
Chris
Conway and
Dan Britton
are a powerful combination demonstrated
to anyone who has caught them live, and now on their CDs Just Be Real on A New
Day Records, Live on Oblong Music, and their Live In Edinburgh DVD.
Chis
Conway is best known as the multi-instrumental wizard in the Vikki Clayton
Band. He has worked with members of Jethro Tull and Fairport Convention, Talvin
Singh and toured with Monkee Peter Tork. He has made 8 songs albums, several acclaimed
in Q Magazine and Time Out. Dan Britton
has played with Jackie Leven and Cathy Lesurf and has supported the likes of the
Saw Doctors and Dick Gaughan. He has released several nationally acclaimed albums.
A passionate performer, his powerful voice and stage presence immediately attracts
attention.
Together
they have toured the UK, supported Bob Geldof. Frances Black, Jefferson Starship,
Country Joe McDonald, and Roy Wood.
As well as their song sets, they also
are part of Celtic band Govannen. Blending
American and Celtic styles, and between them playing guitars, flutes and whistles,
keyboards, bodhran, kalimbas as well as their fantastically strong vocals, they
have the unique ability to sound like a full band. They rock!
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Both are strong singers, considerably talented songwriters and excellent musicians
so it's hardly surprising that the self-penned material is of typically high quality. Rock
n Reel Magazine
...good gutsy
contemporary songwriting, and the arrangements that Dan and Chris have come up
with here are very skilled, making good use of interplay between acoustic and
electric timbres. I was particularly impressed with imaginative and dramatic
new version of Matty Groves that has everything going for it - real passion in
the vocal, intriguing use of different instrumental textures and musical influences
without it ever seeming either contrived or merely clever. Traditional
Music Maker Magazine
...crisp,
clean, with a fine top edge and performed with bags of conviction. You can almost
feel the enjoyment they doubtlessly experienced whilst recording every track freely
and obviously, with these two guys, very tight, melodic and rhythmic precision. Sounds
Alive Magazine
Chris
Conway and Dan Brittonn had their own inner glow.. Their own songs really held
me, in particular Britton's Wish and Conway's extraordinary Carousel.
Frances Black Homepage
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October
2008 1.
Weyfest 2008 Chris
& Dan's wowed a soggy crowd at Weyfest in September - some danced in the rain
- you know who you are - many thanks for that. The 2 did a 40minute set before
joining Vikki Clayton on her set.
2. Dan on the radio -
you've perhaps in the Uk caught Dan's vocals with the Katy Lied band whose single
made the BBC Radio 2 playlist for 4 weeks and was played often nationally. Hear
some here.
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Otherwise - CC & DB have been gigging together a lot with Govannen and
not had any duo song gigs since July. There are 2 in November though in Lincoln's
Jolly Brewer and Leicester's The Donkey - 2 of their fave venues.
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June
2008  1.
Downloads -
Chris
& Dan's albums are now downloadable from this site via the mysmusicblaster
boxes above. Put them on your pod.
 2.
Chris & Dan appear on a new album Celtic Woman
by
their former Govannen bandmate Bridget McMahon. Christo produced the album and
plays throughout, Dan plays on a few tracks. It features traditional Irish songs
with a modern twist and some originals.
 3.
New photos - check
out new photos below of CC & DB with Neil Rabjohn at The Donkey last month.
May
1st
 1.
Christo's new album Songs for Dreamers is out now -
it's fab - go get it!
2.
The Donkey CC
& DB played a stonking set at The Donkey pub in Leicester in May assisted
by Neil Rabjohn on the cajon drum and Neil Segrott working the sound. It was an
awesome gig - one of the best the 2 can remember. Read
gig report from CCs
blog see more photos below
setlists Set 1 - Tequila,
Snow & The Fire, Carousel, These Days, Long Day's Waiting, Sweet Thing, Call
of the Wild,
Set
2 - Wish,
Finally (1st time out with CC & DB), Bad Things for Love (Dan new song), Deja
Blues, Matty Groves, When Will We Be Married, Alien Jellyfish Song - encore
medley - Seems Like You Just Don;t Care/Lost Highway/Hounddog/Whole Lot of Shakin/
I'm a Believer
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Feb
1st
2008
 Moo-sic
in the Cowshed Dan
is organising a new regular acoustic event at Northfield Farm, Cold Overton, near
Melton called "Moo-sic int he Cowshed. The 1st event will feature Chris &
Dan, Dave Kirk, Smallbear and Irene Rae.
Katy
Lied Dan
has sung lead vocal ina new band project called Katy Lied - check out their myspace
and hear some songs.
Christo
new songs album - near complete Christo
has a new album of "lost songs" nearing completion - Dam features on
bodhran and other cohorts like Neil Segrott and Bridget McMahon.
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1st
2008
 Dave
Kirk gig Guitarist
Dave Kirk organised a great gig at the Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
- one set with all 3 of them and a Chris & Dan set. A quality concert.
Partys December
found the dynamic duo knee deep in private parties, and they had soem fun playing
nights of covers, many new to them.
Govannen
kept
them busy and there was a Celtic Fire CD launch at Borders Books which went as
well as their duo one had in the summer. they also had a wonderful gig at the
Kirby Twins Club in Leicestershire to a packed village hall of over 100..
 Christo
& Dan recorded on several tracks for a new album by former Govannen bandmember
Bridget McMahon.
Christo arranged and produced it and the album includes
a song he wrote especially for her. Apart from some original songs, the album
includes traditional Irish songs with a new modern twist. Bridget was a member
of the Govannen band before moving to live on the west coast of Ireland with her
young family.
The album has the working title Celtic Woman and will hopefully
be released in the next few months.
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1st
 3)
New Govannen album 'Celtic Fire' is out now on the
Paradise Music label. Govannen is Chris and Dan with fiddle player Adele McMahon
with guest appearances by her sister Bridget McMahon and Neil Rabjohn on the cajon
drum. It's celt-tastic!! For more info go here
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| also
see photos on Christo's photo page, Govannen
Homepage and Dan's Homepage |
CC
& Vikki Clayton & Dan Britton - Weyfest, Sept 2008 - under normal
and martian light... |
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CC
& Dan Britton - Belper School Theatre, Belper, Derbyshire
- July 2008 |
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Chris
Conway & Dan Britton with Neil Rabjohn - The Donkey-
May 2008 - Thanks to Richard for the photos |
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| Dan
Britton, Dave Kirk, & CC at the Richard Attenborough Centre, Leicester
Dec 07 - photo by G |
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Govannen out and about - i with
caller John McDonald at ceilidh near Bicester
ii Celtic
Fire CD launch at Borders Books, Leicester
iii - with
guest Neil Segrott on bass at the The Musician, Leicester |
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Govannen - and Dave Kirk - Joules
Yard, Market Harborough- Sept 07 - photos by G |
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The Storm Thieves reunion gig - Kirby
Twins Club, Kirby Bellars - August 07 - photos by Rachel |
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Govannen - Dodmore
Hall, Northamptonshire - August 07 |
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Dan
Britton - Neil Rabjohn (cajon drum) - Christo - Borders
in-store CD promotion gig - July 07 |
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Christo
Dan Britton - Walsall Folk Plus Club - June
07 - photo
by Jerry Conway |

