"Actually, Gael, Daniel did have some experience with singing during our early days together. His good friend Jim Krantz was a very talented musician and somehow convinced him to join Jim and their friend Bob Soto in forming a group. Jim taught Dan a few chords he could strum on an old 6-string and gave him singing lessons. Dan was the bass in the trio, and they sang a variety of Randy Newman, Jimmy Buffett tunes, like "Shoot Low Sheriff, He's Riding a Shetland," and other fun stuff. Dan and Bob were the back-up singers -- they referred to themselves as "the colored girls." They practiced in our garage, and Jim would warm up by singing several minutes of "Kyrie Eleison" a cappella (he was a former altar boy and sang in the church choir). It was always really breath-taking. They also played a few gigs in some of the nice little bars in Sacramento for tips. One of their songs had the words ". . . throw your rubbers overboard" at which time they threw handfuls of condoms into the audience, some landing in people's drinks. That always brought great shrieks and laughter. I worked at Planned Parenthood at the time, so it was my job to procure them, take them out of the packages and wash the lube off. I wish I could recall what they called their group. It was all great fun, and Jim's wife Valerie and I were their biggest fans."

And here is the proof that Dan was in a band. If I remember correctly (and we now know that is in question) I said he looked like Willie Nelson. He was not thrilled with the remark.
How I would have loved to have been in that band.
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