Danny has had many claims to fame including playing keyboards for UFO, writing a tune for Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason that was sung by David Gilmour titled “Lie for a Lie” and playing with the band The Heavy Metal Kids. Back in 2005, after he had been in the business for over three decades, Peyronel finally got around to putting out a solo album. It came and went quickly barley getting noticed.

Fast forward a few years and the label Angel Air, dedicated to finding diamonds in the rough, re-released Make the Monkey Dance. The album sounded dated in 2005 and a few more years don’t really do any more damage to that. This truly sounds like it could have been released in the mid 1980’s. It is melodic and features well-written tunes and a few surprises.

“Lie for a Lie” is the best track on the album and this version stands up with Mason and Gilmour’s. Meat Loaf’s “Midnight at the Lost and Found” is a great remake and an ode to another song that should have been a much bigger hit the first time around. Danny also pays respect to his UFO days with a song that he wrote for the No Heavy Petting album called “Highway Lady.”

This is a good one for the music nerd who thought he had heard it all. Well, you haven’t and you better snatch this one up quickly and turn it up loud. While this won’t set the world on fire it is a good collection of tunes that deserves more respect than it got the first go round.

By Jeb Wright