This is Candy Man, the seventh single from the upcoming CD NARROW AND STEEP by San Franscisco based singer-songwriter Denny Brown. 

Every 2-3 weeks a new single will be released in a RANDOM ORDER, each with its own unique cover, leading up to a full digital release later in the year. In addition, we will be releasing a few short films, both unplugged performances as well as music videos.

"I am interested in timelesss music. Not nostalgia but a sound that defies to be part of a certain period. Music that is hard to pin down when it was first recorded. When a sound, a song structure, a melody feels both of the past and present, and when they melt into one another, it can be forever."
Denny Brown San Francisco 2015

Single #2 Candy Man

Another classic American folksong like Railroad Bill. There are great acoustic fingerstyle guitar versions by Rev. Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt and Dave Van Ronk with wonderful Ragtime style guitar licks, particularly the Rev. Gary Davis version. This arrangement is very different. Killer saxophones (Jon Baymont) and a New Orleans backline (Iko Iko) drive the rhythm.  I found some obscure lyrics to help revitalize the song. This song was part of a project inspired by New Orleans classic party songs (Sea Cruise, Meet the Boys on the Battlefront, Barefootin). We will release more of them soon!