Music

The following items are digital scans from our archive of original documents

A collection of artists who have performed, recorded, or been pictured with Daion instruments.

Lasse Tennander

Daion ‘81 Caribou (notice it’s black!) and ‘82 Year Series

“RöTTER” Sonet Records (c) 1985; Universal Music AB (c) 2003

Wikipedia / Website

Fleetwood Mac

Daion ‘81 Caribou (or Gazelle?) is seen on the inside of the CD “Behind the Mask”

Warner Bros. Records Inc (c) 1990

Wikipedia / Website

Peter O. Ekberg

Daion Power Mark XX (Tan)

NCB (c) 1982

Wikipedia

The Fureys & Davey Arthur

George Fury playing a Daion ‘81 Gazelle

Music Collection Int. (c) 1991

Wikipedia / Website

Eddy Raven

Custom White MUGEN / Mark Series with transducer

Wikipedia / Website

Split Enz

White Savage Bass & Guitar

Wikipedia

Strait Old Line

"Strait Old Line" is a song by New Zealand art rock group Split Enz, released in October 1983 as the lead single from their eighth studio album "Conflicting Emotions." It went to #42 in Australia and #15 in New Zealand.

Features a white Daion Savage Bass and Guitar

Asleep At The Wheel

These ads were seen in Guitar Player magazine in 1979 and 1980 and feature

Ray Benson and Chris O’Connell playing a Daion Heritage ‘78

Wikipedia / Website

Warren Haynes

Tan Power Mark XX

Wikipedia / Website

You Never Even Called Me By My Name

This David Allan Coe song is performed live on the show Austin City Limits in 1984.

Warren Haynes (of The Allman Brother Band and Gov’t Mule) is seen playing a Tan PowerMark XX.

Additionally, you can see Warren Haynes playing the same Daion with David Allen Coe covering “My Girl.”

Brad Whitford

Member of Aerosmith. THE YEAR ‘80S (sunburst) and THE YEAR ‘79 (black) acoustics. Image attribution - https://donnbennett.com

Wikipedia / Website

Tom Hamilton

Member of Aerosmith. THE YEAR ‘80S (sunburst). Image attribution - https://donnbennett.com

Wikipedia / Website

Ray Fenwick

Daion Performer YST - Image Attribution - Auction house Gardiner Houlgate

Wikipedia / Website

Janie Fricke

In the background of this photo, you’ll see a Daion Mark XX just behind Janie Fricke

Roy Clark

HEADHUNTER 555 Serial # 82195. Image Attribution Greg Downey via Daion Facebook Group

Jahn Teigen

Gazelle or Caribou 12 string

Do re mi

Jahn Teigen represented Norway in this Eurovision contest from 1983 and finished in 9th place

In the video he appears to be playing a Gazelle or Caribou 12 string painted mint green

Filmed in Munich Germany

John Dallimore / Jean Stafford

From the Sonics 1983 Yearbook - Australian Publication

John Dallimore is playing a POWER Mark XX, Jean Stafford a ‘81 Gazelle