Dan Bubien

Dan Bubien is a singer/songwriter/guitarist from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania. With a career that spans over two decades, Dan is constantly refining and redefining his craft with a wide palette of tones and textures, sounds and styles, to express his songwriting through an open, honest and wide catalog of real songs. Rooted in soul versed in styles from blues to funk, roots-rock to reggae, alt-country to singer/songwriter. Dan began his career in his mid-teens by working the bar and club circuit in and around his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA. In 2004 Dan started the band that would carry him through the next decade. Dan always had an appreciation for blues, soul and funk music, but it was a popular reggae band that inspired the signature sound of The Sun Kings. Their unique flavor and approach to music was something new to the local scene and garnered them a significant following. That reputation has established Dan as a fixture and has allowed him to branch out on his own and come back to his roots by exploring new and ever evolving influences. In addition to Dan opening for the likes of Anthony Gomes, John Browns Body and 311, Dan has shared the same stage with Anna Popovich, Magic Slim, Bernard Allison, Tinsley Ellis, Shemekia Copeland, Debbie Davies, Guitar Shorty and Michael Burks. The members of his band have performed at numerous festivals and have opened for or shared the stage with Koko Taylor, James Cotton, Jimmie Vaughan, Hubert Sumlin, G.E. Smith Band, Tab Benoit, Savoy Brown, Blind Boys of Alabama, Eric Lindell, Carl Weathersby, Tommy Castro, Coco Montoya, The Sean Carney Band, Otis Taylor, Sean Costello, Michael Hills Blues Mob and Kansas. 2015 festival appearances include the The Dream On Fest in Pittsburgh, PA and the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival in Gahanna, OH. Dan is currently writing and recording and working on a new release for 2015. Dan's latest album entitled "Empty Roads" was released in September 2013. Empty Roads was chosen as one of the top five albums of 2013 in 91.3 FM WYEP’s Year in Review publication by host and Deejay of the Rollin’ and Tumblin’ blues show, Rob O’Friel. The album has charted as high as #14 on the PA Roots Charts and #41 on the Worldwide Blues Charts. Empty Roads was also chosen to represent The Blues Society of Western PA as Best Self-Produced CD at the 2014 International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis, TN.

Baden, PA