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17 Feb
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Please read all news from now on at
www.dannyvaughn.com
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05 Jan
2006
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TRAVELLER ALBUM RELEASE PARTY
It's coming! It's almost here! And you gotta be
there!
We are very happy to announce that it's time for
the official TRAVELLER album release party for
the Danny Vaughn Band! Grab a pen, cut and
paste, whatever it takes, but take this down!
Saturday, February 10 at THE RIG: ROCK CITY
in NOTTINGHAM, UK
This is a very special party that we are having
for ourselves and our fans. Where a lot of bands
would put on the cd, sit back and get drunk,
we're gonna play the album live!
Oh yeah, we'll get drunk too, but that's later.
Doors will open at 7:30 and we suggest you get
there early. We will start promptly at 8pm.
We're going to be playing a short, 45 minute set
of about 8 songs from the new cd with a couple
of your old faves thrown in for good measure.
But that's not even the best part.
We will have a VERY LIMITED supply of the new
TRAVELLER cd for sale on the night and that is
one week before you can get it in the stores or
on line.
We will have ONLY 100 copies for sale. Another
reason to get there early. For the price of 12
pounds sterling, you will get the new cd as well
as a very special event card from the band to
mark the occasion and let everybody know you
were there! The band will be in the club
directly afterwards to relax (do some of that
drinking that I mentioned) and hang out, and
sign anything you might have on hand. Hmmmm..
okay, almost anything.
The door charge for the event is 6 pounds in
advance. I'm not sure what it will be on the
day, that is a charge that the club puts on, not
us, so it is really recommended that you buy
tickets in advance. But, for that price you will
also be able to hang out in the Rig all night
for their big Saturday night rock party. Seems
pretty fair to me! Tickets can be purchased at
these on line outlets:
www.rock-city.co.uk
see tickets / way ahead
Piccadilly
let legged pineapple
We are all really excited and hope to see you
there!
All the best,
Danny, Tony, Lee, Pat, Steve
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30 Nov
2006
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Jumping The Gun?
It has been said that you can't argue with
progress. I think the same may be true of
enthusiastic record labels. Not that I'm
complaining, but I was pretty surprised when I
logged onto Melodicrock.com today and saw myself
looking back at me! If you weren't aware,
Frontiers Records have made the major
announcement about our new cd release and
included snippets (I love that word, makes me
feel like a moyle) of 4 of the new songs. I had
intended to wait until closer to Christmas to do
that, but, "if you can't beat 'em..."
Badlands Rain
Miracle Days
Restless Blood
Traveller
So, here, and also soon on our website,
www.dannyvaughn.com, we've got a new band, a new
look, and new song teasers for ya! We hope you
enjoy them. Keep those messages and comments
coming! We'll also be looking to do a signing
party/record release on the weekend of Feb. the
16th at a club in the UK (to be announced) where
you can be the first to get your hot little
hands on Traveller and get it signed on the
spot. More on that idea when it happens.
Thanks to everybody for so much support and good
wishes. If we don't talk before then, have a
wonderful Christmas holiday!
Best wishes,
Danny, Tony, Steve, Pat, and Lee
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17 Nov
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The best kind of news
This is a really special announcement going out
to all of our friends from the Tyketto days.
I'm so happy to tell you that Michael Clayton
Arbeeny and his wife, Isabel, were blessed with
a bouncing, baby boy recently!
On Tuesday, November 14th, at 3:16 pm (who looks
at their watches at a time like that?) Ryan
Michael Arbeeny was ushered into this world (no
doubt to the sounds of trumpets and drum corps!)
in New Jersey. He weighs in at 7 pounds, 10
ounces and is 20 inches long from tip to toe.
The whole family are doing great and attached is
a picture of the young man with his seriously
proud Dad. Everybody that knows Michael can
guess just how happy he is. We all send our love
and huge cheers to the whole family.
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10 Nov
2006
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Patience Rewarded
Hi everyone. It's official! We have the release
date for our new album, "TRAVELLER" set for
February the 16th, 2007. We were very happy to
hear the positive reactions from those of you
that heard some of the new songs at UFOR2 and
FIREFEST.
