Credit: Alice Loayza
Biography
Dan Whitaker is a songwriter from Chicago who now lives outside Austin, Texas. He has created and performed music nearly all his life, starting at eighteen in the 1980s. Whitaker’s country music is shot through with blues, jazz, and folk, a freewheeling style that takes you on an insightful journey through life’s joys and heartaches. As a recording artist he has created many albums featuring his original songs noted for their raw authenticity and craftsmanship. Onstage, he either plays solo with his acoustic guitar and trusty harmonicas or performs as bandleader with his top-notch four-piece honky-tonk band.
Discography
Pullin’ Up Stakes – Dan Whitaker (2025)
I Won’t Play By Your Rules – Dan Whitaker (2023)
One More Story Told – Dan Whitaker (2021)
Movin’ On With You – Dan Whitaker (1999, 2021 remaster)
Far, Far Away – Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders (2019)
Anything You Wanted To – Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders (2017)
Truck Ride – Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders (2016)
The Gyps II– The Gyps (2015)
The Gyps – The Gyps (2008)
Shinebender – Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders (2006)
Your Final Ride – Dan Whitaker Country Band (2004)
Stare Into the Sun – Great Plains Gypsies (2004)
Ride the Blinds – Great Plains Gypsies (2001)
One Dark Day – Great Plains Gypsies (1998)
Meeting at the Building – Great Plains Gypsies (1997)
Hipster Club Blues/Last Song For You – vinyl single, Great Plains Gypsies (1995)
On A Clear Day You Can See Byron – compilation, 2 songs, Junebug Massacre (1991)
Far, Far Away reaches #9 on the Alt Country chart
2019 Ameripolitan Music Awards Honky Tonk Band nominee
2016 Independent Music Awards Country album nominee for Truck Ride