Monday, January 16, 2012

Philadelphia Guitarist Goes From Guitar Shop To Television

By Kathy Boccella
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 16, 2012

Danny Gold is a baby boomer following his big dream of a midlife career change, and he's hoping you'll watch him on Wednesday nights to see how it works out.

In baggy shirts and with a beard flecked with what Jerry Garcia would have called "a touch of gray," the loquacious proprietor of Danny's Guitar Shop - the name of both his TV show and his quirky little store in Narberth - is aiming to do for guitars what Anthony Bourdain has done for weird foreign food or Mike Rowe for the art of cleaning septic tanks.

"These days, it's a do-it-yourself world, and if you have a vision and come with up with something that clicks, you can make it work," said Gold, who walked away from a steady gig selling Fender guitars to run his own small guitar shop while he pursued his ambition of a TV series for music lovers.

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