BIO:
They don't call him Eddie Careful!
Eddie Danger is inspired by the great storytellers of the indie-folk music tradition of young and old. He is among the likes of Utah Phillips, Todd Snider, Arlo Guthrie, Steve Poltz, and John Craigie.
Eddie Danger started his career in music as an alto sax player in the 5th grade. In the 9th grade he was kicked out of the Jazz band and stopped playing music for about 4 years. At age 18 an enlightening experience in the parking lot of a Grateful Dead concert reintroduced Ed’s Love of music and he started frequenting drum circles.
Now he plays the upside-down guitar (right-handed guitar played left handed), bass, ukulele, and banjo. He also plays the didgeridoo, piano/keys, a portable suitcase pump organ, saxophone, flutes, and a plethora of percussion instruments he has collected in his world travels.
Eddie plays solo using a loop pedal to layer voices-instruments AND with his folk/rock trio. He has played thousands of shows, released 11 albums, and has toured the US & Canada. The latest album was produced by Jerry Garcia & David Grisman percussionist and all around musicologist, Joe Craven.
Eddie Danger is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, author, playwright, festival & parade organizer, story teller, sound & lighting tech, stage manager, master of ceremonies, actor, blogger, puppeteer & entrepreneur.
Danger has bicycled from Canada to Mexico, worked on organic farms, has been a sea kayak instructor in Alaska, a school bus driver, a whitewater raft guide, a Waldorf teacher, and co-starred in a film about jug band music with Garrison Keillor from A Prairie Home Companion. He has been the volunteer coordinator for the world's largest renewable energy fair and for Folk Alliance International. He created the Feel Good Festival and continues to run events in it's new incarnation, The Feel Good Revival.
Eddie & his family own a 170 year old hydro-powered historic mill in Iola, Wisconsin that is an eco-powered music venue, event space, recording studio, and artist-in-residence program. It's also a cafe where Eddie makes handmade Gelato. More at: iolamills.com
PRESS QUOTES :
“Dangers most important instrument is his voice: He scats and oomps and sings through clever compositions, sounding not unlike folks answer to Bobby McFerrin!”
-THE ONION av club
“Danger is effective and environmentally aware electro-folk with an acoustic, almost spoken word vibe that reminds one of the late Frank Zappa’s monologue inflections.”
– MAXIMUM INK
"A little bit world/bushmen, a little bit small furry creatures grooving with a pick, a little bit twisted dairyland folk" – CALIFORNIA RECORDING INSTITUTE
“Danger blends poetic whimsy with folk sensibility, suffusing the mix with rhythm-heavy melody, and an injection of jazz-style phrasing when you least expect it. Sounds bizarre doesn’t it? Well, it is. But it’s unique, and it works!”
-LAKE SUPERIOR SOUNDER
“A hallmark of Dangers performances and his music in general, is his sharp wit. He’s extremely entertaining live possessing a common-sense and ample humor which he weaves both into and between songs. The sheer variety of sounds is astounding & at times there are extended breaks that become hypnotic” -RICKS CAFE
Danger’s brilliant and worldly shows play more like an ensemble. He delights in finding snappy audio tricks and playing them on dozens of instruments, sometimes with an electronic aid- it’s funky, heady folk. -THE CITY PAGES
“I’ve found myself listening to a wonderful songwriter who is really making a name for himself in the Folk scene”. -Steph Elkins, SIMPLY FOLK Wisconsin Public Radio
Eddie Danger Music
Eddie Danger has written over 200 songs and recorded 11 albums.
Eddie has a powerful voice with thoughtful lyrics and has a musical versatility covering multiple genres including folk, rock, ska, blues, jazz, funk, old country, reggae, & bluegrass. His songs can be introspective with an acoustic/campfire vibes, folky humorous stories, or even have hints of the indy emo rockers of the 1990's.
Some of his bands include new-grass band Dangergrass, rock band The Feel Good Tribe, The Eddie Danger Trio, Seafaring Songs & Puppeto by the Canon Ball Band, Stanton West (Eddie's alter-ego) Trio and of course as a one-man-band using his live-loop-sampler to create multiple layers of sounds looping accapella harmonies, beatboxing, and instruments from around the world..
