Denny Carleton
Short bio
Denny has been a long lasting figure in the Cleveland music scene, having played with notable '60s bands The Choir and the Lost Souls and has continued on writing, performing and recording through all of his musical changes . Influences include the Beatles, Kinks ,Dylan, Van Morrison , John Prine, Rodney Crowell The Bare Naked Ladies Tom Petty, Leonard Cohen,Bruce Cockburn and Elevation Worship.Loves inspired song writing ,Americana ,country music and contemporary Christian as well as his roots of British Invasion .If You are interested in his Christian music check out arkandoasis.net
He currently plays live as a singer songwriter and organizes concerts with performers entitled Denny Carleton and Friends, His original music is available on most digital platforms He also plays solo acoustically doing covers mixed with his own songs, and leads contemporary Praise and Worship.
Denny is also a Cleveland Radio Veteran with a current podcast The Cleveland Music Connection Link to Podcast
in 2024 he re published his memoir Welcome To My World..with an addendum Link to Dennys Memoir
in 2019 he released a 12 song CD Shadowlands with 25 musicians and vocalists from Cleveland adding their skills. It’s Folk Rock Americana (In a Northern Way) with elements of British Invasion and ,Denny’s quirky spiritual songs (CS Lewis meets Tom Petty and Ray Davies )with Al Globekar's. virtuoso guitar work. Link to Shadowland