Dan Schafer

NOW BOOKING 2012 Dates!
Besides recording for RCA Victor Records, 2 years as an artist and playing guitar, bass and/or pedal steel with Shania Twain, George Jones, Barbara Mandrell, Lorrie Morgan in concert and on major television shows such as 'the Late Show with David Letterman'(2 performances), 'Billboard, 'Blockbuster' and 'American Music Awards'; VH-1, Comedy Central & the Grand Ole Opry...

#1 Songwriter, Dan Schafer is performing 'solo' concerts all over the US sharing his experiences as an artist & sideman performing songs he's written, co-written recorded & had recorded by other artists & songs recorded by artists he's performed for & with on TV & in Concert.

He's available for gigs as a 'solo' or with a band for Weddings, Cruises or any other Special Event!

Listen UP!: All the music you are hearing & seeing on these videos were recorded 'live'. No tracks, MIDI or sequences are being used. All sounds are played and produced in real time! Enjoy!

• Baby, Now that I've Found You - Dan Schafer/Foundations/Krauss
• It had to be you - Sinatra
• Annies Song - John Denver
• All Along the Way - Larnelle Harris
• Longer - Dan Fogelberg
• How Sweet it is - James Taylor
• Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
• My Wish - Rascal Flatts
• Isn't she Lovely - Stevie Wonder
• He stopped loving her today - George Jones
• El Paso - Marty Robbins
• Hotel California - the Eagles
• Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
• Back to you - John Mayer
• Moon River - Andy Williams
• the Way you look tonight - Tony Bennett
• What a wonderful world - Louis Armstrong
• Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard
• Gone - Montgomery Gentry
• Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Take it Easy - the Eagles
• Turn, Turn Turn - the Byrds
• Tired of Waiting for you - Kinks/Green Day/Dwight Yoakum
• Fly me to the moon - Sinatra/Bennett
• California dreamin' - Mamas-Papas/Beach Boys
• Revolution/8 Days/Yesterday - the Beatles
• Hello Darlin/15 Years ago/Linda on my mind - Conway Twitty
• Country Roads - John Denver
• "You are the sunshine of my life" - Stevie Wonder
• "The Girl from Ipeanema" - Jobim
• "Red Roses for Blue Lady" - Wayne Newton
• "til there was You" - Beatles/standard
• "All of Me" - Frank Sinatra/ Willie Nelson
• "Since I fell for You" - Al Jarreau/Lenny Welch
• "Georgia on my mind" - Ray Charles
• "The days of wine & roses" - Standard
• "It had to be you" "Witchcraft" - Sinatra
• "Misty" - Johnny Mathis
• "My Funny Valentine" - Standard
• "The Way we were" - Streisand
• "Unforgettable' - Nat King Cole/Natalie
• "Wind beneath my wings" - Midler
• "Color My World" - Chicago
• "Have I told you lately?" - Rod Stewart
• "You don't know me" - Mickey Gilley/Eddie Arnold & others
• "You are the Woman/It doesn't matter" - Firefall
• "Happy Together" - Turtles
• "Sweet Baby James" - James Taylor
• "The wreck of the Edmond Fizgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
• "American Pie" - Don McClean
• "Wild World" - Cat Stevens
• "Pretty Woman" - Roy Orbison
• "Dream" - Everly Brothers
• "I just called say I love you" - Stevie Wonder
• "The Rose" - Bette Midler/Conway Twitty
• "Are you lonesome tonight?" "Love Me Tender" - Elvis
• "Wonderful Tonight" - Kersh/Clapton
• "Forever in blue jeans" - Neil Diamond
• "It's too late" - Carole King
• "Love - Me"
• "I Swear" - All for One/J.M. Montgomery
• "This Masquerade" - George Benson
• "On & On" - Stephen Bishop
• "Stand By Me" - Ben E. King
• "Drift Away" - Dobie Gray
• "True Love Ways" - Buddy Holly/Peter & Gordon/Mickey Gilley
• "Since I fell for You" - Al Jarreau
• "Paradise (Mulenberg County) /Cheatin Situation" - John Prine
• "A Horse w/no name" - America
• "Danny's song" - Kenny Loggins/Anne Murray
• "Please come to Boston" - David Loggins
• "Peaceful easy feelin'/Best of my love" - Eagles
• "The Gambler"/ "Coward of the County" - Kenny Rogers
• "By the time I get to Phoenix" - Glen Campbell
• "Amy" - Pure Prairie League
• "Piano Man/Just the way you are" - Billy Joel
• "Amazed" - Lonestar
• "Don't let me be lonely tonight/Long ago & Far Away" - James Taylor
• "Dust in the Wind" - Kansas
• "I can't tell you why' - Eagles/Vince Gill
• "Open Arms" - Journey
• "Teach Your Children/Helplessly Hoping" - CSN
• "Wildfire" - Michael Martin Murphy
• "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
• "Spooky" - Classics IV
• "Desperado" - Eagles
• "Unchained melody" - Righteous Brothers
• "Butterfly Kisses" - Bob Carlisle
• "Are you lonesome tonight?/Love Me Tender" - Elvis
• "She's My Kind of Rain" - Tim McGraw
• "Lost in this Moment" - Big & Rich
• "Long Black Train" "Your Man" - Josh Turner
• "I love this bar" - Toby Keith
• "How Forever Feels/No Shirt; No Shoes" - Kenny Chesney
