Dan Reeder (musician)

Dan Reeder is an American musician and artist. He was born in Louisiana[1] in 1954 and raised in California. He later relocated to Germany in the early 1980s.

Reeder has been called "one of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk" by The New Yorker's Ben Greenman.[2]

Reeder was signed to John Prine's Oh Boy Records recording label after sending Prine a self-made CD of his songs. His self-titled debut album was released in 2003.[3] Reeder was the first musician to receive an article from Rolling Stone Magazine without a record deal. Previously with Prine, he performs regularly in North America and Europe.

Reeder is noted for his original compositions (with titles such as 'Food and Pussy', 'Bach is dead and gone,' and 'Work Song,' which was featured on the Emmy-winning show 'Weeds'). His songs are often described as odd, original and humorous.[3][4] His music has received critical acclaim for its unique blending of blues, folk, gospel and field hollers.[5] He writes, arranges, and engineers his recordings on which the instruments and vocals are played and performed by himself through the use of multi-layering. He also has a creative knack for lo-fi, homemade engineering and taught himself how to build his own computers, amplifiers, microphones and P.A systems, some from scratch.[6]

Reeder is also an instrument maker and builds most of the instruments that he uses for recordings and live shows. He has been said to sound like a wispy John Prine and a bluesy Kenny Rogers.[7][8]

In 2006, Reeder opened the Nuremberg Bardentreffen (an open-air music festival in Nuremberg, Germany) with a concert on the Klarissenplatz. In 2010, he was awarded the Promotion Prize of the city of Nuremberg.

Besides being more widely recognized as a musician and recording artist, Reeder is primarily a painter and visual artist. All of his albums feature his own original work as cover art. In 2012 he published an overview of his work entitled, 'Art Pussies Fear This Book'.[2]

His five song EP 'Nobody Wants To Be You' was released in 2018.[1]

In 2020, Reeder released his 20-song album every which way on Oh Boy Records[9].

Discography
Year Title Label Number Notes
2004Dan ReederOh BoyOBR-027[8][10][11]
2006SweetheartOh BoyOBR-036[5][12]
2010This New CenturyOh BoyOBR-041[13]
2017Nobody Wants to Be YouOh BoyOBR-045[14]
2020Every Which WayOh BoyOBR-053
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References
  1. CD reviews: Dan Reeder, Los Campesinos, Midlake - Houston Chronicle
  3. Sacramento News & Review - Dan Reeder - In the Mix - Music - Music - January 1, 2004
  4. CMJ Network, Inc. (January–February 2004). CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. pp. 58–. ISSN 1074-6978.
  5. Dan Reeder – Sweetheart « Americana and Roots Music - No Depression
  6. "Work Song ~ Dan Reeder | DJ Allyn – The Soundtrack for my Life". Archived from the original on 2011-11-21. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
  7. Dan Reeder: This New Century | PopMatters
  8. Dan Reeder Dan Reeder Review By Steven Stone
  9. Moody, Mark (2020-06-11). "Dan Reeder - Every Which Way - Oh Boy". Under the Radar. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  10. Dan Reeder - Dan Reeder • Folk & Country Reviews • exclaim.ca
  11. Music Review: 'Dan Reeder' from Dan Reeder : NPR
  12. Disc Guide : Singer / Songwriter | NOW Magazine
  13. FAME Review: Dan Reeder - This New Century
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