Daniel Lewis Diedrich (1982-2016) was a songwriter, musician, and visual-artist based in Omaha, Nebraska, and Wichita, Kansas. His music is often compared with early
Beck, and
The Magnetic Fields. He was a reoccurring member of the Kansas City indie-pop group
Electric Needle Room and co-founder of both
Spiders For Love/S4L, and
Thee Tapeheads. Other noteable projects included
Elfsquad, and The Black Out Sounds. Diedrich was also known by an array of solo monikers, some of which were MC DL,
Tommy Tapehead, and Hugh Manitee. His earliest influences range from classic country-western s…
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