Dan Wilson (musician)
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Daniel Dodd "Dan" Wilson (born May 20, 1961 in Minneapolis
, Minnesota
) is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer. He is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the band Semisonic
, for which he wrote the hits "Secret Smile
," "Closing Time
," and "Chemistry
." He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
in 1999 for Semisonic's "Closing Time
," which peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Chart and #6 in the Top 40 Chart overall. Wilson was also a member of Trip Shakespeare
from the mid-1980s to early 1990s and of college bands Animal Dance, The Love Monsters and The Floating World in the early 1980s.
Wilson is perhaps best known currently for his co-writing and collaborations with other artists. He contributed three songs to the 2010 album 21
by UK singer songwriter Adele
,which has had the longest Top 5 run in history in the Billboard Album Chart. Wilson co-wrote and produced the hit single "Someone Like You
." The song held the #1 position for 5 weeks in the U.S. and remains in the Top 5 on the Singles Chart, and it has topped the charts in other countries as well including the U.K., Australia, France, and Germany. Wilson co-wrote the song "Home" by Dierks Bentley, the second single for Bentley's 2012 album, which has risen quickly in the Top 40 Country Chart. Wilson co-wrote six songs for the 2010 Josh Groban
album Illuminations
, including the first single "Hidden Away
" which was in the Top 20 on the Hot AC Chart. Wilson co-wrote six songs with the Dixie Chicks
for their 2006 album Taking the Long Way
, which garnered the coveted Album of the Year
at the 2007 Grammy Awards. Wilson received the 2007 Grammy Award for Song of the Year
for "Not Ready to Make Nice
," one of the songs he co wrote with the Dixie Chicks.
Wilson has collaborated with a wide range of other artists including The Band Perry, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Jason Mraz, Keith Urban, Carole King, James Morrison, Gin Wigmore, Missy Higgins, Gabe Dixon, Mike Doughty, Paloma Faith, Audrae Mae, Nicole Atkins, and Rachael Yamagata.
Wilson's critically acclaimed first solo album Free Life
was released in October 2007. He produced the album himself, with renowned music guru Rick Rubin serving as executive producer and writing the liner notes. The eponymous title track, "Free Life," was featured in a number of American television programs. Wilson is currently working on his second solo album.
, Bob Dylan
, Beatles
, Radiohead
, Jaco Pastorius
, Miles Davis
, Pink Floyd
, Neil Young
. I'm lightly but happily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins
, Elliott Smith
, Bryan Adams
, Pat Metheny
, REM
, Sigur Rós
. 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 experiences 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."
of the band The Twilight Hours
, whom he also played with in Trip Shakespeare.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis , nicknamed "City of Lakes" and the "Mill City," is the county seat of Hennepin County, the largest city in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and the 48th largest in the United States...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
) is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, Grammy-winning songwriter and producer. He is both a solo artist and the lead singer of the band Semisonic
Semisonic
Semisonic is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995. The band consisted of three members: Dan Wilson , John Munson , and Jacob Slichter...
, for which he wrote the hits "Secret Smile
Secret Smile (Semisonic song)
Secret Smile is the title of a song recorded by the American alternative rock band Semisonic.-Music video:The music video features lead singer Dan Wilson and a Japanese actress playing with a video camera. The paparazzi then arrive and the couple make a run for it...
," "Closing Time
Closing Time (Semisonic song)
"Closing Time" is the title of a song by American alternative rock band Semisonic. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. One of the band's most popular songs, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. The song was nominated for the...
," and "Chemistry
Chemistry (semisonic song)
"Chemistry" is a song by the alternative rock band Semisonic. It was their first single on their 2001 album, All About Chemistry. It reached 39 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracksand 35 on the UK Singles Chart.-Music video:...
." He was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song
The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rock music genre...
in 1999 for Semisonic's "Closing Time
Closing Time (Semisonic song)
"Closing Time" is the title of a song by American alternative rock band Semisonic. It was released in March 1998 as the lead single from their album Feeling Strangely Fine. One of the band's most popular songs, it was written by Dan Wilson and produced by Nick Launay. The song was nominated for the...
