Dan McCoy

Roots/Rock/Country & More

To become a Master Craftsman one must dedicate hours, days, and years to their craft. Dan McCoy has been in the troubadour woodshed of rock clubs and neighborhood pubs for more than 30 years now honing his skills as a composer, singer, guitarist, and performer. This metaphoric woodshed has taken Dan through shows in over 10 states that have been as diverse as playing the infamous and now defunct CBGBs in Manhattan, songwriter haven The Blue Bird in Nashville, to opening for Brooks & Dunn and Big & Rich at Blossom Music Center. Other opening slots have included The Black Crowes, Drive-By Truckers, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Wilco, Waco Brothers, Charlie Daniels Band, Austin Lucas, Slobberbone, Jason Eady, Scott H. Biram and Big Sandy.  In between the traveling Dan has been a mainstay in the Cleveland music scene, winning awards from Scene Magazine & the Free Times as well as having his name placed above the entry door at Mullarkey’s Pub in his hometown of Willoughby, OH. 

     McCoy has been bringing his brand of Heartland-Alt.Country-Rock to the masses since 1988 (he played his first gig a month before his 15th birthday). After cutting his teeth in the Pittsburgh music scene in the early to mid-90s, he moved back to Northeast Ohio where he continues to play on a regular basis. There have been many comparisons of McCoy's music to Springsteen, Petty, Seger, Mellencamp as well as more contemporary artists such as Lucero, Drive-By Truckers & Will Hoge. "McCoy has a boyish, fun rock voice that sounds like Jackson Browne with more guts and growl" says Jennifer Layton from Indie-Music.com. His enthusiastic onstage persona is infectious & by the end of a set one feels as though he's an old friend you haven't seen in a while.

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    Yellow Creek 3:19
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    3AM (Live) 2:56
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    Old Blue Jeans 3:13
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    Dance With You 3:15
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    True to Life 2:27
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    Introductions 4:12
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    I See You Rider 2:37
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    Must Have Been a Good Night (Live) 3:47
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    Letting Go 2:57
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    One Last One 3:39
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    Sittin' on a Bench 2:36
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    Cold Feet 3:09
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