Dan Brother Palmer Nothin' Better Than This CD

A lifelong musician, Brother Dan has called the Reno/Lake Tahoe area home for over thirty years. A classically trained guitarist, Dan has been influenced by a wide range of artists and styles. Those influences, combined with a wide range of life experiences, his open and upbeat attitude, and his obvious passion and love of his art, have developed him into a performer with a wide and universal appeal.Brother Dan pulls no lyric punches on “Nothin’ Better Than This.” The smart, sometimes intense/sometimes humorous lyrics are tempered by interesting arrangements of an eclectic blend of brilliantly played acoustic instruments, engaging hooks, almost-familiar chord progressions, and memorable melodies. The project centers on a variety of real-life issues including love (love lost, gained, and hoped for), plus religious disenfranchisement (Brother Dan served as minister of music in a large evangelical church for five years), and was largely motivated by the realization of mortality (positively diagnosed with a potentially fatal condition in 2004, he has since fought it into remission). Playing credits: Brother Dan has opened for and/or played with acts including: Three Dog Night; Bob Weir; The Tubes; Foghat; The Grass Roots; Donovan; Humble Pie; Black Oak Arkansas; Canned Heat; John Nemeth; David Lindley; Colin Hay and Men at Work; War; and others.Recent international tour: Germany and the UK, Sept. 29 - Oct. 18, 2007 - stops included Oktoberfest, Bernau Stub’n, Bernau-am-Chiemsee, Germany; Merton Abbey Mills, London; Queen Boadicea, Islington, UK; The Albion, Molesey, UK; The North Bridge Inn, Exeter, UK; The Pilmour Hotel, St. Andrews, Scotland; Whistlebinkie’s, Edinburgh, Scotland.Recent Airplay: KTHX FM 100.1, Reno, NV; Live 365 Intenet radio, www.live365.com/stations/ceilidhjunkie; Live 365 Internet radio, www.live365.com/stations/djthunder218.Recent Press: http://www.newsreview.com/reno/Content?oid=510912Recent US Appearances: Del Soul at Montbleu Resort, SLT, NV; The Fresh Ketch, SLT, CA; Bar of America, Truckee, CA; OB’s, Truckee, CA; Mountain Town Stages Summer Concert Series, Park City, UT; Anchors Bar and Grill, Sparks, NV; The Spur Bar and Grill, Park City, UT; 350 Main, Park City, UT; The Twisted Conch, Cape Coral, FL; Miners, Ft. Myers, FL; Zabu, Ft. Myers, FL; Poodie’s Hilltop, Spicewood, TX.For more info: www.brodanproductions.com or www.myspace.com/brotherdan2