Danny Cox was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and moved to Kansas City, Kansas in 1963. As a youth, he was singing in a church choir, and in the 1960s he started his professional career performing on a Hootenanny Folk Tour. He has recorded albums for ABC Dunhill, Casablanca, MGM, and others. He has also partnered with a company called Good Karma Productions, run by Vanguard Coffee House (K.C.) owners Paul Peterson and Stan Plesser, who managed the acts of folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, Southern rock band The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, along with Danny’s. In September 2011, Cox recorded Kansas City – Where I Belong at Pilgrim Chapel in Kansas City, Missouri. Produced by Dr. Roger Coleman, filmmaker Benjamin Meade, and musician Bob Walkenhorst, the CD (along with a short film entitled Up Close and Personal by Benjamin Meade) was released in January 2012 by Pilgrim Chapel Music. Included are tracks that Cox wrote more than 30 years ago along with more recent material featuring his son Joseph. The package artwork features several drawings by Cox and was designed by Amy Young. In 2012, Cox wrote the music, lyrics and starred in the show Fair Ball, a musical play about the dramatic history and courage of the men and women who played against all odds of racial segregation, including the “Jim Crow” laws, in the Negro leagues of baseball. The musical is a revision of The Monarchs of KC and includes new songs, characters, and true stories from a tumultuous and entertaining era of baseball history Danny still plays around KC (pre-covid) and is looking forward to playing more as the pandemic clears.  The Folly is pleased to bring this KC icon to the JKD Lounge!