Quirky but melodic pop-rock songs written in the genre of lennon & mccartney, squeeze, and tom petty

13 MP3 Songs
POP: Beatles-pop, POP: British Pop



Details:
THINK: THE BEATLES MEETS SQUEEZE IN 2005 (and they love what they hear)!

dain carlton mergenthaler is a songwriter/musician from landenberg, pa, who grew up on the beatles. dain lives, breathes, and plays guitar & piano and comfortably writes between both instruments in the style of his idols; lennon & mccartney...time is also consumed with the lives of his hairless cat "eli" and his pink nosed green-eyed dog "sarah".

dain is currently playing gigs around pennsylvania, new york, new jersey, and delaware.

discography is as follows:
"the strawberries", 1985
"common thread", 1991
"...half a dream", 1995
"gathering rain", 1996
"cold getting colder", 1998
"separate skies", 2000
"the life of mr. dufus", 2002
"maestro, maestro", 2005 (instrumental)

before you do anything, you should listen to the standout track #1 "getaway" which features a car accident (nobody gets hurt!) over a dynomite lead guitar solo by tony ventura, and track #5 "diamonds" which has received much airplay on indie stations around the world.

"...half a dream is a unique collection of pure melodic music that takes the listener away from the cumbersome stress and burden of everyday worklife. featured on several of dain's music CD collections are keith mack & benji king from the days of patty smythe & scandal and the joe cocker band. tony ventura played guitar with ben vereen for a dozen or so years...dain has also recorded with denny seiwell, the drummer for paul mccartney & wings. dain has also worked with the famous shelley yakus and brian drago (producers, lennon, petty, U2) for a number of years.

you can't go wrong if you want to listen to great music, so purchase "...half a dream" today!