I really think that this is my best recording
yet.
The saintly Chris Galler is going to be
revamping our web site in time for the release
with lots of new photos, info, and formal
introductions to the blokes in the band.
It's time to put the past behind us and head
into the future like a horde of Norse invaders
cutting through the ice in one of those, well,
Viking boat thingies. (apologies to all of my
Nordic friends).
I will be putting some snippets from the cd onto
the web site and onto the myspace site around
about Christmas time, because you've all been so
very good this year.
Keep your eyes on this site, as there will be
lots more to come.
Thanks for all of your patience and your support
for our latest effort.
It means a lot to all of us.
Cheers,
Danny Vaughn
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10 Oct
2006
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Anyway, a real quickie this time. If you are
interested in seeing the first on line review of
the entire UFOR2 show as well as our listening
party, click on the link
http://www.rockunited.com/ufor_review.htm
Cheers,
Danny Vaughn
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03 Oct
2006
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Just a quick note this time from the whole band
to thank everyone involved in the UFOR2 show at
the Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg, Germany. The show
was sold out, the bands all played well, and the
crowd was fantastic.
We had a listening party for press only (sorry
about that) in the early part of the day and it
was the first time for the whole band to hear
our new album, (5 songs of it, anyway)
"Traveller", now finished and mastered, blasting
out of a nice p.a. system upstairs in the
Rockfabrik. There were 30 or 40 journalists
there (and I felt a little like a goldfish in a
bowl) and the response that I got from them was
very positive. More than one person said to me,
"the Tyketto fans are going to love this". I
cerainly hope that's true, and I hope we'll
discover lots of new fans with this one as well.
The band felt great and put on a strong show in
what was a very hot club. We couldn't have been
happier with the audience. Thanks to everyone
that sang, clapped, and banged your heads. And
thanks to everyone that came to the signing
session for autographs, photos, and to say
"hello".
The only down side for me (if you can call it
that) was that I was kept so busy that I didn't
get to see many of the bands. However, I was
rocked by both Gary John Barden ( a real pro and
a gentleman), and the Pretty Maids. Excellent
sets from both those bands.
The new album will be released in February and
we are looking to get out there and play as much
as possible in Europe and the U.K. in the early
spring. Keep the faith until then and from Tony,
Lee, Steve, Pat, and myself, to all of the
friends, fans, journalists and record company
people that made the whole trip a blast....
Danke Schoen
Danny Vaughn
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11 Sep
2006
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The Latest Roundup
Hi Everyone,
You might think the silence on my end of things
would indicate a lull in the action for me but
really, it means I've been very busy but damned
lazy about writing. So, for all of you that have
written in asking "what's the latest?" prepare
to regret the question.
Okay, let's start with the new album. It is
currently in the very capable hands of Dennis
Ward from Pink Cream 69, who is going to finish
the whole process off with his mastering skills.
The hardest thing about the album for us is that
we are all very excited about it and now we have
to wait until Feb. or March of 2007 to release
it. Simply put, Frontiers Records has a very
busy schedule and they wanted to wait for a time
when they could devote plenty of attention to
us. So I'm all in favor of that. We are also
talking about putting together a very cool
package tour with 2 other bands you are
definitely going to want to see for the UK and
Europe in the spring. Fingers crossed it all
goes ahead.
For those that might not have heard, the new
album is called TRAVELLER and I've got a
complete song list for you:
1. MIRACLE DAYS
2. BADLANDS RAIN
3. TRAVELLER
4. RESTLESS BLOOD
5. THAT'S WHAT SHE SAYS
6. THE TOUCH OF YOUR HAND
7. LIFTED
8. THE WARRIOR'S WAY
9. THE MEASURE OF A MAN
10. THINK OF ME IN THE FALL
11. DEATH OF THE TIGER
12. BETTER BY FAR
And our version of the song, SPEAKING IN TONGUES
will be the bonus track on the Japanese version.
