Songs

2024

Music has run in my family for generations. From my uncle who played in some famous big bands in the 40s and 50s, to my mother who sang and wrote songs. I grew up being influenced by many genres. That's probably why I enjoy writing and performing a wide variety of music. The great thing about Films is that the stories can be from any generation, and versatile music can find a place much more easily. 

  • The link below will take you to a lot of my songs that are available for licensing. The ones marked (Demo) are just samples that can be re-recorded at any time.

  • Underneath that link is my amazon digital songs for sale link. 

  • And last but not least, my physical CDs for sale (at the bottom) 

Focus Magazine review 1998

(The John Daly Project- Johnny's Quest)
If Daly's debut solo album sounds a tad familiar to you, then you've been bar-hopping around these parts way too long. Over the years, Daly has lent his towering vocals to just about every high-profile hard rock act (including Damn the Torpedoes, Big Brother, Kingpin, Rocky Ruckman et frickin' cetera) in every beach hole-in-wall with a keg tap. His own project is just the sort of retro-edged hard finesse (Boston, Journey, name it claim it) that keeps popping up on the AOR stations around town. So, while there's not much new ground broken, there's none intended. For you teetotalers who may have missed, Daly has some of Sammy Hagar's edge, with a lot of Steve Perry's emotion, though he can pull off the more laidback wares of Boz Scaggs at certain moments. This set contains a nice array of tunes (power ballads, epic rockers, etc.) with some chops-heavy playing. Features ZenDen impresario Steve Connelly on stun guitar (way to rawk out, brother man!), guitarist Stephen Haendiges, bassist Willie Moore, drummer John Hartley, and late Riff Raff band bassist Sterling Lee Janacek on his final recording.       

Groove Magazine review 2001
JOHNNY'S QUEST II - The John Daly Project                                 
Recorded at ZEN Studios. Straight out of the gate JOHNNY'S QUEST II comes at you full speed ahead. If you're looking for blazing in your face metal it's not. Actually it's a fresh break from all the growling and screaming you hear these days. Most of the songs seem to have sort of a POPPY PSYCHEDELIC oriented guitar rock that keeps you coming back for a second and third listen. JOHNNY'S QUEST gets GGGG's for not following the mainstream and doing it his way as Daly plays most of the instruments and does all the vocals.

St. Petersburg Times 2001
JOHNNYS QUEST II , THE JOHN DALY PROJECT
Largo songwriter Johnny Daly performs under the moniker Johnny's Quest, the John Daly project,
his second album, is an intensely personal disc exploring different sorts of music
including rock, country pop, even electronica dance pop. Bummer anthem Depressed From Stress is brightened up with mandolin, though Daly does let
trouble get the best of him as he screams the chorus at the song's end. Snazzy
finger snaps and acoustic guitar help Daly celebrate the big guy in the sky on
Greater Power. Daly adopts an androidy drone on the dance cut, Our Fantasies,
intoning, "I'm gonna make you dance with me / You're gonna make romance with me." like a randy robot. He even takes a detour into goofy rap on Ghetto Stuck.
Daly's Project is fun, filled with a sense of play and candidness.

By Gina Vivinetto,
Pop critic for the St.Petersburg times

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