Brett Dennen

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Brett Dennen (born 1979) is a singer-songwriter out of Oakdale, California. Emerging as one the new millennium folkies alongside Jack Johnson and James Blunt, he has been compared to Bob Dylan, James Taylor, and Paul Simon, all of whom he credits as being significant influences on his musical career. His first album is the self-titled Brett Dennen, which was released in 2004. His second album So much more includes the singles "Ain't no reason" and "The one who loves you the most" as iTunes top downloads in the days following the album's release in November 2006. With his music featured in the hit television show Grey's Anatomy and commercials pitching cable services, millions of people have already heard snippets of Brett's music.

With a voice that has could be compared to Billie Holiday's and a unique style emphasizing simplicity, the themes he sings about are as old as Woody Guthrie but with clever ironic phrasing and indelible impressions of prophets begging on sidewalks and old ladies on fire escapes cursing his name. Perhaps his inspiration is visual: he is reported to be a very talented visual artist and his work beautifies the artwork of his two commercially-released albums.

He credits Paul Simon's Graceland of getting into his head at a young age when his parents played it constantly. He is an admirer of the two "Bob's", Bob Dylan and Bob Marley. He also cites Joni Mitchell's Blue as one of his major influences. Currently on tour with John Mayer, who spotted him at a concert in the summer of 2006, he is quickly finding his own audience.

His drummer is Randy Schwartz.

Brett Dennen's music was featured at the end of the Scrubs episode "My No Good Reason" (season 6, episode 14), which first aired in March 2007.

[edit] Discography

• Brett Dennen (2005)
• So Much More (2006)

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Myspace Site
• Google artist site