Dan Reeder is an American outsider‑folk artist, musician, instrument maker, and visual painter—originally from Lafayette, Louisiana (born 1954), raised in California, and now based in Nuremberg, Germany �. en.wikipedia.org +12 DIY legend: Builds and plays nearly all his own instruments—from steel‑string guitars and banjos to PVC trombones and cardboard saxophones. He also designs his recording gear (microphones, mixers, computers) and records, mixes, masters, and even illustrates his own album covers �. tapeop.com +3 Signed by John Prine: In the early 2000s, he mailed a homemade CD to John Prine. Prine signed him to Oh Boy Records, and Reeder became the label’s longest‑signed artist after Prine himself �.