Whether it is jazz or blues, Danny can do it.  He can play.
                  Bob Porter, WBGO and Producer

     Danny Draher has spent three decades building up a resume of musical associations in Chicago and New York City that reads like an encyclopedia of the best in contemporary music.  His credits as a sideman reflect a widespread reputation as an artist of talent, taste and versatility. 
        To his prodigious list of accomplishments, Danny can now add a sparkling new CD, BIG FUN TONITE! showcases him on a program of shuffling, jazzy, funky and slow blues vocals and instrumentals.  Not surprisingly, he’s in distinguished company including Dr. John, drummers Bernard Purdie, Mike Clark and Greg Rockingham, bassist Wilbur Bascomb and a trinity of “A” List organists from around the country: Chris Foreman, Reuben Wilson and Everette DeVan.
       Equally distinguished are Danny’s own inventive and expressive songwriting, playing, singing, and producing which show that this showcase is as overdue as it is welcome. With generous playing time and heart-pumping, soul-soothing and foot-tapping musical excellence from start to finish, this CD means the listener doesn’t even have to go out in order to have BIG FUN TONITE!   ---- Dick Shurman, Producer/Blues Historian