Out of the Silence

Daniel's debut EP, released 2000

Altar Boy

I Still Need You Tonight
 Believe
 Nature of Love
 Constant Faithfulness

Daniel Link - vocals, keys

Cheri Chilcote - backing vocals, acoustic guitar
 David Breaux - electric & rhythm guitars

JANUARY

DanielLink.com launches

Out of the Silence debut EP releases

JUNE
 Out of the Silence debuts at #5, peaks #1 Outvoice.com's Top 40 Albums

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JULY

Altar Boy debuts at #4, peaks #1 Outvoice.com's Top 40 Singles

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AUGUST

Constant Faithfulness named AIDS Walk Austin Theme Song, Daniel & Cheri headline, playing for an audience of 50,000

DECEMBER

I Still Need You Tonight 

1st Place Winner,

Austin Songwriter's Competition

(Left) Daniel w/ Cheri after accepting 1st place "Best Country Song" for I Still Need You Tonight at Austin's legendary blue's club, Antones

BELIEVE 1994 - 1997

JULY, 1994
 Daniel & Cheri debut Believe
 @ Austin's Chicago House Open Mic Night
 
 MAY, 1995
 Daniel returns to Fort Worth to take care of his partner, John, who lost his battle w/ AIDS in October, '96.
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JANUARY, 1997
 Daniel returns to Austin 
 
 JULY, 1997
 Daniel & Cheri record Believe, w/ David Breaux on additional guitars, bass + percussion.

original demo co-written w/ Daniel's first partner, John Hofstrand

"It's ironic to me that the first song I recorded in Austin was Believe, because at the time I had absolutely no faith in myself.  But I wrote it with John, and he had a way of seeing me in ways no one else could at the time.

Cheri would drive up to Fort Worth in those days, and the three of us would hang out with guitars and a baby grand piano and sing Believe & I Still Need You Tonight over & over.  We would get goose bumps, because our voices blended so beautifully together.  

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The plan was that one day, John would come down to Austin & record with us.  But he didn't make it.  After he died, I moved back to Austin so Cheri & I could carry on with our music, in John's honor." -Daniel

"By the time we filmed this video, I had built the band around Cheri & I, but I wanted David Breaux to sit in with us on keys, since he was the guy who filled John's musical shoes, recorded the Believe demo and subsequent EP Out of the Silence that followed.  This performance of Believe captures the essence of our musical chemistry and continuity."

SEPTEMBER, 1997
 Daniel recovers from drug & alcohol abuse

ALTAR BOY 1998 - 1999

"The impact from John's death, and finding myself newly sober a year later was a fundamental shift in my life trajectory.  Not only did I have to find out who I was without John, but I had to discover who I was under years of addiction.  While I knew I was a good songwriter, I had no idea what I was doing, or even if I could navigate the music industry as a serious musician.  I didn't know if I was good enough to be a working musician.  

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I wasn't sure if my songwriting would be the same either.  It was this questioning and inner exploration that led me to write Altar Boy."

Daniel & Cheri begin booking local gigs at local coffee houses & become the darlings of the Borders Books & Music circuit.

The duo returns to David Breaux @ Cutting Edge Studio in South Austin to record the debut EP Out of the Silence.