He and his wife opened a restaurant, Seamus McDaniels, which has won rave reviews as one of St. Louis' best restaurants for many years. However, even off the road, Danny's demons plagued him and he continued to abuse drugs and alcohol. One day he got a wake-up call while working on a rooftop in St. Louis. He could see his life flashing before his eyes. "It was like there was this big screen in front of me and I saw all the opportunities I passed up because of my addictions," he says. "I had two sons and another one on the way. My father had passed away from cirrhosis of the liver. He was an alcoholic and I had always sworn that I would never die on my kids the way my dad died on me."

Liston realized he was heading down the same path as his father. "I was starting to close in on the last four or five years of my life," he says. "That obviously got my attention. I didn't know what to do, but it was the first time I ever had to admit to myself that I was out of control. So I got on my knees on this roof top and I told God, 'Lord, I don't know what to do and I don't want to die. You're going to have to show me something.'"

That night Liston reluctantly went to church with his wife. During the service, God reached out to him. He heard the preacher saying, "You know before we get started here, God wants somebody to know something."

Ever skeptical at the time, Liston says he remembers thinking that the preacher was just going to ask for money. Instead he said "One of you people in this crowd today prayed about your drug and alcohol addiction and you told God you don't see a way out, but God wants me to tell you that if you trust him that he'll show you a way out."

Liston was shocked. "I was sitting there thinking, 'This does not happen to a guy like me. This happens on television.' My mind was fighting it as much as it could, but I knew who it was," he says, but he confesses he didn't change his life immediately. "I fought it for two years. I went home that night and drank 13 beers just to prove that it wasn't me. It took two years to finally stop. It was 19 years ago last May 28. I came home and I told my wife, 'You know what? I'm taking God up on what he said, because I can't beat this thing.'"

With God's help, Liston did overcome his addictions. God restored his relationships, and he found a renewed love of music. That joy flows through Liston's new project, released by Above Entertainment. Recorded at Memphis' legendary Ardent Studios, Liston worked with acclaimed producer Jim Gaines (Stevie Ray Vaughn, Santana, John Lee Hooker) and noted engineer John Hampton. The result is an album that combines his rock and blues roots with his passion for serving God. It's an intoxicating blend that's earning Liston a new legion of fans.

However, these days he's not making music to gain fame and celebrity... Continue >