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Daniel Robert Reeder (born March 18, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). "Delaware Dan" Reeder played college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens and was selected by the Los Angeles Raiders in the fifth round of the 1985 NFL draft.[1] He was cut by the Raiders and signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He played parts of the 1986 and 1987 seasons with Pittsburgh, appearing in 13 games. He carried the ball eight times for 28 yards and caught two passes for four yards. He also returned four kickoffs for 52 yards.[2]

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Reeder now lives in Newark, Delaware, with his wife and two sons, Troy and Colby. He coaches Holy Angels football team. Reeder was the offensive coordinator for the Avon Grove High School Red Devils during their 2009 season, in which they won the Chest-Mont League and climbed to the third round of the state playoffs. After this season, Reeder left his position. The team has since gone on to have back-to-back losing seasons in his absence.[citation needed]

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Dan Reeder is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist known for his idiosyncratic folk music featuring witty, vulnerable lyrics, homemade instruments, and a distinctive weathered voice, alongside a prominent career in visual arts marked by exhibitions and awards in Germany. Born in 1954 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and raised from age six in California, Reeder studied fine arts at Chapman College and California State University, Fullerton, before relocating to Nuremberg, Germany, in the 1990s with his wife, where he has resided for over three decades while raising three children. In Germany, he built a successful career as a visual artist, winning awards, participating in numerous exhibitions, leading seminars, holding a visiting professorship at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg, and publishing a 2012 overview of his work titled Art Pussies Fear This Book. As a musician, Reeder creates a unique blend of folk with DIY elements, performing and recording all parts himself using both conventional and self-built instruments such as steel-string guitars, banjos, and PVC trombones. He was signed to John Prine's Oh Boy Records in the early 2000s after sending the label a burned CD demo, becoming one of its longest-signed artists. His releases on the label include Dan Reeder (2004), Sweetheart (2005), This New Century (2009), Every Which Way (2020), and Smithereens (2024), noted for their quirky songwriting, warm delivery, and increasingly lush arrangements on recent works. Reeder is widely regarded as an outsider artist who has developed his distinctive creative voice largely outside the conventional industry spotlight, blending humor, vulnerability, and innovation across music and visual art from his home in Germany.

Early life

Birth and childhood

Dan Reeder was born in 1954 in Lafayette, Louisiana. He spent the first six years of his life there, marking his early childhood in the southern United States. At age six, he relocated to California, ending his childhood phase in Louisiana.

Education and early artistic development

Dan Reeder moved to Southern California at the age of six after his birth in Lafayette, Louisiana. He began his formal artistic studies at Chapman College, where he pursued fine arts. He later transferred to California State University, Fullerton, continuing his education in the same field. During his time at Fullerton, he met his future wife, Susanne. Reeder left university with only one semester remaining to complete his degree. This decision came after his wife's visa expired, leading him to relocate to Nuremberg, Germany, initially planning a six-month stay before returning to finish his studies. His professors at Fullerton encouraged the move, noting that time in Europe would benefit an art student more than another year at university. He ultimately remained in Germany permanently and did not return to complete his degree. This period of formal fine arts training at both institutions formed the foundation of his early artistic development in California.

Relocation to Germany

Move from California

Dan Reeder relocated from California to Nuremberg, Germany in the 1980s. The move was prompted by visa expiration faced by his wife Susanne, whom he met while attending California State University, Fullerton. He left university with one semester remaining to accompany her back to her hometown. He has remained permanently settled in Nuremberg since the relocation.

Settlement and family life

Dan Reeder has resided in Nuremberg, Germany since the 1980s. He met his wife Susanne at California State University, Fullerton, and though the move was initially planned as a temporary six-month stay, the city captivated him and led to permanent settlement. In Nuremberg, Reeder married Susanne and raised three children with her. One daughter, Peggy Reeder, has collaborated with him on musical performances, where her harmonies and their shared family banter enhance their live shows. Reeder embraces a self-sufficient lifestyle in his Nuremberg home, where he constructs his own musical instruments and recording equipment to support his creative work. This DIY approach extends to his daily life, allowing him to produce music independently while rooted in his adopted hometown.

Visual arts career

Practice and instrument building

Dan Reeder is primarily a painter and visual artist who creates his own album artwork, often reflecting his distinctive style in the covers for his music releases. In 2012, he published the art book "Art Pussies Fear This Book", showcasing his visual work. Reeder is a self-taught instrument builder with a strong DIY ethos, constructing a wide range of musical instruments entirely by hand. These include guitars, banjos, cellos, violins, clarinets, saxophones, pickups, microphones, preamps, mixers, drums, and basses. He has also built computers, amplifiers, and PA systems, applying the same hands-on, from-scratch approach to his instrument making and related equipment. This practice underscores his commitment to self-reliance and innovation in both visual art and music production.

