Event

DAN STEVENS BLUES BAND

Ramblin' Dan Stevens will be performing at Elk Creek Cafe in Millheim PA on Sat. Jan. 27 at 8pm. Joining Dan will be longtime partner and co-finalist at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, Chris "Smokin' Opey" D'Amato from Brooklyn, New York. Rounding out the band for this special evening will be a cast of local, Central PA Blues Allstars including. JT Thompson-keys, Richard Sleigh-harmonica, and Chris Rattie-drums. The show is a musical reunion of sorts of old friends. Ramblin' Dan, originally from Bellefonte PA and now living in Old Lyme CT and JT were childhood friends and Richard was a classmate and friend at Penn State.

"Ramblin" Dan Stevens performs a mix of traditional blues, early jazz, popular favorites and originals and has entertained audiences throughout the US, Germany, UK, Canada and Virgin Islands. His unique style of "bottleneck" slide playing popularized by early bluesmen includes use of a homemade, three stringed "Cigar Box Guitar" and one stringed "Diddly Bow", both primitive blues instruments. A finalist in the International Blues Challenge on Beale St. in Memphis TN and protege of the legendary Dave Van Ronk, Dan has been lauded as a raconteur and for the authenticity of his approach.

" I have always been impressed by Dan's command of the blues, both vocally and on the guitar. A hell of an all around entertainer!"
- the late, great Dave Van Ronk, NYC

"Dan Stevens is an acknowledged master in the acoustic blues scene. "
Billtown Blues Assoc.
Williamsport PA