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Daniel has been writing, recording, and performing his songs professionally since 1994. He has recorded and toured solo as well as with his rock n roll band Bloodkin. He has also toured and recorded with Moe Tucker and Sterling Morrison of the Velvet Underground, appeared onstage with everyone from Lou Reed to Mike Mills to Government Mule to Allen Ginsberg to the touring giants Widespread Panic (who have also recorded and regularly perform several Hutchens compositions). He has co-written songs with JoJo Hermann, Jerry Joseph, James Calemine, David Barbe, and of course the last of the real rock stars, Eric Leigh Carter. He has variously recorded with Johnny Sandlin, Roger Hawkins and David Hood, John Keane, David Blackmon, William Tonks, John Neff, Bill McKay, John Mills, Paul "Crumpy" Edwards, David Barbe (seven records and counting!), and too many others to mention.
Daniel's most recent solo CD, LOVESONGS FOR LOSERS, was released October 10, 2006. The most recent Bloodkin CD, BABY, THEY TOLD US WE WOULD RISE AGAIN, was released February 17, 2009.
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COMMENTS. OBSERVATIONS. REVIEWS. WHOPPERS.
"This is fantastic. I've been listening to your tunes since I got up. I really love them."
-e-mail sent to Daniel, 8/13/06, from MARGARET BROWN, director and producer of BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT.
"Some of the most prolific verse to grace southern rock in the last decade. LOVESONGS FOR LOSERS is ample evidence of his world-weary view that begs for redemption, and the loose, rock-and-roll swagger which brings the words of this old soul to life. Each track plays out like a Flannery O'Connor confessional.Hutchens continues to perfect his craft, and one listen to LOVESONGS FOR LOSERS makes it clear that recognition is long overdue."
-JAMIE LEE in GLIDE magazine
"Just like when we do a Robert Johnson cover or a Talking Heads cover, we want to pay tribute to someone.This guy (Hutchens) happens to be young and alive and just as prolific and just as important as our other influences."
-JOHN BELL of WIDESPREAD PANIC, in BILLBOARD magazine
"Some of the most haunted Southern literature never committed to paper.Tales of Southern gothic noir continue to unfurl on LOVESONGS FOR LOSERS, his second collection of solo material. Drawing from the same well as the likes of Flannery O'Connor and William Faulkner, Hutchens grasps the duality of the South and its denizens--the good, the bad and the ugly."
-JUSTIN GAGE in AN AQUARIUM DRUNKARD online.
"As a singer/songwriter, Hutchens could very well be one of the most underrated of the past decade. His creativity, use of imagery, songwriting depth, and sheer vocal prowess make him a true original."
-PETE SIENKEWICZ in HITTIN' THE NOTE magazine
"Daniel Hutchens is a songwriting craftsman."
-JAMES CALEMINE in HITTIN' THE NOTE magazine
"Daniel Hutchens is the Mark Twain of rock n roll."
-PHIL WALDEN of CAPRICORN RECORDS
"Singer/songwriter Daniel Hutchens' soul-inflected vocals and his knack for moving lyrics are as powerful as ever. [His lyrics explore] the idea that love survives separation, the feeling that friendship is stronger than the miles, physical and spiritual, that divide us."
-MATT THOMPSON in FLAGPOLE magazine
"Song-oriented, dark Southern rock. There's a Terry Kay novel called DARK THIRTY (referring to the 30 minutes before the twilight goes dark), and Hutchens' distinctly Southern music reminds me of the mood of that novel, and likewise of its heritage-steeped content."
-MARK PILVINSKY in FLAGPOLE magazine
"Those who know [Hutchens] only through the interpretations of another band are missing out on some of the more deeply poetic and symbolic songs in the notebook. It's hard to typify a single song, but most tend to paint pictures of modern gothic, mixing virtue and vice to weave realistic tales tinged with a sense of ironic humor."
-CHIP SCHRAMM in JAMBANDS.COM
"This album [LESSER] shows off a quietness to Hutchens' music that is always lurking beneath the surface of Bloodkin's grinding tone. Here the dark side of his creativity is still present, but the softer treatment makes his skillful songwriting stand out even more." (In a review ranking LESSER number 5 in "Best CD releases of 2003").
-CHIP SCHRAMM in AN HONEST TUNE magazine
"Bloodkin's talented lead singer and main songwriter steps out on his own with his first solo release [LESSER], a truly enjoyable effort that showcases Hutchens' vocal prowess. While the songs found here maintain the dark edge he is known for in Bloodkin, they are softer, more subtle, and seem very deeply personal. An album that will surely stand the test of time." (In a review ranking LESSER number 8 IN "Best CD releases of 2003").
-FRED ADAMS in AN HONEST TUNE magazine
"On this night at the intimate Bluebird Theater, Danny Hutchens stepped to the microphone in cowboy boots and all black attire, and lyrically swung for the fences with every effort.At times his stripped away style is reminiscent of a Neil Young leading Crazy Horse thru 'TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT'."
-BRAD HODGE in AN HONEST TUNE magazine
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