Dan Elkan Explained

Dan Elkan
Birth Date:	7 September 1978
Birth Place:	Nevada City, California, United States
Instruments:	'80s Squire Telecaster, '60s Hagstrom I
Genre:	Rock
Associated Acts:	Them Hills, Broken Bells, Hella, Team Sleep, Pocket for Corduroy, Zavalaz

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.^[1] Elkan has performed live with Broken Bells,^[1] Hella, and Kim Deal, and has appeared on recordings by Hella, Team Sleep, Norah Jones and Zach Hill.^[2] 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".

Discography

With Pocket For Corduroy

• S/T EP (1998)
• As Soon As Impossible (2001)

With Hella

• Bitches Ain't Shit But Good People (2003)
• There's No 666 In Outer Space (2007)

With Golden Shoulders

• Friendship Is Deep (2004)
• Get Reasonable (2009)

Holy Smokes

• Masculine Drugs (2004)

With Zach Hill and

With Team Sleep

• Team Sleep (2005)

With Daisy Spot

• Daisy Spot (album) (2005)

With Holy Smokes

• Talk To Your Kids About Gangs (2006)

With Aaron Ross

• Shapeshifter (2007)

With Them Hills

• Greener Grassing (2007)
• Process (2009)

With Zach Hill

• Astrological Straits (2009)

With Alela Diane

• To Be Still (2009)

With Norah Jones

• Little Broken Hearts (2012)

With Zavalaz

• All Those Nights We Never Met (unreleased)

With Pluralone

• To Be One With You (2019)

Tours

• Pocket For Corduroy (Vocals & Guitar, 2001)^[3]
• Hella (vocals, guitar, keyboard & sampler, 2005)
• Them Hills (vocals & guitar, 2006-2011)
• Broken Bells (vocals & guitar, 2010)
• Zavalaz (guitar & vocals, 2013)

External links

• AllMusic

Boken Bells Best song:Ghost inside and After the Disco

Notes and References

1. News: Locks . Jesse . Chili Peppers perform in secret Nevada City concert . The Union (Western Nevada County, CA) . August 1, 2011 .
2. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-elkan-mn0000497774 Allmusic.com
3. News: Locks. Jesse. Lemonade: Reflecting on the best music of the decade. The Union (W Nevada Co, CA). December 24, 2009.