Editing Dan Bern (section)

{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{distinguish|Dan Burn}}

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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Dan Bern
| image             = Dan Bern 1.JPG
| caption           = Bern in August 1999.
| image_size        = 
| birth_name        = Daniel Bern
| alias             = Bernstein<br />Cunliffe Merriwether
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1965|7|27}}
| birth_place       = [[Mount Vernon, Iowa]], U.S.{{cn|date=September 2024}}
| origin            = 
| instrument        = Vocals, guitar, harmonica
| genre             = [[Folk music|Folk]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[Pop music|pop]]
| occupation        = Musician, songwriter, author, [[visual artist]]
| years_active      = 1996-present
| label             = [[Messenger Records|Messenger]], [[Cooking Vinyl]], [[Work Records|Work]]
| website           = {{URL|danbern.com}}
}}

'''Dan Bern''' (also known as '''Bernstein'''; born July 27, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist, and painter. His music has been compared to that of [[Bob Dylan]], [[Woody Guthrie]], [[Bruce Springsteen]], [[Phil Ochs]] and [[Elvis Costello]].<ref name=all>Brett Hartenbach [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dan-bern-mn0000951825/biography Dan Bern - Biography], [[AllMusic]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistspotlight/p/DanBern_profile.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051018141737/http://folkmusic.about.com/od/artistspotlight/p/DanBern_profile.htm|archive-date = October 18, 2005|title = Folk Singer Joan Baez's 10 Best Songs}}</ref><ref>[http://www.carnegiehall.org/textSite/box_office/events/evt_7009.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524211905/http://www.carnegiehall.org/textSite/box_office/events/evt_7009.html|date=May 24, 2006}}</ref>

He is a prolific composer, having written over one thousand songs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://home.earthlink.net/~usablues/archive/archive.html|title=The Official Dan Bern Lyric Archive|website=eArthlink.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://danbern.redacorn.net/lyrics/|title=Dan Bern Song Lyrics|website=Danbern.redacorn.net}}</ref> He wrote the novel ''Quitting Science'' (2004) under the pen name '''Cunliffe Merriwether''' and wrote the preface under his own name.

Bern describes his music as "[u]ndefinable by genre, crossing over and through folk, [[Rock music|rock]], [[singer-songwriter]], and [[Children's music|kids music]]" with sardonic, literary lyrics.{{cn|date=September 2024}} He has toured with [[Ani DiFranco]], [[The Who]], and [[Roger Daltrey]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Bern |url=https://danbern.com/bio/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>