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'Dan Wilson' (born March 25, 1969 in Barrington, Illinois) is a Grammy Award-winning Minneapolis-based guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He is both a solo artist, signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings, and the lead singer of the occasionally-active band Semisonic, in which he wrote hits like "Secret Smile", "Closing Time", and "Chemistry". He was also a member of Trip Shakespeare during the early 1990s. He co-wrote a number of songs on the Dixie Chicks 2006 album ''Taking the Long Way'', including "Not Ready to Make Nice", for which he won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year along with the Dixie Chicks. He had previously been nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song in 1999 for writing the Semisonic hit "Closing Time." Dan also produced Mike Doughty's album ''Haughty Melodic'' (2005).