The Miserable Rich : New Album Launch Show

Posted on May 6, 2010 by dan-whitehouse.com

Thursday June 10th 2010 @ Glee Club Birmingham

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Hello there,

The Miserable Rich have a wonderful new album ‘Of Flight and Fury’ and they have kindly invited the band and I to perform at the launch show in Birmingham.

NME described their music as “ …so heartbreakingly beautiful, it reduces anyone who hears it to a weeping mess.” and the studio room at The Glee Club is the perfect, intimate place to watch them live.

I will be playing with a four piece band and doing some new material in addition to songs from the Balloon, the Bubble & the Box (have you claimed your free downloads yet?! – if not get clicking!)

If you live up North, I am also playing a solo support show to TMR at Band On The Wall, Manchester on June 8th.

And finally, Elena Thomas is currently hard at work sewing some very limited CD bags which will be available exclusively at these shows – hope to see you x

The Miserable Rich

Posted on April 1, 2010 by dan-whitehouse.com

Hello

I went to the bank this morning and was surprised to find it has been turned into a betting shop!

A similar business model though I guess…

Very happy to announce I have two gigs confirmed supporting The Miserable Rich, a solo show at Band On The Wall in Manchester and with the band at Glee Club Birmingham. Get details on my live page

On Monday I supported Ian Siegal at Robin 2 Wolves, and for his encore he covered a Guy Clark song called The Cape…it’s a wonderful lyric and I am grateful to Ian for introducing me to it and for his powerful big bad blues set that night. You can hear it on this video though I havent watched the footage so have no idea what that is all about.

Tuesday was spent in the company of a whole host of wonderful folk, filming for the ‘Somebody Loves You’ video. Not sure when it will be complete, but will certainly let you know on this blog.

Wednesday and Thursday have been real world working days, (albeit with a bit of a hazy head and vague dreamy thoughts about writing a song for dear friend who passed recently) and rudely interrupted by my car insurance company requesting vast some sums, immediately

Looking forward to a few days off now, hope you can get a break too:)

Cheers,

Dan x

thank you

Posted on November 28, 2009 by dan-whitehouse.com

‘…it feels like lots of different things coming to together… ‘ Steve Clarke/Bass at about 11:56pm last night.

Steve’s comment is the one left ringing in my ears this morning, following an evening jam packed full of warm greetings, tender exchanges and startling performances. Last night was the launch party for the box ep, my third and final offering of 2009, and I really enjoyed myself…thank you!

Michael Clarke opened the event with a collection of beautiful songs and gave us a sneak peak at some new material which contain some of his most poignant lyrics to date. Everyone (myself included) seemed to instantly warm to ‘The Boy and The Buffalo’ and was excited to hear talk of a new album of ‘acoustic stuff’ (let us know when it’s ready Mike!)

Vashti Anna travelled up from North London to join us, and we were treated to her debut show with new drummer/percussionist Alan. She ripped it up. When she performs she appears to lose control (in a good way), and connects with with something ethereal I can’t quite put my finger on but I know is there!

She mountaineers across a varied landscape of moods, from brooding melancholy (think Joan As Police Woman) to the uplifting jam ‘Infatuation’ (think Feist). Drummer Alan accents and follows her lead effortlessly and I am honoured to have witnessed the early stages of what could be a great bond.

My set was funny, with a good bit of banter with a fake moustache wearing heckler early on!

I want to say thank you very much to my band, who played beautifully, what I love the most is the way that they listen as much as play, makes for an interesting and fulfilling conversation! x