When it gets around Christmas time, I'm going to
post some snippets of a couple of the songs here
on the site just to keep you interested. I've
also just done the first interview about the new
cd and you can find it at:
http://www.rockunited.com
In the meantime, the band are all gearing up for
the UFOR2 festival on October 1st at the
Rockfabrik in Luwigsburg, Germany. And this is
the only place you're going to be able to hear a
couple of these new songs and probably the only
gig for the Danny Vaughn band for the rest of
this year. But, never fear, it's been a long
time since I have played in Germany, so there
will be plenty of Tyketto, Vaughn, and From The
Inside songs to make everybody happy!
On the recording front, I recently was able to
work with an old friend, producer Richie Zito,
on the title track of his forthcoming solo cd on
Frontiers Records, AVALON: THE RICHIE ZITO
PROJECT. It's the first time I've worked with
the man since Don't Come Easy, and it was a pure
pleasure to write with him.
Here's the official blurb taken from the
Frontiers web site.
In the late '70s, Richie Zito was one of the
most sought-after session guitarists in Los
Angeles. He lent his chops to Art Garfunkel,
Barbara Streisand, The Beach Boys, Donna Summer,
Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers and Lionel
Richie to name a few. At the start of the '80s,
Zito hooked up with Elton John, and became a
member of his band. Soon after, in addition to
playing guitar on the Soundtracks for
FLASHDANCE, TOP GUN, SCARFACE and BEVERLY HILLS
COP, he began producing and writing for the
Motels, and boasts an exhaustive resumé
including the Cult, White Lion, Open Skyz, Mr.
Big, Tyketto, Joe Cocker’s "You Can Leave Your
Hat On", Eddie Money’s (Grammy Nominated) duet
with Ronnie Spector, "Take Me Home Tonight",
Heart’s Triple Platinum "Brigade" CD and Bad
English’s #1 Record "When I See You Smile".
Zito's panoramic and cosmic production on Cheap
Trick's "Lap of Luxury" brought another
dimension to rock records. "Lap of Luxury" also
shot the band back into the public consciousness
and delivered Trick's only number one, "The
Flame." Zito's technical skill and superb
musicianship is unquestionable. Like his guru
Giorgio Moroder, Zito has brought out the best
in some of the biggest names in the music biz.
As a Record Producer, Zito has had 38 singles in
Billboard’s Hot 100 and in 1990 was the
Magazine’s "Top Singles Producer of the Year".
AVALON is "his" project where he gathered all
the artists he had the pleasure to work with
during the years, to deliver a classic AOR
release and his ultimate dream album. In Zito’s
words "When Serafino Perugino, Frontiers Records
President, approached me to make a CD, I saw it
as an opportunity to Collaborate with some of
the best Singers I know….The result is… AVALON".
"AVALON - THE RICHIE ZITO PROJECT represents
Re-Connection" continues Richie, "Re-Connection
with Guitar Playing, Songwriting, Producing,
Melodic Rock and with some very talented
Friends…" Featured on the album are Eddie Money,
legendary producer Giorgio Moroder, Joe Lynn
Turner, Eric Martin, Richie Kotzen, Joey
Carbone, Hugo, Danny Vaughn, Philip Bardowell
and Joseph Williams.
Something else that I did a short while ago has
recently seen the light of day on the new
Melodicrock.com cd V3. It was a writing project
that I worked on with a very talented player
from Canada named Michael Tharin. We wrote a
couple of things together and Andrew McNeice
heard it (how does he find out about this
stuff?) and really liked it. The song is called
RELEASED and it is a really good piece of
melodic rock, if I do say so myself.
Last but not least, I co wrote a song with
Spanish guitar shredder Jorge Salan entitled
CHASE THE FIRE that will make an appearance
on his solo album. I'll keep you posted when I
know the release date of that.
I think that's as brief as I could have kept it.
I hope everyone had a great summer and I'm
really appreciative that so many of you have
been writing in and keeping in touch. More
bulletins when they happen!
Take care of yourselves,
Danny Vaughn
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02 Jul
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THE "FROM THE STUDIO" BLOG
This has been long overdue. You know what it's
like. You have something you have to do. It's
sitting there staring at you. You walk by it a
hundred times a day. But you keep finding
reasons to say, "not right this minute". I've
been doing that with this blog for weeks. And,
of course, each day, more has happened, making
me think that it will get longer and longer so I
keep ducking it.
