He also recruited keyboardist Daniel Clarke (k.d.
With significant input from co-producer Mike Viola (Candy Butchers, Ryan Adams), Wilson began hashing out fresh arrangements of well-known songs like the Dixie Chicks’ “Home” and “Not Ready To Make Nice,” Swift’s “Treacherous” and Adele’s monster hit “Someone Like You”-his version featuring the Kronos Quartet. He’s one of the most brilliant and empathetic people I know, and his success as songwriter and collaborator is no fluke.” “Dan is one of the few artists I know who seems to have full control and command of both sides of his brain. “I threw out Re-Covered as a possible title because of its many potential meanings,” says Glauber. On his third solo release, Re-Covered (Ballroom Music/Big Deal Media), Wilson puts his spin on 12 songs he wrote either for or with other artists, capping off the eclectic set with a spare, beautiful take on Semisonic’s Grammy-nominated hit “Closing Time.” A book-and-CD version of Re-Covered offers 56 pages of drawings, essays and lyrics, along with personal stories about each number.Ī prime motivator behind the album was Wilson’s close friend Karen Glauber, president of Hits magazine. Sometimes, my muse can be a hit-or-miss relationship, but that’s OK.” Then, it became about me being the über-helpful guy. “It was also about finding other ways to use all that excess musical energy. “For me, the impetus was having a lot of extra songs after finishing a record and wondering what people do about that,” says Wilson. He was also nominated for his work on Swift’s 2014 release, Red. Most notably, he’s won a pair of Grammys for his work with the Dixie Chicks and Adele. He’s since gone on to pen tunes with a stunningly diverse list of artists that includes Mike Doughty, Weezer, Pink, Taylor Swift, My Morning Jacket, John Legend, LeAnn Rimes, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jason Mraz and Josh Groban. “One True Love,” his collaboration with King, found its way onto 2001’s All About Chemistry, the final album by Wilson’s insistently melodic ’90s band, Semisonic. “One of my first co-writes was with Carole King, and that was obviously pretty affirming and made it seem like it was all going to work out,” says Wilson from his home in L.A.’s San Fernando Valley. Dan Wilson can pretty much pinpoint the moment when his songwriter-for-hire aspirations fully aligned with reality.
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