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Band Members:John Flansburgh | John Linnell
Backing Band:Marty Beller | Dan Miller | Danny Weinkauf
Danny Weinkauf in 2004
Danny in the "D Is For Drums" video

Danny Weinkauf has been TMBG's bassist since the late 90s, and previously performed in a band called Lincoln along with Dan Miller. Weinkauf has written and sung one song for three of TMBG's four children's albums: No!'s "Where Do They Make Balloons?" on which he also plays acoustic guitar, Here Come The 123s' "Number Two" which features him on piano, and most recently, "I Am A Paleontologist" off of Here Comes Science. He has also played bass alongside John Flansburgh for Mono Puff in the late 90s.

He played bass on Fountains of Wayne's 1996 debut album. He has also played on albums by David Mead, Stephen Fretwell, Candy Butchers, The Davenports and others. He and Brian Speiser produced Common Rotation's 2003 album The Big Fear and can be found in two videos of studio footage on their website. He produced the album The Way We Found It for artist "Syd". He has also written and produced music for television and movies.

He is married and has 2 children, who both provide vocals on "I Am A Paleontologist". In addition, Flans has mentioned while introducing the band during concerts that "ladies, he's taken" (in reference to Weinkauf).

Weinkauf is known for his pants, which tend to scatter visible light mostly within the range of 630–740 nanometers. He has been recorded wearing these trousers since he purchased them at Philadelphia's "Dr. Denim" across the street from The TLA prior to a show there in late '98

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  • Birthday: December 4th
  • Plays: Fender and Hofner basses, Ampeg amp with Eden speakers
  • Takes his coffee: just before shows with TMBG. Otherwise, it's tea.
  • Previous gigs: Fountains of Wayne, Candy Butchers, Lincoln, Richard Barone, Mono Puff, Nate Ouderkirk
  • Favorite recordings: Any Beatles, the new TMBG demos, Elvis Costello, XTC.
  • Guilty pleasures: The Carpenters, Dionne Warwick singing Bacharach
  • First Gig: "It was at a sweet sixteen party on Long Island. I was sixteen. I can't remember the name but we played mostly the Police, the Who and the Beatles. Our original was called "Jeanie" and it sounded like the Cars without a synthesizer."
  • Liquor of choice: Bass Ale, red wine.

(theymightbegiants.com, 1999)

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