originally from manchester in the uk, singer/songwriter dan haesler moved to sydney in 2003 and has been a regular on the sydney music scene as lead singer of driving south. leaving the band at the end of 2006 to go solo dan has been working on writing quality songs with as much emphasis on writing songs as playing live.
dan's style is influenced by his upbringing on a diet of british songwriters such as john lennon, paul weller, noel gallagher and kelly jones. mix in his new found affection for such australian heavyweights as tim rogers and bernard fanning with a healthy dose of other influences ranging from pearl jam to sam cooke and the black crowes to buffalo springfield and dan's music captures many moods and emotions.

Dan Haesler

"dan haesler has a voice that makes the listeners want to hear what he has to say." pat pattison (2006)*

originally from manchester in the uk, singer/songwriter dan haesler moved to sydney in 2003 and has been a regular on the sydney music scene as lead singer of driving south. leaving the band at the end of 2006 to go solo dan has been working on writing quality songs with as much emphasis on writing songs as playing live.

dan's style is influenced by his upbringing on a diet of british songwriters such as john lennon, paul weller, noel gallagher and kelly jones. mix in his new found affection for such australian heavyweights as tim rogers and bernard fanning with a healthy dose of other influences ranging from pearl jam to sam cooke and the black crowes to buffalo springfield and dan's music captures many moods and emotions.

the best way to appreciate the honesty in dan's songwriting is to see and hear him live. check out the gig guide to see where he is playing next! see you there!

*pat pattison is a lyric writing professor from the acclaimed berklee college of music in the usa. pat's past students include john mayer and gillian welch - both grammy award winners.