Danny Sheridan
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Danny Sheridan is a musician
, songwriter
, producer, actor, and entertainment manager. In 2006 he also became a radio personality on 97.1 KLSX
Free FM (CBS Los Angeles). He is credited as an influential electric bass
player, and as the founder of the Eli Radish Band, pioneers of the so-called “outlaw country
” music genre. This is a style that Sheridan’s former bandmate/vocalist David Allan Coe
continues to perform today, with a string of hit songs like “Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
” and the ultimate anti-labor tune, “Take This Job And Shove It
”. The lyrics of Coe's "Longhaired Redneck" forever memorialized the concerts he performed with Sheridan while fronting the Eli Radish Band
. Although the young Sheridan was in his teens, Eli Radish toured with such notable acts as The Who
and The Doors
.
Danny Sheridan helped launch his then-girlfriend Playboy
model Nina Blackwood
’s TV career as MTV
’s first video jockey (VJ), and in October 1983 US Magazine praised his “astute management” for "orchestrating her meteoric rise".
In 1988, Danny Sheridan married blues vocalist Bonnie Bramlett
of Delaney, Bonnie & Friends
On Tour with Eric Clapton
fame, soon managing her 1990s career comeback where he wrote and produced the “Revolutionary Hard Rockin’ Blues” of their group, Bandaloo Doctors
. The Doctors' music attracted the admiration of many Hollywood celebrities including Tom and Roseanne Arnold, and the musical couple was soon cast for several seasons of the hit ABC series Roseanne
: Bramlett as the recurring character "Bonnie Watkins, the Waitress", with Sheridan writing music and appearing on-camera as "Hank the Bass Player" in "The Bowling Alley" episode, during which Bramlett, Sheridan and David Crosby
perform Sheridan's song, "Roll On Down". People Magazine and Robin Leach’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
(who followed the Bandaloo Doctors during their tenure with the 1992 Ringo Starr
Tour) praised Sheridan for "reinventing Bramlett’s career". Sheridan later went on to act with Pauly Shore
.
Danny Sheridan’s songs have been performed by many artists, including Bramlett, Coe, Amy Madigan
, Nia Peeples
, and David Crosby
. Sheridan has also composed for TV and film, most notably CHiPs
, Fame
, and the feature film Gang Related.
A musician-spokesman for the non-profit House Ear Institute, Sheridan's charity work has included: Farm Aid
, Jerry Lewis
’s Muscular Dystrophy Association
Telethons and the MDA's Harley Davidson "Love Rides", the March of Dimes
Telethons, the VH-1 Homeless video, the annual Musicians' Picnic, Recovery Net Radio, and the co-production of Easy Rider Magazine’s 1997 "Run For The Wild" concert to benefit the animal rescue Wildlife WayStation
.
Through the years, Sheridan has been a speaker for Broadcast Music Incorporated
(BMI), the Durango Songwriters Expo, and in 2009 hosted the first annual Songwriters Experience workshops and seminars in Palm Springs, California. He has also lectured about songwriting and publishing at UCLA. Sheridan co-authored "Carl’s Jr." founder Carl Karcher
's biography, and was an original advisory board member to top bass amplifier manufacturer SWR Sound Corporation
Danny Sheridan is a musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, producer, actor, and entertainment manager. In 2006 he also became a radio personality on 97.1 KLSX
KLSX
KAMP-FM 97.1 FM, known on-air as 97.1 AMP Radio, is a Rhythmic Contemporary radio station in Los Angeles, California. The station is owned by CBS Radio.The station had long been known as KLSX before the call sign changed on June 30, 2009....
Free FM (CBS Los Angeles). He is credited as an influential electric bass
Electric Bass
Electric bass can mean:*Electric upright bass, the electric version of a double bass*Electric bass guitar*Bass synthesizer*Big Mouth Billy Bass, a battery-powered singing fish...
player, and as the founder of the Eli Radish Band, pioneers of the so-called “outlaw country
Outlaw country
Outlaw country is a subgenre of country music, most popular during the late 1960s and the 1970s , sometimes referred to as the outlaw movement or simply outlaw music...
” music genre. This is a style that Sheridan’s former bandmate/vocalist David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe is an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his career...
continues to perform today, with a string of hit songs like “Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)
Would You Lay with Me is the third album by Tanya Tucker. It was also the third of four albums with producer Billy Sherrill and Columbia Records. The title song, "Would You Lay with Me ," was a #1 on the Billboard Country Singles charts and a #46 Pop hit...
” and the ultimate anti-labor tune, “Take This Job And Shove It
Take This Job and Shove It
"Take This Job and Shove It" is a song by David Allan Coe from his 1978 album, Family Album about the bitterness of a man who worked long and hard with no apparent reward. The song was famously covered by Johnny Paycheck...
”. The lyrics of Coe's "Longhaired Redneck" forever memorialized the concerts he performed with Sheridan while fronting the Eli Radish Band
Eli Radish Band
----The Eli Radish Band were pioneers of "outlaw country" and "alt.country" music. Deana Adams said in her 2003 rock history book Rock 'n' roll and the Cleveland connection:...
. Although the young Sheridan was in his teens, Eli Radish toured with such notable acts as The Who
The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in 1964 by Roger Daltrey , Pete Townshend , John Entwistle and Keith Moon . They became known for energetic live performances which often included instrument destruction...
and The Doors
The Doors
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...
.
Danny Sheridan helped launch his then-girlfriend Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...
model Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood
Nina Blackwood is an American disc jockey and music journalist, who was the first of the original five MTV VJs. She has also been an actress and model.-Early life and career:...
’s TV career as MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
’s first video jockey (VJ), and in October 1983 US Magazine praised his “astute management” for "orchestrating her meteoric rise".
