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“The theme of ‘Stompin’ on the Front Porch’ relates to how blues started out with folks gathered around the front porch of a house listening to a guitar player strumming or playing bottle neck and singing a story.”

Weider stepped into Robbie Robertson’s shoes and resurrected The Band with a second coming unmatched in rock by anyone else, with the possible exception of Warren Haynes in the Allman Brothers.

Over the past 10 years Holy Moly & The Crackers have increasingly gained popularity as a house-rocking party band playing seriously good music including elements of folk, blues, funk, indie and rock, headlining festivals across Europe.

“As a writer, you look at your own experience and look at the past. You’re excavating your own psyche and your own memories and your emotions. And by doing that, you have this opportunity to see them anew and understand them in a fresh way.”

“My dream is to be an old man on a Greek island, painting and drinking Retsina and watching the world go by; I spend a lot of time fantasizing about that.”

Has Daniel once again inadvertently given birth to a new “movement” for a post-pandemic new world? Only time will tell.

Balancing economic survival with the pursuit of creativity whilst maintaining mental well-being during lockdown must have been challenging for all musicians especially bands like Holy Moly & The Crackers, who rely on gig revenue and CD sales

“I don’t want separate systems. I don’t want a separate black blues society and a separate white blues society. My father would never have wanted that.”

With today’s exciting ‘Moonbrain’ release comes the exclusive premiere track “Shine”

Choosing to challenge the social structures of patriarchy