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Andy
Griffiths, Neil Rabjohn, Dan Britton & Christo @ The Farside, Leicester,
May 2007 - photo Fandango |
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| CC
& DB - Loughborough Folk Festival - Oct 06 - thanks to Pete Burnham for
the photos. To view a photo better click on photo which will take you Filckr
where there are more photos in the series |
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| The
Storm Thieves - CC, Dan Britton, Dave Everitt - Summer Sundae Festival
- August '06 |
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One of the Storm Thieves has been drinking - can you tell which one?
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| Chris
Conway & Dan Britton at the Kirby Twins club, Kirby Bellars, Leicestershire
- photos by G - June 06 |
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| Christo
& Dan Britton with Dave Everitt as The Storm Theives - Christo's 30th CD Launch,
The Musician, Leicester - photos Chris Malme |
.  Alien Jellyfish
Song Finale

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| Christo
& Dan Britton - Summer Sundae Festival, Leicester - August 05 - thanks
to Andy G for the photos |
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| Christo
& Dan - photoshoot April 05 - photo Calvin Hewitt |
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| Christo
with Dan - August 04 - Riverside Festival, Normanton on Soar - photos Sarah |

the big jam - L-R - CC, Pete Turnpenny, Alan Hankinson, Tonya Tempest, Bob Cheevers,
Nigel Upton, John Montague, Dan Britton
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CC
& Dan at the Whitehouse Festival, Scraptoft - August 04 - photo Rachel
Liney |
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| Christo
with Dan & Sally Barker at Cafe Royal, Acoustic Underground, Edinburgh - August
04 - photo Peter Michael Rowan |
 the dynamic duo
at work and play .
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| Stamford
Riverside Festival July 04 - photos Sarah |
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| Christo,
Dan & The McMahons/Govannen - Wellow May Fair, May '04 - thanks to Rachel
for photos |
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| at
The Guildhall Leicester, - Christo tells aboutt heone that got away -
April '04 - thanks to Fandango & Rachel for photos |
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May Fayres, Stamford - May 04 - thanks to Stef for the photo | CC
& DB & Adele McMahon - Old Brewery, Somerby April 04 - photo - Rachel
Liney |
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| CC
& DB with Andy Fitzsimons and Carl Fandango Dawson - The Musician, Leicester
- Sept 03 - - 2 tracks on the live album came from this gig - photos Andy Thompson |

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| Chris
Conway & Dan Britton - The Wharf, Bugbrooke, Northants - Sept 03 - photos
Andy G |
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| Summer
Sundae Festival - Aug 03 - photos BBC Radio Leicester & Rachel
Liney |
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| Edinburgh
Aug 03 - photos Rachel Liney |
at
the Ross Bandstant, Princess St Gardens 
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Peter Michael Rowan and Sally Baker - tour finale  |
| backstage
at the Boardwalk Sheffield with Neil Segrott Jan 2003 | live
in a photo booth |

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| Platform
Arts, Morecambe - backstage l - r - Dan (in shower), Christo, Frances
Black, Declan Sinnott | -
on stage |
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