I must admit that I got fully taken up in World
Cup fever during all of this. I was very sorry
to see England drop out yesterday. I don't have
a favourite team or anything, but I do hold a
soft spot for the country that has always given
me a musical home over the years. So several of
us were in the local pub with a few pints in us
during the agonizingly long game. It was sad to
see so many people that down hearted afterwards.
I do have one word of advice for the FIFA
people. Perhaps it should consider a new rule
that the officiating staff of any match should
never be provided by a country that has recently
waged war with one of the teams on the pitch!
But hey, that's just one, uninformed American's
opinion.
Okay, so it's on to the music!
After two weeks of solid pre-production
rehearsals at the end of May, we got into Jelly
Jam studios in Runcorn, UK on June 3rd and began
setting up. We had made up our minds previously
to be ambitious and go for a much longer album
than I have done in the recent past and came
armed with 13 new songs and not really enough
time to do them in.
But ignorance is bliss (and sometimes your best
weapon) so we soldiered on. With one exception
(a change that I decided to make later on) Lee
thundered through all of the songs in 2 (count
'em), 2 full days of recording. Lesson to all
musicians that might be interested, NOTHING
takes the place of hard work and preparation.
**ahem** sorry.
I'm much too willing to lecture sometimes.
Anyway, the band followed suit and in a total of
18 days (with a couple of days off in the middle
for good behaviour) ALL instruments and vocals
had been completed. Everybody did whatever they
had to in order to put some of their own heart
and soul into the songs, with Pat coming up from
Brighton on weekends to do his solos, Tony doing
his best to cover all sorts of loose ends that
popped up in between his guitar tracks, and
Steve coming in at evening time to do the bass
tracks after 10 long hours at his job. The
amazing thing of it is, now that I am in the
mixing phase of all of it, you would never guess
that this wasn't a recording that took quite a
bit longer to put together.
Quite a lot of it is very lush and full
sounding, with two guitarists, lots of vocals
and our good friend, Johnny Larsen, providing
some excellent keyboards and piano of 5 songs.
In fact, the whole approach taken to the making
of this album was a very different one for me.
After all, I was working with all new guys in
the studio, and a two guitar player band, which
I never have done before, so why not adopt a new
approach? It was, as Led Zeppelin used to say,
"loosely tight". Much of it was well thought out
ahead of time and yet, quite a bit of it was
decided when we got there. You can do that when
the calibre of musicians is a high one because
they adapt well.
A couple of the songs were only just presented
to the band a week before rehearsals started and
they are turning into my favorite tracks.
The most important thing for me is that I am
getting a real charge out of listening to the
songs. This is going to be an album that I will
very much enjoy listening to when it's all over.
The album will be called "TRAVELLER" (and that
has nothing to do with caravans) and is planned
to be released in October right after we play
the UFOR2 festival in Germany. In the near
future I will post song titles and maybe even a
running order once we all agree on one.
Also, I need to thank everyone that wrote in
with your opinions about the name change. Over
all,with few exceptions, every one seemed fine
with the idea of calling the band "Danny Vaughn"
instead of plain old "Vaughn" from now on. Which
means, new art work, new logos, new band photos,
and a really stunning cd cover in the works.
When we get closer to release date, I'm going to
put a few snippets of a couple of songs on the
web site to whet your appetites. I would love to
let you all hear it now, I'm so excited about
it, but that would spoil the surprise, wouldn't
it? And I do think a lot of you are going to be
very pleasantly surprised!
Thanks to everyone that has written in to
encourage us while we are doing this. It has
really helped a lot. It may not sound like it,
but 10 hours a day for 30 days in a recording
studio can make you a little brain dead
sometimes and a note from a friend in the midst
of all of that can go a long way.
I hope you are all having a great summer and we
all look forward to seeing you on tour again
very soon.
