Dan Hannaford has opened tour shows for the likes of Grammy award winning bluesman Charlie Musselwhite, Hawaii-based Donavon Frankenreiter and Australian icons The Black Sorrows. Hannaford also showcased his talent at the Byron Bay Blues Festival being named on the bill alongside John Fogerty, Cold Chisel and Crosby Stills & Nash.
Dan Hannaford’s musical career began when he played on a Channel [V] broadcast showcase in 2009 where he was spotted by record industry legend Seymour Stein who requested a demo. This led to the recording of the ‘Bootleg’ EP / demo in 2010.
Since then Hannaford has been busy gracing hundreds of stages all around Australia, including performances for Falls Festival Byron, Mullumbimby Music Festival, Australian Blues Music Festival, National Folk Festival, Blues on Broadbeach, Tamworth Country Music Festival and Gympie Music Muster.
Rust and Dust was recorded at the Hannaford family fishing shack, ‘Hannarock’, in Red Rock on the NSW North Coast with blues / folk musician and producer, Mike McCarthy. Rust & Dust was featured as album of the week on ABC Radio and collaboration single ‘I’ve Gone Fishing’ received major airplay on ABC Radio’s fishing show, ‘The Big Fish’. Track ‘Deeper Water’ was also included on the Bluesfest 2012 compilation album.
Recently stepping into Studio 301 with Producer Paul Pilsneniks (The Tea Party, Angus Stone) Dan Hannaford recorded ‘Lay Down Your Guns’ the lead single for his upcoming album ‘I Cried Bullets’ set for release in May 2015. The accompaning film clip has just recently premiered at Byron Bay’s 2015 International film festival.
