Chris Daniels Better Days
  • 01 Better Days
  • 02 Medical Marijuana
  • 03 South Carolina
  • 04 Eldorado Canyon
  • 05 Wildcat
  • 06 I Still Think Of You
  • 07 Rose Colored Glasses
  • 08 Cabin Fever
  • 09 Sister Delores
  • 10 Good Ol' Beast
  • 11 Therapy
  • 12 Old Man Das
  • 13 This Old Guitar
  • 14 Mena
  • 15 Right Down Here
  • 01 Better Days
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:54) [11.2 MB]
  • 02 Medical Marijuana
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:30) [8.01 MB]
  • 03 South Carolina
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:07) [9.42 MB]
  • 04 Eldorado Canyon
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:48) [11.01 MB]
  • 05 Wildcat
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:35) [10.48 MB]
  • 06 I Still Think Of You
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:39) [8.37 MB]
  • 07 Rose Colored Glasses
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:26) [10.15 MB]
  • 08 Cabin Fever
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:58) [6.8 MB]
  • 09 Sister Delores
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:44) [10.85 MB]
  • 10 Good Ol' Beast
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:50) [11.08 MB]
  • 11 Therapy
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (03:34) [8.18 MB]
  • 12 Old Man Das
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:46) [6.34 MB]
  • 13 This Old Guitar
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (05:05) [11.64 MB]
  • 14 Mena
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (02:48) [6.43 MB]
  • 15 Right Down Here
    Genre: Americana
    MP3 (04:08) [9.45 MB]
Biography
Chris Daniels: In 2012 Chris Daniels was nominated to be inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame with Judy Collins and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in a ceremony to be held later this year. Daniels started out as a 17 year old songwriter and guitarist back in the 70s when he played with David Johansen, (before the New York Dolls) and later with Russell Smith (after The Rhythm Aces), Chris has preformed thousands of shows, touring 30 out of every 52 weeks with his current band Chris Daniels & the Kings for 28 years. He has worked making records and performing with some of the most respected musicians in the business including Sonny Landreth, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, David Bromberg, Al Kooper, Bill Payne, and Richie Furay to name only a few. He was the founder of the Telluride After Hours Jam playing that festival on and off for ten years beginning in 1975.

RECORDINGS: Daniels 15th album is a solo project, “Better Days” that features some of the best musicians in the Americana and roots field like Sam Bush (Bela Fleck and New Grass Revival), Richie Furay (Poco), John Magnie (The Subdudes), Mollie O’Brien (Prairie Home Companion), Kenny Passerllie (Elton John and Joe Walsh) Greg Garrison (Punch Brothers), Lloyd Maines (Dixie Chicks) and many many more. His last album, “We’ll Meet Again” was a collaboration between his US band The Kings and his European band BMaster recorded live in Leiden, The Netherlands. The CD came out in November 2009 and in January 2010 in Europe to great reviews in US and The Dutch press.

In 1991 the band made a name for themselves touring Europe: playing for the Queen of Holland at the 50th Year VE Day Celebration and at Europe's famous Parkpop Rock Festival for 450,000. They have headlined festivals from the Mediterranean to the North Sea. They have had number one records on Holland's number one rock show, “Countdown Café” and had front-page success with cover articles in De Telegraph and De Standard in Amsterdam and Brussels.

Professor: Chris Daniels is an Assistant Professor at the College of Arts & Media (CAM), University of Colorado Denver campus. He began teaching songwriting and guitar at Arapahoe Community College in 2001. In 2007 he was awarded the "Adjunct Professor of The Year" award from that college. That same year Chris was given the honor of a position as an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Denver teaching music business. In 2011 he received the Award For Excellence in Teaching from CAM.

Survivor: In 2010 Daniels was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML-M4) and he was treated with massive chemotherapy and eventually received a bone marrow transplant via stem cells from his sister Jane. He has survived 2 years since diagnosis and returned to teaching, performing and his new album, “Better Days” is an Americana songwriter album that includes some parts of that story plus so much more.

Guitarist and band leader: Chris has served as musical director with his band when the Kings backed Francine Reed, The Coasters, Drifters, Platters, Bo Diddly, Was Not Was, Mary Wilson, Percy Sledge, solo members of Little Feat, Sam Bush, John Cowan and many others.

Singer: Chris has been featured on commercials all across the US and Canada for McDonalds, Ford, Coors Beer, Village Inn and many more.

Songwriter: He's worked with Gary Nicholson, Jeff Dayton, Al Kooper and Bill Payne to name only a few. His songs have appeared on albums by Hazel Miller, Tom Wasinger and David Bromberg to name only a few.

Record Producer: He's known for several CDs including the award winning Hazel Miller recording, “ICONS”, featuring standards and guests like famed trumpeter Ron Miles.

Music for TV: Chris has had his recordings used for everything from regional TV broadcasts, the Friday morning news theme for NBC Channel 9 News, to national shows like “Men In Tress” on the ABC television network.

Executive Director: Chris served as the head of the world's second largest folk music school and concert organization, Swallow Hill Music Association for 5 years during which time the organization won both the Governor's Award and the Mayor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Chris Daniels & the Kings played their first show on March 14, 1984. Chris has toured Europe 18 times including the tour Chris finished in October 2009 before he got diagnosed with AML and played in the States from South Carolina to Seattle, New York City to LA. The six piece band, called "funky-blues" by the Europeans, is an all out "horn band" celebrating 28 years of making R&B, funk, "jump blues" and rock n’ roll. They have been compared to Little Feat, "John Hiatt meets Tower of Power" and “Keb Mo with horns.”

TOURING: Chris Daniels & the Kings have toured over two continents and have been asked to appear in such diverse places as The Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, South America, Curacao, Japan, and all over Europe. Chris has appeared with B.B. King, Uncle Cracker, Blues Traveler, The Neville Brothers, Delbert McClinton, Sister Hazel, Sheryl Crow, Robert Cray, Taj Mahal, Al Kooper, Bonnie Raitt, Ziggy Marley, The Fixx, to name only a few. They are headliners on international festivals, like Ribs & Blues Festival with their buddies THE B-MASTERS, at Marktrock, Berchem Blues, and the Lokeren festivals in Belgium, and the Kings have toured as the back up band for Sonny Landreth, David Bromberg, Al Kooper, Bo Diddly, Francine Reed and Dutch guitarist Jan Rijbroek in places like Paris, Rome, and Amsterdam, and with Bonnie Raitt and members of Little Feat and Was Not Was at the Roxey in LA to name only a few they have worked with in the States and Europe. Die hard fans from Italy to Holland rocked with this remarkable artist on TV shows including a groundbreaking high-definition TV show for HDnet, the all high definition TV network, plus shows for the ABC and NBC network affiliates, radio shows like NPR affiliates (Colorado Matters) and Dutch national radio TROS 3 Live, plus VH-1, The Nashville Network, Much Music/Canada, NIppon TV/Japan, Crooked River Grove in Ohio, and in Europe on Onhe Filter, AVRO, KRO, Paris MTV, and Brussles 1, and on Swing TV in Buenos Ares, Argentina and on the Altitude Sports and Entertainment Network.
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