There are hot pickers everywhere in town, but the primo get noticed gig is with don kelley, at roberts western world. I was able to catch a bit of donato playing with kelley last week, and he really is an excellent guitarist. From age 14, donato has developed his brand of crisp, soulful, ontheedge telecaster. Music city native daniel donato got his start playing electric guitar anywhere he could find a power outlet. Whether it was a honky tonk on broadway, the parking lot of a phish concert, or touring with the don kelley band, donato has been honing his chops since age 14. Donato has been building those creations professionally for years now, serving as lead guitarist in various nashville groups, including the venerated don kelley band, since he was 14. Donato is currently guitarist for the don kelley band, which has previously featured nashville aces brent mason, johnny hiland, redd volkaert, guthrie trapp, and jd simo.
Brent mason, redd volkaert, johnny highland, jd simo, daniel donato, et al. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the don kelley band at the discogs marketplace. He said that it was actually playing guitar hero that got him hooked on eventually getting into playing properly, he. If youre in nashville, catch him at roberts on broadway with the don kelley band wedsat 6. Since then, daniel has dominated guitar with such nashville acts as the wild feathers, paul cauthen, and the don kelley band. The family moved around new jersey finally settled in williamson county tennessee around december of 2002. Along with br549, don kelleys band helped turn lower broad around from its rundown days of peep shows and dilapidated clubs to a desirable tourist and local destination for music.
Join facebook to connect with daniel donato and others you may know. In this interview, daniel talks about beginnings, influences, approaches and gear and offers some great insight and advice along the way. The don kelley band with daniel donato, guthrie trapp and. Telecaster master daniel donato brings tour to pour house. Daniel was always a very driven youngster and threw everything he had into his interests. New master of the telecaster daniel donato comes to iowa. Daniel donato is an alumnus, along with brent mason, guthrie trapp, and johnny hiland. Seventeen years, half a million miles, thousands of performances and a handful of recordings later, slick joe fick the energizer bunny of slap bassists, is still going strong. Cutting his teeth busking for tips on lower broadway in his teens, by age 14 donato started gigging with nashvilles renowned don kelley band. His earliest musical work was with the mod revivalist band, the untouchables, who gained a large underground following. Our porn search engine delivers the hottest fulllength scenes every time. Daniel donato is one of nashvilles newest and highly acclaimed guitarists. I learned a lot from this book and the accompanying instructional dvd.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading daniel donato the new master of the telecaster. Native to nashville, daniel donato, at 22 years of age, has acquired a tenure of musicianship that spans 11 years of vast performing and recording experience. Ive seen him with other guitar greats on stage but he has a young man that plays guitar named daniel donato in the band and this kid is a. Daniel donato phone, address, background info whitepages. The list of pickers to make it out of his band is too long to list, but heres a few.
Don kelleys phone number, email, address, public records. From age 14, donato has developed his brand of crisp, soulful, ontheedge telecaster picking under bar lights, honing his skills and proving his mettle within the. Don kelley band with daniel donato rambling man youtube. Pathways to dynamic solos kindle edition by donato, daniel. Ive been a blues and classic rock guy for a while, but ive recently discovered daniel donato playing in the don kelley band. Will donato is a smooth jazz composer, alto saxophonist and recording artist whose 2007 release, will call is his first with innervision records. Cosmic machine instrumentalists bear the burden of communicating musical ideas without the aid of lyrics or storytelling proper.
Daniel donatos cosmic country band upcoming show schedule. Daniel donato is a young, 20something guitarslinger whos lent his skills to numerous acts youve likely heard on the radio and spotify playlists. Daniel has a lot of things to say and likes to keep in touch with his fans personally. Making a name for himself in the country game, hes already an americana award nominee, and we recently had an opportunity to sit down and chat about his career and future plans. Discussion in the sound hound lounge started by badassbill, oct 29, 20. Daniel donato is one of nashvilles newest highly acclaimed guitarists.
View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for daniel donato. He specialises in classic chicken pickin that pulls from jazz, bluegrass, and western swing. At only 20 years old, he has toured the world, released an instructional dvd and book, and has been featured in several popular publications such as the new york times and the wall street journal. Don kelley is obviously a veteran entertainer and plays that telecaster reminiscent of roy buchanan. Find don kelleys phone number, address, and email on spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. The don kelley band one of the longest running bands music city, the don kelley band has been going strong since 1981. Dan book is a platinum selling, bmi award winning, producer and songwriter, originally from baltimore, maryland. Nashville guitarist daniel donato has been making a stir on the scene as the lead guitarist of the don kelly band was has lead to a new hal leonard release, daniel donato. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory. Daniel is a frequent namm attendee and has a slew of videos of him playing with legends like robert randolph and albert lee to name a few. Their next tour date is saturday, april 25th at songbyrd music house in washington, dc. The video features daniel donato himself providing fullband performances and a full hour of guitar lessons, the book includes guitar tab for all the video lessons and performances.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Daniel donato is a nashvilebased guitarist who has formerly played with the don kelly band and the wild feathers. Explore releases from the don kelley band at discogs. Daniel donato was the kid who got noticed when he stood outside of nashiville namm 5 or 6 years ago and played. The don kelley band makes this a must stop when in nashville. For many years, thats how 2018 americana award nominee daniel donato operated as the guitarist for nashville acts like the wild feathers, paul cauthen and the don kelley band. Daniel donatos cosmic country band events calendar. Cutting his teeth on lower broadway, by first busking on the streets for tips, he then very quickly landed one of the citys most well known residencies with the don kelley band.
Slightly off topic, but i was watching a few daniel donato don kelly clips today, and then found an interview with daniel donato. Stan saxon, drummer in the legendary honky tonk group the don kelley band, fell out of the front window at roberts western world during the bands set on friday night. We walked into roberts western world in nashville and witnessed a 19 year old that could wail on electric guitar better than weve seen in our lives. Don kelley band with daniel donato rambling man duration. Roberts western world is the former home of shobud. Lower broadway is full of great players, and the lead slot in don kellys band at roberts western world never disappoints when it comes to country guitarists. His reputation as a sixstring honkytonk wizkid quickly grew around the city and the national guitar scene. The narasnominated upright bassistvocalist is the cofounder of the memphisbased rockabilly trio, the dempseys, who were dubbed the most entertaining. Through his studies of players from the past and present, along with hundreds of shows under his belt with the coveted don kelley band whose alumni include brent mason, redd volkaert, johnny hiland, guthrie trapp, and j. Daniel was born in 1995 and spent the first years of his life in atlantic city new jersey.