Next gig: Springwood Spring Festival, Macquarie Road (opposite Royal Htl), Saturday 7th September 2024, 1:00 to 1:45pm

DAN'S DINER

"DAN" is singer/songwriter and recording artist Dan Johnson.
His acoustic guitar and slide playing are a major feature of this trio with Phil Johnson as bassist and Dave Alexander on drums.
Dan at the Steel night

Dan Johnson Highlights

With Al Ward:
Critically acclaimed album "AWEIGH WITH WORDS" RCA

Opening act for: Ry Cooder and David Lindley (3 shows)

Ike and Tina Turner. (2 shows)
...and many many more

Dan solo:
Opened for Ralph McTell, Leo Kottke, Michael Nesmith
...and many others

Worked several times with Tommy Emmanuel and his brother Phil.

2 solo albums:
I Can Drive and Dan Johnson

Dan Johnson Band :
Sydney Opera House with Jose Feliciano

British guitar virtuoso ALBERT LEE's backing band for 2 tours of Oz

1st tour had TOMMY EMMANUEL as a member
2nd tour was Michele Rose on steel.

Venues played:
Sydney Opera House, Horden Pavilion, Capitol Theatre, Dallas Brookes Hall Melbourne, Marriott Hotel in Hong Kong

TV appearances:
twice on channel nine's The Sunday Show


Dan's Diner has a cd released in 2021 through Bandcamp and is available from
https://dansdinertrio.bandcamp.com More detail can be found here.

Dan's Diner CD Cover

The Church Of THe Sacred Steel is one of Dan's best original songs, a homage to the steel guitar playing in the southern churches in the USA. You can listen to this in a variety of places listed below. Some you may need to login to.
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and of course BandCamp

Recently Dan's Diner played at the 4th Steel and Slide Guitar Night in Sydney appearing with dobro and lap steel guitarist Gary Brown and his band as well as Stephanie Marchant and her band the UGLY TRUTH. It was a great night and all bands were well received. A long video was taken of the night and here are three of Dan's Diner's performances to enjoy.

The first is a cover of the Johnny and Santo song Sleep Walk a favourite of Dan's and his many fans.

The second is 3rd Class Train To Calcutta a Dan original written about, clearly, his experiences on a 3rd class train trip in India.

And finally a song by the late great David Lindley who Dan supported some years ago when David and Ry Cooder toured Australia. The song is Mercury Blues.

Dan's Diner at Miss Celie's