Live in Studio C

This past week I performed a short set for the radio program “Live In Studio C” on WPLN in Nashville.  Thomm Jutz, who co-produced The Conjurer with me, joined me on guitar and vocals.

The program aired live on one of WPLN’s HD Radio channels, and will be rebroadcast on the regular FM station (90.3 FM in Nashville) on Sunday, January 9, at 3:00 PM, and again Tuesday evening, January 11, at 8:00 PM.  If you’re not fortunate enough to be living in the Nashville area to hear one of these broadcasts, the links are now up on the WPLN Website so that you can listen to the archived stream of the show at your leisure.

Not only was it a great thrill to open two shows for Lyle Lovett in Kansas City and St. Louis earlier this month, but imagine my surprise when I went on stage during the first sound check and discovered the personnel of The Large Band included bassist Leland Sklar and drummer Russ Kunkel.  These guys played on my very first record when I recorded for Elektra Records in Los Angeles in 1973, and have since gone onto stellar careers as the first-call, A-Team Rhythm Section in all of rock and pop, playing for everybody from Jackson Browne and James Taylor to Carly Simon and Linda Ronstadt.  If you don’t believe me click their names, you’ll see the list of credits goes on forever.  I had not seen either of these guys since we recorded that first record together; needless to say it was a real kick to see them again:

And I had a nice moment with Lyle after his “meet and greet” at the beautiful Midland Theater in Kansas City.  He was very gracious, taking as long as it took to say hello to everybody who wanted a moment of of his time:

Lyle Lovett was most generous in inviting me to open two shows for him and his Large Band. First we played the majestic Midland Theater in Kansas City where my father took me to see movies when I was just a kid. The second night we played at Sheldon Performing Arts Center in St. Louis. Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway and Martin Luther King Jr. are just a few of the amazing people who have lectured there in the past. Photos here show me rehearsing with Lyle to join him during his show for a duet on my song “Needless to Say,”at the Midland Theater and then a look out from back-stage at the house during my opening set. Lyle and his entire band and crew were all an inspiration to work with.

Rehearsing "Needless to Say" during soundcheck

Performing for a full house at the Midland Theater in Kansas City

I performed on the Music City Roots program, “Live from the Loveless Cafe” on the outskirts of Nashville on Wednesday, May 12. Click the image to launch the slide show; click the play button (arrow, lower right) in the slide show to start the show accompanied by “Leave A Little Mark” (from The Conjurer) recorded live during the show:

Dana Cooper LIVE on Music City Roots

Music City Roots

There were a lot of photographers at the Music City Roots show I performed two nights ago at the Loveless Barn on the outskirts of Nashville. Guitarist and The Conjurer co-producer Thomm Jutz and percussionist Kirby Ferris joined me on the stage for a set that rocked the house.

There was quite a team of photographers there, here are some of their photos.  Soon as the video from that show goes up on their website, I’ll post it here, too.

These are the photos that appeared on Dana’s old website… standby while we figure out how to put them to some music…

Press the little “play” arrow on the lower left to start the slide show.

More to come, including a place on flickr.com where you can share your own Dana Cooper photos.