Read the bio below and try to give details on vance degeneres 's: - relatives - yearsactive - spouse - parents - birth date - name - birthname - image - birth place - occupation Bio: vance elliott degeneres -lrb- born september 2 , 1954 , in new orleans , louisiana -rrb- is an american actor , musician , film producer and screenwriter , known for his work in television . he is the older brother of actress and comedian ellen degeneres . after a two-year stint in the marine corps , during which he reached the rank of corporal , degeneres hosted a radio program called '' new wave new orleans '' in the late 1970s , broadcast on wrno-fm . he played bass guitar in the cold , a new-wave band based in new orleans in the early 1980s . he originated the role of '' mr. hands '' in walter williams 's '' mr. bill '' short films in the mid-1970s . according to the 1986 book '' saturday night : a backstage history of saturday night live '' , degeneres sued williams in federal court in 1979 , asking for his name on the mr. bill copyright and for half of all profits the mr. bill character produced . after a two-day hearing , degeneres received an undisclosed portion of merchandising rights to mr. bill . however , the judge ruled that mr. bill was williams 's '' basic idea and concept . '' in the mid-1980s , degeneres co-founded the short-lived rock band called house of schock with the go-go 's drummer gina schock . in 1998 , he played keyboards for the new orleans-based band cowboy mouth . in march 2006 , he appeared on '' the ellen degeneres show '' with cowboy mouth to perform their song '' the avenue . '' in december 2006 , he became the permanent rhythm guitarist in cowboy mouth , but left in september 2007 to pursue additional tv projects . he does play guitar on their 2007 live dvd '' the name of the band is cowboy mouth '' . vance degeneres was a correspondent on '' the daily show '' from 1999 to 2001 . degeneres would occasionally present a feature done in the style of a '' dateline nbc '' report , known as '' tale of survival . '' in it , a trivial incident was reported as if it had been dangerous and serious , such as the time a cat was stuck in a tree for over a week . between pre-filmed...
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- relatives is ellen -rrb- degeneres -lrb- sister -rrb- portia derossi -lrb- sister-in-law- yearsactive is 1993 -- present- spouse is joanna degeneres august 17 , 2013- parents is betty -rrb- roy gruessendorf -lrb- step-father -rrb- degeneres -lrb- mother -rrb- elliott degeneres -lrb- father- birth date is 02 september 1954- name is vance degeneres- birthname is vance elliott degeneres- image is vancewikiphoto.jpg- birth place is new orleans , louisiana- occupation is actor , singer , film producer