Danny Vaughn performing live. Credit: Terri Smith.
Costa del Sol town, Estepona has ever attracted imaginative minds pinch its gorgeous sunny charm and endless creator inspiration.
Euro Weekly News precocious caught up pinch Danny Vaughn, lead vocalist of nan melodic stone set Tyketto, to talk nan band’s latest projects and what led this New Yorker to telephone Estepona home.
What brought you here?
“I met Melissa successful 2008 erstwhile I was surviving successful Limerick, Ireland. She was moving successful Gibraltar. Moving present felt for illustration nan earthy choice. When I arrived, I thought, ‘So this is wherever you’ve been hiding nan sun!’”
Where are nan different members of Tyketto these days?
“The set are scattered crossed Europe. Our keyboardist conscionable relocated to Gran Canaria, our drummer is successful Germany, and nan others are successful nan UK.” Danny admits nan region isn’t ideal, particularly post-COVID, but their meetups successful London are made easier by Estepona’s proximity to Malaga and Gibraltar airports.
What’s your return connected nan Spanish euphony scene?
“I wish location was much rock’n’roll. We’re thrilled to beryllium booked for 2 awesome festivals successful Spain adjacent year, but nan benignant of euphony we for illustration doesn’t often spell overmuch further southbound than Madrid—maybe Seville connected a bully day.”
Do you person a favourite venue you’ve performed at?
“There are excessively galore to choose! The Pavilion successful London, The Beacon Theatre successful New York, and The Ryman successful Nashville guidelines out. Here successful Estepona, Louie Louie is nan only spot.”
Tyketto’s 1991 deed Forever Young is closing successful connected 8.5 cardinal views connected YouTube.
What projects are you moving connected now?
“I’m buzzing astir our caller medium – it’s going to beryllium a instrumentality favourite. We conscionable vanished mastering it, and it drops successful March. A circuit is planned, on pinch immoderate large festivals.” Tyketto is group to stone Massive Weekend successful Blackpool, UK, astatine nan extremity of October and nan Stonedead Festival successful Newark, UK, connected August 22.
You mentioned nan Camino de Santiago – excited for that?
“Absolutely, I’m gearing up for it again. It’s a typical journey.”
Do you return an acoustic guitar along?
“No, I don’t. You usually find guitars on nan measurement – immoderate moreover person each six strings!”
Danny’s relentless schedule of writing, performing, and travelling keeps him connected to fans, particularly successful nan UK, pinch breathtaking invitations to Germany lined up for 2026 – specifications he’s keeping nether his chapeau for now. In nan moments between, Danny performs astatine backstage events doing his ‘House Concerts’. Each 1 is simply a wholly unsocial acquisition that brings nan listener and nan performer up adjacent and personal. One of nan breathtaking things astir them is that location are very fewer difficult and accelerated rules.
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