Alternative Rock / Folk Rock / Garage Rock
Fenland, England, United Kingdom

Dan Donovan is a British singer, songwriter, and guitar player. Born in 1960 to a Welsh preacher, he produces music which uses metaphor extensively to draw on spiritual themes.

His music career began with a band called Back to Jordan which recorded one EP and one album. Then he founded the band Tribe of Dan, described on the King Kool website as “cult greb goth outfit” and elsewhere as “swamp rock”. The band split after recording only one studio album, and their US label folded shortly after their first release. Following this event he released albums independently, and his sound shifted toward an acoustic feel.

Donovan has also been involved with bands such as The Swamp Cranks and King Kool. King Kool is described as baseless blues - the band features Donovan and a drummer, but no bassist. The original drummer was Matt Middleton, who had worked with Donovan in several bands, including Tribe of Dan. Currently, Donovan is recording music under The Dan The D.

1993 Sticky Music (GUM24CD)

Dan Donovan - Vocals, guitar, bass, sounds [Mellow Moothie, Creaks, Moans’n’ Rattling And a Snach of Key Poking]

Matt Middleton - Drums, percussion
Steve Butler - Keyboards
Dot Reid - Keyboards
David Birss - Blues Harp
Charlie Irvine - Sounds [Water Breath Native Whale’n’Noise Loading Thang]
Drew McCulloch - Tambourine

1. Moonchile (3:58)
2. Big Enough … Baby (4:29)
3. Broken and Bleeding (4:34)
4. Tangletown (5:03)
5. Sweet Crush (5:01)
6. Dancing Bear (4:09)
7. Rats Rule the Roost (3:34)
8. Driftin' (6:41)
9. Please Don't Lose Me Now (4:38)
10. So Dance (4:06)
11. Dangerous Moose (4:13)

1995 Independent

1. Chant (0:28)
2. Cooking Pot (3:51)
3. Pretty Thing You (4:32)
4. Snakes Alive (6:13)
5. Snakes Sequel (0:35)
6. Groovy Garden (4:51)
7. Flower (3:54)
8. Land of Nether (4:41)
9. Bulldog Blood (5:55)
10. Broose Again (4:05)
11. Fragile Flame (6:42)
12. Arms of Clare (5:12)
13. The Song of the Jabbermoose (2:48)
14. Shook Up (5:47)

199? Independent

1. Pretty Thing You
2. Broose Again
3. No Bad Dog
4. Arms of Clare
5. Things Jus' Is
6. Fragile Flame
7. Wild Eyed
8. Moments Like These

1998 Independent

1. The Leaven Dell (1:58)
2. Things Jus'is (3:51)
3. Send in the Poets (4:32)
4. Wild Eyed (3:34)
5. Tick Tock Tim (5:40)
6. Baby Boo (2:48)
7. A Healing (3:23)
8. Jinx of Job (4:44)
9. Fingertips (5:07)
10. Pushing Up the Rainbows (4:52)
11. To Fly (3:40)
12. What Is It? (1:57)

2000 Independent

1. Sassy Punk (3:44)
2. No One There (5:15)
3. Froot to Boot (2:17)
4. In Your Arms (3:13)
5. Kiss the Star (4:09)
6. Who Are We (4:53)
7. Little Red Jag (3:41)
8. Shiny King (4:33)
9. Holy Bull (3:18)
10. Bombay Mix (2:04)
11. Moments Like These (6:16)
12. So I Trust (7:51)

2003 Independent

2016 Independent

1. Root It Bag It (4:44)
2. No Bad Dog (5:18)
3. Skin Teeth (3:24v
4. Blind Lead the Blind (5:14)
5. Dirdy Day (3:14)
6. Boot Beautiful (4:05)
7. Tic Tock Tim (5:07)
8. So Dance (4:47)
9. The Voice (4:45)
10. I Love (4:56)
11. Fragile Flame (6:58)
12. Sassy Punk (4:10)

The 12 songs from Donovan's 12 albums re-recorded in 2015 is a retrospective project with gritty blues, folk renditions from his back catalogue.

2018 Independent

1. Do Do Do It (2:34)
2. Baby Bomb (3:44)
3. Do Do Do It (acoustic) (2:28)
4. Baby Bomb (acoustic) (4:02)

(note that this ep is no longer available except at a few streaming music sites)

2019 Independent

(upcoming release scheduled for October 2019 - this will be the complete recorded session of Donovan's time in the Mojave Desert)

• Dan Donovan's Official Music Website
• Dan Donovan BandCamp