Dan Elkan | |
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Born |
Nevada City, California, United States |
September 7, 1978
Genres | Rock |
Instruments | '80s Squire Telecaster, '60s Hagstrom I |
Associated acts | Them Hills, Broken Bells, Hella, Team Sleep, Pocket for Corduroy, Zavalaz |
Website | www |
Dan Elkan (born September 7, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and producer, who is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band Them Hills. Elkan has performed live with Broken Bells,Hella and Kim Deal and has appeared on recordings by Hella, Team Sleep, Norah Jones and Zach Hill. Elkan produced Aaron Ross' 2007 album "Shapeshifter" and tracks for Golden Shoulders' "Get Reasonable" 2009. Elkan also co-produced Zach Hill & Holy Smokes' "Masculine Drugs" 2004 and Holy Smokes' "Talk to Your Kids about Gangs" 2006 as well as Alela Diane's 2009 album "To Be Still".
The Union (Western Nevada County, CA) in 2009 called him "instrumental in much of the music that has come out of Nevada County in the last 10 years".
Boken Bells Best song:Ghost inside and After the Disco