And
you may ask yourself, "Well? How did I get here??" I started This Old
HouseConcert originally at the Legendary Berwyn House over 20 years
ago, and it is a very very very fine house, and also over 100 years
old, so the name fit. Since then, the locations have hopped around a
bit, doing shows in various backyards and even a Park District Trap
Shooting field. And now, post Covid and post everything else, we are
now a bit further west, in Oswego IL. And let's face it, "This New
HouseConcert" just doesnt have that same flair!
This
has been a long, quiet period for the houseconcert series, and now is
as good a time as any to kick it all off again in a new location.
Hopefully you will join us-- some exciting things in the works!
So...
Dan and I cant agree, and we can't count past 10 without taking off a
shoe, but we 'think' that this is his 14th appearance at This Old
Houseconcert, going waaaaayyy back to 2003, in the backyard in Addison.
Surely, some of you were there, and we all joke about the Ice Cream
Truck, but that is where it all began. Fast Forward to 2024, and here
we are again! Only it will be indoors, and maybe we will have ice
cream, who knows. We will have snacks and such, and refreshments --
please, if you are so inclined, bring a sweet or savory dish to share,
and as always, BYOB if you want some wine to go with that cheese plate!
For those of you that might not know Dan Navarro, yes- he is really Dave's cousin. And this is what Dan has to say about Dan...
Dan Navarro’s long and eclectic resume includes “songwriter,” “recording artist,” “singer”, “voice actor”, “road warrior” and “arts advocate” in its extensive range of credits.
His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums from
1990-2008, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500
shows before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in
2012. Dan set out solo in 2006.
Dan's new album, "Horizon Line", released in 2022, reunited Dan with
Grammy® winning producer Jim Scott, who helmed six L&N albums. The
album features performances from Chris Stills, Steve Postell (David
Crosby, The Immediate Family), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Brian
Whelan (Dwight Yoakum), Jimmy Paxson (Lindsay Buckingham), Mai Leisz
(David Crosby, Jackson Browne), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing),
Taras Prodaniuk & Michael Jerome (The Richard Thompson Trio), Phil
Parlapiano (John Prine), Peter Adams, Aubrey Richmond (Shooter
Jennings), Carlos Murguia, Leyla Hoyle and Derek Nakamoto. The album
twice charted Top Ten at NACC Folk, and reviews have been the finest of
Dan's career.
In July 2021, he released a duo album with James Lee Stanley, "All Wood
and Led", with acoustic "Laurel Canyon" re-imaginations of Led Zeppelin
tunes which saw extensive radio action at Americana stations nationwide.
As a songwriter, Dan has written or co-written heartfelt songs for Pat
Benatar (the Grammy® nominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Japanese girl
group Wink (the #1 hit “One Night in Heaven”), Dutch superstar Marco
Borsato (the Top Ten “Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht”), Dave Edmunds,
The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty
Weir.
His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and
Talladega Nights, TV series This Is Us, Mare of Easttown, Halt and
Catch Fire, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and
national commercials for Corona Beer, Sargento Cheese, Pepsi, Sheraton
Hotels, Chase Bank and the United Way.
As a bilingual singer and voice actor, he sang in Oscar® winners
Encanto (including the #1 hit "We Don't Talk About Bruno"), Coco and
Happy Feet, the 2022 hit Puss In Boots: The Last Wish, the new
Latin-themed Father of the Bride, plus Sing 2, The Addams Family, Dora
and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, and two Ice Age films; TV series
The Simpsons, Prison Break, Close Enough and American Dad; voiced
characters in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, The
Playmobil Movie, We Bare Bears, Invincible, The Boys: Diabolical,
Pantheon, Ultra City Smiths and over 400 episodes of Family Guy and
American Dad; dubbed English voices on foreign TV series Team
Chocolate, Love Is Blind: Brazil, La Ultima, 4Ever and Machos Alfa;
sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli, Jose Feliciano and Neil
Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and
Uncharted 4, and performed vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds
of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Honda and more.
During the 2020 Covid pandemic lockdown, Dan launched his "Songs From
the CoronaZone" live stream series, running almost daily for much of
the run of over 250 2-hour+ live streams in 13 months, on Facebook
Live, YouTube Live, Twitch and Periscope. He then taught live stream
techniques in workshops for SAG-AFTRA and Folk Alliance's "FAR-West"
region (earning FAR-West's 2021 Humanitarian Award in the process), as
well as online songwriting classes dubbed "Songwriting and the Creative
Muse".
In his “spare” time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the
actor-performer-broadcaster’s union; is a Trustee on the AFM &
SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Fund; serves on a committee of
the Mechanical Licensing Collective and is a past president of Folk
Alliance International. He has been a vocal activist in Washington DC
for intellectual property rights for over 20 years, having testified
before the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the Copyright Royalty Board,
and in May 2023, before the House Judiciary Subcommitte on IP regarding
AI and copyright.
Dan Navarro’s music probes life at its most resonant. In his rich
baritone, he sings songs of heart and insight, steeped in experience,
soulful tales from a long road well-traveled.
He’s the proud father of a 26-year old filmmaker son, thinks music is food, art is love, and sleep is for babies.