Rockwood Music Festival Welcomes Dan Navarro Tonight

For over twenty five years, Dan Navarro has written, sung, played and acted his way through a varied career. As a songwriter for artists as diverse as Pat Benatar (the Grammy-nominated classic "We Belong"), The Bangles, Jackson Browne, Keb'Mo', Dave Edmunds, The Temptations, 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, since 2009, as a solo singer/songwriter increasingly on demand on the national concert circuit...

As a singer/voice actor in major motion pictures, television series, commercials and recordings, including the recent hit The Lorax, plus Happy Feet (1&2), Rio('Real in Rio', nominated for a 2012 Oscar!), 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 John Anderson of Yes; and commercials for Shakey's Pizza, McDonalds, Toyota, Coca-cola, Honda, El Pollo Loco, Nationwide and literally hundreds of others...

As an activist in Washington on intellectual property, performer and songwriter issues, lobbying Capitol Hill regularly - including testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Copyright Royalty Board, on behalf of the Nashville Songwriters Association International, AFTRA,NARAS,BMI,Soundexchange, and the musicFIRST Coalition...

After 20+ yrs and 12 albums with Lowen & Navarro, Dan ventured out on his own in 2009 and released his first solo album, the spirited "Live at McCabe's", backed by his pals from Austin, Stone Honey. His next album, "Shed My Skin" is slated for release in 2013. He also moonlights as a member of the four-artist revue, Decembersongs, with friends Amy Speace, Jon Vezner and Sally Barris...and, he is the father of a 16 year old son and a known abuser of acoustic guitars.