In 1988, Danny Sheridan married blues vocalist Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett is an American singer and sometime actress known for her distinctive vocals in rock and pop music. This began in the mid 1960s as a backing singer, forming the husband-and-wife team of Delaney & Bonnie, and continuing to the present day as a solo artist.-Life and career:Bramlett...
of Delaney, Bonnie & Friends
Delaney, Bonnie & Friends
Delaney & Bonnie – in ensemble called Delaney & Bonnie & Friends – was a rock/soul revue fronted by husband-and-wife singer/songwriters Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett....
On Tour with Eric Clapton
On Tour with Eric Clapton
-Side two:-Disc one:Royal Albert Hall 12/1/69# Intro/Tuning# Opening Jam# Gimme Some Lovin'# Band Introductions# Only You Know And I Know# Medley: Poor Elijah/Tribute To Johnson# Get Ourselves Together# I Don't Know Why...
fame, soon managing her 1990s career comeback where he wrote and produced the “Revolutionary Hard Rockin’ Blues” of their group, Bandaloo Doctors
Bandaloo Doctors
Bandaloo Doctors was a Los Angeles “super group”, playing their own "revolutionary hard-rockin' blues" - From 1988 until 1996 they became darlings of the media and a number of Hollywood celebrities....
. The Doctors' music attracted the admiration of many Hollywood celebrities including Tom and Roseanne Arnold, and the musical couple was soon cast for several seasons of the hit ABC series Roseanne
Roseanne (TV series)
Roseanne is an American sitcom broadcast on ABC from October 18, 1988 to May 20, 1997. Starring Roseanne Barr, the show revolved around the Conners, an Illinois working class family...
: Bramlett as the recurring character "Bonnie Watkins, the Waitress", with Sheridan writing music and appearing on-camera as "Hank the Bass Player" in "The Bowling Alley" episode, during which Bramlett, Sheridan and David Crosby
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
perform Sheridan's song, "Roll On Down". People Magazine and Robin Leach’s Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous
Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous is a television series that aired in syndication from 1984 to 1995. The show featured the extravagant lifestyles of wealthy entertainers, athletes and business moguls....
(who followed the Bandaloo Doctors during their tenure with the 1992 Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
Tour) praised Sheridan for "reinventing Bramlett’s career". Sheridan later went on to act with Pauly Shore
Pauly Shore
Paul Montgomery "Pauly" Shore is an American comedian and actor who starred in several comedy films in the 1990s and hosted a video show on MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s...
.
Danny Sheridan’s songs have been performed by many artists, including Bramlett, Coe, Amy Madigan
Amy Madigan
Amy Marie Madigan is an American actress who is known for her role as Annie Kinsella in the 1989 film Field of Dreams and Iris Crowe in the HBO television series Carnivale...
, Nia Peeples
Nia Peeples
Virenia Gwendolyn "Nia" Peeples is an American R&B and dance music singer and actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Nicole Chapman on Fame...
, and David Crosby
David Crosby
David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...
. Sheridan has also composed for TV and film, most notably CHiPs
CHiPs
CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol...
, Fame
Fame (1982 TV series)
Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show was based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although...
, and the feature film Gang Related.
A musician-spokesman for the non-profit House Ear Institute, Sheridan's charity work has included: Farm Aid
Farm Aid
Farm Aid started as a benefit concert on September 22, 1985, in Champaign, Illinois, held to raise money for family farmers in the United States...
, Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
’s Muscular Dystrophy Association
Muscular Dystrophy Association
The Muscular Dystrophy Association is an American organization which combats muscular dystrophy and diseases of the nervous system and muscular system in general by funding research, providing medical and community services, and educating health professionals and the general public...
Telethons and the MDA's Harley Davidson "Love Rides", the March of Dimes
March of Dimes
The March of Dimes Foundation is a United States nonprofit organization that works to improve the health of mothers and babies.-Organization:...
Telethons, the VH-1 Homeless video, the annual Musicians' Picnic, Recovery Net Radio, and the co-production of Easy Rider Magazine’s 1997 "Run For The Wild" concert to benefit the animal rescue Wildlife WayStation
Wildlife WayStation
The Wildlife WayStation is a refuge in northern Los Angeles County dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating wild and exotic animals. A charitable corporation located within the boundaries of Angeles National Forest, the facility was founded in 1976 by animal activist Martine Colette, who still...
.
Through the years, Sheridan has been a speaker for Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
(BMI), the Durango Songwriters Expo, and in 2009 hosted the first annual Songwriters Experience workshops and seminars in Palm Springs, California. He has also lectured about songwriting and publishing at UCLA. Sheridan co-authored "Carl’s Jr." founder Carl Karcher
Carl Karcher
Carl Nicholas Karcher, SMOM was an American businessman, founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants, Inc.-Early life:...
's biography, and was an original advisory board member to top bass amplifier manufacturer SWR Sound Corporation
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
| In 2002, Danny Sheridan and the Eli Radish Band were featured in Deanna Adams' book, "Rock and Roll and the Cleveland Connection", recounting the band's early years forming in the Northeast Ohio area. In 2004 the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame Museum added some of Sheridan's memorabilia to their permanent collection. Pictured here: one of his bass guitar cases, a rhinestone shirt and a "Ringo & His All Starrs" artist pass. Recently Sheridan co-produced 'House' re-mixes for Rock Star: Supernova's Dilana with Barcelona DJ Franco Munoz and continues to compose for and produce other important musicians and radio shows today, including Nina Blackwood's syndicated "Absolutely 80s", "New Wave Nation", and her "80s On 8" Sirius XM Radio shows. |
External links
- Danny Sheridan at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- The Entertainment Organization
- Eli Radish Band
- Bandaloo Doctors
- Nina Blackwood
- Songwriters Experience