• "Only you can Love me this way" - Keith Urban
• "To make you feel my love" - Garth
• "El Paso/ Don't worry about me" - Marty Robbins
• It's only make believe" - Conway Twitty
• "Let your love flow" - Bellamy Brothers
• "Easy Lovin" - Freddie Hart
• "I Cross My Heart" - George Strait
• I still miss someone/Ring of Fire" - Johnny Cash
• My Maria - Brooks & Dunn
• Don't take the Girl/I like it I Love it - Tim McGraw
• Sold - J.M. Montgomery
• Liza Jane/One More Last Chance/Look At Us - Vince Gill
• Don't Rock the Jukebox/It must be love/Here in the Real World - Alan Jackson
• I Cross My Heart - George Strait
• All the Gold in California - Larry Gatlin
• On The Road Again/You were always on my mind - Willie Nelson
• The Dance/If Tomorrow Never Comes - Garth Brooks
• Better Man - Clint Black
• Bootscootin' Boogie/Neon Moon - Brooks & Dunn
• Walk Softly - Kentucky Headhunters
• Help me hold on/Anymore - Travis Tritt
• "Forever & Ever Amen/Three Wooden Crosses" - Randy Travis
• From a Jack to a King?Life Turned her that way - Ricky Van Shelton
• Yard Sale - Sammy Kershaw
• Love in the First Degre/Feels so right - Alabama
• The Grand Tour/White lightning - George Jones
• Rose Colored Glasses/Backside of Thirty - Jon Conlee
• Statue of a fool - Jack Greene/R.V. Shelton
• "Walking the floor/Thanks a lot/ Waltz across Texas" - Ernest Tubb
• "Texas Tornado/Sticks & Stones" - Tracy Lawrence
• "Set 'em up - Joe/Chiseled in Stone"
• "Pop a top" - Alan Jackson/Jim Ed Brown
• "Man of Constant Sorrow" - Soggy Bottom Boys/Ralph Stanley
• 'Lookin' for Love' - Johnny Lee
• "It's not love/Lonesome Fugitive/Silver Wings/Red Bandana" - Merle Haggard
• "I Love" - Tom T. Hall
• "You win again/Jambalaya/Your cheatin' heart" - Hank Williams
• "Amarillo by Morning" - George Strait
• "Baby got her blue jeans on" "Louisiana Saturday Night" - Mel McDaniel
• "Wasted Days & Nights/Before the next teardrop falls" - Freddy Fender
• "Thank a lot" - Ernest Tubb
• "I just wanna stop" - Gino Vannelli
• "Brown Eyed Girl" - Van Morrison
• "Pink Cadillac/ Rock & Roll Star" - Bruce Springsteen
• "Pride & Joy" - Stevie Ray Vaughn
• "Do it Again" - Steely Dan
• "Love the one you're with" - Stephen Stills
• "China Grove/Long Train runnin'/Listen to the Music" - Doobie Brothers
• "Play that funky music" - Wild Cherry
• "Ramblin' Man" - Allman Bros.
• "Revolution/Day Tripper/Hard Days Night/8 days a week" - Beatles
• "Rockin me Baby" - Steve Miller Band
• "Satistfaction/Wild horses" - Rolling Stones
• "Shakey Ground" - Delbert McClinton
• "Sharp Dressed Man" - ZZ Top
• "Come Dancing/Lola" - Kinks
• "Every Breath you take/Stand by me" - Police/Ben E. King
• "Five O'Clock somewhere/Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffet/Alan Jackson
• "Knock on Wood" - Sam & Dave
• "Good Time Charlies got the Blues" - Danny O'Keefe/Charlie Rich
• "I heard it thru the grapevine" - Marvin Gaye
• "I won't back down/The Waiting" - Tom Petty
• "Bad Bad Leroy Brown/Operator" - Jim Croce
• "Lay Down Sally" - Eric Clapton
• "Old time R & R/Main Street/We've got tonight" - Bob Seger
• "In the Midnight hour" - Wilson Pickett
• "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
• "Still the One" - Orleans
• "Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot
• "Mustang Sally" - Wilson Pickett/Rascals
• "Super Love" - Exile
• "Great Balls of Fire/Whole lotta shakin" - Jerry Lee Lewis
• "Hurt so Good" - John Cougar Mellancamp
• "Born to be Wild" - Steppenwolf
• "I feel Good" - James Brown
• "La Bamba" - Ritchie Vales/Los Lobos
• "Evil Ways" - Santana
• "Free Bird/Gimme 3 steps" - Skynyrd
• "Isn't She Lovely/Sunshine of my life" - Stevie Wonder
• "Mr. Tambourine Man" - Dylan/Byrds
• Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody/Tex Ritter/Asleep at the wheel
• "The Letter" - Boxtops/Joe Cocker
• "Runaway" - Del Shannon/Bonnie Raitt
• "Wild Horses/Satisfaction" - Rolling Stones
• "When a man loves a woman" - Percy Sledge
• "Last train to Clarkville" - Monkees

Anniversaries, Bachelor Parties, Bachelorette Parties, Banquets, Birthday Parties, Children's Birthday Parties, Celebrations, Christenings, Christmas Parties, Church Services, Clubs, Community Events, Conventions, Corporate Functions, Dinner Dances, Festivals, Fund Raisers, Funerals, Graduation Parties, Grand Openings, Halloween Parties, Picnic, Private Parties, Proms, Restaurants, Sweet 16 Parties, Weddings, Wedding Ceremonies, Wedding Cocktail Hours, Wedding Receptions...and more.

• Nothing but 5 stars for Dan! He was excellent to plan with and work with on the day of. He was also a hero when he stayed an additional hour to play cocktail music when the musicians did not show up. You can't beat hiring Dan! -- Sarah W, Nashville, TN, 9/3/2011