Danny Roberts was born in Miami, Florida in 1952, and his family moved to Chicago when he was 8 years old. He became a trombone player at a young age. Eventually, when he was 11 he moved to Lakeland, Florida/Polk County. He saw The Beatles on television, and “noticed that the girls weren’t screaming wildly for any trombonists,” so he made a quick switch to the bass guitar. As a pre-teen, he went to see local band “The Tropics”, who “had a lanky, handsome dude named Charlie Souza playing bass, singing like a Byrd, as well as doing choreography that would make you wanna go home and practice your moves in front of a full length mirror.” Danny started playing with “The Mimix” when he was 13, a band which “had the distinction of having not just One, but Two guys named Danny Roberts in it.” At 14, he began playing with his big brother Terry/Hoople/Jack’s band, “The Enticers,” as a replacement for the original bassist who was sent off to Vietnam. Recalls Danny, “We were about the same size, so I inherited his polka-dotted, puffy sleeved shirts, as well as one bad-ass pair of knee-high leopard skin boots.” The band built a following by playing all over Florida and Georgia in the mid-sixties. Danny, with San-Franciscan guitarist Donnie Hannah and Johnny Rhodes, changed the groups name to “Power.” The band played shows with Fleetwood Mac (the original version with Peter Green on lead-guitar), four gigs with Black Sabbath on their first major tour of the US, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Savoy Brown (who became famous as Foghat later), The James Gang (with future Eagle Joe Walsh on guitar and vocals), Chuck Berry, Delaney and Bonnie, Cactus, Ted Nugent and others. Danny quit high school 6 weeks before graduating, so that he could “go play a really cool gig in NYC at Manhattan Center with NRBQ, along with a band called “Dreams” (a band that included Randy and Michael Brecker on horns along with David Sanborn on sax, David Letterman show bassist Will Lee, and Billy Cobham on drums.) “Power” was well received in NYC, and supported by radio DJ Allison Steele, aka “the Nightbird".The band got more offers to play in New York, and when the band arrived back in Florida, a lineup switch occurred. Donnie was replaced by Les Dudek, and a second drummer was added, Rickie Ram-jet, and keyboardist Peter Schless. However, “Power” broke up shortly after Allman Brothers Band legend, Duane Allman was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident. Peter Schless and Les Dudek, formerly of “Power” were auditioned for the ongoing incarnation of the Allman Brothers. Danny moved to Ft. Lauderdale, and joined a band that his brother played in called “Coventry.” The band’s drummer was Frankie Banali, who would go on to join “Quiet Riot.” Sustaining an accident in which his middle finger was smashed, Danny had to quit playing for about 8 months. He started playing guitar, instead of bass guitar, “because it was more convenient to write songs on guitar than bass.” The first gig he played as a guitarist was the “Halloween Ball” in Gainesville, Florida, 1972. The band that played after him was a 3 piece called “Mudcrutch”. As Danny recalls, “I was getting my stuff off the stage, this guy named Tom Petty waled up to me and asked if I’d be interested in joining Mudcrutch. I told them I’d stick around and check ‘em out. We immediately started rehearsing several times a week, so I made the move to Gainesville and joined the band, allegedly. What happened next is part of "Rock 'n' Roll History". We made a demo at Benmont Tench's parents' house and then me, Tom and our roadie Keith drove out to Hollywood in my '69 VW bus, looking for a record deal. By the time we left two weeks later, we had offers from five labels. We were in the process of packing all our stuff into a truck to then make the move out to L.A. and take the offer from London Records. The phone rang as we were almost ready to leave. It was legendary record producer Denny Cordell, asking us if we'd be interested in stopping in Tulsa, Oklahoma on our way to L.A. We went to Tulsa, which was a good-bit out of the way, and spent 48 hours in Leon Russell's Church Studio. When we were done, Denny offered us a deal and gave us $5,000 to get someplace to live when we got to L.A. as well as telling us to get an attorney for contract negotiations. Like I said, the rest is history. If you need any more about all that, go to Mudcrutch.com and look under 'Forums', then look for 'Pictures and Stories". It's all there.” The following is an excerpt from Florida Music Hall of Fame - FLMusicHall.org : “Mudcrutch traveled cross-country to California in 1974 with drummer Randall Marsh and guitarist Danny Roberts and in early '75 with bass player Charlie Souza seeking fame and fortune, and they immediately signed a contract with the up-and-coming L.A. based Shelter Records label. As the first single on Shelter, "Depot Street" was released; the band lived in Leon Russell's recording studio for months recording an album of the early catalog of Tom Petty songs. However, being confined to the studio took its toll, and the band members went their seperate ways." Danny later played with Phil Seymour, who sang backing vocals on “Breakdown” and “American Girl.” Tragically, Danny’s brother Freddie was killed in an automobile accident in Florida, so he moved back to Florida and started playing with Robert Nix, who had just left the Atlanta Rhythm Section. They spent 2 years writing and recording, producing several acts, including Billy Joe Royal. Danny also produced some demos for a “quirky band that an old school chum named Jeff Calder had, that were called The Swimming Pool Cues.” (See bio section of Jeff Calder.) Danny is currently recording the debut "MUDBREAKERS" project, tentatively entitled "Inna-Gadda-Da-Mondo-Deja-VooDoo-Rama-A-GoGo", or "DanBob's Manifesto Supreme.” Danny has currently been playing with Conrad Oberg (a 13-year-old, blind guitar/keyboard prodigy). Danny commented that the “Last prodigy I worked with was Derek Trucks, currently playing with "The Allman Brothers Band", "Eric Clapton", as well as Dylan, J.J. Cale, and "The Derek Trucks Band.” Please click the link at the top of the page for Danny’s photo gallery.