Jeff Daniels And The Ben Daniels Band On Mountain Stage

NPR
By: Adam Harris
October 5, 2018

Highly regarded, Emmy-winning actor Jeff Daniels is also a versatile guitarist, singer and songwriter, as you’ll hear in his third appearance on Mountain Stage since 2007. This time, Daniels brought his family band, led by his son, Ben, for a performance similar to its latest live album Acoustic Sittin’ Tour 2018.

Daniels started the set solo with his humorous “Fifty Shades of Gray.” Another original song followed, “Good on the Bad Side of Town,” filled with memories of his father who Daniels describes as “a small town man with a big heart and a lot of wisdom.” Ben Daniels joined in on acoustic guitar and harmony vocals midway through the encouraging and cautionary song: “Bad luck just happens / Sometimes dreams don’t come true / By being kind to strangers / you run the risk of them being kind to you.”

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