The Dan Varner Band

If you have not seen The Dan Varner Band (AKA Dan & Brad in trio form) you should. They play the Eastside at least 3 times a week. They are all Eastsiders and talented Eastsiders indeed. Dan Varner (lead vocals/guitar) takes threads of Merle Haggard's classic country sound and skillfully weaves them into his own contemporary craft. His soulful singing sounds so thoroughly southern you would never guess he’s a Turpin boy. He may have born a Yankee but he’s Dixie down to his toes. Maybe his first six string had the dixie disease...he caught it on his fingers and it just crawled right up his sleeves. However he caught it, it is definitely contagious. Brad Kelly (lead guitar/vocals) shares the same symptoms, his guitar is definitely dixie. Graceful as the Grateful Dead, skippin’ and pickin’ like ricky Scaggs, all six strings sing with all the southern soul of a country choir.