All the best,
Danny Vaughn
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29 May
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Hello All,
A quick update from the English Midlands as we
have been locked away for some lo-o-o-ong
writing and arranging sessions for the past week
or more and have one more week to go before the
recording starts on June 3rd. Until you are
working away with a full band, you don't have an
album, simply a collection of songs. Once the
guys all start putting their personalities into
the playing is when the songs begin to have some
cohesion and take on an independant life of
their own. I'm happy to say that is what's
happening now. Tony, Pat, Lee, and Steve have
all dived in head first and brought a whole new
life to the songs I have been writing over the
past year. What does it sound like with the band
that I have toured with for the past year or
two? Well, I'm going to make the cardinal sin
that ALL bands do when asked about their new
albums and say "uuhhhh.. well,,,,it's Heavier!"
Yikes, that sounds lame, I know! However, this
is the first time that I have ever recorded with
a two guitar attack and that, by itself, is
going to change the songs a great deal. It still
sounds like me, but.....ummmmm... heavier. :-)
I'm loving how this is coming out and I hope you
all will too. Sometime in the late summer I will
post some snippets on this site to tease you
with.
Another thing that has been discussed is the
name of the band. Since there has been a
constantly rotating memebership, due to the
infrequencies of our recordings and tours, the
idea was proposed to release the new cd under
the name Danny Vaughn instead of just Vaughn.
Also, over the past 5 years I keep finding that
if someone doesn't know you and asks the band
name and I say "Vaughn" I am inevitably asked to
repeat it several times. For some reason it's a
difficult name to get. But, it's not a move that
is being considered out of ego on my part. So
I'm putting it out to you guys to look for your
opinions on the matter. Some think that if I go
under my full name people will think it's an
acoustic album. So let me dispell that notion
right now. (did I mention that it's heavier?
)Anyway, let me know your collective thoughts.
Now I'm going to make a rather strange request
here. Bear with me. About 2 years ago I received
a very heartfelt and moving letter from a family
in America that had been through an incredibly
difficult trauma. Without divulging any personal
details, it involved them nearly losing their 4
year old son. The father had written to me, and
sent a tape of a tv show that had been done
about this young boy and his miraculous
survival. I was stunned when he went on to say
that he wanted to write a song for his son so
that he could tell him, through music, how much
he meant to him and his mother. Not being a
musician, he then said that he felt that I was
the only writer he knew that could do it
properly. Wow.
Now I have to admit, with a great deal of shame,
that this letter came to me during a very
difficult time in my life, where my creativity
was at an all time low and, try as I might, I
wasn't able to come up with anything that I
thought would do them justice. So, hanging my
head, I let the whole thing slip away after a
while.
That, however, has changed now and I have
written what will be the lead off track to the
new album with them in mind. It is a very
powerful song, if I do say so myself, and I am
hoping that they will find it suitable, BUT,
(another embarassing admission here) the last
time I moved, a great deal of my things went
into storage and I cannot find their names and
addresses. I seem to remember that they lived in
the Carolinas, but I could be wrong. Anyway, if
you happen to know them (since my circle of fans
is relatively small and on good terms with one
another) or you are them and reading this,
please, would you contact me here and let me
know? I would like you to be the first to hear
this new song, called "Miracle Days" to see what
you think.
Thanks to everybody that continues to write in
and offer good wishes and support. It really is
what keeps me going! I'll keep you posted as the
recordings go on.
Have a great summer,
Danny Vaughn
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20 Mar
2006
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NOW IT GETS BUSY!
Hi all! It seems that things are about to
get very interesting for myself
and the band in the coming months, so I'm
getting as much info out to you
now as I can.
1. We have signed on to play the Z ROCK 2006
Festival which will be
happening at the LIMELIGHT in CREWE, UK on the
2nd of April. Simply put, we
couldn't resist another chance to play this year
before we lock ourselves
away in the studio. Here's all the info you
should need on the gig: INFO
YOU'LL NEED RE THE SHOW........................
Z ROCK 06 The line up is................
SHY
VAUGHN
DEMON
WINTERSTRAIN
DANTE FOX
CRIMES OF PASSION
ENEMY OF THOUGHT [feat Norm and Pete formerly of
Contagious]
The venue is THE LIMELIGHT CLUB, CREWE, ENGLAND
on April 2nd 2006. Doors open 12:30 and
advance tickets are £22.50 or £25.00 on the day
if any are remaining. Credit card hotlines are:
01782 522370, 01489 603549, 01270 251929
Please note the venue is strictly over 18's and
operate an id system for
those below 21.
