The Sundilla Acoustic Concert Series is proud and thrilled to bring Dan Navarro back to Auburn. Navarro will play Sundilla on Thursday, May 28, at the historic AUUF on Thach Avenue. Showtime is 7:30, and admission is $15 at the door; advance tickets cost just $12 and can be purchased at Spicer’s Music, Mama Mocha’s Coffee, Blooming Colors, and online at www.sundillamusic.com.
NEW!! Sundilla now offers VIP seating at select shows, including this one! For just $20 you get a guaranteed front row seat, VIP ticket and souvenir lanyard, plus other goodies which will vary from concert to concert. There’s only one catch: there are only so many seats that can be crammed into one row, so the maximum number of VIP tickets available is just 14, and they are first come, first served! Go to the Buy Tickets link on this site to get yours now, while they still last.
A complete review of Dan Navarro’s career would break Facebook, but we can hit some of the highlights. Dan started his career as a songwriter, most often with Eric Lowen, for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammy-nominated “We Belong,” her biggest hit) , The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Keb’ Mo’, Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, Dionne Warwick, The Triplets, Austin legend Rusty Weir and many more…
In the 1990s, he recorded and toured with Lowen in the acclaimed acoustic duo Lowen & Navarro until Eric’s retirement in 2009. Dan has since transitioned smoothly into a growing solo career, increasingly in demand on the national concert circuit…
He’s moonlighted as a session singer and voice actor for 27 years, in major motion pictures like The Book Of Life (as the villain “Chakal”), The Lorax, Happy Feet (1 & 2), Rio (on the Oscar-nominated “Real In Rio”), Ice Age (2 & 3), and a dozen more; TV series Turbo Fast, Prison Break, Family Guy and American Dad; recordings with Neil Young, Andrea Bocelli, Luis Miguel, Jose Feliciano, Susanna Hoffs and Jon Anderson of Yes; and hundreds of commercials for Subaru, Shakey’s Pizza, McDonald’s, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Honda, El Pollo Loco, Nationwide and more…
He has contributed countless hours in Washington on issues of intellectual property, copyright and performer’s rights, including testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board on behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Assn Int’l, AFTRA, NARAS, BMI , SoundExchange and the musicFIRST Coalition…
Dan also serves on the boards of SAG-AFTRA, Folk Alliance, The Levitt Pavilions LA and the Golden West Chapter of the ALS Association, fighting the neuromuscular disease better known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which tragically took Eric Lowen’s life in 2012…
In 2009, after 22 years and 12 albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan released the spirited “Live at McCabe’s”, backed by his pals, Austin’s now-disbanded Stonehoney. He is currently finishing his next album , “Shed My Skin” — his first studio album of new material as a solo artist — is slated for release in 2015.
A critic once said of Lowen & Navarro, “They are the logical extension of the creative and literate legacy that began with the Everly Brothers and emerged through Simon & Garfunkel. Immaculate harmonies, intricate but accessible melodies, intelligent heartfelt lyrics.” As Navarro has continued his career as a solo artist, the accolades have not diminished; a recent review said “Dan’s solo performances are marked by the same hallmarks as his work with Lowen & Navarro – songs of rich insight and experience, delivered straight-up, with honesty, grace and heart, in his moving and expressive baritone voice.”
Navarro has continued to see his songs recorded by other artists, including Keb’ Mo’ and, maybe most significantly, Jackson Browne, who has never needed anyone to write songs for him; he does incredibly well with his own material. So the fact that he has covered a Dan Navarro tune is HIGH praise for Dan’s songwriting genius.
And last but not least, Dan Navarro always delivers. The audience is guaranteed an incredible night filled with awesome music, performed in such a way that everyone is sure than Dan is giving his all for them. Oh, and he does all that and still manages to be about the nicest guy in the world.
Dan Navarro will be appearing at Sundilla on Thursday, May 28. The concert will take place at the AUUF; showtime is 7:30, and admission is just $15 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased for just $12 from Spicer’s Music, Mama Mocha’s Coffee, Blooming Colors, and online at www.sundillamusic.com. There will be free coffee, tea, water and food, though as always attendees are invited to bring whatever food or beverage they prefer.