Gave it one (half) listen. Sounds like Chris Rea trying to sound like Dire Straits. Hurts to see Danny with them.
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Gave it half a listen, too. You are offending Chris Rea.
And yes, the only really sad thing about the Legacy is to see Danny getting that low...
He still have to pay his bills, and he losed two bosses recently, Mark Knopfler that decided to substitute him, and George Michael that sadly passed away...
Was he dropped for the recent Blue Club gigs too? Sure he was.
I'm not sure... Guy said Danny had "other things" on that dates, I think that Ingrid (that attended the shows) said he was ill and was replaced... whatever, I´m sure that these Bluesclub gigs are not very well paid, so if anyone needs a percussionist and Danny gets the offer, he will leave the gig for sure.
Danny is still regarded as one of the best percussionist to hire, but gets older, and new and younger musicians are gaining their reputation as well.
Sounds a bit like the Chad Cromwell "released on family issues" excuse to me. 
Yeah...
I guess that proffesional musician´s life is complicated, more than we think. It´s usual that we think that, let´s say Phil Palmer, has to be millionaire because he played for Dire Straits and Eric Clapton, and the truth is that he was just a paid worker, getting well paid but not to be millionaire, so when the job is done, they have to keep working to pay his bills, like anyone else.
I recall an Ian Thomas interview where he said that "overbooking" is very usual in musicians world, as you can´t know if some of that bookings would be cancelled, and you should try to accomodate to those overbookings in order to work.
Guy Fletcher himself has said that he still has a mortgage, when someone suggested in his forum that he might be millionaire has he played with DS and MK... I doubt very much that MK has a mortgage
