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Infobox musical artist|name = Dan Bern| image = Dan Bern 1.JPG| caption = Bern in August 1999.| image_size =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Daniel Bern| alias = Bernstein Cunliffe Merriwether| birth_date = birth date and age|1965|7|27| birth_place = Mount Vernon, Iowa|Mount Vernon , Iowa , United States|U.S. | origin =| instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , harmonica | genre = Folk (music)|Folk , Rock music|rock , Pop (music)|pop | occupation = Musician , songwriter , author , visual artist | label = Messenger Records|Messenger , Cooking Vinyl , Work Records|Work | website = URL|danbern.comDan Bern (also known asBernstein ; born 27 July 1965) is an American guitarist , singer , songwriter , novelist and painter. His music is often compared to that of Bob Dylan , Woody Guthrie , Bruce Springsteen , Phil Ochs and Elvis Costello .Allmusic|class=artist|id=p27213|pure_url=yes http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistspotlight/p/DanBern_profile.htm http://www.carnegiehall.org/textSite/box_office/events/evt_7009.html
He is a prolific composer, having written hundreds of songs http://home.earthlink.net/~usablues/archive/archive.html http://danbern.redacorn.net/lyrics/. He also wrote the novel Quitting Science (2004) under the pen name Cunliffe Merriwether and wrote the preface under his own name.
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Bern's song "Talkin' Woody, Bob, Bruce, and Dan Blues," from the album Smartie Mine , offers a joking take on this influence, presented in the style of a Guthrie or Dylan talking blues song, and containing a spoof of a Springsteen song as well. When asked about the similarity between himself and Dylan, he once quipped, "I guess Bob Dylan was sort of the Dan Bern of the '60's." Bernstein has also toured with Ani DiFranco . He is known for sardonic, literary lyrics, a range of musical styles, and a folk music style paired with rock instrumentation.
Although a vein of social and political humor runs through even his earliest work, Bern's songs became more explicitly political during the U.S. presidential election, 2004|2004 US presidential election campaign, with songs such as "Bush Must Be Defeated" and "President" highlighting his sometimes surreal political takes. His work also often deals with his Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, as in such songs as "Lithuania." The name Bernstein is a reference to this ancestry; on a trip to Lithuania, he learned it was his family's name before immigration to the United States. http://www.anchoragepress.com/archives/documentee59.html
Many of his tours and recordings between 1997 and 2003 featured a regular cast of backup musicians which he began calling the International Jewish Banking Conspiracy or IJBC. When asked why he chose that name, Bern said it was a tribute to the book Nigger (1964 book)|Nigger by Dick Gregory .
New American Language , The Swastika EP , Fleeting Days and My Country II were all released under the "Dan Bern & the International Jewish Banking Conspiracy" name. The IJBC featured longtime Bern Record producer|producer and collaborator Wil Masisak on Musical keyboard|keyboards , drum s, guitar and Bass (instrument)|bass ; Eben "Eby Brown" Grace on guitar and Pedal steel guitar|pedal steel ; Brian "Slim Nickel" Schey on bass and guitar; Paul Kuhn on cellocaster; Anna Phoebe on electric violin ; and drummers Colin "Spanky" Mahoney and Jake Coffin.
In early 2007, Bern's Breathe won in The 6th Annual The Independent Music Awards|Independent MusicAwards for Best Folk/Singer-Songwriter Album. http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/jukebox2007.asp Independent MusicAwards - 6th Annual Winners
In 2009 and 2010, Bern often played with Common Rotation , a musical group out of Los Angeles, California that consists of vocals, guitar, banjo, trumpet, saxophone, and other instruments. Playing a concert in September 2009 at the M Bar in Los Angeles, Bern and Common Rotation recorded their show and released a live album in the spring of 2010 called "Live in Los Angeles." Approximately half the songs are Dan Bern playing solo and the other half include Common Rotation.
Bern's songwriting skills were used in the biopic parody film Walk Hard where he helped write 16 songs for the movie. Many of these songs made the theatrical cut of the film including the Dylanesque "Royal Jelly," and the melodic "(Have You Heard the News) Dewey Cox Died." He continues to write songs for films, including Get Him to the Greek and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1727261/ Father's Day http://www.fearnet.com/news/b22849_troma_launches_fathers_day_music_video.html? utm_source=fearnet& utm_medium=rssfeeds& utm_campaign=rss_imdb Fear Net news.
http://www.archive.org/details/DanBern Dan Bern collection at the Internet Archive 's live music archive
Persondata | NAME =Bern, Dan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =27 July 1965 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Mount Vernon, Iowa|Mount Vernon , Iowa , United States|U.S. | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Bern, Dan Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:People from Mount Vernon, Iowa Category:Jewish American musicians Category:Jewish American writers Category:Jewish American artists Category:American singer-songwriters Category:American folk singers Category:American singers Category:Jewish composers and songwriters Category:Fast Folk artists Category:Independent MusicAwards winners fr:Dan Bern nl:Dan Bern
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