So, I feel like if humanity manages to survive our current situations, and a few more generations will pass, this guy Daniel Lanois might be recognized as one of the more important musical voices of a generation or two of music--
--Along with his own albums, his work has been recorded by Emmylou Harris, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and others. In 1997 he won a Grammy with Bob Dylan for Time Out of Mind. And along with Brian Eno he's produced and recorded work by Peter Gabriel, Neil Young, U2's albums the Unforgettable Fire and the Joshua Tree, and a bajillion other people.
Born in Hull, QC in 1951.
If you take his song "Jolie Louise" as autobiography, his parents were francophones, his dad got laid off from his job at the mill and drank too much, mom moved with the kids to Ancaster, just outside of Hamilton, ON.
Anyway, he's freaking brilliant. This clip from the last few years, and is him doing his song The Messenger on Q, the CBC show.
Sadly, he was in a fairly serious motorcycle accident this month, and has canceled his show at Montreal's Jazz Fest.
2 comments:
And don't forget Teatro, an album he did with Willie Nelson! completely amazing. One of Canada's most influencial producers to say the least. anything he touches gets infected by his amazing sound.
jc
he's always amazing; so much the more so as the magic touch behind so many others.
great song, too!
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