Dan was born in the Berkshires in the time of Alice’s Restaurant, so his folk roots are inevitable. He also learned to play the guitar trying to pick Mississippi John Hurt’s songs, so he has a feel for genuine blues as well. A few of his favorites back then were Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and James Taylor, and especially John Prine and Bonnie Rait. More recently he is listening to The Dawes, David Grey, Josh Ritter to mention a few of his favorites.
When he first got out of college, he went to Italy to teach high school biology for what was to be just a few years, for the experience and to learn the language. He ended up staying 23 years. After a year he met a makeup artist named Piera Canu. To make a long story short, they got married and Luca happened!