{"id":3140,"date":"2017-06-30T13:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wdcvfm\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2020-08-25T10:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T15:04:59","slug":"danny-dicker-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/wdcvfm\/2017\/06\/danny-dicker-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Blues According to Danny"},"content":{"rendered":"

    Community Post: Interview with Community DJ Danny Dicker<\/span><\/p>\n

Danny may posses a quiet personality, but he \"\"<\/a>speaks through the music he plays here at WDCV. Danny does his research on his music, knows the many covers of his most favorite songs, and could tell you the background story of most blues songs and their singers. His show name, The Crossroads, echoes a Robert Johnson song with the same name. The blues artist inspired not only Danny\u2019s show name, but also his love for blues and rock. During his one hour show, Danny plays both old and new songs that have charmed him with their unique sound. He attempts to create a diverse collection for his listeners by connecting some jazz songs to his favorite blues artists and using music to talk about the                                                                                   unique time period in which we live today.<\/p>\n

Danny has only been a DJ for two years, but has already found a home here at WDCV. He moved to Carlisle about seven years ago with his father, and works in the Dickinson catering business throughout the day. He enjoys seeing live music, though he admits it\u2019s been hard to support that passion as he gets older and must work more. To make up for this, Danny plays his own favorite music with his guitar. During the past four years, his talent has grown by playing great blues and rock songs, most commonly by The Black Keys, one of his favorite bands. He could talk forever about this band, their differing sounds throughout their albums, their seemingly soon-to-be break up, and that one chance he almost had to see them live. It is his love for this band and others alike that bring out his true personality, one wrapped tightly around bluesy guitar riffs and a steady rhythm. <\/span><\/p>\n

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His favorite artists range from Mac DeMarco to BB King, from The Beatles to Isaac Hayes. Danny\u2019s favorite backstory of a blues song is the history of Blind Willie Johnson\u2019s \u201cDark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground.\u201d A mixtape containing this song was shot into space for other life forms to find, as a representation of what our music sounds like, to convey human emotion.  Danny explained how this song was chosen to express the feeling of loneliness, and it only makes sense that it should be floating in space by itself until other life forms eventually find it. These backstories that Danny discovers bolster his love for music. They are unique, and present a special imagination to each song that he cannot find in any other genre. It only makes sense that Danny is so excited each week when he arrives at the WDCV station for his show, because it gives him chance to share this beautiful genre with all of his listeners.\"\"<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n

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Tune in to Danny\u2019s<\/strong> show, The Crossroads<\/strong>, Thursdays<\/strong> from 10pm to 11pm<\/strong>, to hear a taste of the blues!<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you have any questions, email Julia Ormond at ormondj@dickinson.edu. Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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