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Saturday, April 19, 2008

Danny Powers American Idol Song

Danny used to be in a band called the Hologram with Fran Lucci. They had a song on the album they did called Thank You Whatever Comes. They entered it into an American Idol songwriting contest and we can all vote and help the song win!
Go to this site http://songwriter.americanidol.com/ and register. Then you will see the 20 songs that are finalists out of a whole bunch that were entered. Vote for Thank You Whatever Comes because that is Danny's tune!
Thank you!

Danny is a member of Michael's band

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Mini Biography
Danny Powers joined The Michael Stanley Band (MSB) in 1982 where he had the opportunity to tour the country playing on stages with countless rock legends such as Ringo Starr, Heart, 38 Special, Asia, Michael McDonald, Joe Walsh, Eddie Money and Donny Iris to name a few. With MSB he has recorded on 9 albums, performed in music videos and has made many television appearances including Solid Gold and American Bandstand. In 1988 Danny began producing records in Los Angeles, where he worked on music for many artists including Cock Robin and Jennifer Love-Hewitt.

In 1996 he headed to Germany to record an album and tour with his own band, The Holograms. Over the years Danny has had the opportunity to work with some of his favorite players including Eddie Jobson (Roxy Music, Jethro Tull, Frank Zappa), Pat Masttelato (King Crimson, Mister, Mister), Pete Beckett (Alan Parsons), Paul Morris (Rainbow), Fernando Saunders (Jeff Beck, Jan Hammer), J.T. Lewis (Herbie Hancock, Lou Reed) and recently Yes' Alan White. Danny has had his songs appear in several films including "Out Of Darkness" starring Diana Ross, "Love Potion No. 9 " starring Sandra Bullock, "Kiss Of A Killer" starring Annette O'Toole and "A Killing In Beverly Hills: The Story Of The Menendez Brothers".

Danny has been the anchor guitarist each year for the Tribe Jam, featuring musical talents of the Cleveland Indians and the Browns Jam, which includes the musical talents of The Cleveland Browns. Danny performed on and Co-produced the record, The C.A.R.E. Session featuring the single, "Eyes Of The Children" with such illustrious rockers as Ben Orr (The Cars), Rickie Medlocke (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot), Joe Vitale (Eagles, Joe Walsh), Skip Martin (Dazz Band) and the Raspberries among others. He continues to play lead guitar for Michael Stanley and The Resonators and is currently composing music for a television series, as well as writing and recording music for his own solo record.

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