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Danny Amis, aka Daddy-O Grande is perhaps best known as a founding member of the musical group, Los Straitjackets, although his contributions to the world of Guitar Instrumentals goes back much further.
Born in Memphis to a respected newspaper editor, his family moved to Minneapolis when he was 4 years old. His first band, The Overtones, brought guitar instrumentals to the late 70s Twin Cities punk scene, and was one of the first acts to appear on the now legendary Twin/Tone Records. From there Amis made a much bigger instrumental splash when he moved to New York City and joined up with the Raybeats for several records including Guitar Beat.
Switching roles from Musician to engineer, Amis produced an album for Beat Rodeo before moving on to Nashville where he landed a job working for the Grand Ole Opry, TNN, Nashville Now and yes, Hee-Haw.
Enjoying his newly found world of paid vacations, Amis took time to travel and became enchanted with Mexico City and the Lucha Libre. Soon after that, Amis donned a silver and blue wrestling mask and the persona of Daddy-O Grande was born! It wasn't long after that that America’s Instrumentalists, Los Straitjackets, was formed.
With more than 15 years in Los Straitjackets, Amis is enjoying the success of 12 critically acclaimed CDs, a Grammy nomination, numerous television appearances, and over 1500 live performances worldwide. Among those live shows were two televised concerts in Daddy-O Grande’s home away from home, Mexico City, one in the Historic Plaza de la Constitucion in 2005, as well as a 2008 appearance at Mexico City’s Foro Sol. Both concerts were attended by more than 70,000 fans.
Amis also had the honor of hearing his own Calhoun Surf performed and recorded by his heroes, The Ventures.
Besides performing with Los Straitjackets, Amis also produced the debut CD by Mexico’s instrumental sensations, Lost Acapulco, as well as producing and directing the ever-popular Go-Go Robics DVDs starring America’s queens of burlesque, The World Famous Pontani Sisters.
In the spring of 2006, Amis returned to Mexico City to record his proudest accomplishment to date, Daddy-O Grande in Mexico, reuniting with his good friends, Lost Acapulco. Numerous solo tours followed in 2007 and 2008 bringing Amis to Argentina, Brazil, Italy, and back to Mexico.
Two documentaries about the Mexican Surf Music scene have called Danny Amis the "Godfather of Mexican Surf"
For 2009, look for a new Los Straitjackets CD, a new Daddy-O Grande solo CD, a solo tour of Finland, and Los Straitjackets tours throughout the world.
Citing the great surf-guitarist Dick Dale as a major influence, Danny Amis has also developed an ability to write about himself in the third person.
Updated December 28, 2008
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