," which peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Chart and #6 in the Top 40 Chart overall. Wilson was also a member of Trip Shakespeare
Trip Shakespeare
Trip Shakespeare was a Minneapolis-based alternative rock band of the late 1980s/early 1990s.-Origins:The band originated when Harvard University English student Matt Wilson teamed up with Elaine Harris , a Harvard grad student in biological anthropology, in the early 1980s...
from the mid-1980s to early 1990s and of college bands Animal Dance, The Love Monsters and The Floating World in the early 1980s.
Wilson is perhaps best known currently for his co-writing and collaborations with other artists. He contributed three songs to the 2010 album 21
21 (Adele album)
21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production...
by UK singer songwriter Adele
Adele (singer)
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
,which has had the longest Top 5 run in history in the Billboard Album Chart. Wilson co-wrote and produced the hit single "Someone Like You
Someone Like You (Adele song)
"Someone Like You" is a song by English singer-songwriter Adele. Written by Adele and Dan Wilson for her second studio album 21, the song was inspired by a broken relationship of hers, and lyrically it speaks of Adele coming to terms with it...
." The song held the #1 position for 5 weeks in the U.S. and remains in the Top 5 on the Singles Chart, and it has topped the charts in other countries as well including the U.K., Australia, France, and Germany. Wilson co-wrote the song "Home" by Dierks Bentley, the second single for Bentley's 2012 album, which has risen quickly in the Top 40 Country Chart. Wilson co-wrote six songs for the 2010 Josh Groban
Josh Groban
Joshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
album Illuminations
Illuminations (Josh Groban album)
-Commercial reception:The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 190,000 copies in its first week and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipping over a million copies. The album has since sold over 800,000 copies in the US...
, including the first single "Hidden Away
Hidden Away
"Hidden Away" is singer-songwriter Josh Groban's first single for his fifth studio album Illuminations.-Background:Josh and Dan Wilson both wrote the single. Josh also states it took three years to make his new album Illuminations. The song was also available for download on Josh's website. The...
" which was in the Top 20 on the Hot AC Chart. Wilson co-wrote six songs with the Dixie Chicks
Dixie Chicks
The Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
for their 2006 album Taking the Long Way
Taking the Long Way
-Public reception:On May 31, 2006, the album took three number one spots on the charts of Billboard magazine. It was number one on the Hot Country Albums, Top Digital Albums, and on the Billboard 200 chart, going Gold in its first week with 526,000 units sold....
, which garnered the coveted Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer...
at the 2007 Grammy Awards. Wilson received the 2007 Grammy Award for Song of the Year
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...
for "Not Ready to Make Nice
Not Ready to Make Nice
"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a country pop song co-written and performed by the American all-female band Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album Taking the Long Way...
," one of the songs he co wrote with the Dixie Chicks.
Wilson has collaborated with a wide range of other artists including The Band Perry, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Jason Mraz, Keith Urban, Carole King, James Morrison, Gin Wigmore, Missy Higgins, Gabe Dixon, Mike Doughty, Paloma Faith, Audrae Mae, Nicole Atkins, and Rachael Yamagata.
Wilson's critically acclaimed first solo album Free Life
Free Life
Free Life is an album by Dan Wilson, the frontman of the rock band Semisonic. It was released on October 16, 2007.-Track listing:#"All Kinds" - #"Free Life" - #"Breathless" - #"Baby Doll" - #"Come Home Angel" -...
was released in October 2007. He produced the album himself, with renowned music guru Rick Rubin serving as executive producer and writing the liner notes. The eponymous title track, "Free Life," was featured in a number of American television programs. Wilson is currently working on his second solo album.
Influences
"I'm heavily influenced by Joni MitchellJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
, Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, Radiohead
Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, formed in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway .Radiohead released their debut single "Creep" in 1992...
, Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
, Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
, Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
, Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
. I'm lightly but happily influenced by Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. Formed by Billy Corgan frontman and James Iha , the band has included Jimmy Chamberlin , D'arcy Wretzky , and currently includes Jeff Schroeder Mike Byrne , and Nicole Fiorentino The Smashing...
, Elliott Smith
Elliott Smith
Steven Paul "Elliott" Smith was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity...
, Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny
Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
, REM
R.E.M.
R.E.M. was an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry. One of the first popular alternative rock bands, R.E.M. gained early attention due to Buck's ringing, arpeggiated guitar style and Stipe's...
, Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós
Sigur Rós is an Icelandic post-rock band with classicaland minimalist elements. The band is known for its ethereal sound, and frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals and use of bowed guitar. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus. Since then, it has since been announced...
. 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
Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
, there are more. And in the past few years I've written songs and recorded with a lot of new friends and those experiences have also influenced my music: Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...
, Mike Doughty
Mike Doughty
Mike Doughty is an American indie and alternative rock singer-songwriter. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s, and in the 2000s, became a solo artist...
, The Dixie Chicks, Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata
Rachael Yamagata is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from Arlington, Virginia. She began her musical career with the band Bumpus before becoming a solo artist and releasing four EP's and three studio albums...
, Jason Mraz
Jason Mraz
Jason Thomas Mraz , also known as Mr. AZ and Mr. Raz, is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come, which contained the hit single "The Remedy ", in 2002, but it was not until the release of his second album, "Mr. A-Z", in 2005, that Mraz achieved...
, Bleu
Bleu (musician)
William James McAuley III , best known by his performing name, Bleu, is an American pop artist , professional songwriter and producer currently living in Los Angeles. Bleu graduated from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts...
, Gabe Dixon, lots more."
When asked to describe who he sounds like, he notes "I hope I sound like Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
, Sea Change by Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name 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
Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
lately, somehow that's going to seep into my songwriting."
Personal life
Dan is married to Diane Espaldon, and has two daughters - Corazon or "Coco", born in 1997, and Lily, adopted from the Philippines at age 2 in 2009. Wilson attended Harvard University where he majored in visual arts (sculpture). He had a successful painting career, represented by Thomas Barry Fine Arts, with his works in numerous private and corporate collections. He set his painting aside in the late 1990s to focus on music. His brother is musician Matt WilsonMatt Wilson (musician)
Matt Wilson is a singer/songwriter who is best known as the not overly serious lead of the band Trip Shakespeare. While Matt was an English concentrator at Harvard he met John Munson and Elaine Harris and formed the band Trip Shakespeare. After the breakup he was a drummer for a Minneapolis band...
of the band The Twilight Hours
The Twilight Hours
The Twilight Hours were formed by Matt Wilson and John Munson .-Background:...
, whom he also played with in Trip Shakespeare.
Discography
- 2010 Dan & Matt Wilson Minneapolis 2010
- 2009 Dan Wilson Live at the Pantages - A 2-CD document of Dan Wilson's concert at Minneapolis' Pantages Theater on December 13, 2008.
- 2008 "Live At The Electric Fetus"
- 2008 "Be Free EP" digital release
- 2007 Free LifeFree LifeFree Life is an album by Dan Wilson, the frontman of the rock band Semisonic. It was released on October 16, 2007.-Track listing:#"All Kinds" - #"Free Life" - #"Breathless" - #"Baby Doll" - #"Come Home Angel" -...
- 2001 Dan Wilson Live @ the CCC
- 1998 Dan Wilson Live @ Bryant Lake Bowl
Semisonic
- 2003 One Night at First Avenue (live)
- 2001 All About ChemistryAll About ChemistryAll About Chemistry is an album by Semisonic, released on March 13, 2001 through MCA Records. With this release, the band failed, at least in America, to capitalize on the momentum it had generated with the song "Closing Time" from their previous album, Feeling Strangely Fine. This had a softer...
- 1998 Feeling Strangely FineFeeling Strangely FineFeeling Strangely Fine is the follow-up by Semisonic to 1996's Great Divide recorded at Seedy Underbelly Studio, Minneapolis, Minnesota. The band had over 60 new songs in mind as they went into the recording process and had three specific requirements when they decided they wanted to record a new...
- 1996 Great DivideGreat Divide (album)Great Divide is the first major label album released by American rock band Semisonic. It was released April 9, 1996 by MCA Records. It was produced by Paul Fox, and recorded/mixed by Ed Thacker.-History:...
- 1995 Pleasure EPPleasure EPPleasure EP was the first release by rock band Semisonic. It was originally released in 1995 and later re-released following the success of their song "Closing Time"...
(EP) - 1993 Pleasure
Trip Shakespeare
- 1992 Volt (EP)
- 1991 Lulu
- 1990 Across the UniverseAcross the Universe (album)Across The Universe is an album released by Trip Shakespeare in 1990. It was the band's first release on A&M Records, the major label that they had signed with earlier in the year.- Title :...
