Fred Sonic Smith
Fred "Sonic" Smith (September 13, 1949 – November 4, 1994) was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the band MC5. He later went on to form Sonic's Rendezvous Band, which released one single, "City Slang", during Smith's lifetime. Frederick Dewey Smith was born in West Virginia. Smith was playing a gig in which his band was opening for singer and poet Patti Smith. Patti Smith's guitarist, Lenny Kaye, introduced Fred and Patti before the show and the two were married in 1980. F... [ Read More at Wikipedia ]
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Patti Smith refuses to play Chelsea Hotel show
Source: NMEPatti Smith twice lived at the Chelsea, first in the 1960s with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe and then in the late 1990s after her husband, Fred 'Sonic' Smith of MC5 passed away.
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The Mother Courage of Rock
Source: nybooks.comThen, in 1980, she did the unthinkable: at or near the height of her powers she married Fred “Sonic” Smith, late of the MC5, and retired from recording and performance to move to a Detroit suburb and become a housewife and mother. Although she made one ...
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Riff Report: The best musical hopes to break out in 2012
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteas Mr. Hoyles's riffs often channel Fred "Sonic" Smith, Wayne Kramer, and Ron Asheton. Better yet, the presence of the strong-voiced Ann-Sofie Hoyles makes Spiders stand out, her strong, raspy howls bringing some welcome ferocity and personality to their ...
