Dan hawk brings introspective folk together with a thick funk groove and piercing thoughtful lyrics. Whether it's a local college hangout, a downtown coffee-house or a remodeled old theatre, this performer makes it home and draws everyone present to sit down, enjoy the groove and think a little. “I was itching to start playing the songs I was writing” recalls Dan. “So I started a band and we performed incessantly for awhile.” After building a local following in the Eugene, Salem and Portland area and recording an independent project in 1999, he began to perform in a solo context more often and started honing the stripped-down solo acoustic versions of the songs which he has become known for. Dan is really focused on authentic communication and that crazy moment when a lyric and a rhythm connects an audience with a performer. Its all about providing a complex and wildly rhythmic foundation on acoustic guitar while remaining focused on gut-level realism and an intense musical structure that defies your typical classification. With a huge repetoire of original music and witty, sometimes incredibly personal lyrics, Dan Hawk really connects with audiences of all kinds and backgrounds and believes that the musical connection between people is really where its at. That is what drives this performer and what keeps things fresh…both live, and on his first full-length recording, upside down to earth.