1. Brett Dennen spent much of his time learning to play music.
13 Facts About Brett Dennen
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Brett Dennen learned to play guitar while attending Camp Jack Hazard, a residential summer camp in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Brett Dennen has continued to help the camp, performing at a fundraiser in February 2012 for the Jack and Buena Foundation, which now runs Camp Jack Hazard.
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Brett Dennen graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2002, where he was a student at Kresge College.
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Brett Dennen majored in sociology and philosophy, with goals of becoming an educator, a teacher, or a community worker.
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Brett Dennen began writing music with friends, and he eventually established a jam band, playing mandolin alongside an acoustic guitarist, bassist, hand drummer, and flutist.
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Brett Dennen has been a part of The Mosaic Project, a San Francisco Bay Area-based nonprofit organization, since its inception.
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Brett Dennen contributed a cover of "Private Life" to the 2006 tribute album Drink To Bones That Turn To Dust: A Toast To Oingo Boingo.
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Brett Dennen was named by Rolling Stone magazine as an "Artist to Watch," and in 2008, Entertainment Weekly called him one of its eight "Guys on the Rise".
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On October 9,2009, Brett Dennen appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman.
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In 2010, Brett Dennen played at the Oulipo Ballroom in Kentucky.
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Brett Dennen played a mixture of Paul Simon covers along with unreleased tracks from his upcoming album.
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In 2016, Brett Dennen released his sixth studio album, Por Favor.