Daniel McMahon

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Name Daniel McMahon Role Multi-instrumentalist		Music director Undefeated

Music groups Wovenhand, Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons Albums Refractory Obdurate, Consider the Birds, Live at Roepaen, Puur, Ten Stones Similar People Miles Nielsen, David Eugene Edwards, Michael Brook, Sean Combs

Daniel James McMahon (born November 1980) is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and sound engineer from Rockford, Illinois. Together with Miles Nielsen, he composed original music for the 2009 documentary film Undefeated, which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature on February 26, 2012. Michael Brook also composed original music for the film.

He has played, toured, and recorded with numerous Midwestern musicians and bands, including Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons, Miles Nielsen (as part of The Rusted Hearts), and Cameron McGill (as part of What Army), among others. He recorded with all three of these groups, as well as Trapper Schoepp & The Shades, on their respective Daytrotter sessions. His production and accompaniment work with Wisconsin folk-pop duo Daniel and the Lion helped the brothers attract the attention of Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, who invited the full band to play his Outlaw Roadshow showcase in New York City (as part of the 2013 CMJ Music Marathon festival) and called them, "The best pop band we've ever had at the Roadshow." At the close of day 1 of the Roadshow showcase, Daniel performed onstage with Counting Crows.

In addition to his primary performer role as guitarist and backing vocalist of Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts, he records and plays with Bun E. Carlos (of Cheap Trick) in The Monday Night Band, which performs exclusively on Monday nights.

On April 2, 2012, Rockford, Illinois, Mayor Larry Morrissey declared April 2012 Dan Lindsay, Dan McMahon, and Miles Nielsen month in the City of Rockford for their work on Undefeated. Also in 2012, he received the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Rockford Area Music Industry (RAMI) organization and scored the 12 minute-long short film that helped the Rockford Park District win the 2012 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation from the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA).

He owns and co-operates The Midwest Sound, a farm-house recording studio on the outskirts of Rockford, Illinois, and a two-time RAMI Award winner (2013 and 2014) for Best Recording Studio.

Albums

The Piasa Bird (2016) - with J. Hardin (engineering/musician)

Tired Dogs, Old Trees (2014) - with Derek Luttrell (engineering and production/musician)

Here's How it Works (2014) - with The Mike Benign Compulsion

Midnight Reruns (2013) - with Midnight Reruns (engineering)

Final Night (2013) - with Daniel and The Lion (engineering and production/musician)

Death Head (2013) - with Daniel and The Lion (engineering and production credits/musician)

Can't Wait (2013) - with Sugarstems

Too Much to Lose (2013) - with Ron Rawhoof

Haymaker (2012) - with Hayward Williams

One May Morning (2012) - with Sarah Pray

Great Divide (2012) - with The Great Divide

Presents The Rusted Hearts (2011) - with Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts

Run, Engine, Run (2011) - with Trapper Schoepp & The Shades

Sweet Teeth (2011) - with Daniel and The Lion (full engineering and production credits)

Is a Beast (2011) - with Cameron McGill & What Army

House of Doors (2010) - with Amy Petty

Cotton Bell (2010) - with Hayward Williams

Miles (2009) - with Miles Nielsen

Warm Songs for Cold Shoulders (2009) - with Cameron McGill & What Army

Highway Specific (2009) - with Matthew Davies

A Long List of Lies (2008) - with Josh Harty

Cabin Ghosts (2008) - with Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons

Another Sailor's Dream (2007) - with Hayward Williams

Long Gone (2006) - with Blueheels

Little Bird (2006) - with Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons

Minimalist & Anchored (2006) - with Heller Mason

Carry it Around (2006) - with The New Kentucky Quarter

Again from the Beginning (2004) - with The Wandering Sons

Alice Street and More (2003) - with Breathing Machine

EPs

Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend 7" (2014) - with Dr. Frank

Already Gone/Skyway 7" (2012) - with Limbeck

St. Louis Sessions (2012) - with Miles Nielsen and The Rusted Hearts

Deserters (2010) - with Cameron McGill & What Army

Madeline, Every Girl (2010) - with Cameron McGill & What Army

No Harm, No Foul (2009) - with Nathaniel Waldschmidt

Two Hits and a Miss (2009) - with Cameron McGill & What Army

Long Long Road (2008) - with Kelly Steward

Ten Tiny Little Pieces (2007) - with Martha Berner

Darken Your Door (2005) - with The Wandering Sons

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