“Clean Elvis”, Dan Reeder

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Dan Reeder is an American musician and artist. He was born in Louisiana in 1954 and raised in California. He later relocated to Nuremberg, Germany in the early 1980s, and has been a resident ever since. 

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

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. Reeder was the first musician to receive an article from Rolling Stone Magazine without a record deal. Previously with Prine, he performed 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.[4][5] His music has received critical acclaim for its unique blending of blues, folk, gospel and field hollers.[6] 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. Reeder is also an instrument maker and builds most of the instruments that he uses for recordings and live shows.

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