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and played double bass for Brighton alt/blues band Sweet Sweet Lies as well as singing and playing all instruments in rock-a-billy side band Logan And The Faithfuls collaborating with various musicians. After a brief spell with The Lyrebirds he was bassist for a reformed

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, and tech for The Maccabees. Since 2014, Logan has played bass and sung backing vocals for

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. During

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, he retired from music to work in finance and UK politics.

Biography

Daniel Logan was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, but was raised in

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, a village near

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. He was educated at home. He attended

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, where he met Daryl Pruess, Andrew Newton and Christopher Melian and together formed Cat the Dog in 2004. The band was signed to

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after only three shows. Cat the Dog split in December 2007 after their last tour with

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. In January 2008, Logan joined The Kooks in place of Max Rafferty, who had parted ways with the band after the completion of their album ''

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'' but before its release. Logan played bass during sessions for ''RAK'' (the bonus disc included with the special edition of ''Konk''), on b-sides for the "Sway" single and also a cover of "Victoria" by

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that was the band's contribution to the '' War Child Presents Heroes'' charity compilation. He toured with the band in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and appeared in the videos for all three of the album's singles, "

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," "Shine On" and "Sway." Despite the band's lead singer Luke Pritchard stating that he enjoyed playing with Logan, by October of the same year they had recruited Pete Denton to be their bassist and full member.

References

1985 births Living people The Ordinary Boys People from Grantham People from Lymm {{UK-musician-stub