*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume IX #14 - includes Daniel's song "Darwin's Pride & Joy" from the CD LIVE! from the Winter Folk Festival 2009;
*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume IX #10 - includes Daniel's song "A Million Little Things" from the CD HE DREAMS;
*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume 43 - includes Daniel's song "Mama's Words" from the CD THE OLD INTERNATIONAL;
*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume 30 - includes Daniel's song "Sixteen-penny Candy" from the CD WELCOME HOME;
*OASIS ACOUSTIC SAMPLER Volume 21 - includes Daniel's song "Green Street & Canal" from the CD PERFECTLY STABLE;
*SOUNDS OF FREEDOM / AMERICA REMEMBERS - 2002 - includes a cover of Daniel's song "Flight 93 - I Just Called to Say Goodbye"
*JANE'S JOINT NERFA 2012 Songwriting Competition Compilation - includes Daniel song "Sleeping Dogs";
*SONGS FROM SWRFA Compilation - includes Daniel's song "I'd Rather Elect Tina Fey"

Below you'll also find a link to Daniel's video page where there are many short live performance YouTube videos embedded.


A FEW OF DANIEL'S NOTABLE VENUES INCLUDE:

FOLKSTAGE (Chicago, IL)
TWO WAY STREET COFFEE HOUSE (Downers Grove, IL)
ANDERSON FAIR (Houston, TX)
ATEN PLACE (Boyne Falls, MI)
THE HURDY GURDY FOLK CLUB (Fair Lawn, NJ)
HOUSTON FOLKLORE & FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY, SECOND SATURDAY CONCERT SERIES (Houston, TX)
FLORENCE WINTER FOLK FESTIVAL (Florence, OR)
FLORENCE SUMMER FOLK FESTIVAL (Florence, OR)
TUCSON FOLK FESTIVAL (Tucson, AZ)
ADAMS AVENUE ROOTS & FOLK FESTIVAL (San Diego, CA)
SWALLOW HILL HARVEST FEST (Denver, CO)
WOODY GUTHRIE FOLK FESTIVAL (Okemah, OK)
ALBUQUERQUE FOLK FESTIVAL 2000-2010 (New Mexico)
NEW MEXICO STATE FAIR
WALNUT VALLEY ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL (Winfield, KS)
TASTE OF TIPPECANOE MUSIC FESTIVAL (Lafayette, IN)
SOUTH FLORIDA FOLK FESTIVAL (Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
HEARTLAND FOLKS FEST (Leavenworth, KS)
SUWANNEE SPRINGFEST (Liveoak, FL)
SOUTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE Official Showcase (Mountain View, AR)
NORTHEAST REGIONAL FOLK ALLIANCE Official Quad Showcase (Kerhonkson, NY)

DANIEL'S RADIO PLAY includes:

THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL
FOLKSTAGE with Rich Warren
ART OF THE SONG
CAR TALK
THE DOCTOR DEMENTO SHOW
MOSTLY FOLK with Sonny Ochs
and numerous spins and live appearances on
folk format radio throughout the US, Australia, Israel, & Europe.

Official Website

http://www.danielboling.com

Links

Audio

  • DARWIN'S PRIDE & JOY - from LIVE!, 2009
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  • I TOOK THE KING'S COIN - from He Dreams, 2009
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  • KATIE'S GARDEN - from He Dreams, 2009
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  • SHADY GROVE - from LIVE!, 2009
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  • JESSE - from He Dreams, 2009
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  • HE DREAMS - from He Dreams, 2009
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  • MAMA'S WORDS - from The Old International, 2003
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  • OVER YONDER - from The Old International, 2003
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  • THE OLD INTERNATIONAL - from The Old International, 2003
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  • THE BIGTOP - from Welcome Home, 2000
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  • SIXTEEN-PENNY CANDY - from Welcome Home, 2000
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  • PERFECTLY STABLE - from Welcome Home, 2000
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  • Sleeping Dogs (Folkstage)
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  • Never Speak to Me Again
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  • It Doesn't Get Better
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Lyrics

Video

"He Dreams" - C.Daniel Boling

Photo Gallery

Press

  • FOLK ON THE PLATTER By Brent Jeffries [+ Show ]

    C. Daniel Boling - He Dreams - 2009 Perfectly Stable Music If you enjoy the finer things in life…...

  • Kerrville Folk Festival creates music magic off the stage [+ Show ]

    By: Russell Wilde -- June 2, 2010 In its nearly 40-year history, the Kerrville Folk Festival has ...

  • HE DREAMS C. Daniel Boling (4 stars) [+ Show ]

    CD Review - "He Dreams" (Perfectly Stable Music) C. Daniel Boling **** Guitarist C. Daniel Bol...

  • WELCOME HOME C. Daniel Boling (3 1/2 stars) [+ Show ]

    C. Daniel Boling is an Albuquerque singer-songwriter with a special gift. Boling's story-songs -- o...

  • WELCOME HOME [+ Show ]

    "Boling's voice is comfortable and warm, embracing each song in perfect Texas folk fashion. The 2000...

  • THE OLD INTERNATIONAL [+ Show ]

    The Old International is unquestionably a modern, very American folk album, owing more of its sound ...

