John Danley
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John Danley

Nashville, Tennessee, United States | INDIE

Nashville, Tennessee, United States | INDIE
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"Press"


"John Danley's compositions are rich and impressionistic with strong, intelligent, thought-provoking melodies."

- 2007 - Entertainment Weekly, Santa Cruz


"Press"

"Danley's one of the good ones"

- 2006 - Leo Kottke


"Press"

"Achieves rare levels of sonic depth and reflection."

- 2004 - Robert Silverstein, 20th Century Guitar


"Press"

"A modern master of the postmodern Americana guitar sound, Danley’s repertoire combines a time honored composite of musical styles for finger style acoustic steel string guitar including folk, ragtime, jazz, blues and ambient soundtracks." - 2009 - Robert Silverstien, Music Web Express, San Fransico, CA


"Press"

"There are probably more good guitar players per square yard in Nashville and John Danley is one of the best."

- 2002 - Brad Fischer, Nashville Music Guide


"Press"

"John Danley comes from the same musical vein as Don Ross and Michael Hedges, but his technique is nearly as intriguing as his music. Danley uses a paintbrush to stroke out sounds from his instrument the way others might use a pick." - 2001 - The Nashville City Paper


"Press"

"It's quite a feat to establish one's own voice on this particular instrument, but Danley goes farther toward doing so than anyone, perhaps, since Hedges appeared on the scene."

- 2001 - Bart Grooms, Birmingham's Black & White


"Press"

"Danley swirls up a symphonic tableau playing American fingerstyle guitar like few I've heard."

- 1998 - Birmingham Weekly


"Press"

"Danley is an accomplished player who shows off his many styles with grace and flair."

- 1998 - Neil Fagan, Performing Songwriter


"Press"

"John Danley is one very good guitar player."



- 1997 - Dirty Linen


Discography

ACOUSTIC DIMORPHISM

1. Quarks
2. Walking Stick
3. The Kenneth Dale Rag
4. Monterey
5. Borderline: Cluster B
6. The Infinite Landscape
7. Kentucky Down Under
8. Adventures in Waterford
9. Maker's Mark
10. Hungarian Fossil Dance
11. Ephemeral Groove
12. Fragility of Being
13. Anna's Garden
14. Whip-Poor-Will

10.01.09 Tetrapod Recordings

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AMBER DISPOSITIONS

1. Free Association
2. Coriander
3. Dust for Sparrows
4. Dora Maar
5. Ship's Mast
6. Gossamer & Gray
7. Auburn Moon
8. Elegy for Iris
9. Falling Pears
10. Karasu
11. Syncope
12. Acoustic Spooks
13. Mt. Etna
14. The Art of Time
15. Toledo

07.25.06 APRIORI RECORDS

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DURABLE AMERICANA

1. When the Saints Go Marching In (traditional)
2. The Richard Yates Rag
3. Mysterious Girl with the Green Shoes
4. Dee Eye Why?
5. Lost My Marbles in Nashville
6. No Compression (American Anthem Version)
7. The Ryan Adams Conspiracy Theory
8. Forever and For Always
9. The Joan Osborne Two-Step
10. Requiem for Henry Mancini
11. Blues for Bukowski
12. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

10.15.05 APRIORI RECORDS

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DRIFTING INTO OBLIVION

1. Unmaking of the World
2. In the Key of B
3. Mortal Floods
4. Philip's Glasses
5. Below the Water
6. Remembering Lydia
7. Dali & the Hallucinating Bullfighter
8. Christmas For Argyle
9. 11th Step
10. Europe After the Rain
11. A Dream of Breathing
12. Etude

10.25.04 APRIORI RECORDS

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CEMETERIES, MISSED TRAINS, & BLUE SKIES

1. Jesco Goes To Nashville
2. The Roger Waters Trolley (Live) (MP3) (Video)
3. Hickory
4. Bluebird
5. Atlas Bone
6. Deconstructing Gregory Barsamian
7. That Crazy Wendy
8. Cranio Cervical Subluxation
9. Whispering Blue
10. Satori (Live)
11. Snapdragon
12. Modest Needs
13. Lori Anne
14. Missed Trains
15. Osteotomy
16. Ballad of Marcia Trimble (1966-1975)

06.25.03 OUT OF PRINT
APRIORI RECORDS

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CANVAS & RHYTHM

1. El Greco Shuffle
2. Self Portrait Without A Pick
3. Doctrine of Inertia
4. Reversing Charlie
5. Paxil Eyes
6. The Art of Time
7. Atama
8. Double Mezzanine
9. Logarhythms
10. The Belmont Witch Project
11. Baba Ganouj
12. Amazing Grace

10.01.01 OUT OF PRINT
APRIORI RECORDS

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ACOUSTIC SPOOKS/
EP HALLOWEEN SAMPLER

1. Intro
2. Acoustico Fantasma
3. Atama
4. The Belmont Witch Project

10.01.2000 OUT OF PRINT
APRIORI RECORDS

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DEFEATING THE ELEMENTS

1. Appropriate Starch
2. What I Want
3. Logarhythms
4. Ipsilateral Atrophy
5. Hollywood Blues
6. The Great American Yardsale
7. Compensation for the Seasons
8. Talk-Show Bastards
9. Drew Pub
10. Red Mountain Expressway
11. Jasper
12. Clinically Deranged

03.15.98 OUT OF PRINT
APRIORI RECORDS

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POSTPONING THE WORM

1. Concourse B
2. Fat Bird
3. China James
4. Carmen's Revenge
5. Conchita
6. Kottkesque
7. Cuba Libre
8. Clipping Hedges
9. Frankenfrank
10. La Bella Dame
11. Alone Again
12. Mt. Etna

01.22.97 OUT OF PRINT
APRIORI RECORDS


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Bio

JOHN DANLEY is an experimental, fingerstyle guitarist who composes and performs his own blend of acoustic, instrumental music. John has developed a style of guitar playing by using a housepainter's paintbrush to add percussive sounds to the instrument while simultaneously creating colorful harmonies and distinctive melodic hooks. His exposure includes extensive airplay on syndicated radio stations focusing on folk, new age, acoustic, jazz, blues and world music. John Danley is a regular contributor to National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Public Radio International's To The Best of Our Knowledge, a performing arts entertainer and composer of music for film and television (including TBS soundtracks for cable). He has performed at The Kennedy Center, college universities, festivals, art galleries, workshops, the Healdsburg Guitar Festival, and has shared the stage with such artists as David Gray, Iris DeMent, Gove Scrivenor, Reese Wynans, Cheryl Wheeler, Peppino D'Agostino, and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra.

Nominations and awards include The Nashville Scene's "Best Guitar Hero" in 2002 and “best solo guitar album” Cemeteries, Missed Trains and Blue Skies and “best solo guitar song of the year” Hickory, 2004 JPFolks Music Awards. In addition, Drifting into Oblivion, John's 5th solo release, was nominated by JPFolks in 2006. Amber Dispositions, his 7th solo release, was nominated for JPFolks 2009 Solo Guitar Album of the Year. Toledo was nominated for 2009 Solo Guitar Song of the Year.