For those travelling from outside of the area
the following hotels / B&B's
are reasonably priced.....
ALEXANDRA GUEST HOUSE
92 QUEEN STREET, CREWE,
TEL 01270 584 820
£14p.p.twin + B&B
£16 single + B&B
THE WAVERLEY HOTEL
PEDLEY LANE, CREWE
01270 256 223
£30 - £49.95 p.p.
THE ASHBANK HOTEL
PYMS LANE, CREWE
01270 214 959
£10.00 p.p Room Only
more info can be found at
www.zrecords.net
2. I am happy to announce that we have come to a
very happy arrangement with FRONTIERS RECORDS!
After the very successful way that they handled
the FROM THE INSIDE project, I met up with the
powers that be at Frontiers in Naples, Italy
last week and we are all very enthused to be
working together on the
next VAUGHN album. The plan is for the band to
be in the studio and recording at the end of May
and for the next album to be released in
Ocotober.
The band will be the same mighty, British band I
have been touring with for the past year or so.
TONY MARSHALL-GUITARS AND VOCALS, PAT
HEATH-GUITARS, STEVE McKENNA-BASS AND VOCALS,
LEE MORRIS-DRUMS AND VOCALS. Also, I am really
pleased to say that keyboard wizard, PAUL HODSON
will be lending his prodigious talents to the
recording as well. This album is already
promising to be one of the most epic I have ever
attempted and we are all really excited to get
going on it.
3. In keeping with the Frontiers connection, we
have also agreed to take part in the UNITED
FORCES OF ROCK 2 show to be held in Stuttgart,
Germany in October of this year. It is my
hope that we will be able to kick off a tour
right from there. It will be a long overdue trip
to Germany for the band and I'm hoping to line
up more shows there, as well as in Holland,
Belgium, Spain, Greece, and, of course, England.
I'm sure there will be lots more stuff to
follow, but that's how the land lies today. It
looks like it's going to be a big year for us
and I am really grateful that you all have been
along for the ride.
Hope to be seeing you soon!
Danny Vaughn
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24 Feb
2006
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GIG ANNOUNCEMENT
Last November and December, when the Vaughn
band did our little tour I got a lot of mail
from our friends in Northern Ireland that were
annoyed that we hadn't scheduled a show up there
like we usually do. Well, this Saturday, the
25th we will be returning to the Empire
in Belfast for a one off show.
The last show of the special set that we were
doing last year that encompassed songs from
Waysted, Tyketto, Flesh & Blood, Vaughn, From
The Inside, and The Once and Future King. After
this, a number of these songs will be
respectfully retired again. We've always had a
great turn out in Belfast so I'm just writing to
remind all those concerned to come down and
share a Guinness or five with us. After this
one, we will be secluding ourselves in the
studio to work on he next album so it'll be
quiet out there for a while. Let's send it off
with a bang!
See you there! Danny Vaughn
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10 Jan
2006
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As promised, or threatened, I am making a lot
more effort to keep you updated on my doings (or
not-doings) this year and I wanted to let
everyone know that we do have a space on
myspace.com.
Some of you have had trouble finding it.
The link is:
http://www.myspace.com/vaughnband
As of right now it's just free floating, but as
soon as figure out how it all works, I will be
taking a much more hands on approach to it. So
please check it out and sign on as a friend!
See you soon, Danny Vaughn
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02 Jan
2006
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope everyone had a great and safe holiday
season. Now it's back to the "real world" , eh?
Not to mention back on the ole diet. I must say
I indulged more than usual this year. There was
just an endless supply of Guinness around. Of
course, what did I expect, visiting the Guinness
plant in Dublin? :-) Anyway, there are lots of
things in the offing for me and the band this
year and I hope to have a lot more updates to
bring to you. I have been working on songs for
the next Vaughn cd and hope to be in the studio
in time for a fall release. There are still more
to be written in order to make the album a great
one, but the band and I will make sure that
happens.
