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Infobox musical artist| image = Edie Brickell.jpg| name = Edie Brickell| caption = Brickell performing at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, January 2011| image_size = 220| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Edie Arlisa Brickell| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1966|3|10|mf=y| death_date =| origin = Oak Cliff , Dallas , Texas , United States | instrument =| genre = Alternative rock Folk rock Jangle pop Jam rock New wave music|New wave Neo-psychedelia Pop rock | occupation = Singer-songwriter , guitarist | years_active = 1985–present| label = Geffen Records|Geffen | associated_acts = Edie Brickell & New Bohemians , The Heavy Circles , The Gaddabouts | website = http://ediebrickell.com/ ediebrickell.com| notable_instruments = Edie Arlisa Brickell (born March 10, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars , the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians , which went #4 on the US Albums Chart.
Life and career
Brickell was born in Oak Cliff , Dallas , Texas . She attended high school at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts cite news| url= http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-ocfocus_16met.ART.West.Edition1.45648b9.html | title= Dallas performing, visual arts school set for Taste of the Arts | date=2008-02-16 | first= | last= Larson | work= The Dallas Morning News | accessdate= 2008-05-01 in Dallas. She attended Southern Methodist University for a year and a half. In 1985, she made the decision one night in a bar to get up on stage with a local folk rock group, New Bohemians. She would join the band as lead singer. After the band was signed to a recording contract, the label changed the group's name to Edie Brickell & New Bohemians . Their 1988 debut album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars became a critical and commercial success, with the big hit, " What I Am ". The band's follow-up album , Ghost of a Dog (1990), did not fare as well. cite web| url= http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/brickell_edie/artist.jhtml | title= Edie Brickell | publisher= MTV Networks / VH1 | accessdate= 2007-11-05
As a solo (music)|solo musician|artist , Brickell released Picture Perfect Morning (1994) and Volcano (Edie Brickell album)|Volcano (2003). In 2006 she reunited with some of the original members of New Bohemians and they released the album Stranger Things . cite web| url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=5782965 | title= Edie Brickell & New Bohemians: Starting Over | author= David Dye | work= World Cafe | publisher= NPR | date= 2006-09-07 | accessdate= 2008-02-10
In late 2007, Brickell and her stepson Harper Simon formed the band The Heavy Circles . They released a single on iTunes entitled "Hands On." The Heavy Circles released a debut album on February 12, 2008, featuring Sean Lennon , Martha Wainwright , and members of Cibo Matto . cite web| url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=18816582 | title= Brickell Finds New Sound in The Heavy Circles | work= Weekend Edition Sunday | publisher= NPR | date= 2008-02-10 | accessdate= 2008-02-10
In 2010, Brickell became a founding member of new band The Gaddabouts, consisting of Steve Gadd - drums, Edie Brickell - lead vocal, guitar, Andy Fairweather Low - electric & acoustic guitars, background vocals, Pino Palladino - bass, guitar, also featuring Dan Block , Ronnie Cuber , Joey DeFrancesco , Gil Goldstein , Marcus Rojas . http://www.thegaddabouts.com/the-band/
Brickell had a role as a folk music|folk singer in the 1989 film, Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July . Her version of Bob Dylan 's " A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall " is featured on the film's soundtrack . She also sang a cover version of Lou Reed 's Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|Walk on the Wild Side in the 1990 film Flashback (1990 film)|Flashback . Her "Good Times" video was included as part of the multimedia samples on the Windows 95 installation CD-ROM.cite news|url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html? res=990CE5DB1631F932A3575BC0A963958260& sec=& spon=& pagewanted=3|title=PERSONAL COMPUTERS; Personal Computers: What Is Windows 95 Really Like? |last=MANES|first=STEPHEN|date=1995-08-01|publisher= New York Times |accessdate=2008-10-24
Her father, Eddie Brickell, "the Fort Worth Southpaw", was Posthumous recognition|posthumously inducted into the Texas State Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1988. cite web| url= http://www.texasbowling.com/tsba/hall.htm | title= Hall of Fame | publisher= Texas State Bowling Association | accessdate= 2007-11-05 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070930141632/ http://www.texasbowling.com/tsba/hall.htm |archivedate = 2007-09-30
Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992. cite news| first= Ken | last= Dixon | title= Music Hall of Fame Proposed for State | work= http://www.connpost.com/ Connecticut Post| location= Bridgeport, CT | id= Article ID 5761094 (fee required) | date= 2007-04-26
Brickell was performing on NBC 's Saturday Night Live on Saturday November? 5, 1988 when she noticed Simon standing in front of the cameraman. "He made me mess the song up when I looked at him," she said with a smile. "We can show the kids the tape and say, 'Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.'" Brickell and Simon have three children—Adrian, Lulu and Gabriel.cite web |url= http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37336500/displaymode/1247? beginSlide=34 |title=Celebrity daddies 2010 |work= Today (NBC program)|Today |publisher= msnbc |date=2011-01-03
In 2011, Edie wrote the title track “The Meaning of Life” for writer/director Tamar Halpern ’s film Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life .
Discography
''It's Like This... (1986)
Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988) US #4, Music recording sales certification|2x platinum
Ghost of a Dog (1990)
Picture Perfect Morning (1994)
The Live Montauk Sessions (2000)
The Ultimate Collection (2002)
Volcano (Edie Brickell album)|Volcano (2003)
Stranger Things (2006)
The Heavy Circles (2008)
Edie Brickell (2011)
The Gaddabouts (2011)
Other contributions
Microsoft Windows 95 (1995) - "Good Times" Video
WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) - "Take a Walk"
References
Reflist
External links
wikiquote
http://ediebrickell.com/ Edie Brickell official website
http://newbohemians.com/ New Bohemians official website
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p59315/biography|pure_url=yes Edie Brickell in Allmusic
imdb name|id=0108567|name=Edie Brickell
Myspace|ediebrickellandthenewbohemians
Edie Brickell & New Bohemians Persondata | NAME =Brickell, Edie | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =1966-03-10 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Brickell, Edie Category:1966 births Category:American female singers Category:American pop singers Category:American singer-songwriters Category:Songwriters from Texas Category:Living people Category:Musicians from Dallas, Texas
