At the age of 11, he bought a copy of a Gibson Les Paul and took guitar lessons from Dave Duxbury in Burnley.

He played songs by The Shadows, Chuck Berry, Gene Vincent, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley.

They went on to further collaborate as The Cosmos who's acid-jazz sounds supported Michelle Gayle at Towneley Park in August 1998.

[3] Danny also taught guitar at Nelson & Colne College, where he counted Lucy Zirins among his students.

[6] In 2012, he joined Ric Lee's Natural Born Swingers[7] alongside Ric Lee, drummer of Ten Years After, Bob Hall, pianist of Alexis Korner, and Scott Whitley, former bassist of Animals & Friends.