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Country & American Roots
Biography
Chris Daniels & The Kings mark their 40th Anniversary in 2024 with a new album “40: Blues With Horns Volume II” . The KINGS formed in 1984, and produced their first album in 1985. Chris has released 20 albums including BWHV2, performed in Europe 22 times, played for three Presidents, The Queen of Holland, and at Festivals and concerts from Rome to New York and venues from LA to Zurich. In 2010, Freddi Gowdy of the Freddi-Henchi Band joined forces withChris & The Kings, creating a show with two inductees into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame(Chris and Freddi). Together they’ve released three albums including 2022’s “What We Did” with Hazel Miller. BWHV1 reached the top 40 on the RMR National Radio Airplay AlbumChart for 35 consecutive weeks. BWHV2 is currently #1 on RMR chart for Colorado Artists and #6 on the RMR National Blues Chart.
The KINGS are: Chris Daniels guitar vocals; Freddi Gowdy, vocals; Steve Ivey, drums; John Thornburg, bass; Colin ‘Bones’ Jones, guitar; Bob Rebholz, sax and flute; and Darryl ‘Doody’ Abrahamson, trumpet.
All are award winning musicians whose careers include tours with the likes of Albert King, James Taylor, Tom Jones, Delbert McClinton, Al Kooper, David Bromberg Sam Bush, John Cowan and many more. The band has backed artists including Bonnie Raitt, Bo Diddley, Al Kooper, and in 2017 served as the backup band for Garth Brooks, Amy Grant, Vince Gill, John Oats, The Dirt Band, Johnny Swim and many more at the sold out CMHOF show at Fiddler’s Green honoring Dan Fogelberg and Caribou Recording Studios.
Chris Daniels was a co-nominee for a Grammy® Award in 2013, and has won “Best Album of The Year” awards from The Boulder Daily Camera, Westword and The Denver Post. As an educator of young musicians, Chris received three “Excellence in Teaching” awards as an Assistant Professor at CU Denver for the past 22 years. He served as the Director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame from 2018 to 2020. Chris also served as the Director of Swallow Hill Music Association, the nation’s second largest roots music school and performance center.
Daniels is also known for his affiliation with the Telluride Festival for 50 years as a performer and for the past 10 years as the MC. Daniels is a cancer survivor having received a bone-marrow transplant in 2010 from his sister that enabled him to fight Acute Myeloid Leukemia.
Focus Tracks:
~ Jump (When My Baby Says)
~ Everybody’s a Millionaire
~ I Need Some Good Luck Bad
~ I Like Funky Music
VIDEO LOUNGE
Track Listing: 1. Jump (When My Baby Says) 3:25 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP ~ 2. Like Funky Music 4:13Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~3. Everybody’s a Millionaire 3:58 Chris Daniels, Tom Wiggens, Moon Voyage Publishing, BMI ~ 4. I Need Some Good Luck 3:46 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP ~ 5. Dance Dance Dance 4:42 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 6. Congo Square 3:50 Sonny Landreth, Dave Ranson, Ray Melton White Wing, Sonny Landreth, BMI ~ 7. Stealin’ Candy 4:50 Steve McCormick, John Vester, Wrensong Publishing, ASCAP ~ 8. I Like Your Shoes 5:08 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 9. Under Pressure 3:50 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 10. When You’re Cool (the Sun Shines All the Time) 4:11 DeVito, Nicholson, Welch, Sony Tree Publishing BMI, Sony Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP
Track Listing: 1. Jump (When My Baby Says) 3:25 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP ~ 2. Like Funky Music 4:13Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~3. Everybody’s a Millionaire 3:58 Chris Daniels, Tom Wiggens, Moon Voyage Publishing, BMI ~ 4. I Need Some Good Luck 3:46 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP ~ 5. Dance Dance Dance 4:42 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 6. Congo Square 3:50 Sonny Landreth, Dave Ranson, Ray Melton White Wing, Sonny Landreth, BMI ~ 7. Stealin’ Candy 4:50 Steve McCormick, John Vester, Wrensong Publishing, ASCAP ~ 8. I Like Your Shoes 5:08 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 9. Under Pressure 3:50 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP ~ 10. When You’re Cool (the Sun Shines All the Time) 4:11 DeVito, Nicholson, Welch, Sony Tree Publishing BMI, Sony Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP
