Happy new Year & Buckets Of Love from the New York City underground !

More uber kind shout outs from Street I Am <3

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After many months of being illegally harassed, physically evicted, threatened with jail & worse , I’m so excited that tonight, the Uptown A C E is free from one of the NYPD’s stupid, erroneous lock downs. I got to see practically everyone …. well, anyone who’s anyone  ‪#‎happydance‬ ‪#‎independence‬

Which means, I get to see Danny again! <3 Here, he’s tellin’ me he’s actually got the key to the 14th St subway bathroom. The guy is connected! ! ‪#‎busk ‪#‎thesubwaydiaries‬. ‪#‎danny‬

One of my 2 favourite cleaning guys on the Uptown A C E who always comes up to me & says, with a thick Russian Accent; “Dont’ stop thee muzeek, don’t stop thee museek…” #buskinglove

Best night ever singing Motown all night with the one & only Danny on the Uptown A C E ‪#‎busk‬ ‪#‎thesubwaydiaries‬

Let’s hope the NYPD has better things to go from here on out than harassing musicians

#Freedom #Busk #Independence

Snow day hangin’ Uptown with Danny (aka Geechee Dan). Wokin’ on tunes with engineer David at the board

Danny aka The Singing Dragon

Guy with multiple cameras hangin’ from his neck: “So, I took some photos of you & here’s my card”
Me: “Ok, thanks”
Guy: “So I took some photos of another girl who sings down here & is an actress & she also wore shorts with tights just like you. And that’s what I specialize in”
Me: “In what?”
Guy: “Photos of girls in shorts with tights, or stockings or…”
Me: (to myself) OMG ick!
***Below = Danny’s face on overhearing the entire conversation – Priceless 🙂

 Danny Smalls’ Geechee Band featuring:
 Danny (vox & a that unique ‘Danny’ underground soul)
Heidi Kole (vox)
Sugabear (keys)
Jazzy (drums)
Taylor (bass)

NYC musicians, most also playing the NYC Subways, with South Carolina as our roots, surfacing for a night to entertain, move & groove you sans the “A” train

Eat, drink, dance & get your underground groove on for one night above @ BB Kings!
  @Lucille @ BB Kings in Midtown Manhattan on Fri March 15th @ 10PM
BB Kings, 42nd street
New York, New York
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Danny to me at rehearsal tonight: “I got my subway shoes on”
Me: (looking down at his black sneakers) “How come you call them your subway shoes?”
Danny: “Cause I cut off the back part here to make ’em more comfortable & not look so fancy as when I got ’em you know. You know you can’t look too fancy down there in the trains or else people’ll think you got too much money & won’t give you none of that green. I could wear a different silk suit every day down there but I wouldn’t make no money you know. You gotta have that little bit of a homeless thing goin’ on down there in the trains. That’s how you make all them dead presidents.”
Me: “Somehow, Danny, I kinda think you could wear a solid gold plated suit & you’d still clean up underground.” : )

This week Danny & I got a special invitation from Casting Associate, Emma from, America’s Got Talent to audition over the weekend…#Quiteanadventure 🙂

Hello Heidi
I work for America’s Got Talent and we are holding auditions for Season 8 of our show this Friday & Saturday, I would love for you to audition for our show if you are interested. I can offer you a VIP Pass as well so you don’t have to wait in line. I am also looking for Danny Smalls, he was featured in your Subway Diaries. Any chance you have information on him?

Best
Emma Green
Casting Associate
NBC’s America’s Got Talent Season 8

Danny & me shootin' the breeze under NYC

I sang, he sang & then we did a little impromptu duet version of “Crazy Love”

Click link to listen to the ‘platform version’ of the tune 🙂

Danny & Me & an impromptu “Crazy Love’ on Uptown A C E 🙂