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The new album · 40: Blues With Horns Vol. II

Everybody’s a MillionaireChris Daniels & The Kings with Freddi Gowdy · from 40: Blues With Horns Vol. II (2025)

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40th Anniversary Party · Boulder Theater · April 4, 2024

The Kings on stage at the Boulder Theater
Photo: Susan Beyda
Hazel Miller and Freddi Gowdy
Hazel Miller & Freddi Gowdy · Jeff Galligan
The Kings horn section
The horns · Debra Lambert
Sam Bush
Sam Bush · Jeff Galligan
Kenny Passarelli with Sam Bush and Chris Daniels
Kenny Passarelli · Jeff Galligan
Kevin T Fitzgerald opening the show
Kevin T Fitzgerald opens the show
Sam Bush and Chris Daniels
Sam Bush & Chris · Owen Perkins
Sam Bush and Kenny Passarelli
Freddi Gowdy
Bob Rebholz
Erica Brown, Freddi Gowdy and Chris Daniels
Erica Brown and Kenny Passarelli
Darryl Doody Abrahamson
Hazel Miller
Bones Jones guitar solo
Group shot
Freddi Gowdy and Chris Daniels
Group shot on stage
Chris Daniels and Bob Rebholz
Freddi Gowdy and Erica Brown
Bones Jones
Freddi Gowdy singing
Boulder Theater marquee
40th anniversary cake
Chris Daniels and Sam Bush
Darren Kramer
Chris Daniels
Chris Daniels at the Boulder Theater
Chris with the horn section

Photos by Jeff Galligan, Owen Perkins, Debra Lambert, Susan Beyda, Chris Kresge and Stephanie LeDoux-Smith.

Telluride Bluegrass Festival · June 2026

Chris has been the MC at Telluride for more than a decade. This year: a valley full of friends, a sea of fans at night, and his handwritten stage notes.

Chris Daniels on stage at night at Telluride, arms open to a huge festival crowd
Chris Daniels on stage at Telluride with the mountains behind
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival crowd from the stage
Chris Daniels and band facing the night crowd at Telluride
Tour buses parked in the Telluride valley
Chris Daniels and Dan Sadowsky, aka Pastor Mustard, backstage at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Chris & Dan Sadowsky, aka “Pastor Mustard”
Chris Daniels with his brother John Daniels and family, Lisa and Caroline Daniels, on the Telluride Bluegrass Festival stage deck
Chris with his brother John Daniels and family, Lisa & Caroline
Sierra Hull with her mandolin and Chris Daniels backstage at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Sierra Hull & Chris backstage
Sam Bush playing mandolin at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Sam Bush on mandolin
The Telluride main stage at night
Chris Daniels handwritten MC notes for Telluride

Holiday Show · Swallow Hill Music · December 20, 2025

The Kings’ annual holiday party at Swallow Hill, where Chris once served as executive director. Fun times over the years with Freddi, Kenny Passarelli, Hazel Miller, Dr. Kev, Harry Tuft, Kirk, Clay Kirkland, Mark and Linda, Mindy, and all the wild characters who come to sit in with the Kings. This year’s show is Friday, December 11.

Swallow Hill Music marquee: Chris Daniels and the Kings, Dec 20
Chris Daniels and the Kings holiday show at Swallow Hill Music
Singers and the Kings on stage at Swallow Hill Music
Backstage at the Swallow Hill holiday show in Santa suits
Performers and friends backstage at the Swallow Hill holiday show
Santa and a friend backstage at Swallow Hill
Holiday party in the Swallow Hill green room
Friends backstage at the Swallow Hill holiday show
Friends backstage at Swallow Hill
Freddi Gowdy and a friend backstage at Swallow Hill
Relaxing in the Swallow Hill green room

Telluride and Swallow Hill photos from Chris’s own collection.

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