His former acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, released 13 albums, enjoyed widespread Triple A radio airplay and performed 1500 gigs before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and passing from ALS in 2012. Dan set out solo in 2007, and tours constantly.

His acclaimed album “Shed My Skin” released in 2019 to glowing reviews, produced by Steve Postell with guest bows from Janiva Magness, Wendy Waldman, Danny Kortchmar, Leland Sklar, Tony Furtato, Freebo, Bob Malone, Brother Sun and Grace Pettis.

Dan completed his next album, “Horizon Line”, in May 2022, reuniting with Grammy® winner Jim Scott, producer of six L&N albums. The album features performances from Chris Stills, Steve Postell (David Crosby, The Immediate Family), Doug Pettibone (Lucinda Williams), Brian Whelan (Dwight Yoakum), Jimmy Paxson (Lindsay Buckingham), Mai Leisz (David Crosby, Jackson Browne), Sebastian Steinberg (Soul Coughing), Taras Prodaniuk & Michael Jerome (The Richard Thompson Trio), Phil Parlapiano (John Prine), Peter Adams,  Aubrey Richmond (Shooter Jennings), Carlos Murguia, Leyla Hoyle and Derek Nakamoto. The album was released on August 26, 2022.

In July 2021, he released a special duo album with James Lee Stanley, “All Wood and Led”, with acoustic “Laurel Canyon” re-imaginations of Led Zeppelin tunes. He is presently recording his next solo studio album (and 18th album overall) with Grammy-winning producer Jim Scott. .

As a songwriter, Dan wrote or co-wrote songs for Pat Benatar (the Grammy nominated “We Belong”), The Bangles, Japanese girl group Wink (the #1 hit “One Night in Heaven”), Dutch
superstar Marco Borsato (the Top Ten “Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht”), Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, and Austin outlaw country legend Rusty Weir.

His songs have appeared in the films Deadpool 2, Pitch Perfect 2 and Talladega Nights, TV series This Is Us, American Idol, The Voice, American Dad and The Office and national commercials for Sheraton, Chase Bank and the United Way.

As a singer and/or voice actor, he’s sung in the Academy Award winning films Coco and Happy Feet, the newly-released Dora and the City of Lost Gold, The Lorax, Ice Age 2, The Simpsons, Prison Break and American Dad; voiced characters in Pirates of the Caribbean 5, The Book Of Life, The Playmobil Movie and We Bare Bears; sung on albums by Luis Miguel, Andrea Bocelli and Neil Young; voiced video games Red Dead Redemption II, Fallout 4 and Uncharted 4, and performed vocals and voice-overs in literally hundreds of commercials for Toyota, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Honda, Subaru, All-Nippon Airways and many more

In his “spare” time, Dan serves on the Board of SAG-AFTRA, the actor-performer-broadcaster’s union, as the National Recording Artist/Singer Vice President, on the Unclaimed Royalties
committee of the Mechanical Licensing Collective, and is a past president of Folk Alliance International. He’s been a vocal activist in Washington DC for intellectual property rights for over
20 years, testified before the US Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board.

He’s the proud father of a 25-year old filmmaker son, thinks art is love, sleep is for babies and is a known abuser of acoustic guitars.

CNY’s favorite piano man JUST JOE will be opening the show. With over 5,000 events performed since 2008, Joe continues to play solo, record, and collaborate with his band to sold out shows all across the state. Joe was even invited to audition for NBC’s “The Voice” after taking home Central New York’s Best Male Vocalist award for seven straight years.

This is a “listening room” style show

DOORS: 5:30PM   SHOWTIME: 7PM