Danny Adler (born 1949) is an American blues-rock guitarist. Adler was born in

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, United States. After playing with leading Cincinnati musicians, such as

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, in the early 1960s, he went to

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in 1969 to join

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, Solomon Burke, and experimental group

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. Moving to England in 1971, he founded

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, as well as appearing regularly with

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, the back-to-the-roots

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band which included Rolling Stones drummer

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, Ian Stewart,

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and many other leading UK-based musicians. In 1980 he put together another blues-rock revival band, the De Luxe Blues Band, with Bob Hall,

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and

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would join soon after. The band originated as a pick-up band to accompany visiting American blues performers

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and

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but stayed together for over 12 years and recorded five albums. They disbanded when Adler returned to the US in 1990, although Brunning would later revive the band with a new line-up. In 1989, Adler tried to dupe the blues community by 'discovering' a long lost blues musician, Otis "Elevator" Gilmore. A major blues reissue label fell for the ploy, and issued an album supposedly by Gilmore, when it was simply the work of Adler. Eventually the hoax was discovered and the album was withdrawn, although copies circulated for years afterwards on a

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Discography

*''The Roogalator Years – 1975–1978'' *''Early Danny Adler – Roogalator 1975–1978'' *''Funky Afternoons'' – 1979 *''Gusha Gusha Music'' – 1980 *''A Street Car Named De Luxe'' – The De Luxe Blues Band (1981) *''Live at Half Moon Putney'' – The De Luxe Blues Band (1981) *''The Danny Adler Band Live'' – 1982 *''The Danny Adler Band'' – 1983 *''Urban De Luxe'' – The De Luxe Blues Band (1983) *''Hubcap Heaven'' – 1986 *''Otis "Elevator" Gilmore'' – 1986 *''Hometowns and High Iron'' – 1987 *''Night Shift'' – 1987 *''The De Luxe Blues Band'' – 1988 *''Motorvating'' – The De Luxe Blues Band (1988) *''Mackinaw City'' – 1989 *''Homestretch'' – 1990 *''Jazzin At RVG's'' – 1993 *''Mother's Day'' – 1999 *''Bit Of Beatles'' - 2017

References

External links

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Danny Adler on iTunes
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