November 6, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

JEFF DANIELS TO PERFORM SOLD-OUT SHOW AT MCCC NOV. 16
  

MONROE, Mich. - A movie star is usually not the first thing that comes to mind when you think of “grass roots” and “down to earth.”

Yet that is exactly what the audience will get when Jeff Daniels takes the stage at Monroe County Community College for a sold-out show late next week. 

The Chelsea native will perform his one-man acoustic show of bluesy folk songs, personal stories and comedy at the college’s La-Z-Boy Center, Meyer Theater on Friday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. 

According to the Albany, N.Y. Times Union, Daniels’ “regular-guy attitude and homespun delivery always hit the mark.”

With his new CD, Grandfather’s Hat, Daniels has proven that he is not an actor who sings, but an accomplished singer/songwriter whose musical talent does not require the support of his acting.  And even though he has shared the musical stage with legends such as Lyle Lovett and John Hiatt, Daniels never forgets his roots and is a lover of all things Michigan.

Grandfather’s Hat features a rowdy rendition of “Detroit Train,” as well as an updated version of  “Lifelong Tiger Fan Blues,” originally a lament to the team who compiled the second-worst season in baseball history.  The revised version – “Lifelong Tiger Fan Blues, Revisited” – is an ode to the 2006 American League (and almost World Series) Champions.