Mr. Wheel Release Party at Alberta St Pub

We're releasing our latest single exclusively on Bandcamp today (we'll post to Spotify etc later on).

Tomorrow we're celebrating "Flavors of Folk" w/ DKB, Dust & Thirst, Matti Joy @ Alberta St Pub Saturday Afternoon May 27th - Mr. Wheel just might squeeze into the flavor of "folk punk rock"

CHECK OUT THE SINGLE HERE: https://dankaufmanband.bandcamp.com/track/mr-wheel

And join us at the show tomorrow. It starts at four and we play at six.

Lyrics to MR. WHEEL

VERSE I

Mr. Wheel we see you, the things that you do

And what you won’t do!

What you won’t do, what you say

The people who pay

And who pays for you

Who pays for you? Now what do THEY get out-of-it? We’re gonna add it up

CHORUS

Add it up

Count it up

Count it up but

You can’t take it with you when you’re gone, you know?

Add it up

Count it up

Count it up but you can’t take it with you

Where you’re going to

VERSE II

Mr. Knight well they gave you a stick

They make you use it

You got no choice now

Got no choice but to do what they say

And then you take home the pay

But who pays for you

We pay for you

But what do we get but the back of your stick

We’re gonna add it up

CHORUS

Harmonica Solo

VERSE III

Mr White they stole all the land

On which we now stand

It’s just the way it is

The way it is, the way you want it to stay

But it’s washing away

And who pays for it

The future pays but what do they get out of it

They’re gonna add it up

French Horn Solo

Chorus

Mr. Wheel we see you, the things that you do

And what you won’t do

credits

released May 26, 2023

Composed by Dan Kaufman

Guitar, lead vocals, harmonica: Dan Kaufman

Bass: Aidan Kaufman

Drums: Dave Nuding

French Horn: Jen Harrison

Percussion, Vocals: Pyata G. Penedo

Engineered & Mastered by Pyata Penedo figure8sound in Portland, Oregon. Co-produced by Dan Kaufman & Pyata Penedo

©2023 The Dan Kaufman Band

Any similarities to actual living people could be coincidental.

The Hurricane Song for 2020

2020 has been a Hurricane of a year. We produced this song last spring and then I pretty much left The Dan Kaufman Band on a back burner. The space for the project was not there and did not feel right to me. But I never can stay away from music for long and new stuff is on the way.

I feel like the Hurricane Song really reflected my life this year. Being thrown into tumult and trying to remember what is truly important: love and life.

A hurricane will land and blow you far away

And then you’ll long for that record you wanted to play

It’s the one that’s got your brand new favorite song

The one you were going to teach all your friends to sing along

That one about love

That one about love, love, love, love, Life

Well you take that sand and you fill it up in the jar

Until there’s no room left for what you really are

You turn around and see that what you lack

Is the old guitar in the brand new back pack

Let’s talk about love

Let’s talk about love, love, love, love, Life

Don’t bother walking with a pebble up in your shoe

But who am I to tell you what you ought to do?

You’ll find the path but first you’ll you’ll find the way

and then you’ll drop the needle on the record you wanted to play

That one about love

That one about love, love, love, love, Life

DanKaufmanBand copyleft 2020

The Album Has Been Released - Release the Album!

The new album Songs from Requiem for the Rogue is being distributed in various places across the web but the best place to come take a listen and purchase it is at DanKaufmanBand.com

If you like the what you hear please buy the album. The money help continue mission of making enjoyable music with a message of hope, connection, and resistance to injustice.

Cover art by Gavin Mahaley