Video: “Fourth Street Mess Around” – Cafe Accordion Orchestra from their album “La Zinger”
Daddy Squeeze and Elizabeth entertain on live stream, Monday, April 4, 2022 noon CT. This week’s theme is “Down Home”. Send your requests to daddysqueeze@yahoo.com. Then watch live or later.
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 for himself 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 and spent much of his time playing accordion with his group Café Accordion Orchestra
You also have two chances to see Cafe Accordion Orchestra’s “April In Paris”. Wednesday, April 20, 2022 in the Main Room and Thursday, April 21, 2022 in the Dunsmore Room at Crooners Lounge in Fridley, MN. 6:30 Get tickets early! Cafe Accordion Orchestra offers a way retro mix of Parisian bistro backdrops, Brazilian bossa, Argentine tangos, fun foxtrots, catchy cumbia and a touch of old-school swing.
Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra (CAO) performs an eclectic mix full of French flare, Latin heat and Bohemian attitude. The heart of the CAO repertoire is the romantic, gypsy-influenced valse-musette. The group complements the musettes with swing, ballads, tangos, cha chas, rumbas, and cumbias to create a wonderfully varied show. They inject their music with good humor and expressive abandon. Their high level of musicianship and passion for performance makes them an entertaining concert act as well as a great dance band.
Upcoming performances include:
Date Event Location
Monday, April 4 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Monday, April 11 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM:Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Thursday, April 14 @ 7:00PM — 8:30PM:Daddy Squeeze; Waldmann Brewery, St. Paul, MN
Monday, April 18 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Wednesday, April 20 @ 6:30PM — 8:PM: Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra; Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN
Thursday, April 21 @ 6:30PM — 8:30PM: Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra; Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, April 23 @ 7:PM: Honky Tonk Jump; The Zephyr Theater, Stillwater
Monday, April 25 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Sunday, May 1 @ 4:PM: Honky Tonk Jump; Crooners Lounge & Supper Club; Minneapolis, MN
Monday, May 2 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Thursday, May 5 @ 6:00PM — 7:PM: The McNordiques; The American Swedish Inst, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, May 8 @ 2:00PM — 3:30PM: Daddy Squeeze; Waldmann Brewery, St. Paul, MN
Monday, May 9 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze Live Stream Facebook
Thursday, May 12 @ 7:PM: Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra; Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN
Friday, May 13 @ 6:00PM — 8:PM: Daddy Squeeze and Elizabeth; City House, Saint Paul
Monday, May 16 @ 12:00PM — 1:PM: Daddy Squeeze; Live Stream Facebook
Friday, June 3 @ 6:30PM — 8:PM: Pat Donohue & the Prairie All Stars; Music On the Overlook, St Croix Falls, WI
Saturday, June 4 @ 7:PM: Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra; Wide Spot Performing Arts Center, Stockholm WI
Thursday, June 9 @ 7:PM: Dan Newton’s Cafe Accordion Orchestra; Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, Minneapolis, MN
Sunday, June 12 @ 2:00PM — 3:30PM: Daddy Squeeze; Waldmann Brewery, St. Paul, MN
For further information: daddysqueeze@yahoo.com
