Nate Walcott was born on March 6,1978 and is an American musical composer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and trumpeter.
17 Facts About Nate Walcott
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Nate Walcott has composed the scores for several feature-length films, including 2014's The Fault in Our Stars.
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Nate Walcott is a member of the band Bright Eyes, and has played in Conor Oberst's Mystic Valley Band and with singer-songwriter M Ward.
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Between 2016 and 2019, Walcott was the touring pianist and keyboard player for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, during their The Getaway World Tour.
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Nate Walcott has toured with the likes of the James Mercer and Danger Mouse-led group Broken Bells, Rilo Kiley, and the Glenn Miller Orchestra.
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Nate Walcott was born on March 6,1978, in Albany, New York.
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When Nate Walcott was eight, his family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Nate Walcott took time off from his studies to tour both with The Glenn Miller Orchestra and Lullaby for the Working Class.
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Nate Walcott was active in the improvisational and "experimental" music scene, performing with the likes of David Boykin, Mike Reed, and Keefe Jackson at such places as Fred Anderson's Velvet Lounge, the Hungry Brain, and the Green Mill, and led his own group, the Nate Walcott Octet.
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Nate Walcott joined Bright Eyes on its tour in support of 2002's album Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground and on most subsequent tours after the "Lifted" tour.
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Nate Walcott played on 2005's studio recordings I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn and the live album Motion Sickness.
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Nate Walcott followed up the Cassadaga tour by collaborating with Oberst on his solo efforts, 2008's Conor Oberst and 2009's Outer South.
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In 2010, Nate Walcott toured as music director and multi-instrumentalist for Broken Bells, an innovative collaboration between James Mercer and Danger Mouse.
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Nate Walcott has maintained a busy freelance performing schedule with the likes of M Ward, Eleni Mandell, The Living Sisters, Jonathan Wilson, Harper Simon, and Zavalaz, a new band led by Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta.
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Nate Walcott has continued to occasionally join Conor Oberst during his recent solo performances, including his November 2013 performance at Carnegie Hall.
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Nate Walcott is featured on their 2016 Live In Paris EP.
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Additionally, Nate Walcott collaborated with singer-songwriters Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice on the score for 2015's Song One, starring Anne Hathaway, Mary Steenburgen, and Johnny Flynn.