A LIKENESS OF YOU is the first solo release from one of Australia's premier songsmiths, Dan Warner. It features twelve new songs, stories and portraits, including the curse of fading memories in 'Purple Flowers' and the lyrical and melodic childsplay of 'Fairies (now also with a fantastic film clip). The album was recorded at Craig Pilkington's Audrey Studios late 2004. The list of musicians assembled was an impressive one and included Ian Kitney on drums; Barry Stockley on double bass; Mick Thomas on electric bass; Dave Moll and Dave Evans (The Band Who Knew Too Much) on piano; Charlie Owen, James Black and Al MacInnes on guitars; Jen Anderson on violin; Chris Altmann (The Vandas) on pedal steel; and Michael Barclay (WPA/The Messengers) on backing vocals. ...show more

A LIKENESS OF YOU is the first solo release from one of Australia's premier songsmiths, Dan Warner. It features twelve new songs, stories and portraits, including the curse of fading memories in 'Purple Flowers' and the lyrical and melodic childsplay of 'Fairies (now also with a fantastic film clip). The album was recorded at Craig Pilkington's Audrey Studios late 2004. The list of musicians assembled was an impressive one and included Ian Kitney on drums; Barry Stockley on double bass; Mick Thomas on electric bass; Dave Moll and Dave Evans (The Band Who Knew Too Much) on piano; Charlie Owen, James Black and Al MacInnes on guitars; Jen Anderson on violin; Chris Altmann (The Vandas) on pedal steel; and Michael Barclay (WPA/The Messengers) on backing vocals.

Two years previously, Mick had visited Dan in New York where Dan had been living for two years, promoting a record, The Magic Rider, which he had made in 2000 with US guitarist, Kevin Garant. The tour had been eventful, but by the end of 2002 Dan was on the move again and, although he had demoed a lot of tracks with Kev in the States, none of the songs had ever been released. In the winter of 2004, friend and fellow musician, Mick Thomas asked, "What happened to all those great songs I heard two years ago in New York?" He invited Dan Warner to his home studio to put down on tape any unrecorded songs that may be lurking about in his head; as Mick put it, 'just to see what you've got'. Dan arrived on Mick's doorstep with an acoustic guitar and a head full of songs.

He brought with him drummer, Ian Kitney. Ian and Dan had been in a band together through the mid 1990s - Overnight Jones, formerly The Warner Brothers. During those years the band had made three albums (signed to Polygram Records for one of them), a couple of EPs and had had a couple of minor hits on the local Independent charts. Mick set up Dan and Ian in two separate rooms and rolled the tape. ...show less