Danny Widdicombe

Biography

Danny Widdicombe

"The Transplant Tapes"
A Musical Document of a Fight Against Cancer
“... It’s truly awe - inspiring …. ****”
Matt Connors – Time Off Magazine

“The Transplant Tapes is a lovingly crafted and uplifting musical experience”
Matt Thrower – Rave Magazine

“…some superb bluesy lines from guitarist Danny Widdicombe…”
Noel Mengel - The Courier Mail
Danny Widdicombe is widely regarded in his hometown of Brisbane as a guitarist to the stars – playing lead guitar for such artists as Bernard Fanning and Andrew Morris. After winning a 10 year battle with leukaemia, Danny has stepped out from the shadows, swapped his stratocaster for an acoustic guitar and released, as Time Off magazine put it, a “truly awe – inspiring” debut album.
The Transplant Tapes is an audio photo album of Danny’s monumental recovery from a life threatening bone marrow transplant. Rather than relive the pain of his battle, Danny has tempered the music to reflect his own positive attitude to life with soothing acoustic tones and heart on the sleeve lyrics delivered with conviction, warmth and honesty.
Like a soundtrack to a very personal film, the varying musical styles on the album combine to create this cohesive story of a healing soul.
There’s classic 50’s country (“Yellow Rose”), folk pop with a bossa beat that Jobim would be proud of (“Wait”), Polish polka (“In the Morning Light”) heart wrenching folk (“Rock Bottom”) and modern alt. country (“Can’t Turn Back” and “Isolation”).
Danny had help from close friends such as Luke Moller who adds lyrical fiddle lines and understated string arrangements and Cam Roach who protected the beat – the pulse keeping this body of work alive.
Dedicated to those that have been on a similar journey, Danny’s songs are an inspiration to anyone affected by cancer.
“The Transplant Tapes” is available now through Butter Chicken Records via MRA Entertainment (BC001)