Music

1999

HOLLY TANNEN
Rime of the Ancient Matriarch
Holly combines a deep love of British Isles trad music and a rare and fearless sense for satire in this collection of her original songs. Danny is featured as lead vocalist on “Suburban Shaman,” joined by Chris Caswell and David Morris as they drive a stake through the heart of the Men’s Movement.

Order direct: www.hollytannen.com

ALFREDO SOLTERO & STEPHEN BELL
Dos Compadres y Una Copa Rota

Danny produced this nearly indescribable project—Alfredo, a 3rd generation mariachi singer, delivering gorgeous traditional Spanish vocals over Stephen’s line-by-line English translations and consummate guitar work. By turns astonishing and hilarious… unlikely ever to make it to radio and that’s a real shame.
Dos Compadres DC0001
Order direct: 1-800-496-7222

CELTIC VOYAGE
A compilation of Celtic instrumentals culled from the lovely Gourd line. Track 2 is Danny’s ”Breton Dances” from “Journeys of the Heart,” remixed with the synthesizer replaced by Danny on real fiddle, plus Barry Phillips on cello & percussion and Shelley Phillips on oboe. It rocks.

Gourd Music GM-128
Order direct: www.gourd.com.

1997

GOLDEN BOUGH
The Boatman’s Daughter
Danny produced this album by Celtic quartet GB in 1984 and it’s finally out on CD.
Golden Bough Music GB215
Order direct: goldenbough@compuserve.com

1996

THE LAMPLIGHTERS
A Song to Sing, O!
(The Lamplighters Celebrate Gilbert & Sullivan)
Danny produced this lavish collection of G&S favorites performed by San Francisco’s beloved and long-running light opera company. Over 40 singers and a 28-piece orchestra recorded live at the legendary Skywalker Ranch.

Lamplighters LAMP01
Order direct: www.lamplighters.org

1995

DANNY CARNAHAN & ROBIN PETRIE
Cut and Run

US release: Red House Records (Red House RHR CD 73)
UK release: Hokey Pokey Records (PO Box 547, London SE26 4BD)

CASWELL CARNAHAN
Borderlands & New Leaves On An Old Tree (CD rerelease)

The out-of-print 1995 Gargoyle Records CD includes all but one track from the two Caswell Carnahan LPs. Danny makes a small number of copies available as self-bootlegs.

HENRY KAISER
Eternity Blue

Henry pulled together this Jerry Garcia tribute shortly after Garcia’s death. Danny joins Henry, Dead alums Tom Constanten and Bob Bralove, Diana Mangano, Robin Petrie and more on three tracks: “High Time,” “Cold Rain and Snow,” and “Brokedown Palace.”
Shanachie Records 6016
Available through Amazon.com

HOUSE ON FIRE
An Urban Folk Collection
Red House Records collected 17 artists for this “Best of” CD, including Danny’s “Till the Stars Come Down” from Danny & Robin’s “Cut and Run.”
Red House RHR CD 58
Available from Red House or Amazon.com

RINDE ECKERT
Do the Day Over
Danny played guitar and octave mandolin behind Rinde’s take-no-prisoners vocals on four tracks, three Rinde originals and Richard Thompson’s “Waltzing’s For Dreamers.”
City of Tribes COTCD-007
Order direct: www.organic.com

1994
DAMA & D’GARY
The Long Way Home
Henry Kaiser produced this duo CD of two top Madagascar guitarists & singers in Louisiana. Danny & Robin provide vocal harmonies for Dama’s “Aza Manadino.”
Shanachie Records 64952

FALLING INTO THE OCEAN
Fast Folk Magazine’s Singer-Songwriter Anthology
Danny recorded a live version of “The Mango Song” for this 17-song collection of West Coast songwriting.
Fast Folk FFCD801
PO Box 938, Village Station, NY, NY 10014

BARRY & SHELLEY PHILLIPS
Wondrous Love
Danny plays octave mando on “The Dying Californian.”
Gourd Music GM 118
Order direct: www.gourd.com.

1993
THE WORLD IS A WONDERFUL PLACE
Hokey Pokey Compilation of Richard Thompson Covers
Eighteen Thompson songs done by all sorts of characters. Possibly the most hair-raising track is “Night Comes In” by Full Moon Fair (Danny on baritone guitar and vocal, Henry Kaiser on electric guitar, Alan Senauke on guitar and vocal, Ngoc Lam on dan tranh, and Robin Petrie on hammered dulcimer and vocal.) One critic declared, “Destined to be one of the big hits of 1968.”
Hokey Pokey HPR 2003-2
UK release: Hokey Pokey Records (PO Box 547, London SE26 4BD)

1992
BARRY PHILLIPS AND FRIENDS
The World Turned Upside Down
On this set of instrumentals from the time of the American Revolution, Danny provided fiddle.
Gourd Music GM110
Order direct: www.gourd.com

1991
HENRY KAISER
Hope You Like Our New Direction
On this, possibly the most eclectic single CD of the ‘90s, Danny joins Henry’s band Full Moon Fair in a 13-minute medley combining Skip James Delta blues, Vietnamese traditional tunes, and the trad rocker “Cold Rain and Snow.”
Reckless Records CDRECK21
Possibly still available: 1401 Haight St., San Francisco, CA 94117

1990
CHRIS PROCTOR
Steel String Stories
Danny produced this solo and almost solo guitar album.
Flying Fish Records FF-70554
Order direct: proctorgtr@aol.com