Dann Huff: White-Knuckle Sessions

Dadville with Dave Barnes and Jon McLaughlin

That Sounds Fun Network

Kids & Family, Parenting

5 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Join us for an unforgettable conversation with music legend Dann Huff, whose career is so extensive it takes "four finger scrolls" on Wikipedia. Discover his candid insights into his dual role as a prolific session guitarist and an award-winning producer Dann opens up about playing on colossal, core-memory songs for global icons like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Madonna, and producing for Lonestar, Taylor Swift, and Keith Urban. He shares his journey, including the controversial Solos album and his return to Nashville, acknowledging the nervousness he still feels when producing. Dann offers profound wisdom on the music industry, personal integrity, and balancing a demanding career with family life. Tune in to hear about his new instrumental album, "When Words Aren't Enough," and how it allowed him to reconnect with his artistic self. Check out Dann's new album: https://dannhuff.bandcamp.com/album/when-words-arent-enough Join us: http://dadville.substack.com Thanks to our sponsors! Shopify - Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at ⁠⁠⁠http://shopify.com/dadville⁠ Quince - Go to ⁠⁠⁠http://quince.com/dadville for⁠⁠⁠ 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! The Road to Kaeluma - Visit ⁠⁠⁠http://jesusfilm.org/kaeluma-dadville⁠⁠⁠ to listen, learn more, or access discussion guides and other bonus content! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Dadville
0:02.0	Yeah
0:05.0	Hi, I'm Dave Barnes
0:07.3	And I'm John McLaughlin
0:08.4	And welcome to Dadville
0:09.6	Dadville is a podcast where we talk about life, love,
0:13.7	And the pursuit of awesome dadding
0:15.7	It's funny thoughts and deep talks
0:17.9	So please enjoy your time here in Dadville
0:20.2	And enjoy this episode with Dan Hove.
0:30.0	John, John, John, John, John, Dave, stop mowing for just one second.
0:33.5	Have you been on Quince.com lately?
0:35.3	I'm literally on it right now.
0:36.9	By the way, your mower is so quiet. I know. Have you seen the quince.com lately? I'm literally on it right now. By the way, your mower is so
0:38.0	quiet. I know. Have you seen the men's summer edit section? It's amazing. Okay, listen to this.
0:45.6	If I'm just completely honest, I don't tell anyone. But I bought like six things from there in the past
0:50.7	month. You're out of control. I know it. Like the European linen relaxed shirt. I feel so relaxed and so European and so linen. I got three of them. You just got back from Europe. No wonder you had those. Me personally, I've not been to Europe. So I just got the American. It's, I'm liking the soft stretch crew neck. And that's just an American look. That's so patriotic.
1:11.0	Yeah.
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