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The Voice: D.C.'s Owen Danoff Joins Team Levine

He is the son of Bill Danoff, who co-wrote "Take Me Home Country Roads" with John Denver.

Washington, D.C.-born singer/songwriter Owen Danoff got quite the welcome while auditioning on NBC's "The Voice" during Tuesday's show, with all four judges asking him to join their team.

Danoff got to choose between Pharrell Williams, Christina Aguilera, Blake Shelton and Adam Levine to be his coach during the duration of the singing competition, ultimately choosing Maroon 5 frontman Levine.

Danoff blew them away with his rendition of "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" by Bob Dylan.

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The singer currently lives in New York, but he's well known in the D.C. area, having performed at the 9:30 club and the Birchmere and received numerous local awards, according to the bio posted on his website. He released his first full-length album, Twelve Stories, in May 2014.

He's got a strong musical pedigree as the son of Bill Danoff, one of the founding members of Starland Vocal Band which had a Grammy Award-winning single, "Afternoon Delight" in the 1970s. The elder Danoff also co-wrote the John Denver song, "Take Me Home Country Roads."

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