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Danny Kalb

[b]For the producer / engineer / musician associated with [a=Beck] and [a=Ben Harper], please use [a=Danny Kalb (2)].[/b] Danny Kalb, born on September 19, 1942 in Brooklyn, NYC, USA, was a guitarist and an original member of [a252489], formed in 1965. He has also worked as session musician, performing with such folk singers as [a90237], [a536656], [a239937] and [a59792]. Kalb and the blues ethnomusicologist [a666121] formed [a1422318]. He joined [a367078]'s [a1927050] in 1963. Inspired by the African-American bluesmen [a313078], [a319265] and [a307249], Kalb experimented with acoustic and electronic music. In 1965 [a252489] performed an eleven-minute rendition of [a59246]'s "Two Trains Running" in electronic form, with Waters in the audience. Personality clashes, drugs and the lifestyle of the 1960s took their toll on [a252489], [a268695] and [a255185] left to form [a168907]. In 1968 Danny Kalb released "Crosscurrents" with [a542666]. Kalb was fairly quiet for the next twenty years, but joined [a255185] for a Blues Project reunion, recorded at [l326576] in 1996. He recently performed solo acoustic gigs, played acoustic and electric music with the [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/275041-Danny-Kalb?filter_anv=1&anv=Danny+Kalb+Trio]Danny Kalb Trio[/url], including [a1305878] on acoustic bass and [a1241815] on drums, and occasionally performed with [a542666] and [a268695] and with his brother [a3318831]. At the age of 76, Danny Kalb was still active as guitarist on the vintage early Gibson J-200 with which he began his career in the 1960s, and besides that he also produces, mix and master music for other artists. He died November 19, 2022.