Danny Owen Faragher (born May 15, 1947 in

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) is an American rock/soul musician and singer and founding member of the bands: The Peppermint Trolley Company,

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and The Mark Five.

Early years

Danny Faragher's early years were filled with music. He took to it at a very young age and music played an important role in his childhood. In 1965, he and brother, Jimmy Faragher, still in their teens, cut their first records, with Danny's band, the Mark Five, releasing three singles with Impression Records.

The Peppermint Trolley Company

From these garage band beginnings, they evolved into The Peppermint Trolley Company, one of the progenitors of the West Coast Harmony Sound, which was blossoming in the late Sixties. Their music style is now referred to as

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, or

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. With fellow members, Greg Tornquist and

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, and working with producer

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, the Peppermint Trolley Company had a national hit - “

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“, and released the album, '' The Peppermint Trolley Company''. In addition to his vocal contributions, Faragher was an early user of the clavinet, and played original counter melodies on the trombone. In 1968 the PTC made numerous TV appearances, including ''

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'', ''

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'', Dick Clark's ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''The

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Show''. In early ’69, they recorded the original

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theme song.

Bones

In 1969 Danny, Jimmy, Greg and Casey walked away from their contract with Acta and changed their name to

. Within a couple of years, they emerged with a harder

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sound infused with elements of funk and

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. Danny moved to the

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. Hooking up with producers,

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and

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, Bones cut two albums: ''

'' on the

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label, and '' Waitin’ Here'' on

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and had a hit with “

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”. In ’72 the band added

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on second guitar.

The Faragher Brothers

After Bones disbanded in 1973, Danny and Jimmy formed the

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group

, teaming up with younger brothers

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and

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. The brothers released four albums, ''

'' and ''

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'', both on

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, and '' Open Your Eyes'' and ''

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'', both on

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. ''Open Your Eyes'' and ''The Faraghers'' featured younger siblings Pammy Faragher and Marty Faragher. The band charted with the single "Stay the Night" in ’79. The group appeared on ''

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'' and ''

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'', and shared the stage with

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and

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before calling it quits in 1980.

Later years

Danny has written and performed music for the television sitcoms, '' The Facts of Life'', and '' Who's the Boss?'', and has also sung on the recordings of

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, Lynne Andersen, and others. As an instrumentalist, he’s played harmonica, B3 organ and trombone on records of top artists, including

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, and Full Swing. Danny served as the musical director for the play, '' Working'', at Santa Monica's Mayfair Theater, acting and singing in the production. He was a featured vocalist with the highly respected L.A. Jazz Choir and sings every Holiday Season with the Caroling Company, an a cappella group featured in ''

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''. He also has a popular vocal group, Daddy Cool, who perform

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and Rock and Roll tunes.

New Recordings and Reissues

In 2000, the first two Faragher Brothers LPs were reissued on CD by

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. In 2009, Cherry Red/ Now Sounds, a label out of the U.K., released a CD reissue of the Peppermint Trolley Co.'s album under the title, '' Beautiful Sun.'' Cherry Red Recording Artists” The CD is the same as the original release of The Peppermint Trolley Company LP, however, it is packaged with sixteen bonus tracks and includes many of the

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singles. In 2005 Danny released the album '' Blue Little Corner'' an eclectic mix of Rockabilly, R&B, Soul and other traditional music styles. In February 2015 the album '' Dancing with the Moment'' is expected to be released. It has so far received positive critical responses from sites such a
Something Else Reviews Review of Danny Faragher - Dancing with the Moment
and received early radi
play and praise on KCSB
The album is another Eclectic selection of various genres from melodic Downtempo Ambient piano songs to uptempo EDM tracks and features Psychedelic, Soul, R&B and Electric Blues.

Album discography

* 1968: ''“The Peppermint Trolley Co”, The Peppermint Trolley Co'' * 1972: ''"Bones (album)" - Bones'' * 1973: '' "Waitin' Here" - Bones'' * 1976: '' "The Faragher Brothers" - The Faragher Brothers'' * 1977: '' "Family TIes" - The Faragher Brothers'' * 1978: '' "The Faraghers" - The Faragher Brothers'' * 2004: '' "Beautiful Sun" - The Peppermint Trolley Co.'' * 2005: '' "Blue Little Corner" - Danny Faragher'' * 2015: '' "Dancing with the Moment" - Danny Faragher''

References

External links

Official website of Danny Faragher
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