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Dan Navarro at Sundilla

For more than 30 years, Dan Navarro has written, sung, played and acted his way through a rich and varied career.

As a songwriter for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammy-nominated "We Belong"), The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Keb' Mo', Dave Edmunds, The Tempatations, Dionne Warwick, Dutch superstar Marco Borsato, The Triplets, Austin outlaw legend Rusty Weir and many more...

As a recording and touring artist with longtime partner, Eric Lowen in the acclaimed acoustic duo Lowen & Navarro and after Eric's retirement in 2009, as a solo singer-songwriter increasingly in demand on the national concert circuit...

As a singer and voice actor in major motion pictures, television series, commercials and recordings, including the smash hit The Lorax, plus Rock of Ages, Happy Feet (1 & 2), Rio (Oscar-nominated "Real In Rio"), Ice Age (2 & 3), Robots, The Mexican, The Emperor's New Groove, Envy; television series Prison Break, Family Guy, American Dad and The Cleveland Show; recordings with Neil Young, Andrea Bocelli, Luis Miguel, Jose Feliciano, Susanna Hoffs and Jon Anderson of Yes; and commercials for Shakey's Pizza, McDonald's, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Honda, El Pollo Loco, Nationwide and hundreds of others...

As a volunteer on the elected and appointed boards of such vaunted musician and performer organizations as SAG-AFTRA, Folk Alliance, The California Songwriters Association and the Golden West Chapter of the ALS Association, fighting the neuromuscular disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, aka Lou Gehrig's Disease, which tragically took Eric Lowen's life in 2012...

In 2009, after 22 years and 12 albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan released the spirited "Live at McCabe's", backed by his pals from Austin-based Stonehoney. His first solo studio album, "Shed My Skin", is slated for release in 2013.

Dan Navarro will make his Sundilla debut on Friday, May 31, at 7:30. Admission is $15 at the door, and advance tickets can be purchased for just $12 from The Gnu's Room, Spicer's Music, and online at www.sundillamusic.com.