Daniel Gordon Stuart (born March 5, 1961,

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as Danny & Dusty, a trilogy of "Marlowe Billings" solo records released from 2012 - 2018 and three novels, ''The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings'' (2014), ''The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings'' (2018) and ''Marlowe's Revenge'' (2022).

History

Raised in

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, Dan Stuart founded punk band The Serfers in 1979. The next year the band moved to LA, changed the name to Green On Red, and became associated with the

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(along with

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). After releasing two EPs, the band recorded their first full album, Gravity Talks for

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in 1983. Green On Red toured America and Europe extensively and released eight more records before disbanding in 1992. In that time, Stuart worked with producers

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. Danny & Dusty recorded and released ''The Lost Weekend'' album in 1985. After Green On Red, Stuart recorded the album ''Retronuevo'' with Al Perry in 1993, and solo effort ''Can O'Worms'' in 1995, before largely leaving the music business. He would return for a Green On Red reunion in 2006, and a second Danny & Dusty record, ''Cast Iron Soul'' in 2007. The Slummers, a band he started with producer

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, released ''Love Of The Amateur'', produced by Italian guitar player/composer Antonio Gramentieri, in 2010. Stuart released a second solo album, ''The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings'', summer 2012. ''Dan Stuart, Arizona: 1993-95'', a double cd featuring ''Can O'Worms'' and ''Retronuevo'' plus a never released EP was released in 2013. ''The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings'' is also the title of "a false memoir" written by Stuart and published in 2014. Stuart released a third solo album, ''Marlowe's Revenge'', recorded with Mexican band Twin Tones in 2015, mixed by

, and released February 2016. Summer 2018, Stuart released ''The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings'', recorded with producer/guitarist Danny Amis (

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). The record is a companion piece to a novel of the same name. Stuart is currently residing in

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after nearly a decade in Mexico. The third and final novel in the Marlowe trilogy ''Marlowe's Revenge'' - October 2022.

Discography

Green On Red *''Two Bibles'' (EP, Green on Red, 1981) *''Green on Red'' (EP, Down There, 1982) *'' Gravity Talks'' (Slash, 1983) *''Gas Food Lodging'' (Enigma, 1985) *''No Free Lunch'' (EP, Mercury, 1985) *''The Killer Inside Me'' (Mercury, 1987) *''

Here Come the Snakes ''Here Come the Snakes'' is an album by the American alternative rock band Green on Red, released in 1989. Production Recorded in Memphis, the album was produced by Jim Dickinson and Joe Hardy. Band members Dan Stuart and Chuck Prophet were bac ...

'' (Restless, 1989) *''This Time Around'' (Mercury, 1989) *''Scapegoats'' (China, 1991) *''The Little Things in Life'' (China Records 1991) *''Too Much Fun'' (Off Beat, 1992) *''Archives: What We Were Thinking'' (Normal Records, 1998) *''Valley Fever — Live at the Rialto'' (Blue Rose, 2006) *''BBC Sessions'' (Maida Vale Records, 2007) Danny & Dusty *'' The Lost Weekend'' (A&M, 1985) *''Cast Iron Soul'' (Blue Rose, 2007) *''Here's To You, Max Morlock'' (Blue Rose 2007) Al Perry & Dan Stuart *''Retronuevo'' (Normal,1993) The Slummers *''Love of The Amateur'' (Blue Rose, 2010) Dan Stuart *''Can O'Worms'' (Monkey Hill, 1995) *''Dan Stuart - 4 Songs'' (Padre Lindo, 2011) *''The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings'' (Cadiz Music, 2012) *''Arizona : 1993-95'' (Cadiz Music, 2013) *''A little Guitar...and a little more'' (Padre Lindo, 2015) *''Marlowe's Revenge'' (Fluff and Gravy Records, 2016) *''The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings'' - record + novel (Cadiz Music, 2018)

Bibliography

Novels

* ''The Deliverance of Marlowe Billings'' (Cadiz Music, 2014) * ''The Unfortunate Demise of Marlowe Billings'' (Cadiz Music, 2018) * ''Marlowe's Revenge'' (R&R Press, 2022)

Poetry

* ''Barcelona Blues'' (Padre Lindo Press, 2014)

References

External links

Dan Stuart : Official SiteGreen On Red : Official SiteRobert Christgau: CG: Green on RedDanny And Dusty Play It Loose - Los Angeles Times
* ttp://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=4308 Dan Stuart interview*
Blabber 'N' SmokeDan Stuart interviewDan Stuart Interview August 2013Arizona 1993-95Glide Magazine - New Album 2016Houston Chronicle July 2018Jim Algie www.jimalgie.club Nov 22 2019
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