Dana Lyons
American musician
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Dana Lyons is an American folk and alternative rock musician, who wrote and performed the 1996 comedic folk song "Cows With Guns".[1]
Born
Kingston, New York, U.S.
OccupationsMusician, author
Dana Lyons | |
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| Born | Kingston, New York, U.S. |
| Occupations | Musician, author |
Life
His environmentalist song "Our State Is a Dumpsite",[2] became the subject of a proposal in the Washington legislature during the 1980s to be made the official state song.[3] He went on to perform music for the environmental group Earth First!.[4]
Lyons is the author of the children's book The Tree (2002). Jane Goodall penned the foreword and David Danioth provided the illustrations. As of 2014[update], Lyons lived in Bellingham, Washington.[5][6]
Discography
- Cows with Guns (1997) – No. 32 album Australia[7]
Bibliography
- Cows with Guns illustrated by Jeff Sinclair, 1998 ISBN 978-0-670-87890-1
- The Tree illustrated by David Danioth, 2002 ISBN 978-0-9701907-3-4