Dan Kokol

Written by Daniel Stad

Dan Kokol picked up the guitar at age 15 & hasn’t looked back since. Influenced early on by players like Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen & Slash, Dan would practice up to 10 hours a day! Soon after Dan discovered the music of Steve Vai, Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Greg Howe & Jason Becker. This changed everything & Dan pushed himself even harder on the guitar & started studying jazz & music theory.

Jump forward to the present, Dan is a highly in demand guitar instructor & session player. Some of his most recent performance credits include:

• The release of an original cd with the group “Mindz Eye”
• Guitarist in a production of Jesus Christ Super Star
• Former lead guitarist for 80’s “hair metal” tribute XS
• Dan did all the guitar work on the soundtrack for the independent film “Hell is not Batavia”
• Had an original song(Room 13 from Alien Water Dance) included in the Joe Satriani tribute cd “Saturated Feedback”
• Guitarist for the Annie Lennox/Eurythmics tribute “Sweet Dreams”
• Lead guitarist on Canadian pop star Sherrie Lea’s Spellbound tour
• Lead guitar for international pop star Vika’s North American performances
• The recording & release of his first solo instrumental rock/fusion cd “Alien Water Dance”
• Dan has written & recorded 2 original songs for  “Leafs TV”
• Guitarist for the Ashley Alford Group

Contact Dan Kokol:

www.freewebs.com/dankokol
www.myspace.com/dankokol
www.soundclick.com/dankokol