Dan McCoy

An extensive list of popular (& not so popular) songs for the audience to choose from. I often start out with a set list but I like to read the crowd & feed off of what they're most responsive to. If folks aren't into country music as much then I recognize that & go in a different direction. There's a lot of interaction with the crowd however if I'm needed to be more background music then that's fine too. I'm very flexible & easy to get along with.

To say Dan McCoy has a wide musical palette might be an understatement. It's not often you walk into a bar where a guy is playing an acoustic version of Little Red Corvette then follows it up with Ring of Fire. If such an incident were to happen most likely you would be witnessing the extravaganza that is a live Dan McCoy show. Not one for taking breaks thus losing the energy of the room McCoy is known for his marathon 3 hour plus shows. In that span he dishes out crowd favorite sing alongs by Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, Kenny Chesney & Neil Diamond as well as songs by personal heroes Tom Petty, Bob Seger, Will Hoge, Phil Vassar & many more. The spectrum is wide at a McCoy solo show where at any given turn you may hear country, blues, folk, Irish, rock (classic & modern), pop, alternative, punk & more all done with passion & conviction. Add in harmonica, a stomp box, humor & easy going charm & you've got a night of great fun!

McCoy has been bringing his brand of (link hidden)untry-Rock to the masses since 1988 (he played his first gig a month before his 15th birthday). 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 (link hidden) 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. When playing the long nights of mixing cover songs in with the originals Jay Wooley's (of Wooley Bully's in New Brighton, PA ) description pretty much hits the nail on the head..."A plethora of rock, country & Irish tunes, solo acoustic style."

Accolades: 2005: Best Band to Listen to on a Road Trip (Scene Magazine)
2010: Winner: Best Country/Americana Artist (Scene Magazine)
2023: Second Runner Up: Best Singer/Songwriter (Scene Magazine)
2023: Feb. - Released 12th album/EP, Snapshots
2023: April 22 - Sold Out Geauga Theater in Chardon, OH for the Snapshots album release show

I have a basic PA system that includes 2 15" speakers on stands & an 8 channel mixer. Some folks get a little intimidated by seeing larger speakers but there is no need to be frightened. I have a volume control & can turn it down if the sound is too loud.