Well I knew Dan was a good musician but I didn't know HOW good until last night. I'd seen him perform at mini concerts and workshops at the Getaway, and listened to his CD but it's entirely different to experience his music in a concert setting. He put together two wonderful sets, almost all traditional, but he did include a couple of his own songs - "May This Fire Warm You Well" and "Leave Time". There was a great variety of material including Old Timey, spiritual, labor movement songs, blues (with an autoharp!) and ballads, and lots of instruments - a six string and a twelve string guitar, two banjos (one was a fretless gourd banjo) and two autoharps, which he played expertly. He sprinkled humor throughout the evening and charmed the audience. I had several people tell me they were glad they took a chance and turned up for a performer they hadn't heard of before, and received quite a few kudos for booking him! The closing song couldn't have been better chosen - Utah Phillips "Singing Through the Hard Times". It rounded out the evening beautifully. I know Dan has a day job, but I think he could quite easily get on the folk circuit full time if he were so inclined. Well done, Dan!