Bryan Daisley is a singer-songwriter (and much more) from Seattle who writes soulful originals along the outer range of country and folk. He played with The Dark Horses in Gig Harbor from 2011 to 2019, The Bryan Daisley Band (BDB) in Seattle from 2021 to 2023 and now plays in Dear Ellinore starting in 2025. Bryan has written four albums that are currently only available on Bandcamp . Bryan is also passionate about singing opera, studying as a bass-baritone since 2022 and working toward more musical adventures in that realm. There's much more to come with Bryan's music. Whether he's starting bands or writing musicals, his interests are diverse and there's always something in the works. Stay tuned.
It is one of those rare, unplanned EPs. It started when a friend said he'd come over next Saturday. Then we thought it might be funny to sing a couple sea shanties when he came out. Then we thought we'd invite a couple other old friends to join. Then, when they actually said yes, Bryan went all-in and decided that he'd write original shanties for the occasion. By the time Saturday night came around, we had four new originals and a few hours to kill. Nobody had heard anything before they arrived. The result is sloppy, funny, pitchy, heartfelt and really exactly what makes a sea shanty special. They are for the voices of average working men, and last Saturday that's what we were. As for the songs themselves, they pull on themes that are traditional to the genre and on the surface hopefully they are playful and enjoyable. But as you dive a little deeper, The Captain's Gone Mad may remind you of the frustration of not trusting the captain at the helm (read the news th...