Dan's Dad re-dedicated his own life and then traveled to Missouri returning with Dan's real mother and they were re-married again 3 days later! They then started a family singing group called "The Kings Kids". At age 16, Dan joined The Veterans Quartet from Leitchfield, KY. Later he was awarded the opportunity to perform for two weeks with The Speer Family and The Singing Americans before moving to Branson, Missouri. There, he Joined the Blackwood Quartet and won First place in the Campbell's Ozark Country Jubilee Talent Competition, with a voice The Branson Country Review Magazine described as a "Rich and Pure Tenor Voice".
Later, Dan moved to Louisville, KY where he performed with The Impacts for 2 years and then to Sisseton, SD to perform as lead singer for Lowell Lundstrom Ministries Impact America Crusades. During this time he was awarded as the Grand Prize Winner in the National Singers Contest conducted from Washington, DC.
Dan then returned to Branson, Missouri, performing vocals and on keyboards at the Positive Country Theater for a season and his own show at The Settle Inn Resort Hotel before returning to Ashland, Kentucky to form The Keeton Ministry.
In July of 2004, Dan moved to Kinston, North Carolina, joined the Dixie Melody Boys and was nominated as one of the top ten horizon Individuals of 2005. Through the years, whenever groups have needed a fill-in tenor, Dan has been honored to help his friends like; Gold City, The Toney Brothers and others.
Now in 2010, you'll find Dan Keeton on a journey. As tenor and owner of The Keetons, he is free to share his award winning talent as well as his story.