It’s been quite awhile since we’ve updated Dan’s site. So with the release of his newest CD, The Way the River Goes, we thought it time to launch an all new site! Everything you came to expect before is still here, but now in an updated and more mobile-friendly way. There are new updated Photo Galleries and a new look …
Making A Scene Review
Reprinted from Making a SceneWritten by Jim Hynes – February 10, 2022 Dan Weber The Way The River Goes Highway 142 Dan Weber’s songs are every bit as strong as the stunning photography that graces both the CD cover and the detailed booklet within, depicting him in various poses, sitting and standing, guitar in hand, in a shallow river. As …
The Way the River Goes
TODAY is the Day—my new CD, ‘The Way the River Goes‘—5 years in the making—is FINALLY released!! 14 songs recorded in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in March 2020. We finished recording it just 48 hours before the pandemic began. What a WILD ride it’s been… And the first review is in: “While You Were Sleeping,” is delicate, pure & …
New Home for Friends of Dan!
We’ve moved the Friends of Dan blog to its very own new section on the website under Photo Galleries. Here are just a few of the hundreds of great pics of Friends of Dan!
Dan Weber wins the 2019 Woody Guthrie Songwriting Contest for ‘Ever Since Columbine’!
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival 5 July Congratulations to our 2019 Songwriting Contest Winners! 1st Place“Ever Since Columbine”Dan Weber (Vancouver, Washington) For more info, please visit woodyfest.com/songwriting-contest/ The Oklahoma Songwriters & Composers Association, in association with The Woody Guthrie Coalition, is proud to announce the annual Woody Guthrie Folk Festival Songwriting Competition. This international, folk-oriented songwriting contest is held in conjunction with the …
Somewhere Down the Line: Spring 2019
Hello Friends! Well, it’s been 6 months since my last email. A lot has happened since then… Today I went to the bank and cashed the last US Savings Bond that my Grandma Marion Winterkorn gave me in 1989. She lived through the Great Depression and WWII and gave us grandkids a bond every year for Christmas. I spent all …
Rain, Algorithms & Wood Sheds: Spring 2018
Hi Friends! I came home off the road 2 months ago and old man winter in ‘My Little Corner of the World’ in Vancouver, WA was in full swing. Grey leaden skies. Rain turning to showers. Then more rain. Rinse and repeat. Then we had one magical night of snow, on Christmas Eve. Then the rain came back, it turned …
The “I Deal with Crazy ALL Day” Summer/Fall Tour 2016!!
Howdy Friends— I Hope you’re having a GREAT Summer! It’s been a ‘cool’ summer so far here in the Pacific Northwest—not so good for my tomatoes and peppers—but it’s been good to be back at home and write some new songs that I’m really excited about. I had some wonderful shows earlier this year in the northeast around Boston, then …
Happy New Year & the ‘Pretty Good Tonight’ Winter Tour!
Howdy Friends–Happy New Year!! I Hope YOU had a great Holiday Season! My Christmas was quiet and New Years Eve was really fun—I played a black-tie Military ball in Seattle—just think me in a Cowboy hat surrounded by West Point and Navy cadets in their dress uniforms. Whoa! After that I took some much needed time to catch my breath …
‘Oh Woody’ is the Winner of the 2015 NewSongs contest at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas!!!
Hey Friends! My tribute song to Woody Guthrie—‘Oh Woody’, was chosen as the Winner of the 2015 NewSongs contest at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. Also, my song ‘Take a Liking to You’ was chosen as an ‘Alternate’ winner in the ‘Religious/Spiritual’ category. Needless to say I can’t wait to go to Kansas next weekend to play at the …