Hi Danny. Thanks for chatting with Beat. Could you please give us a little history lesson in the Danny Walsh Banned?
The Banned formed in 2011 AD. Since then we’ve grown from an acoustic trio to a revue-style rock’n’roll band reminiscent of Joe Cocker’s Mad Dogs and Englishmen tour of the 1970s.
How has your sound and style developed between your first and second record?
Our first album, Rolling On, was more country rock, with lashings of fiddle and banjo, along with a pinch of didgeridoo and sitar. Our new album, The Dirt and the Sky, ranges from swampy blues to piano-driven rock’n’roll, with Aussie boogie and southern soul on the side.
You’ve got a ridiculously huge launch planned for The Dirt and the Sky at The Toff on Sunday May 15. Tell us all about it.
You’ll see Dave Graney in hip hop mode with Wam & Daz, high-energy rockers La Bastard, circus antics from Dandyman, and contortionist marvels from Ruby Rubberlegs. Plus the Danny Walsh Banned will be joined by some of the guest stars from the album such as Ian Collard on blues harp, Cayn Borthwick (No Zu) on sax and Talei Wolfgramm (RocKwiz) singing up a storm.
If the members of Danny Walsh Banned were going to join the circus, what would their roles be?
Will Hewett would be the strong man with his heavy guitar work. The Weed (Leo Tellefson) would be the fortune teller, or at least he’d tell you a story if you gave him a Coopers. Johnny Livewire would keep us laughing with his clowning around while Lucy Dwyer would amaze all as the vocal acrobat. I’d be Daniel the Lion Tamer of course.
