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Sonny Smith: Fruitvale ©2007 Belle Sound Purchase it at Belle Sound, or try Amazon or iTunes

I sang backups (along with Kelly Hogan and Nora O’Connor) on the song “Day in the Life of a Heel”.

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I was super impressed with Nora’s performance the other night at the Lamentations / Wanda Jackson show.  I’ve sung harmonies with her a couple of times — I could tell she was really good just from that, but I’d never heard her singing on her own until this show.  One word: WOW.  And her new record really makes that voice shine.

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Mekons: OOOH! (Out Of Our Heads)
©2002, Quarterstick Records
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Kelly Hogan and I did backup vocals all over this record. But there are a LOT of vocals happening, so I’m still trying to figure out exactly which songs I’m on.

Weird… I’ve gotten a couple of spams today that had my OWN address as the "sender".  Both were ads for Viagra… no attachments, so I don’t think this has anything to do with the Klez worm.  One of them seemed to originate from Korea, and the other from AOL, but they both had the same x-mailer in the header: "The Bat! (v1.52f) Business".  Strange!!  If I get any more I’ll run ‘em through Spamcop.  Haul those headers in for questioning, as they say.

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Jon Langford, leader of the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, and also the Mekons, Waco Brothers, Skull Orchard et al.

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Don’t Let The Bastards Get You Down: A Tribute To Kris Kristofferson
©2002 Jackpine Social Club
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I sang backups (along with Nora O’Connor) on Kelly Hogan’s offering, "Why Me".  Other artists include John Doe, Tom Verlaine, Chuck Prophet, Polara, Mark Kozelek, Jon Langford, the Mother Hips, Paul Burch, and Stephen Bruton.

I got a couple of blurbs in on an episode of Artbeat, on WTTW Network Chicago.  The episode was hosted by Nick Tremulis and featured dozens of Chicago-area musicians, including Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick; Jon Langford; Robbie Fulks; Kelly Hogan and Neko Case.

Rian Murphy & Will Oldham: ALL MOST HEAVEN
©2000, Drag City #DC123
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This is a four-song 12" EP / CD-EP.  I did backups on all 4 songs, along with a whole bunch of other singers like Bill Callahan (Smog), Kelly Hogan, Archer Prewitt, and Laetitia Sadier (Stereolab).

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Kelly Hogan & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: BENEATH THE COUNTRY UNDERDOG
©2000, Bloodshot
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I did backup vocals on the songs "Papa Was A Rodeo" and "Whispering Pines"

Mekons: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT
©2000, Quarterstick #QS60
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I did some backup vocals, along with Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, on the following songs (I think!): "Myth", "City of London", "Cast No Shadows", "Something to be Scared Of" and "Last Night on Earth," which is available as an MP3 on Epitonic.

The Pine Valley Cosmonauts: SALUTE THE MAJESTY OF BOB WILLS: KING OF WESTERN SWING, PIONEER, TRADITIONALIST, AVANT-GARDIST, MAGICIAN
©1998, Bloodshot #BS029
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Each song features a different singer.  I did all the vocals on the song "My Window Faces The South". Other singers include Alejandro Escovedo, Neko Case, Kelly Hogan, Robbie Fulks, Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the Meat Purveyors.