John Darnielle

Folk Singer

John Darnielle was born in Bloomington, Indiana, United States on March 16th, 1967 and is the Folk Singer. At the age of 57, John Darnielle biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Date of Birth
March 16, 1967
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Age
57 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Profession
Composer, Singer-songwriter
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John Darnielle Life

John Darnielle (dar-NEEL), an American musician and novelist best known as the primary, and originally sole, member of the American band the Mountain Goats, for which he is the author, composer, guitarist, and vocalist.

Early life

Darnielle was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and then in Claremont, California, with an abusive stepfather (as discussed often in The Sunset Tree).

At the Grand Olympic Auditorium, Darnielle and his stepfather appeared in professional wrestling matches together. He developed a passion for the sport and local wrestlers like Chavo Guerrero Sr., which would inspire the Mountain Goats' album Beat the Champ.

Darnielle attended Claremont High School, which is located in Southern California's Pomona Valley area. He lived in Portland, Oregon, where he developed an addiction to intravenous methamphetamine and other dangerous drugs for a short time after high school (as described in We Shall All Be Healed). At the Metropolitan State Hospital in Norwalk, California, Darnielle worked in the psychiatric ward. Darnielle earned a degree in English from 1991 to 1995 at Pitzer College.

He continued to record music throughout his college years. Dennis Callaci, a friend of Darnielle's and producer of Shrimper Records, released a tape of Darnielle's hits called Taboo VI: The Homecoming in 1992. The Mountain Goats were formed around this time and began touring with just Darnielle on guitar and a bassist, first Rachel Ware and then Peter Hughes.

Personal life

Darnielle has lived in Grinnell, Iowa; Colo, Iowa; Ames, Iowa; Chicago, Illinois; and Milpitas, California. He and his wife Lalitree Darnielle, a botanist and photographer (who appeared in the band's 1998 EP New Asian Cinema), now live in Durham, North Carolina, as well as his sons Roman and Moses.

Darnielle attends regularly and identifies as a Christian. His music often includes religious subjects, such as The Life of the World to Come, in which each song is named after a Bible verse. He is a fan of Christian singers Amy Grant and Rich Mullins.

In 1996, Darnielle became a vegetarian and by 2007 she was officially identified as a vegan. He served at a benefit for the animal rights charity Farm Sanctuary in Watkins Glen, New York, in the same year. In 2009, he appeared at Farm Sanctuary for the second time.

At the Stand Up for Women's Health Rally in New York City in 2011, Darnielle spoke out in favor of Planned Parenthood. Darnielle referred to himself as a feminist in an interview with BuzzFeed, and she was described as a "frequent Twitter commentator on women's rights, social justice, and heavy metal."

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John Darnielle Career

Musical career

Darnielle is best known for his work with the Mountain Goats. Since joining the band in 1991, he has had a cult following. Despite being branded a low fidelity musician, Darnielle has always referred to his work as "bi-fi," implying that recordings like hiss could not be made without modern technology. He is best known for his prolific output and literary lyrics. Sasha Fremner, writing in The New Yorker, referred to him as "America's best non-hip-hop lyricist." Paste magazine named Darnielle one of the "100 Best Live Songwriters" in its June 2006 issue.

Darnielle has a number of songs with similar titles or storylines. "Going to" is a series that includes short stories about various places and includes songs such as "Going to Cleveland," "Going to Maryland," "Going to Georgia," and "Going to Queens." In stark and cryptic detail, this series explores the futility of running away from one's problems. There is no recurring main character or strong thematic subject relating to these similarly named tracks, and Darnielle has described the series as "real loose" in a 1997 interview with KJHK-Lawrence. It's real loose!" His "Alpha" series predates his musical career and began as a series of poems titled "Songs from Alpha Primitive." It's about a struggling couple's marriage and history, with songs like "Alpha Incipiens," "Alphabetizing," and "Alpha Rats Nest" among others. The band's 2002 album Tallahassee was mainly about the couple. "Involved an alcohol-soaked hike from California to Nevada and then bottom-crawling across the country before they ended up in northern Florida," Darnielle writes. The songs are supposed to be performed by either of the two spouses unless otherwise stated in the lyrics. On Kyle Barbour's website, 'The Annotated Mountain Goats', there are a number of songs that are not containing the word 'alpha' and are generally considered to be part of the series, but not all of which include the word 'alpha'.

Darnielle has said that all songs written up to and including those on Tallahassee are fictional, but that We Shall All Be Healed, The Sunset Tree, and other more recent works are partially autobiographical.

Darnielle appears on Aesop Rock's album "Coffee" (from the hip-hop artist's 2007 album None Shall Pass) and appears in the accompanying music video. In addition, Aesop Rock remixed the Mountain Goats' "Lovecraft in Brooklyn."

In 2005, Darnielle collaborated on lyrics for the 2005 album Pixel Revolt, and in 2009, he recorded Moon Colony Bloodbath, a joint venture with Vanderslice. They toured under the collective name The Comedians, although their album is attributed to "the Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice."

Darnielle released Black Pear Tree EP in 2008, the result of a tourmate's friendship with tourmate Kaki King.

Darnielle appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon of the band Superchunk (whose drummer, Jon Wurster, is also in the Mountain Goats). They received a warm reception when they performed "Digging for Something."

Darnielle appeared on Kimya Dawson's 2011 album Thunder Thighs and appeared on the album "Walk Like Thunder."

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