In yesterday's Surinamese post I commented that one of the songs selected had a passing resemblance to the traditional Irish folk song Danny Boy.
This in turn had me going down a Danny related rabbit hole.
There are probably hundreds if not thousands of recordings of the folk song Danny Boy which I have just discovered was written by an Englishman Frederic Wetherly as opposed to an Irishman. Few if any will better the version by Johnny Cash on American IV:The Man Comes Around.
The first musical Danny which sprung to mind was the Dundee band Danny Wilson who contribute The Second Summer of Love to this post.
Not to be outdone The Ramones pitch in with Danny Says. You can't go surfing if it's twenty below. Fact.
Daniel Wylie was the lead singer of the Cosmic Rough Riders. He has also recorded some solo albums and Make Love to the World is the opening track on Ramshackle Beauty.
Tracyanne Campbell (Camera Obscura) and Danny O'Keefe (Crybaby) got together in 2018 to record the imaginatively titled album Tracyanne & Danny. I think that O'Keefe is may favourite song from the album.
I'll spare you anything from our cover star. Kneel and say an Ave there for me!
Danny Wilson - The Second Summer of Love
there is an inexplicable absence of Rollin' Danny by either of Gene Vincent or The Fall.
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