Exhibitions, collections, and recognition

Reeder's paintings are held in several notable German collections, including the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, the Neues Museum Nürnberg, and the Fränkische Galerie Nürnberg. His works are also represented in various other museums and art collections. He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany since the mid-2000s, with key shows highlighting his distinctive style of ironic and satirical painting. A significant overview of his visual œuvre took place in the exhibition "I used to be lucid" at the Institut für moderne Kunst in Nuremberg, running from December 2011 to February 2012, which featured a selection of paintings, watercolours, posters, drawings, and prints created over the previous 25 years and was accompanied by the publication of his monograph Art Pussies Fear This Book. Concurrently with that opening, his work "Self portrait ohne Führerschein" was presented at the Neues Museum in Nuremberg. In 2013, he exhibited new paintings in "Neue Bilder eines ungewöhnlichen Künstlers" at the Kunstverein Bamberg in the theater foyer of the E.T.A.-Hoffmann-Theater. In recognition of his work, Reeder received the Förderungspreis der Stadt Nürnberg in 2010 for his contributions as a painter and object artist, with his paintings noted for their presence in diverse museum collections. He has won various visual art awards, led art seminars, and held a visiting professorship at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg in 2006. Specific details on the full range of awards and exhibitions remain limited in available sources.

Music career

Entry into recorded music and Oh Boy Records

Dan Reeder entered the world of recorded music later in life, self-producing his songs through multi-tracking techniques in a home studio setup where he played all instruments himself. His background in building instruments complemented this DIY approach to recording, allowing him to create layered, idiosyncratic arrangements independently. In the early 2000s, Reeder sent a self-made, burned CD of his original songs to John Prine, the acclaimed singer-songwriter who had founded Oh Boy Records in 1981. Prine was impressed upon listening and promptly signed Reeder to the label. Reeder's self-titled debut album, Dan Reeder, was released in 2004 on Oh Boy Records. He has since become one of the longest-signed artists on the Oh Boy roster.

Discography and production approach

Dan Reeder's discography primarily consists of albums released through Oh Boy Records, all produced entirely by himself in a home studio setting. He writes, performs, arranges, records, mixes, and masters every element of his music, playing all instruments and layering vocals and harmonies through multi-track overdubbing techniques. Reeder's DIY approach began with basic computer recording setups and has remained consistent, emphasizing solitary creative control and acceptance of imperfections in the process. His key releases include Dan Reeder (2004), Sweetheart (2006), This New Century (2010), the EP Nobody Wants to Be You (2017), Every Which Way (2020), and Smithereens (2024). On these recordings, Reeder continues his practice of handling all musical and technical roles without external producers or session musicians, though he has made occasional guest appearances on tracks by other artists. This self-production method underscores his independent ethos across his recorded output.

Musical style and reception

Dan Reeder's music is characterized as outsider folk, distinguished by its unique blend of blues, folk, gospel, and field hollers, often infused with humor, vulgarity, and a raw, primitive quality. He crafts aggressively primitive songs that address fundamental topics such as sex, food, religious faith, and mortality, delivered through an odd multi-tracked vocal style that layers his own harmonies to compensate for and conceal the limits of his quiet, individual voice. His sound combines the vocal patina of late-career John Prine with gentle harmonies reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel, while incorporating campfire-like melodies laced with profanity, wordplay, nonsense, and surreal irony. Critics have described Reeder's work as odd, humorous, and strikingly original, with a dry wit, cynicism, and childish playfulness that blends innocent naivety with blunt observations and antihumor. He has been called "one of the foremost outsider artists in modern folk" by The New Yorker's Ben Greenman, who highlighted his aggressively primitive approach and contrast to polished commercial performers. His reception emphasizes expressive autonomy and stylistic simplicity, rooted in a complete DIY ethos that includes building his own instruments and self-recording, which enables his distinctive, authentic sound. Reeder's songs often evoke comparisons to a wispy John Prine for their understated, heartfelt delivery and to a bluesy Kenny Rogers for their soulful timbre, while his playful absurdity and philosophical undertones further set him apart as a cult favorite among admirers. His music's honest, hilarious, and heart-wrenching qualities have earned praise for capturing a singular creative voice that prioritizes fun with words and ideas over conventional polish.

Film and television contributions

Soundtrack placements

Dan Reeder's music has seen limited placement in film and television soundtracks. His song "Work Song" was featured in one episode of the television series Weeds in 2005. The song "Food and Pussy" appeared in the 2009 short film Asshole and in one episode of the television series SMILF in 2017. These instances remain the primary known examples of Reeder's songs licensed for visual media.

Composition credits and appearances

Dan Reeder has no known credits as a composer or on-screen talent in film or television.

References

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  5. https://tapeop.com/interviews/162/dan-reeder
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  15. https://www.cowboysindians.com/2017/10/innovative-folk-artist-dan-reeder-releases-a-new-ep-nobody-wants-to-be-you/
  16. https://www.danreeder.com/blog
  17. https://artsfuse.org/196692/folk-music-review-dan-reeder-weighing-consequences-and-accepting-defeat-just-feels-sorta-natural/
  18. https://www.qobuz.com/dk-en/interpreter/dan-reeder/2218387
  19. https://ohboy.com/collections/dan-reeder
  20. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/dan-reeder/284055904
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  22. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/goings-on/dear-reeder
  23. https://gardenandgun.com/articles/song-premiere-listen-to-hunt-a-little-from-the-one-and-only-dan-reeder/
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