Dan Nissenbaum

Born and raised in a small town just ouside of Philadelphia, Dan Nissenbaum was brought up to be free wheelin and death defyin. From boxcars to candy bars, landslides to surfside, he has traveled across the country playing his particular brand of circus music. He believes this music that he plays reflects the circus that is modern america and her people's very way of life. He is a deck of cards in the avant garde, a humdinger of a folk singer, a modern poet who surely knows it. To see him is to believe him, and to see through him is to see the essence of modern society. Through out his some what short but event filled life Dan has witnessed modern America and what it is becoming. He has played in the small smoked filled jazz halls of Philadelphia, The dry dusty plains of Kansas where the beer runs freely, The sandy deserts of Las Vegas where everything is on the line, The cool snow capped mountains of Colorado, and the shores of California where the whole country seems to end with the clear waters of the Pacific holding us back.