1. Blake Mathew Simon Mills was born on September 21,1986 and is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and composer based in California.
16 Facts About Blake Mills
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Blake Mills is known for production and guitar work on albums and singles by many artists, including Fiona Apple, Perfume Genius, Bob Dylan, Feist, Jack Johnson, Marcus Mumford, Laura Marling, Weyes Blood, John Legend, Alabama Shakes, Beck, Conor Oberst, and Bruce Hornsby; as a touring musician with artists such as Lucinda Williams, Band of Horses and Jenny Lewis; and his four solo albums.
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Blake Mills was born in Santa Monica, California, and grew up in Malibu, California.
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Blake Mills went on to tour with Band of Horses, Cass McCombs, Julian Casablancas and Lucinda Williams.
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In 2010, Blake Mills released his first solo LP via Record Collection.
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The original intent for the album Blake Mills was to serve as a calling card for Mills to get session work.
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In January 2012, Blake Mills appeared on Conan O'Brien for his first national televised performance as a solo artist.
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Blake Mills covered Bob Dylan's "Heart of Mine", which he had recently recorded for an Amnesty International benefit CD.
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Blake Mills was featured on electric slide guitar on the track '"Go Home" from the 2013 debut album from the group Lucius.
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Blake Mills served as the opening act and guitarist for Fiona Apple during her 2012 tour through North America.
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Blake Mills co-produced the track "Artifact 1" on Conor Oberst's album, Upside Down Mountain, which was released in May 2014.
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Blake Mills released his second full-length album, Heigh Ho, on September 16,2014.
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In 2017, Blake Mills took part in Randy Newman's Dark Matter as a guitarist.
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In November 2018, Blake Mills quietly released an almost-entirely-instrumental EP entitled Look on his own label imprint New Deal Music.
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On December 5,2019, Blake Mills teased a clip of "Summer All Over" via an NPR piece by Grayson Haver Currin titled "Songs in an Emergency" that centers around the urgency of climate change.
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In 2020, Blake Mills played guitar and harmonium on Bob Dylan's album Rough and Rowdy Ways.