Bend in the Road

In 1985, masterminds of the LA music scene, Dan Stuart of Green on Red and Steve Wynn of the Dream Syndicate sat down in the studio and laid down tracks under the moniker, Danny & Dusty. Along with other members of Green On Red and a good chunk of the Long Ryders, Danny & Dusty put out an album titled The Lost Weekend. Full of Kerouac inspired road tales set to a sometimes sloppy, sometimes moody, always sincere country tinged rock the Danny & Dusty does not play like a thrown together collaboration. For me at the time, in high school, this record built on the wanderlust that was building up from listening to the first two Green on Red albums, discovering real country, folk & roots music (via & because of bands like GOR, Jason & The Scorchers, Billy Bragg, Rank & File etc...) and reading Neal Cassady, Kerouac, Steinbeck, Hemingway and Woody Guthrie's Bound For Glory. I was ready to see the world and this music was at the right place at the right time. This kind of stuff stays with you as you grow older and here 20 years down the road I was so pleased to find out that Dan & Steve had decided to play together again. They put out a new album called Cast Iron Soul in the spring and have been hitting the European road. The continent being where they've always been more appreciated (you can say that about most Americana music.)

Here's a clip from the current tour. Kids - don't forget to stop here on your journey through Alt Country history as this is the real deal.

Danny & Dusty