PACKAGE & BOOKLET
Project Credits
& Team Links
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1. Jump (When My Baby Says) 3:25 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP
2. Like Funky Music 4:13Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP
3. Everybody’s a Millionaire 3:58 Chris Daniels, Tom Wiggens, Moon Voyage Publishing, BMI
4. I Need Some Good Luck 3:46 Dave Steen, Latersville Music, admin. by BMG, ASCAP
5. Dance Dance Dance 4:42 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP
6. Congo Square 3:50 Sonny Landreth, Dave Ranson, Ray Melton White Wing, Sonny Landreth, BMI
7. Stealin’ Candy 4:50 Steve McCormick, John Vester, Wrensong Publishing, ASCAP
8. I Like Your Shoes 5:08 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP
9. Under Pressure 3:50 Fred Gowdy, Larry Wilkins, Flagship Music, ASCAP
10. When You’re Cool (the Sun Shines All the Time) 4:11 DeVito, Nicholson, Welch, Sony Tree Publishing BMI, Sony Cross Keys Publishing, ASCAP
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Produced by Chris Daniels and Kevin Clock
Recorded at Colorado Sound Studios, Denver, COz
WheelHouse Studios, Nashville, TN
Dark Shadow Recording, Nashville, TN
Sailfish Studios, Erie, CO
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The Kings Are:
Chris Daniels, guitars and vocals
Freddi Gowdy, vocals
Steve Ivey, drums
John Thornburg, bass and vocals
Colin“Bones”Jones, guitars
Bob Rebholz, alto sax and flute
Darryl “Doody“ Abrahamson, trumpet and vocalsDarren Kramer, trombone
Horn Charts: Darren Kramer and Bob Rebholz
Special Guests:
Sam Bush, fiddle and mandolin
Sonny Landreth, slide guitar
Tom Capek, B3 and keyboards
Christian Teele, percussion
Steve Conn, accordion and B3
Hazel Miller, Mark Oblinger, Linda Lawson, Robert Johnson and Kenny Andrus, vocals -
Art by William Matthews
Art and design by G Carr Design
Photos: Michael Emanuel, Madison Thorn, Sal DeVincezo, Andy Katz, Susan Beyda.
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Jeff Cook / Coherent Music
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Blind Raccoon
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...to our families, friends, and fans who have supported our shows, told countless others about our music, and put up with our idiosyncrasies and oddices. We are blessed by your kindness.
Huge thanks to Kevin Clock for wrangling the project, Mark Oblinger for vocal arrangements and Darren Kramer and Bob Rebholz for the great horn charts.
Thanks to Greg Car for the art and inspiration, William Matthews for the cover painting, and Chris Stongle for our logo.
Art by William Ma`hewsArt and design by Greg Carr
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This album is dedicated to our fallen bandmates:
Michael Schuller
Dean LeDoux,
Kevin "Bro"Lege
Bryan Burton
PHOTO GALLERY
What People Are Saying
“Every now and then I get a collection oftunes that are infused with nitroglycerin.Chris Daniels and The Kings with Freddi Gowdy is one such incendiary delight. “Blues with Horns is a recipe for jumping out of your skin and dancing around in your bones.”
John Apice, No Depression Magazine
"In my 5 years of doing this event, I have never seen so many people dancing."
Eric Lazzari, Director of Programming & Events City of Denver
“Blues With Horns is the band’s strongest album to date, and the packaging by famed artist Greg Carr, who did all the award-winning packaging for Steve Martin, The Kingston Trio, Devotchka and many others, make this a “must have”recording for music lovers of all ages and interests.”
Blues Festival Guide 2024
“To call Chris Daniels and the Kings with Freddi Gowdy a Colorado institution might be a bit of an understatement. Daniels has been a fixture in the local music scene since 1984, fronting the most prolific rhythm and blues horn-driven band in the region without missing a step—even when he battled Leukemia back in 2011. After clearing that tough hurdle, Daniels was back onstage, getting audiences on their feet and securing a place in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2018 and now releasing his forty-year celebration album,40: Blues With Horns Volume II.”
French Davis, Yellow Scene Magazine
“They possess the exuberance of ‘Tower of Power’ with the grit of ‘Blood Sweat and Tears’ and smoothness of ‘The Average White Band.”
Brian Harman, Blues In The South