Singer/songwriter Danny Schmidt lived early in life in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri before moving to Austin, TX, and then Virginia. After a varied career that included working in a sawmill and living on a commune, he settled in Charlottesville. There, he was part of a musician's co-op called Acoustic Charlottesville and recorded his first album, Live at the Prism Coffeehouse. Two studio albums followed, but he became disillusioned with the music business and returned to Austin, where he intended to work in film and video production. By the time he got there, however, the company where he was to work had closed, and soon after he was diagnosed with cancer. Lacking health insurance, he released a self-produced CD, Home Recordings, in an attempt to pay his medical bills. He not only succeeded and became healthy, but also got back into ...
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