DAN REEDER ~ ANGELENO IN EXILE

March 17, 2015 / Eileen Tilson / Source

Let’s face it: if you live in Southern California, you are a bit spoiled by some consequences of the climate. Last week, we had a high of 79 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle of December. You might have been born here, you might have moved here but, on all who spend more than a little time here, Los Angeles will leave an impression.

I think about this when I look at the art and music of Dan Reeder. Born in Louisiana, he moved to the Southland when he was a kid. Reeder enrolled in Cal State Fullerton as an art major, but he followed his German-exchange-student girlfriend back to her Fatherland, and he has remained there to this day. I bought his second album, “Sweetheart”, which came out this September.