CMA Award-winning fiddle, mandolin, and banjo player. Credits include Dierks Bentley, Post Malone, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, John Fogerty, and more.
I am a professional session/touring multi-instrumentalist based in Nashville, TN. I have more than twenty years experience and have toured and/or recorded with a wide array of artists. For the past thirteen years, I have been a member of Dierks Bentley's band, playing fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, and serving as bandleader. My fiddle and/or banjo playing can be heard on several Dierks Bentley albums including Riser, The Mountain, and his latest release, Gravel and Gold.
In 2016 and again in 2022, I was honored to be named the CMA Touring Musician of the Year. Although my background is rooted in country and Americana music, I'm open to any and all styles. I'm looking forward to working on your next project!
Click the 'Contact' above to get in touch. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Endorse Dan Hochhalter265 Reviews - 60 Repeat Clients
check_circleVerifiedDan provided a phenomenal mandolin track for a cover song using a karaoke piano reference and seriously nailed it. Couldn't love the mandolin parts more!! Highly recommend for your project!!
check_circleVerifiedDan does great work and is very professional and responds quickly. He adds exactly what’s needed.
check_circleVerifiedDan is amazing. He did a fiddle, banjo and mandolin track for a song and it was incredible. Highly recommend
check_circleVerifiedI’m extremely happy with Dan’s banjo track. He nailed it. Could not be more pleased. I highly recommend him.
check_circleVerifiedThe nuances and professionalism with which he plays really shine. And the recording quality was fantastic. Will now be my go-to whenever I need fiddle!
check_circleVerifiedDan was professional, easy to work with, and delivered a great fiddle part!
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Once again Dan played a great fiddle track on our new country song.
Very professional!
FERDI BOLLAND PRODUCTIONS - THE NETHERLANDS 
check_circleVerifiedHe did a great job! Thanks Dan
check_circleVerifiedI love Dan's touch on fiddle and instinct! So good
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Dan is a dang good fiddle player and also just a great guy! Love sending him my tunes to add his magic.
check_circleVerifiedHighly recommend! Dan's work was perfect, delivered quickly and he was extremely easy to work with!
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Dan delivered a top class performance! He played a great fiddle part and really made our country song come alive. Very professional, fast and reliable. Dan is a real pro!
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Amazing! Perfect.
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Amazing track and turnaround! He added the energy I needed.
Will defiantly hire him again. 
check_circleVerifiedI asked Dan if you could play me a fiddle-track on my blue-grass song. I would let him improvise on the song, but I also requested vst-pre-played melodies.. which he did easily aswell. He is professional, and as in my experience "well recommended".. Greetz from Belgium ! Jo
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We (my wife and I) are absolutely thrilled by Dan's work. We lived in Nashville for a number of years and hired many Nashville players for our songs. Dan is right up there with the best of them. Highly recommended!
check_circleVerifiedDan will always take your song to the next level. I look forward to writing more songs and working with Dan. Total PRO
check_circleVerifiedExquisite fiddle from Dan on my country/pop track! It was already a busy mix and he added that extra "something" the track needed. He also came up with a really nice hook. Total pro all the way!!
check_circleVerifiedGood grief does Dan know how to serve a song! Holy moly... Such tasteful choices... And what a player, and so well recorded, total pro all around!!!
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Awesome musician, really happy!!
