Effectively Wild Episode 1789: One-Dan Band

Ben Lindbergh concludes a short series of conversations with baseball content creators who work mainly in a medium other than writing or podcasting by talking to singer-songwriter Dan Bern about his origins as a baseball fan and musician, rooting for different teams at different times, his songwriting process, sneaking into Wrigley Field, composing his first baseball song, the tools of his trade, what makes a song a baseball song, the most fitting subjects for baseball songs, the best baseball songs by other artists, the pandemic’s impact on musicians, writing bespoke songs, appreciating multiple eras of baseball history, and more. Dan also performs his songs “Ballpark” (15:40), “The Year-By-Year Home Run Totals of Barry Bonds” (18:50), “Slowly Turn Around” (19:47), “Everything’s Better Than it Used to Be” (45:36), “This Side of the White Lines” (49:45), and “Seven Miles an Hour” (55:25). Audio intro : Dan Bern, “ When My Buckner Moment Comes ” Audio outro : Dan Bern, “ Merkle ” Link to Dan’s website Link to Dan’s song store Link to Dan on Bandcamp Link to Dan on Facebook Link to Dan’s Doubleheader album on Spotify Link to Dan’s Rivalry album on Spotify Link to NYT piece on Doubleheader Link to Dan’s 10,000 Crappy Songs podcast Link to Dan’s discography Link to Dan’s lyrics Link to press coverage of Dan Link to “Ballpark” Link to “The Year-By-Year Home Run Totals of Barry Bonds” Link to “Slowly Turn Around” Link to “Everything’s Better Than it Used to Be” Link to “This Side of the White Lines” Link to “Seven Miles an Hour” Link to “The Golden Voice of Vin Scully” Link to EW episode about baseball music Link to Ben on Get Back Link to Neil Young’s “Old Black” Link to Conan’s old-timey baseball video Link to EW episode about old-timey baseball Link to EW episode about discovering sports late Link to Patreon trivia contest Link to stream Stove League via Viki iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source