- 1989 Are You Shakespearienced?
Featured-on albums
- 2006 For New Orleans - track # 4 "I Can't Hold You"
- 1999 Together in Concert: LiveTogether in Concert: LiveTogether in Concert: Live is a 2000 live album by Tim Finn, Bic Runga, and Dave Dobbyn during their Together in Concert tour. It was recorded in the months of August and September 2000 in venues around New Zealand...
, Bic RungaBic RungaBriolette Kah Bic Runga MNZM is a New Zealand pop recording artist whose first solo album, Drive, debuted at number one on the New Zealand RIANZ charts. She has since become one of the highest-selling New Zealand artists in recent history...
Featuring Dan Wilson.
Producing and Songwriting Highlights
- Co-wrote the song "HomeHome (Dierks Bentley song)"Home" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Dierks Bentley. It is the seventeenth single release of his career, and the second from an upcoming sixth studio album for Capitol Records, also titled Home...
" from the 2012 Dierks BentleyDierks BentleyDierks Bentley is an American country music artist who has been signed to Capitol Records Nashville since 2003. That year, he released his self-titled debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's Modern Day Drifter, are certified platinum in the United States. A third album, 2006's Long Trip...
album Home - Co-produced and co-wrote the song "Someone Like YouSomeone Like YouSomeone Like You may refer to:In film and theater:*Someone Like You , a 2001 film*Someone Like You , a West End musical*Unnaipol Oruvan, an Indian film directed by Chakri Toleti...
'" a #1 single from the 2011 AdeleAdele (singer)Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
album, 2121 (Adele album)21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production... - Co-wrote the songs "One and Only" and "Don't You Remember" from the AdeleAdele (singer)Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...
album, 2121 (Adele album)21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production... - Co-wrote the song "Heavy Boots" from the 2011 Nicole AtkinsNicole AtkinsNicole Atkins is an American singer-songwriter. She has been compared to Roy Orbison and singers from the Brill Building era.-Early life:...
album Mondo AmoreMondo AmoreMondo Amore is the second album by Nicole Atkins. It was released in the United States on February 8, 2011 by Razor & Tie Music.-Background:... - Co-wrote the song "Big Promises" from the 2010 Keith UrbanKeith UrbanKeith Lionel Urban is a New Zealand-born Australian, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Urban was born in New Zealand and began his career in Australia at an early age...
album Get CloserGet CloserGet Closer is a Gold-plus, Grammy-nominated album by singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It arrived two and a half years after Ronstadt's controversial Punk Rock Mad Love album... - Co-wrote the song "Ruling Me" with Rivers CuomoRivers CuomoRivers Cuomo is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter of the alternative rock band Weezer. Raised in an Ashram in Connecticut, Cuomo moved to Los Angeles at age 19, where he participated in a number of rock bands before founding Weezer in 1992...
featured on Weezer's 2010 album, HurleyHurley (album)Hurley is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock band Weezer, released on September 10, 2010 on Epitaph Records. The album was produced by Rivers Cuomo and Shawn Everett, and, similar to the band's previous studio album, Raditude, features songs co-written with songwriters outside of...
. - Co-wrote the songs "Hidden AwayHidden Away"Hidden Away" is singer-songwriter Josh Groban's first single for his fifth studio album Illuminations.-Background:Josh and Dan Wilson both wrote the single. Josh also states it took three years to make his new album Illuminations. The song was also available for download on Josh's website. The...
," "Higher Window," "Bells of New York City," "Love Only Knows," "War At Home," "If I Walk Away" from the 2010 Josh GrobanJosh GrobanJoshua Winslow "Josh" Groban is an American singer-songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. His four solo albums have been certified at least multi-platinum, and in 2007, he was charted as the number-one best selling artist in the United States with over 21 million records in that country...
album IlluminationsIlluminations (Josh Groban album)-Commercial reception:The album debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200, selling 190,000 copies in its first week and was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipping over a million copies. The album has since sold over 800,000 copies in the US... - Produced StoryhillStoryhillStoryhill is an American folk duo, composed of Chris Cunningham and John Hermanson. The acoustic songwriting duo formed in Bozeman, Montana in 1989 simply as Chris & Johnny. They did not adopt the name Storyhill until 1996. They started performing together in Montana and later Minnesota, creating...
