Dead man's hand in popular culture Bob Seger. The lyric "Aces and eights are the fate that you drew" appears in the song "I Am the Storm" by Blue Öyster Cult on their album "Mirrors". In the song "Rambling, Gambling Willie" by Bob Dylan, the main character, Will O'Conley, is a successful poker player who loses his life to an angry opponent while holding the dead man's hand. The song contains the lyric, "When Willie’s cards fell on the floor, they were aces backed with eights." Townes van Zandt covers the song on the album "Roadsongs." The Lonely Heartstring Band covers the song on their album
Danny Is Dead making "Danny Is Dead" the first record since Danny!'s debut, "The College Kicked-Out", to be a completely solo effort. The record was well received and touted by critics as a sign of great music to come from Danny!. PopMatters optimistically stated that while Danny! certainly "has a brilliant album in him", "Danny Is Dead" ultimately "lacks the amazingness of both what he’s done and what he’s likely to do". RapReviews.com gave the album an 8.5 out of 10—the same score given to "Charm"—and offered that Danny! "continues to impress...this rapper's career [is] definitely on the rise". Overall "Danny Is Dead"