This month I am going into the studio to lend a
small helping hand to NEXX, (weren't they
awesome at the Firefest party??) who are making
their new album in January and February. This
will be one to watch for.
In the meantime, I'm posting some photos from
our gig at JB's in Dudley. They were taken by a
talented young photographer named Jessica Patel.
She is the real deal and has taken shots of a
lot of cool bands. If you want to see all of her
work, get on over to:
www.jessicapatel.co.uk
That's all for now, but I hope you all have a
great 2006 and I hope to hear a lot more from
you.
All the best, Danny Vaughn
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Danny Vaughn (Tyketto) and Birmingham's finest
SHY play the London Camden Underworld on
Saturday December 3rd. Tickets are now on sale
from
www.stargreen.com ,
www.seetickets.com,
www.ticketweb.co.uk or from The World's End
pub (next door to The Underworld)
Box office hours:
Mon-Sat 11:00am - 11:00pm
Sun 12:00pm - 10:30pm
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25 Aug
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LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM ADDED!
It is a very happy twist of fate, indeed,
that has made it possible for us to add both
London and Birmingham to the Vaughn tour. Not
playing London would have been a real shame and
I haven't had the pleasure of being on a
Birmingham stage in quite a while. So please, if
you're from the Birmingham area, come out in
droves so that we can start making that a
regular stop whenever we tour.
December 2nd will be at the Birmingham Barfly
and I believe that myself and some of the fellas
will also be guest djs during some point in the
evening. You do like Lawrence Welk, don't ya?
The club info is:
Barfly, The Sanctuary, 78 Digbeth
Street, Birmingham, B5 6DY.
And on December the 3rd we will be back at our
favorite London watering hole, The Underworld in
Camden. I am hoping that there will be a couple
of special guests to join us in London. I'll let
you know as soon as they answer their damned
phones! :-)
I'm also pleased to announce that the opening
band for us in Birmingham and Dudley will be
Dante Fox, a band that I have heard lots and
lots of good things about, so I'm looking
forward to seeing them.
Looks like I'll be spending another cold and
rainy holiday season with you lot again. I just
can't get enough, can I?
Hope to see everybody and their brother
(sisters, mothers, dads, kids, cats, and ferrets
are welcome too) out at the shows.
Roll on November!
Danny Vaughn
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02 Aug
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FIREFEST 2 ADDITION
It’s with great pleasure that FIREFEST
announce the addition of VAUGHN to
the bill for Saturday November 26th. Vaughn are
no strangers to UK stages
having completed a very successful co headlining
tour with Firehouse in
March 2004. Danny was keen to play and Firefest
were keen to have him so it
was really that easy. Danny’s band, bassist
Steve Mc Kenna (Ten), drums
Greg Morgan (Dare/Ten), guitarist Pat Heath
(Passion Street/Brave new
World) Tony Marshall (Contagious) is the same
band that toured in 2004 and
drew so many compliments from fans and critics
alike. In keeping with
Danny’s idea of keeping it different , Vaughn
will be plundering Danny’s
back catalogue for an all encompassing show
consisting of classics from
Waysted, Blues for Daze, and even some numbers
from Gary Hughes ‘Once and
Future King’ to which he contributed vocals on
some tracks. This of course
in addition to the many classic Tyketto and
Vaughn tracks makes this a set
list to die for. As usual you are requested to
bring your best singing
voices …………….
Kieran Dargan
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20 Jul
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A Message About Gigs, Acoustic Outcasts, And
The Streets Of London.
It's been a while so please bear with me as I
update the web site with information half of you
knew a week before I did!
1. We are setting up a VAUGHN your for
December. It will only be a couple of weeks and
only a few select cities but I will be playing
with the same bunch of British reprobates that
were along for the ride last time. Steve
McKenna, Greg Morgan, Pat Heath, and Tony
Marshall have all been crazy enough to agree to
give it another go working with me. I always
want to make each tour a little different so
this time, since I don't have anything brand new
to promote, I thought that I would compile a
longer set list than usual. While we will be
playing several of the Tyketto and Vaughn
classics that are a staple to my shows, I want
to add in songs from other recordings that I've
done that have never been done on stage before.
