Monday Nights With Denny Fast

You can close your eyes and see the stage. A smoky lounge at quarter capacity. A cold cocktail to your lips as the lyrics pour from the speakers. They are bleak but soulful. Keys float across the haunted melody as a distant glimmer of the better times or brighter days. Denny Fast takes you back to the heartbreak. Back to the disappointment. Teasing that sunny day or first kiss all the while. The perfectly imperfect lo-fi recording of his 45 is the right combination of beauty and sadness. Combining elements of psych and folk, it is the ballad both of and to the lonely lounge singer. I had to know more. I had to find Denny Fast …

A talented multi-instrumentalist, Denny Fast made music his life performing live in Michigan throughout the late 70s and early 80s. He recorded his first record playing bass and piano for the group Carl Peek & The Echoes. He toured with them throughout the 70’s playing traditional country music. Fast was also a member of The Cactus Jack Band and The Eric Fast Group. He actively performed as a solo musician including an appearance at the legendary Grand Ole Opry. In the mid 70’s he released a solo 45 single featuring the tracks Tuesday Morning Monday's Feeling Gone and This May Be Then End. The two lo-fi, psych tinged gems would not be at home in a honky tonk. They were soulful and moody with a perfect rural leaning. He continued to write and record country music at his home studio up until he passed away March of 2018. Thank you for your musical contributions Denny … Rest Easy.