Daniel Joseph Schafer
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Dan Schafer in 2011
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Joseph Schafer |
| Born |
October 5, 1952 Mount Pleasant, Michigan, US |
| Genres | Country, Christian, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer/arranger, actor |
| Instruments | Guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Associated acts | Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, George Jones |
| Website | danschafer |
Daniel Joseph Schafer (born October 5, 1952), known professionally as Dan Schafer, is an American pop, country music and Christian singer, lead guitarist, songwriter, and actor, who has toured with Shania Twain, Barbara Mandrell, George Jones, Lorrie Morgan, T. Graham Brown, and played bass with Jack Greene on the Grand Ole Opry for six years. He was a recording artist for RCA Records and moved from playing guitar in the studio to songwriting and touring with national country music artists. His career includes singing commercial jingles for national products and as a co-writer, has had one composition reach No. 1 on the Inspirational Christian music chart.
Schafer was born in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and began performing as a child on local radio shows and performing jamborees. He learned to play guitar at age 9 and, together with his parents, performed as area dance clubs, such as Palmer's Idle Hour Bar in Weidman, Michigan. While in high school, he played with two rock-and-roll bands, The Bark of Paper Mulberry and The Wild West Show. He graduated from Beal City High School in 1970, and relocated to Detroit to perform with the music group, the Grand Band, which was previously known as the 'Popcorn Blizzard'. Schafer replaced Marvin Lee Aday (professionally known as 'Meat loaf') as lead vocalist in this band. Continuing in Detroit, Schafer's guitar skills caught the eye of local recording talents, including Moonstone and Skip Van Winkle, who'd scored records on the Billboard charts.
In 1974, Schafer was signed to a two-year contract with RCA Records and worked with producer Jack Richardson(The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, and Poco). In 1976, Schafer recorded his own work, " A Day Without You Dear," which was released but failed to chart, despite substantial international airplay. That song was next covered by The Skyliners on their 1978 comeback album on the RCA Tortoise International album, then released in 2010 on the double CD "Once Upon a Time" /"Skyliners"
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