Therefore, on this tour there will be a number
of songs from WAYSTED-SAVE YOUR PRAYERS, FLESH &
BLOOD, THE ONCE AND FUTURE KING, and, of course,
FROM THE INSIDE. This will be a real challenge
to the entire band as well as myself but I think
it would be a real treat to perform and, I hope,
to listen to. I can't do all of them, but I will
take suggestions for songs submitted to this web
site under advisement! We have 5 confirmed dates
so far. They are:
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9- BELFAST, IRELAND. Sadly,
The Empire was booked up but we will be at
another venue that will be announced here in the
next week or so.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10-ROTHERIM,
UK-HERRINGTHORPE LEISURE CENTRE.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11- DUDLEY, UK-JB'S
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16- ATHENS, GREECE-VENUE TO
BE ANNOUNCED
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17-THESSALONIKI, GREECE.
"EARTH" (the same venue that Tyketto played)
There will be more dates coming. We are
waiting on some clubs in Scotland, Newcastle,
Liverpool, and Spain to respond. If you can,
please make any calls to the clubs to request
tickets or get info or to push them to have us
play there. The success of this and any future
tours is going to rest with our fans, so any
help would be greatly appreciated.
2. ACOUSTIC OUTCASTS
I have recently become associated with a great crew of players that are
calling themselves the Acoustic Outcasts. Their
roster changes from time to time and rotates
members, but the idea is to bring to you great,
live, acoustic performances from players that
you might not otherwise see in this style. They
consist of Ron Keel (Keel, Ironhorse, Steeler),
Charlie Wayne (Bulletboys, Hawk, Keel & Wayne),
Terry Ilous (XYZ), Jk Northrup (King Kobra, XYZ)
and Kelly Keeling (MSG, Blue Murder, Baton
Rouge, George Lynch). This cast, plus others
will be touring in various parts of the US from
now until the year's end. Having met and played
with several of the guys recently I have found
that we all share one thing in common. We love
to play and will go anywhere to do it. While I
am not officially joining the tour yet because
of some personal commitments, I will be joining
them for one show in Nashville, TN on July the
28th at a country bar (they won't know what hit
'em) called
THE SUTLER. The address is:
2608 Franklin Pike
Nashville, TN, 37204
Phone number: 615-292-5254
Please come down early if you can make it. We
are all going to be switching off both playing
together and separately. It's going to be a
blast and I hope to be announcing further dates
with them a little bit later in the year.
3. LONDON.
My apologies to all of my friends and fans in
London for my not having written sooner. I was
as shaken up as anyone when I heard the news.
You should know that, if you were in America
right now, the Union Jack is posted in shops, on
walls, everywhere in solidarity with our own
flag. We feel your hurt and your anger, and we
really do care. There is much love for all
things British in America right now.
For myself, I had a funny thought occur to me.
If I had one of these moronic bombers in front
of me right now I would have to say this: "Are
you really that stupid"? Look back in history.
The Brits lived underground for years during the
blitz. They couldn't be bombed out even when
entire cities were leveled. Do you honestly
think that blowing up some busses, however awful
that is, will make them turn tail and run? You
must be kidding. The British are the most stoic,
indomitable people I have ever known and these
terrorists don't have any weapons in their
arsenals to stop that kind of grit.
To all my friends, to the families of the
victims, I'm sending my prayers along with
everyone else's. England has been my second home
for many years now and I'm just as hurt and
angry as I was on Sept. 11. We made it through
that. We'll make it through this.
Blessings to all of you.
Danny Vaughn
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30 Apr
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At the prompting of several friends I have put
together a bunch of mostly unheard stuff that
I’ve done over the years. I’ve decided to make
them available here on the web site for free to
any and all total fanatics out there (bless
you!). I welcome anyone writing in about any or
all of these songs and performances. It’s been a
blast just unearthing some of them.
Thanks, and enjoy!
==>
RARITIES
Danny Vaughn
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14 Feb
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FROM THE INSIDE made it into the "TOP10 Album Of
The Year" at
melodicrock.com. Check it out!
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OLDER NEWS
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02/17/07 chris@tyketto.de
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