Daniel Murphy (born July 12, 1962, Duluth, Minnesota) is best known as the guitarist for the American band, Soul Asylum. He is also a member of Golden Smog. Admiral Daniel Joseph Murphy, Sr ( - September 21, 2001) was a four-star Navy Admiral and served in the White House during the Carter and Reagan administrations. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in St. ... Capital Saint Paul Largest city Minneapolis Largest metro area Minneapolis-St. ... For the UK magazine, see Guitarist (magazine). ... In music, a band is a company of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of or improvising a musical arrangement on different musical instruments. ... Soul Asylum is an alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1983. ... Golden Smog is a loosely connected group of musicians comprised, at various times, of members of Soul Asylum, the Replacements, Wilco, The Jayhawks, Run Westy Run, The Honeydogs and Big Star. ...

History

Murphy was the secondary songwriter in Soul Asylum, with Dave Pirner responsible for bulk of the band's material. Some of Murphy's solo writing credits include "Can't Go Back" from Made To Be Broken, "Cartoon" off Hang Time and "Gullible's Travels" from And The Horse They Rode In On. Additionally, he and Pirner co-wrote "Easy Street" which appeared on Horse, and he co-wrote "Promises Broken" off Let Your Dim Light Shine with Marc Perlman. A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition (chords) or melody to songs, or both. ... Dave Pirner (circa 2002) David Pirner is the lead vocalist for the band Soul Asylum. ...

In 1988, Murphy formed Golden Smog, a Minneapolis supergroup made up of members of The Replacements, The Jayhawks and Run Westy Run. Murphy was credited as "David Spear" on the group's debut album, Down By The Old Mainstream, because of contractual obligations.^[1] This article is about the term in rock music. ... For other uses, see The Replacements (disambiguation). ... Hailing from Minneapolis, the Jayhawks are a band playing a style of alt-country and roots rock with elements of folk. ... An album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. ...

In 1992, Murphy appeared on the debut solo album by former Replacements drummer Chris Mars, Horseshoes And Hand Grenades. Chris Mars was the drummer for seminal Minneapolis punk/pop/rock band, The Replacements. ...

Murphy also has an antiques business. For the province in the Philippines, see Antique (province) and for the band, see Antique (duo). ...

References

External links

• Harpmagazine.com