Danny Sveinson (born 4 May 1991 in
Mount Barker,
South Australia), is a
Canadian guitarist
A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselv ...
. He was the subject of the 2006
CBC documentary entitled "''The Rock and Roll Kid''".
Biography
He was touted as a guitar prodigy at a young age, performing as the closing act for the
Telus World Ski and Snowboarding Festival. He played at the
Commodore Ballroom in
Vancouver, where he
opened for
Colin James. He has also made appearances on ''
Breakfast Television'', ''Urban Rush'', ''
The Vicky Gabereau Show'', ''
The Mike Bullard Show'', as well as on
MTV
MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...
and
YTV. He released his debut album in early 2004.
Danny was the subject of the front cover and feature story in the 25 November 2004 issue of''
The Georgia Straight'', a weekly entertainment paper in Vancouver, in which he was proclaimed to be "A Guitar God in Training". Danny began performing when he was 10 as "The Rock and Roll Kid".
''The Rock and Roll Kid'' premiered to three sell-out audiences at the
Vancouver International Film Festival in September 2006. It won the "best documentary" award at the
Leo Awards.
He formed
Sonic City in 2005 and they toured in Canada twice, opening for
Jeff Martin Jeff Martin may refer to:
* Jeff Martin (American musician) (born 1957), lead vocalist for the bands Surgical Steel and Racer X; drummer for Badlands
*Jeff Martin (Canadian musician) (born 1969), guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the Tea Party
...
,
The Trews and
April Wine. He later formed the rock group
Mad Shadow, which has been said to sound like Led Zeppelin. In 2013 they released the album ''
Heavy Blues''.
References
External links
CBC - The Rock and Roll KidThe Georgia Straight - Kid Rocks!Mad Shadow pageSonic City website
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1991 births
Living people
21st-century Canadian guitarists