Welcome to the official site of Dan Merrill, Jeff Miller, and Buzz Saylor...
collectively known as Simon Apple.

As many of you may know, Buzz was diagnosed with cancer in May. His treatment includes surgery and 7 weeks of radiation. Thankfully, the surgery was 'successful'. As expected with the radiation, Buzz has been experiencing pain, fatigue, loss of taste, etc... not fun. However, he should hopefully start to feel 'better' spring/summer 2008 - with a 90% chance he will be cancer-free. Buzz is very greatful and touched by all the letters, emails, prayers, and monetary donations to help with the large medical expenses... He sincerely appreciates everyone's genuine concern.

In the meantime, we have started writing and recording demos of some new songs! (About time, eh?). Jeff is also in the process of mixing down some live shows for a possible live CD... and Dan is in the process of recording his next solo album. So, while we are taking some time off from live shows for a few months (returning in 2008), we are keeping busy on the writing & recording end!

Click here to sample a few Live Recordings.

Autographed Poster for Cystic Fibrosis

Signed by EVERYONE involved in the recording of "River To The Sea". In addition to Jeff, Buzz, & Dan, it is also signed by: Tony Levin, Buck Dharma, John Helliwell, Hugh McDowell, Steve Rodby, Dave Stahl, David Leonard, Stefon Pizzuto, Dave Miller, John Feldmann, Adam Ayan, Johannah Mackin, Deirdre Masappolo, Sang Park, Mike Paragone. Click here for bio info on these talented artists.

This will be a raffle item at our Annual Cystic Fibrosis Gala on February 9th, 2008. If you can't attend the Gala, here is your chance to purchase raffle tickets for this rare poster! ALL money goes to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

Purchase raffle tix of $50 or more, and you'll receive a free "River To The Sea" CD signed by Buzz, Dan, & Jeff!

Raffle tix will NOT be mailed to you - we will take care of them for you. So, to avoid the default shipping charges, simply enter CURECF in the coupon code during checkout, and shipping charges will show up as "Free".

Fill out all of your info just like you would be purchasing a CD or any other merchandise. If you would like to buy more than 35 tix, simply enter a higher Quantity during checkout (2 QTY = 70 tix for $100, etc.).

Please make sure your contact info is correct (street address, email, phone) or we will have no way of sending you the poster if you win! Winner will be notified shortly after February 9th, 2008.

If raffle donations reach $5,000 prior to Feb 10, 2008, we will draw a winner and donate another poster for the 2008 Gala. (There are only 7 of these posters in existence...2 of them have already been donated to CF, which leaves 5. Once these are gone, they are gone...it is very unlikely we will have any future items signed by EVERYONE on one item). We will put a $5,000 cap on this to give everyone at least a 'reasonable chance' of winning. Of course, if you want to avoid the game of chance, simply spend $5,000 worth of raffle tix and the poster will be yours automatically! (Heck, for a $5,000 donation, we'll gladly sign every CD, and all FUTURE CD's, in our catalog to give to you!).

Your donation helps fund research to find a cure for CF.

Good luck and thank you!

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The 1st single from 'River To The Sea' (Hold Me) went Top 10 on the U.S. Adult Contemporary FMQB radio chart! To view the chart, click here: Simon Apple's First U.S. Top 10

River To The Sea features several 'legendary' guest artists including: Bassist Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, John Lennon, Pink Floyd) Guitarist Buck Dharma (Blue Oyster Cult) Saxophonist John Helliwell (Supertramp) Cellist Hugh McDowell (Electric Light Orchestra), Bassist Steve Rodby (Pat Metheny Group) and Trumpeter Dave Stahl (Buddy Rich, Frank Sinatra, Harry Connick, Jr.), as well as some equally talented artists (although maybe not quite as legendary...yet!), some of which you will recognize from previous Apple work: Stefon Pizzuto, John Feldmann, Dave Miller, Johannah Mackin, Deirdre Masapollo.The album was mixed by Grammy-winning engineer, David Leonard (Paul McCartney, Rush, Prince, Tony Bennett, Avril Lavigne, Santana, Toto, kd lang, Chick Corea, Barenaked Ladies, John Mellencamp, Hootie & The Blowfish, Indigo Girls, Jackson Browne, etc).

Read The Reviews

A portion of all sales from this album are being donated to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
(Jeff’s niece has CF).

L-R: Jeff Miller, Buzz Saylor, Dan Merrill

Thanks for stopping by! Check out sound clips, album info, guest artist info, various merchandise, tour dates, etc. If you have any questions or comments (positive or negative!) feel free to write to info@simonapple.com - the band reads all email, and will try to respond as much as possible to all mail (within reason!)... but rest assured, it does get read! Thank you!