associated_acts birth_place instruments background birth_date genre article_title name
them sleep , pocket for corduroy , zavalaz hills , broken bells , hella , team nevada city , california , united states '80s squire telecaster , '60s hagstrom i solo_singer 7 september 1978 rock dan elkan
 dan elkan
dan elkan

dan elkan -lrb- born september 7 , 1978 -rrb- is an american singer-songwriter and producer , who is best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock band them hills .
elkan has performed live with broken bells , hella and kim deal and has appeared on recordings by hella , team sleep , norah jones and zach hill .
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 '' -lrb- western nevada county , ca -rrb- in 2009 called him `` instrumental in much of the music that has come out of nevada county in the last 10 years '' .
