2024
GRIEGO Bio

Danny Griego is an Arizona-born, Texas-based Country Singer/Songwriter whose rich blend of Outlaw, Cowboy, Americana, and Latin influences came to the fore on his 2014 album, “Cowboys, Outlaws & Border Town Dogs.”  From his early days gigging around Arizona saloons and rodeos to lengthy stays in Nashville where he forged lifelong  friendships with legends, including Hank Cochran, and Waylon Jennings, Griego has created a diverse catalog of songs that reflect his personal story. Some of his songs, like the 2014 single with Micheal Martin Murphey "Lady Liberty" and 2018's "Twenty-Two" were written to honor American military Veterans; as he has made frequent stops to sing at military bases and venues around the country during his tours.
Griego was in college earning a business degree when he survived literally being struck by lightning during a fishing trip in Eastern Arizona. While rehabilitating his motor-skills, particularly in his right hand, his doctor recommended learning how to play classical guitar. Using his Grandfather's old nylon-string Spanish guitar, he taught himself how to fingerpick and soon found himself literally dreaming up songs, which he would sing into a tape recorder when he woke up. After college, Griego went on to build a successful career as a businessman, owning several franchises and properties around the Phoenix and Prescott area, one of which catered to his musical interests. As owner of Matt's Saloon in Prescott, Griego and his Country Thunder Band played regularly both there,  around the region, and Las Vegas as he continued to hone his skills as a performer and songwriter. He eventually made his move to Nashville in the early part of the 2000’s where he forged creative relationships writing with legendary Songwriters such as Hank Cochran, Red Lane, Max D. Barnes, and John D. Loudermilk.  Some of the songs he worked on during this period landed with icons like Waylon Jennings and Billy Joe Shaver, whom he became friends with.  A 2007 album, Destination, helped to establish him as a recording artist, though it would be another seven years of hard touring and writing before he delivered its follow-up. With 2014's "Cowboys, Outlaws & Border Town Dogs", Griego dialed-in on an authentic sound that combined his myriad of influences and interests from the maverick Outlaw Country of the 1970s and classic cowboy songs, to more contemporary Americana and Latin that launched one of the albums singles, "The Coast is Clear, inside the Billboard Top 10.  By then, based out of Texas, Griego and his band of seasoned veteran musicians, "The Cowboy Cartel", supported the album with more touring, playing a variety of venues, from NHRA pro-stock motorcycle events -- (the singer owns a National Hot Rod Association team) -- to military bases. His ongoing support of the American military led to the unique 2018 project, "Twenty-Two˝, which saw him collaborating with fellow country singer K.P. Fitz on a song and short film concerning the suicide epidemic among war Veterans, which at the time of the song's release, saw an average of 22 veterans taking their own lives each day. Griego returned in 2019 with the heartfelt single "You Never Stop Loving Somebody", charting in the 20's on both Billboard and Media-Base.  2020 commenced with a shotgun start: Recording a defining project Co-Produced by Griego with the original Outlaw Ritchie Albright, the project includes a collaboration with the legendary Augie Meyers (co-writing and joining forces on  "The Whole Enchilada"), a duet with the beautiful and talented Jessi Colter,  the recently released AC follow-up hit single  "Inevitable" Charted Billboard and Media Base top 30; and the lost Waylon Jennings duet "At the Crossroads" 2023 Griego Founded “Freedom Horse Ranch”, a 501(c)3 HQ at Freedom Ranch in Weatherford TX, specializing in Equine Therapy for Veterans and First Responders~ Timothy Monger, Spotify
Update: Madison Motel charts 23 Media Base 27 Billboard

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