From Austin Kleon . . . . Daniel Lanois in the studio

Dean Sabatino pointed me to this fantastic video of Daniel Lanois playing the pedal steel: 

Which led me down the “Lanois in the studio” YouTube rabbit hole. 

Here he is playing with a trio for a Tiny Desk concert:

Here’s another great video of him playing live at KEXP: 

Lanois has, of course, produced a ton of records, including two of my favorite Bob Dylan albums (Oh Mercy and Time Out Of Mind). 

Here’s the 2007 documentary, Here Is What Is, which captures him making the album of the same name (it contains one of my favorite Brian Eno quotes): 

Maybe one of my favorite tracks of his is one he did with Eno, “Deep Blue Day” from Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks: 

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