Accordionist Dan Newton, AKA Daddy Squeeze is beginning 2025 with some not to missed performances! Make sure to attend one or more!
Highlights of Honky-Tonk Jump at the Parkway Theater in Minneapolis 1/2/1/2020.
Honky-Tonk Jump plays swingin’ Texas dance hall music in the tradition of Bob Wills, Milton Brown, Ernest Tubb and Spade Cooley with a sprinkling of Hank Williams and other early honky-tonk legends. This band has fun and it’s contagious!
Left to right: Richard Kriehn (fiddle), Joe Savage (pedal steel/vocals), Tom Schaefer (fiddle), Dehl Gallagher (drums), Dan Newton (accordion/vocals), Vaughn Asselstine (upright bass), Dan Lowinger (guitar).
Honky-Tonk Jump – Jammin’ with Jimmy
Honky-Tonk Jump plays Jammin’ with Jimmy Dec 2017 at Baby Blue Arts in Minneapolis MN. Dan Newton (accordion/vocals), Tom Schaefer (fiddle), Dan Lowinger (guitar), Vaughn Asselstine (bass), Dehl Gallagher (drums).
Honky Tonk Jump brings the Western Swing back to Crooners! Sunday, Jan 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM in the main room. For tickets: https://www.croonersmn.com
Dan “Daddy Squeeze” Newton has been dazzling audiences with his creative accordion style for over 40 years. His fresh approach to the much-maligned squeezebox and his mind-boggling repertoire of both original and traditional material will change the mind of the most hardened accordion skeptic. Dan draws influences for songs and tunes from such sources as French Musette, Swing, Cajun, Jug band blues, Celtic and Scandinavian music. Daddy Squeeze entertains and also enlightens his audiences with stories and colorful anecdotes about the accordion and his experiences making a living playing the instrument he loves.
Dan has produced more than 25 albums and has appeared on recordings by other artists such as Garrison Keillor, Son Volt, The Proclaimers, Peter Ostroushko, Prudence Johnson and Pat Donohue. He has performed at The Lincoln Center, NY, The Kennedy Center, Washington DC, accordion festivals in Vienna, Austria, Kaustinen, Finnland, Winnepeg, Canada, San Antonio, Milwaukee and Cotati,CA. Dan was a frequent guest on A Prairie Home Companion.
Upcoming performances:
Sun, Jan 12- Honky Tonk Jump @ Crooners, Mpls 4:30pm
Mon, Jan 13– Cafe Accordion Orch w/ Prudence Johnson @ The Dakota, Mpls
Sun, Jan 19- Music Under Glass @ Como Conservatory, St. Paul 4:30-6:30pm
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