Everything about Dan Wilson Musician totally explained
Dan Wilson (born
May 20,
1961 in
Minneapolis,
Minnesota) is a
Grammy Award-winning
Minneapolis-based guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is both a solo artist, signed to
Rick Rubin's
American Recordings, and the lead singer of the occasionally-active band
Semisonic, in which he wrote hits like "Secret Smile", "Closing Time", and "Chemistry". He was also a member of
Trip Shakespeare during the early
1990s. He co-wrote a number of songs on the
Dixie Chicks 2006 album
Taking the Long Way, including "
Not Ready to Make Nice", for which he won the
Grammy Award for Song of the Year along with the Dixie Chicks. He had previously been nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in
1999 for writing the Semisonic hit "
Closing Time." Dan also produced
Mike Doughty's albums
Haughty Melodic (2005) and
Golden Delicious (2008). His solo CD "
Free Life" was released on October 16, 2007, the eponymous title track of that album being featured in a number of American television programs.
Influences
"I'm heavily influenced by Joni Mitchell, Eddie Money, Beatles, Radiohead, Jaco Pastorius, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd, Neil Young. I'm lightly but happily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins, Elliot Smith, Bryan Adams, Pat Metheny, REM, Sigur Ros. In the past couple of years I've jammed and played music with a lot of different people and those experiences are turning into influences: Mike Doughty, Nickel Creek, Glen Phillips, The Hopefuls, Benmont Tench, Sheryl Crow, there are more. And in the past few years I've written songs and recorded with a lot of new friends and those experences have also influenced my music: Rick Rubin, Mike Doughty, The Dixie Chicks, Rachael Yamagata, Jason Mraz, Bleu, Gabe Dixon, lots more."
When asked to describe who he sounds like, he notes "I hope I sound like Neil Young, Sea Change by Beck, Iron and Wine. I know I sound like Semisonic (can't help that!), Beatles but trying not to. I've been listening to a lot of Louis Armstrong lately, somehow that's going to seep into my songwriting."
Discography
- 2007 Free Life
- 2001 Dan Wilson Live @ the CCC
- 1998 Dan Wilson Live @ Bryant Lake Bowl
Semisonic
2003 One Night at First Avenue (live)
2001 All About Chemistry
1998 Feeling Strangely Fine
1996 Great Divide
1995 Pleasure EP (EP)
Trip Shakespeare
1992 Volt (EP)
1991 Lulu
1990 Across the Universe
1989 Are You Shakespearienced?
1986 Applehead Man (re-released in 1988)
Featured-on albums
2006 For New Orleans - track # 4 "I Can't Hold You"
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards of 2007 - Song of the Year
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