Daniel Lanois
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Lanois playing steel guitar
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Roland Lanois |
| Born |
September 19, 1951 Hull, Quebec, Canada |
| Origin | Ancaster, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass, pedal steel, omnichord, keyboards |
| Years active | 1976–present |
| Labels | Opal, Warner Bros., ANTI-, Red Floor, MapleMusic Recordings (Canada) |
| Associated acts | Bob Dylan, U2, Peter Gabriel, Raffi, Malcolm Burn, Brian Eno, Aaron Neville, Daryl Johnson, Black Dub, Trixie Whitley |
| Website | daniellanois |
Daniel Roland Lanois (/lænˈwɑː/ lan-WAH; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
Lanois has released several albums of his own work. However, he is best known for producing albums for a wide variety of artists, including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Brandon Flowers. Lanois also collaborated with Brian Eno: most famously on producing several albums for U2, including the multi-platinum The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby. Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Four other albums received Grammy nominations.
Lanois wrote and performed the music for Billy Bob Thornton's film Sling Blade (1996).
Lanois started his production career when he was 17, working in his own studio with his brother Bob Lanois in the basement of their mother's Ancaster, Ontario, home recording local artists including Simply Saucer. Later, Daniel started Grant Avenue Studios in an old house he purchased in Hamilton, Ontario. He worked with a number of local bands, including Martha and the Muffins (for whom his sister Jocelyne played bass), Ray Materick, as well as the Canadian children's singer Raffi.
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