Danny Klein

{{short description|American bassist (born 1946)}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2019}} {{BLP primary sources|date=December 2014}} {{other people|Daniel Klein}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Danny Klein | image = | caption = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|5|23}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = | instrument = Bass guitar | genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|blues}} | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1966–present | label = | past_member_of = The J. Geils Band | current_member_of = Danny Klein's Full House | website = {{URL|www.dannyklein.com}} }} '''Danny Klein''' (born May 23, 1946) is an American bassist best known as a member of The J. Geils Band.<ref>{{Cite web|author=Donnie Moorhouse |date=2019-04-18|title=J. Geils Band bassist Danny Klein bringing Full House to Northampton|url=https://www.masslive.com/entertainment/2019/04/j-geils-band-bassist-danny-klein-bringing-full-house-to-northampton.html|access-date=2021-04-28|website=masslive|language=en}}</ref>

==Early life== Daniel Klein was born on May 23, 1946, in the Bronx, New York City. He moved to New Jersey at age 6 and in 1964 he began attending Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts studying mechanical engineering. It was there that he met musicians John Geils and Richard Salwitz. By 1966 Klein left WPI to pursue a career in music.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dannykleinsfullhouse.com/Custom/Content.aspx?page=custom&pgid=239 |title=DANNY KLEIN'S FULLHOUSE |website=dannykleinsfullhouse.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101112174632/http://www.dannykleinsfullhouse.com/Custom/Content.aspx?page=custom&pgid=239 |archive-date=2010-11-12}}</ref>

==Musical career== While attending college Klein formed a jug band with Salwitz and Geils. When Peter Wolf, Seth Justman and Stephen Jo Bladd joined they changed their name to The J. Geils Band of which Klein remained a member until their breakup in 1985. Throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s Klein recorded with artists such as Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Debbie Davies. He has rejoined The J. Geils Band in all of their reunions and leads his own band, '''Danny Klein's Full House''', which performs J. Geils Band songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dannyklein.com/biography.htm|title=Danny Klein - J.Geils Band|website=Dannyklein.com|access-date=July 21, 2025|archive-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829015236/http://www.dannyklein.com/biography.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Personal life== Klein is Jewish.<ref>[http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/the-jews-who-rock-wiki "The Jews Who Rock Wiki."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220160958/http://jewcy.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/the-jews-who-rock-wiki |date=December 20, 2016 }} Admin. ''www.jewcy.com.'' Published November 15, 2008. Retrieved December 18, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishtampa.com/jews-in-the-news/jews-in-the-news-andrew-garfield-jessica-chaffin-and-leonard-cohen "Jews in the News: Andrew Garfield, Jessica Chaffin and Leonard Cohen."] ''www.jewishtampa.com.'' Tampa Jewish Community Centers & Federation. Published November 1, 2016.</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.dannyklein.com Danny Klein Official Website] *[http://dannykleinsfullhouse.com Danny Klein's Full House Official Website] * {{IMDb name|nm5630589}}

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