While attending art school in Baltimore, MD Dan Blakeslee, a Maine native discovered that he had an equal and deeply rooted connection to music. He would sneak into the galleries to play his guitar through the late hours of the evening surrounded by easels and oil paintings. After four years in "Charm City" he returned to his childhood home in the Tatnic Woods of South Berwick, ME. That summer he played street corners in New Hampshire and Maine while working at a lobster restaurant. His employer urged him to sever ties to manual labor for one of a more musical nature. A phone call from a friend offering him a room in Somerville, MA began his journey south in 1995. While settling into this artful community he began to practice his craft in the smoke laden subways of Boston. He now has been making music and art in the New England region ever since, leading him to tour the U.S. and abroad. He has performed with The Low Anthem, David Wax Museum, Dawes, The Lumineers, Deer Tick, Liam Finn, Brown Bird, Josh Ritter, Old 97's, Will Dailey, Death Vessel and Kimya Dawson to name a few. His album "Owed To The Tanglin' Wind" featuring The Low Anthem was released in 2014. In 2015 his dream of playing Newport Folk Festival became a reality, where Bob Dylan went electric 50 years earlier. And after a pause between full band records his long awaited album "The Alley Walker" featuring his band The Calabash Club came out in 2017 to much acclaim. After touring the US a couple times and much journeying it was time to get back in the studio. Blakeslee had been dreaming of making a full length Christmas album for over a decade inspired by his retro music collection. So on a cold winter night in 2019 Blakeslee stepped into the studio for the first session of "Christmasland Jubilee". This full-length album by Dan Blakeslee and the Calabash Club will be revealed on December 1, 2020 and is their third release together.

I produce original customized music for use in visual arts and film. I am an accomplished multi-instrumentalist with a wide range of genre experience. Produced, Mixed & Mastered hundreds of Music Projects and Albums. Worked with Talents like Omara "Bombino" Moctar & Sully Erna (Godsmack)

Specialties: Music Composition/Production; SFX Design; Audio Production; Voiceover Recording

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