Dan Wilson

Dan Wilson is a cult hero of American clever pop music because the past due ’80s as guitarist using the rings Trip Shakespeare and Semisonic, and in the 21st hundred years he’s quietly embarked on a single career. Born on, may 20, 1961, Wilson was created and elevated in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and like his sibling Matt Wilson, he created a enthusiasm for music and discovered how exactly to play acoustic guitar in his teenagers. Wilson studied artwork at Harvard University or college, but after graduating, he came back to Minneapolis to learn that his sibling Matt’s music group Trip Shakespeare — a locally well-known trio fusing pop hooks having a psychedelic feeling of aural wanderlust — had been thinking about adding another guitarist. Dan became a member of Trip Shakespeare soon after the release of the first recording, 1986’s Applehead Guy, and produced his documented debut using the group on 1988’s ARE YOU CURRENTLY Shakespearienced? Trip Shakespeare authorized a cope with A&M Information in 1989, plus they documented two albums and something EP for the label, 1990’s Over the World, 1991’s Lulu, and 1992’s Volt. However, the group’s pursuing hardly ever grew beyond a keen cult, and A&M opted never to discharge the Volt EP, which rather arrived through Minneapolis indie label Twin/Build. After A&M slipped Trip Shakespeare as well as the group associates parted methods, Dan Wilson focused on writing music before forming a fresh music group, Semisonic, in 1995. Featuring previous Trip Shakespeare bassist John Munson and drummer Jacob Slichter, Semisonic’s strategy was as pop-oriented as Wilson’s prior music group, but with a far more accessible melodic feeling, as well as the group gained positive reviews along with a committed fan following because of their debut EP, 1995’s Pleasure, and their first full-length record, 1996’s THE FANTASTIC Divide, that was Semisonic’s first discharge under a cope with MCA Information. Released in 1998, Sense Strangely Great was a significant commercial discovery for Semisonic, rating two strike singles (“Shutting Period” and “Key Smile”) and generating the group a platinum recording. Nevertheless, while 2001’s ABOUT Chemistry received enthusiastic evaluations as well as the solitary “Chemistry” was popular within the U.K., the recording didn’t click with record purchasers, and Semisonic silently continued hiatus, even though they made regular concert looks and compilation looks. As Semisonic proceeded to go into semi-retirement, Wilson concentrated his energies on songwriting and studio room work; he created albums for Mike Doughty, Epic Hero, the brand new Requirements and Storyville, and collaborated on tunes with Jewel, Jason Mraz, as well as the Dixie Chicks, like the Chicks’ “Not really Prepared to Make Fine,” which in 2007 gained the Grammy Award as Tune of the entire year. After his discovery using the Dixie Chicks, Wilson became extremely in demand being a tunesmith and manufacturer, contributing music to tasks by Adele (earning a Grammy in 2012 for 21), Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Josh Groban, P!nk, and a small number of various other pop and nation hitmakers. At exactly the same time that Wilson was savoring new success being a songwriter, he was also carrying on to pursue his very own recording career. Some demos he documented was handed down to manufacturer and A&R guy Rick Rubin by shared friend Sheryl Crow, and Rubin agreed upon Wilson to some cope with American Recordings. Wilson’s single debut, 2007’s Free of charge Existence, fared well with critics but was a industrial disappointment, and Wilson’s following few tasks had been released though his personal Ballroom Music label, like the 2009 concert arranged Live in the Pantages and Minneapolis 2010, a record of the live display by Dan & Matt Wilson, their 1st public performance collectively since retiring Trip Shakespeare. (Dan and Matt came back three years later on with another live collection, Minneapolis 2013, and the entire Trip Shakespeare lineup produced a shock reunion as unique guests at a fresh Standards vacation concert in Dec 2013.) Dan Wilson also started performing some intimate “Words and phrases and Music” concerts, where he played music he wrote or co-wrote for others, and in nov 2013 he released an individual, “Disappearing,” with the indie singles-only label Canvas Membership. Wilson announced that “Disappearing” was the first in some singles before his next studio room record. When not active with his a great many other tasks, Wilson can be a respected visible artist who functions in paints and pen-and-ink drawings, and sometimes performs with John Munson and Matt Wilson within their aspect task the Flops. In Apr of 2014, Wilson released his second record, Love Without Dread, which featured visitor spots from performers like Sara Bareilles, Missy Higgins, as well as the Dixie Chicks’ Natalie Maines.