30 Facts About Daniel Lanois

Daniel Roland Lanois is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.

Daniel Lanois has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Spoons, and Brandon Flowers.

Daniel Lanois collaborated with Brian Eno to produce several albums for U2, including The Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby.

Three albums produced or co-produced by Lanois have won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Daniel Lanois wrote and performed the music for the 1996 film Sling Blade.

Daniel Lanois started his production career when he was 17, recording local artists including Simply Saucer with his brother Bob Daniel Lanois in a studio in the basement of their mother's home in Ancaster, Ontario.

Later, Daniel Lanois started Grant Avenue Studio in an old house which he purchased in Hamilton, Ontario.

Daniel Lanois worked with a number of local bands, including Martha and the Muffins, Ray Materick, Spoons, and the Canadian children's singer Raffi.

In 1981, Daniel Lanois played on and produced the album This Is the Ice Age by Martha and the Muffins.

Daniel Lanois worked collaboratively with Brian Eno on some of Eno's own projects, one of which was the "Prophecy Theme" for David Lynch's film adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.

Daniel Lanois collaborated with U2 and Brian Eno on the band's 2009 album, No Line on the Horizon.

Daniel Lanois was involved in the songwriting process as well as mixing and production.

Daniel Lanois collaborated with Peter Gabriel on his album Birdy, the soundtrack to Alan Parker's film of the same name, and then spent most of 1985 co-producing Gabriel's album So.

Daniel Lanois later co-produced Gabriel's follow-up, Us which was released in 1992 and went platinum.

Eight years later, Dylan and Daniel Lanois worked together on Time Out of Mind, which won another Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1997.

Daniel Lanois was working on Neil Young's record Le Noise in June 2010 when he was hospitalized after suffering multiple injuries in a motorcycle crash in the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles.

Daniel Lanois' production is recognizable and notable for its 'big' and 'live' drum sound, atmospheric guitars and ambient reverb.

Daniel Lanois has released several solo albums and film scores; his first album, Acadie was released in 1989.

Daniel Lanois's albums have had some success, particularly in Canada.

Daniel Lanois had performed the song numerous times in the intervening years, including on a Toronto television program in 1993 where it was credited as "Irish Melody" on a recording of the performance.

Daniel Lanois provided an instrumental score for LOUDquietLOUD, a 2006 documentary about the Pixies.

Daniel Lanois premiered a documentary entitled Here Is What Is at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.

In 2014, Daniel Lanois played with Emmylou Harris as a sideman and opening act on a tour focused on the Wrecking Ball material he produced.

On October 28,2014, Daniel Lanois released an album titled Flesh and Machine on ANTI- Records, based on Brian Eno's ambient albums.

The collaborative album Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois was released on Venetian Snares' label Timesig in May 2018.

Daniel Lanois contributed to the composition and production of the soundtrack for the 2018 video game Red Dead Redemption 2, released by Rockstar Games.

Daniel Lanois was given seven composition credits, including one for the song "Table Top".

Daniel Lanois was invested in the Order of Canada in 2018.

Daniel Lanois won a Juno Award in 1990 as most promising artist.

Daniel Lanois has received seven Grammy Awards for his work with various artists, including Bob Dylan, U2, Emmylou Harris and Neil Young.