's 2010 album Shade of the Trees as well as the band's 2007 album Storyhill. - Produced Jeremy MessersmithJeremy MessersmithJeremy Messersmith is an indie pop musician based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Biography:Jeremy Messersmith was born in Charleston, and grew up in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. He moved to Minneapolis in 1999 to attend North Central University...
's 2008 album, The Silver City. - Produced Mike DoughtyMike DoughtyMike Doughty is an American indie and alternative rock singer-songwriter. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s, and in the 2000s, became a solo artist...
's 2008 album Golden DeliciousGolden DeliciousThe Golden Delicious is a cultivar of apple with a yellow color. It is not closely related to the Red Delicious apple.- Appearance and flavor :...
and 2005 album Haughty MelodicHaughty MelodicHaughty Melodic is an album by Mike Doughty released on May 3, 2005. Doughty described the album as "a bunch of songs about yearning and redemption and happiness and hope." The album's sound is dense, stuffed full of multi-tracked guitars, horns, keyboards, and Doughty's own voice multiplied over...
. - Co-wrote the song "Not Ready To Make NiceNot Ready to Make Nice"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a country pop song co-written and performed by the American all-female band Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album Taking the Long Way...
," the 2007 Grammy Award for Song of the YearGrammy Award for Song of the YearThe Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...
from the Dixie ChicksDixie ChicksThe Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
album Taking The Long WayTaking the Long Way-Public reception:On May 31, 2006, the album took three number one spots on the charts of Billboard magazine. It was number one on the Hot Country Albums, Top Digital Albums, and on the Billboard 200 chart, going Gold in its first week with 526,000 units sold.... - Co-wrote the songs "The Long Way AroundThe Long Way Around"The Long Way Around" is a country–pop song written and recorded by the American all-female trio Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album, Taking the Long Way...
," "Lullabye," " Easy Silence," "Voice Inside My Head," "So Hard" from the Dixie ChicksDixie ChicksThe Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
2007 album Taking The Long WayTaking the Long Way-Public reception:On May 31, 2006, the album took three number one spots on the charts of Billboard magazine. It was number one on the Hot Country Albums, Top Digital Albums, and on the Billboard 200 chart, going Gold in its first week with 526,000 units sold....
Awards and nominations
- Grammy Awards of 2007Grammy Awards of 2007The 49th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2005 and ending September 14, 2006 in the United States. The awards were handed out on Sunday February 11, 2007 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The Dixie Chicks...
- Song of the YearGrammy Award for Song of the YearThe Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 and unlike the Record of the Year award, which goes to the performer and production team of a single song, Song of the Year...
- Martie Maguire, Natalie MainesNatalie MainesNatalie Louise Maines Pasdar is an American singer-songwriter who achieved success as the lead vocalist for the female alternative country band, the Dixie Chicks...
, Emily Robison, and Dan Wilson for "Not Ready To Make NiceNot Ready to Make Nice"Not Ready to Make Nice" is a country pop song co-written and performed by the American all-female band Dixie Chicks for their seventh studio album Taking the Long Way...
"* performed by Dixie ChicksDixie ChicksThe Dixie Chicks are an American country band which has also successfully crossed over into other genres. The band is composed of founding members Martie Erwin Maguire and Emily Erwin Robison, and lead singer Natalie Maines...
- Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines
- Grammy Awards of 1999Grammy Awards of 1999The 41st Grammy Awards were held on February 24, 1999. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1998. Lauryn Hill was the nights big winner winning a total of 5 awards including Album of the Year and Best New Artist. Madonna won three awards while country musicians the Dixie...
-Best Rock Song- Grammy Nomination for "Closing TimeClosing timeClosing Time may refer to:*Closing time, the time when a business establishment ceases operations for the day. In the case of a bar, this is called "last call" . Also called "bar time" when referring to the closing time of a bar or pub...
"* performed by SemisonicSemisonicSemisonic is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1995. The band consisted of three members: Dan Wilson , John Munson , and Jacob Slichter...
- Grammy Nomination for "Closing Time
External links
- Dan Wilson Official website
- Dan Wilson, March 2011 AOL Spinner interview
- 2010 Dan Wilson interview about Storyhill, covering the making of Shade of the Trees