Artist description Rural rocker with an existential streak. Plaintive, sincere and real.

Music Style rural rock-psycho country

Musical Influences Frank Zappa, Johnny Cash, Deep Purple

Similar Artists Have been compared to Neil Young, CCR, Nirvana, Johnny Cash

Artist History Denton began playing guitar for country and rock bands in central Illinois bars and clubs at age 16, following a childhood dedicated to old-time/gospel music. After graduation from Millikin University in Decatur, Ill., he pursued a brief career as a journalist in Washington D.C., before moving to Chicago to write, record and perform music. After working the Chicago club circuit and touring the Southwest with an evolving lineup of musicians through the late '90s, Denton took a two-year break from performing to develop a music store/theme restaurant. He is currently on a solo, acoustic tour of the Southwest and West Coast regions, promoting his "Stone Soup" CD. Longtime drummer Adam Benner will be joining Denton in Santa Cruz, CA early in 2003. Santa Cruz is Denton's new West Coast home base. He will tour throughout the U.S. in 2003 and finish recording tracks for his third disc.

Group Members Nathan Denton: Singer-songwriter/guitarist Adam Benner: Drums T/B/A: Bass, harmonica

Albums Creak Out (1995) out of print; Stone Soup (2002)

Press Reviews "Government Cheese," the first track on Denton's new "Stone Soup" disc, gained national popularity following considerable airplay on the syndicated radio "Bob and Tom" show. See critical review in May 2003 Illinois Entertainer ("Around Hear" section)

Location Atwood, Illinois - USA

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