Dandy Records
P.O. Box 40891
Nashville, TN 37204-0891

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Contact: Lisa Best
Email: Webmaster@DanPenn.com

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DAN PENN LAUNCHES DANPENN.COM AND DANDY RECORDS LABEL:
"BLUE NITE LOUNGE"  TO DEBUT EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WEB

NASHVILLE--Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Dan Penn will launch Dandy Records, debuting the highly anticipated U.S. release of Blue Nite Lounge, exclusively on the Internet at www.DanPenn.com.

Global audiences have enjoyed Penn's songs for decades. "Do Right Woman," "I'm Your Puppet," "Cry Like a Baby," "A Woman Left Lonely," "Dark End of the Street," and "Sweet Inspiration" are among the many songs Penn has co-written that have found their way up the charts in years past. Penn is also an artist in his own right. Previous releases include a popular 1999 live concert recording on the UK-based Proper Records label entitled, Moments from This Theatre, with longtime friend and co-writer Spooner Oldham. Penn's 1996 Sire Records offering, Do Right Man, received countless critical nods from reviewers.

"I couldn't find a record label that met my needs, so I created Dandy Records to sell my records on the Internet, and through other direct marketing venues," said Penn. "The internet is cutting-edge technology. It gives me the ability to market my own product worldwide from home as well as maintain complete creative control over the quality of the finished product. It's a place where people who like my music can come and get any up-to-date information about products that I'm associated with, touring schedules, and so forth, directly from me."

Penn's new CD, entitled Blue Nite Lounge, establishes a direct connection between Penn and his audience in another significant way. It is a "behind-the-scenes" look at a songwriter who has been behind the curtain for decades, creating some of the most loved and memorable music in the American Soul experience. Blue Nite Lounge is a series of "writer's" recordings, many of which were captured in a Louisiana cabin, recorded by Penn at the moment he and his co-writers honed the songs into their final form. The recording not only documents a creative process rarely heard by listeners, it also delivers the songs the way they were really written. It's a vulnerable, somewhat sacred exchange between Penn and his audience. Blue Nite Lounge will mark the first independent outing for this American master.

Legendary producer Jerry Wexler said this about the project: "I just wanted to tell you I've been playing your tape, enjoying it, the singing is great and I think the songs are excellent."

Through an agreement with CCNow.com, personal computer users on the Internet will be able to purchase the Blue Nite Lounge CD online with any major credit card for $15 plus shipping at the www.DanPenn.com web site. A downloadable mail order form will be provided for non-credit card purchases. Visitors to the web site can also browse through sound clips of the CD, photos, lyrics, articles, updated artist information, and subscribe to the site's Internet newsletter.

The album is scheduled to hit the Internet superhighway on July 21st.

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