  • 2009 Florence Winter Folk Festival Review [+ Show ]

    ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT WEEK OF JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 4, 2009 ...Award-winning songwriter C. Daniel...

Setlist

For many house concerts and similar settings Daniel doesn't need sound reinforcement. On most tours Daniel carries a small Bose PA.

Typically Daniel performs mostly original music, occasionally covering a song by a fellow songwriter friend, acquaintance or influence when it's the right song for the moment, and a few traditional songs as well.

Live shows range from 1 to 2 hours depending on the needs of the venue.

A typical show in a listening room will be two 45-50 minute sets, and feature songs from all five of Daniel's CDs as well as new songs getting their "trial by fire" to see if they'll make the cut for the next album.

Song titles may include:
AIN'T IT FUNNY
A MILLION LITTLE THINGS
AN AWFUL LOT LIKE ME
AROUND THE HICKORY TREE
BREAKFAST
CATFISH HEADS
CLEAR DAY
DARK SECRETS
DARWIN'S PRIDE & JOY
DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS
EARTH WIND RAIN & FIRE
EVERY JOURNEY
FLIGHT 93
FROM YOUR SIDE
GONE AWAY
GREEN STREET & CANAL
HE DREAMS
HERE
HOOKED
I CARE
I DREAMED I WAS DEAD
IS IT JUST ME?
IT CAN BE THIS WAY ALWAYS
IT'LL BE ALRIGHT
I TOOK THE KING'S COIN
IT'S HIS VOICE SHE HEARS
I USED TO MAKE YOU LAUGH
JESSE
KATIE'S GARDEN
LAUGHING CANYON WREN
MAILBOX BLUES
MAMA'S WORDS
MID-WEEK BLUES
MODERATION
NEVER SPEAK TO ME
NIGHTMARES
NOBODY'S BUSINESS
OVER YONDER
OFFICER DOWN
PERFECTLY STABLE
RAY KROC ELEMENTARY
ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW
SHAY
SIXTEEN-PENNY CANDY
SLEEPING DOGS
SOMEDAY
SOMEDAY YOU'LL LEAVE ME
SOMETIMES THERE'S A PRICE
SUMMER SWEET CORN
THE BIGTOP
THE OLD INTERNATIONAL
THESE HOUSES
TILL I'M FINISHED BEING SCARED
UNRAVELED
UPBEAT
WANDERING IN TIME
WANT ADDS AND THE CLOCK
WELCOME HOME
WHAT MIGHT BE IN IT
WHEN I WAS TEN
WHO I AM
WRAP MY MIND AROUND IT
YOU SAVED ME
and many others

Occasional covers (and influences) include:
Tim Henderson, Bill Ward, John McCutcheon, John Prine, Steve Goodman, William Welch, Tom Paxton, Michael Burton, Townes Van Zandt, Michael Peter Smith, Tish Hinojosa, Pat Donohue, Hachidai Nakamura, Pete Seeger and many others.

Basic Requirements


Calendar

DateTimeVenueCity
Jul 10, 2013 Wednesday 1:00 PM Wimodaughsian Free Library, 19 West Main St. Canisteo, NY, US
Jul 14, 2013 Sunday 7:00 PM Windhorse Waters House Concert White Stone, VA, US
Jul 16, 2013 Tuesday 7:00 PM Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community Raleigh, NC, US
Jul 17, 2013 Wednesday 3:00 PM Methodist Manor Retirement Community Florence, SC, US
Jul 20, 2013 Saturday TBA Private Event Columbia, SC, US
Jul 26, 2013 Friday 7:00 PM Coastal Coffee Roasters, 108 East 3rd North Street Summerville, SC, US
Jul 28, 2013 Sunday TBA Unity Church of Charleston, 2535 Leeds Avenue Charleston, SC, US
Jul 28, 2013 Sunday TBA Bluerose Cafe, 652 Saint Andrews Boulevard Charleston, SC, US
Aug 2, 2013 Friday TBA Circle Entertainment Southport, NC, US
Aug 4, 2013 Sunday 12:30 PM Chattanooga Market, 1829 Carter Street 37408 Chattanooga, TN, US
Aug 9, 2013 Friday TBA Heron House Roswell, GA, US
Aug 10, 2013 Saturday 12:00 PM Zen Tea, 5356 Peachtree Rd Chamblee, GA, US
Aug 28, 2013 Wednesday 7:00 PM Adobe Bar at the Taos Inn, 125 Paseo del Pueblo Norte Taos, NM, US
Sep 26, 2013 Thursday 12:00 PM Southwest Regional Folk Alliance Conference, Holiday Inn Mid-Town Austin, TX, US
Oct 24, 2013 Thursday 12:00 PM Folk Alliance Region Midwest Conference St. Louis, MO, US
Nov 2, 2013 Saturday 7:00 PM Old Lynn Concerts Lynn, PA, US
Nov 7, 2013 Thursday 12:00 PM Northeast Regional Folk Alliance Conference Kerhonkson, NY, US
Feb 1, 2014 Saturday 8:00 PM Hurdy Gurdy Folk Music Club Fair Lawn, NJ, US
Mar 20, 2014 Thursday 7:30 PM Last Minute Folk Concert Topeka, KS, US
Nov 9, 2014 Sunday 7:15 PM Rockin' Box 33 House Concert Lubbock, TX, US