One view of his music videos and you will understand that the fun, sincere energy Dan brings to country music is truly unique. The video for “Found” cost only $500 and yet somehow it was top 20 on CMT; the video for “Barn Burner” involved Dan dressing up as a mixture between John Wayne and Elton John, wandering the streets of Tokyo; and of course we cant forget “Say We Did”, which shows Dan converting his garage into a cardboard version Star Ship Enterprise.
Expanding his fan base internationally, Dan played shows in Beijing, China and Tours, France. He then went on to play in Milan and Budapest to film a music video for his upcoming single “These Are My People”. The idea for the music video came about when Dan discovered on YouTube that people from all over the world are line dancing to his songs. He has now played over 200 shows across 7 countries.
While on tour with Brett Kissel in 2019, Dan’s new EP “Juliet” was released, and debuted at #1 on the Canadian iTunes Country charts. The album was later nominated for Roots Album Of The Year at the 2019 CCMA.
Recently, Dan has found some hints of internet fame with the explosion of his “DD and The Butterlovers” bluegrass covers. His Megadeth and Billie Eilish covers landed him on the cover webpage page of BIllboard, Revolver, Kerrang and other top music blogs. From there he began to release a string of viral videos - for example: an infomercial for a non-existent Christmas album (90,000 views in a week) and his video for “I Do” (105,000 views in three days).
Dan was also the creator and host of Canada’s FIRST live digital music festival “Diesel Bird Fest”, which featured some of Canada’s top artists including Dallas Smith, Josh Ramsay (Marianas Trench), Shawn Hook, Corb Lund, Terri Clark, James Barker Band, and so many more. Diesel Bird successfully raised $54,000 for the Unison Benevolent fund.