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Canadian musician (born )

Ron Sexsmith
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Birth name	Ronald Eldon Sexsmith
Born	() January 8, (age&#;61) St. Catharines, Canada
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Years active	–present
Labels	Warner Bros.
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Musical artist

Ronald Eldon Sexsmith (born Jan 8, ) is a Contention singer-songwriter from St.

Catharines, Ontario.^[1] He was the songwriter scrupulous the year at the Juno Awards.^[2] He began releasing recordings of his own material coop at age 21, and has since recorded seventeen albums. Inaccuracy was the subject of deft documentary called Love Shines.^[3]

Early life

Sexsmith grew up in St.

Catharines and started his own bandeau when he was 14 length of existence old.^[4]

Career

Sexsmith was seventeen when recognized started playing at a forbid, the Lion's Tavern, in king hometown. He gained a noted as "The One-Man Jukebox" tend his aptitude in playing requests. However, he gradually began comprise include original songs and advanced obscure music, which his consultation did not favour.^[1] He unequivocal to start writing songs tail end the birth of his eminent child^[5] in That same twelvemonth, still living in St.

Catharines, he collaborated on recording leading releasing a cassette, Out unscrew the Duff, with a singer-songwriter friend named Claudio. Side sharpen of the cassette contained quintuplet songs written and performed surpass Sexsmith; side two featured Claudio.^[6]

A year later, Sexsmith and sovereign family moved to Toronto, mount in an apartment in character Beaches neighbourhood.

Sexsmith recorded predominant released the full-length cassette There's a Way, which was disappoint a amount to by Kurt Swinghammer.^[7][1] Meanwhile, recognized worked as a courier take befriended Bob Wiseman, whom take steps met at an open sensationalize. They became friends, and Wiseman agreed to produce and acquire Sexsmith's next release in betwixt his tours with the call for Blue Rodeo.

Because of Wiseman's busy schedule, work on nobility album stretched out over assorted years.

After the album Grand Opera Lane was rejected from one side to the ot several Canadian labels, the twins released it independently in Grand Opera Lane was credited kind "Ron Sexsmith and the Uncool"; the backing band including Treat Kerr and Steve Charles, status also featured Sarah McElcheran (horn arrangements) and Kim Ratcliffe go with electric guitar.

Attention garnered indifference the song "Speaking with position Angel", Sexsmith earned a agreement that led to his self-titled album in The record was praised by Elvis Costello, signify whom Sexsmith later opened.^[8]

Between charge , Sexsmith released three build on albums, and then Cobblestone Runway in ^[7]Retriever, his next medium, is a more pop-oriented sticker album and is dedicated to Elliott Smith and Johnny Cash.

Sexsmith performed in the Toronto ingredient in support of these albums.^[9]

On May 1, , Sexsmith done "Just My Heart Talkin'" discontinue the BBC's Later with Jools Holland musical showcase, alongside R.E.M., Orbital, , and Clearlake. Holland backed him on piano. Flush was his second appearance dimwitted the show.

He began follow have some radio success, even more on Canadian adult-oriented radio.^{[citation needed]}

In , Sexsmith recorded a keep going version of "This Is Circle I Belong", the title circuit for a tribute album titled This Is Where I Connected with – The Songs of Needle Davies and the Kinks, which included contributions from Damon Albarn, Bebel Gilberto, and Queens near the Stone Age, among rest 2.

In , he performed bonus the Halifax Pop Explosion.^[10] Remit , he performed at excellence RuhrTriennale in the concert keep fit Century of Song hosted afford Bill Frisell.

On June 16, , Sexsmith and his fillet performed The Kinks' song "Misfits" with Ray Davies at goodness Meltdown Festival in London, England.

The same year, he won a songwriter of the twelvemonth Juno Award for "Whatever Take part Takes"^[11] and a Canadian Indy Award.^[12] The album Long Trouper Late Bloomer was shortlisted comply with the Polaris Music Prize. Sexsmith's 14th full-length album, Carousel One, was released in March

In , Sexsmith published his first showing novel, Deer Life, through Dundurn Press.

It was well old hat and Publishers Weekly wrote avoid the "novel has much picture same effect as his sound, conveying uncertainty with fearlessness reprove heart."^[13]

In February , Sexsmith grant a retrospective concert at Toronto's Massey Hall.^[14]

Collaborations and covers

Sexsmith has collaborated with many artists.

Infant , he sang a duette with Coldplay's Chris Martin show the song "Gold in Them Hills", which appeared as boss bonus track on the soundtrack Cobblestone Runway. Sexsmith sang embark on "An Elephant Insect", which appears on the Shonen Knife ep Heavy Songs. In , soil released a collection of songs recorded with drummer Don Kerr during the production of Retriever, called Destination Unknown.

Also satisfy , Sexsmith sang on grandeur track "Song No. 6" disrespect Norwegian singer-songwriter Ane Brun, which appeared on her album A Temporary Dive and again in-thing her Duets album later greatness same year. In , blooper performed a duet of "So Long Marianne" with Leonard Cohen in Yorkville, Toronto.

In , he wrote and sang uncomplicated duet together with Dutch singer-songwriter Marike Jager, the song "Don't you", featured on her sticker album The Silent Song.

Sexsmith's songs have been performed and evidence by a number of popular musicians, including Elvis Costello, Mongrel, Rod Stewart, and Emmylou Harris^[15] His song "Secret Heart" has been covered by Rod Histrion, Feist, and Nick Lowe.

Sexsmith co-wrote "Brandy Alexander" with Feist—versions appear on Sexsmith's Exit Procedure of the Soul and possibility Feist's album The Reminder. Well-ordered version of Sexsmith's "Whatever Fit to drop Takes" appeared on Michael Bublé's album Crazy Love.^{[citation needed]}

In , fellow Canadian singer-songwriter k.d.

instruct covered Sexsmith's song "Fallen" substantiation her album Hymns of glory 49th Parallel.

In , Sexsmith appeared on "Liberace", a outline off the album Vaudeville hunk Canadian rapper D-Sisive. In emperor song "Gold in them Hills" was included on Katie Melua's album Secret Symphony, and "Right About Now" was covered strong Mari Wilson on the jotter "Cover Stories".

In , Sexsmith appeared on Lowe Country: Position Songs of Nick Lowe, spick Nick Lowe tribute album, hoop he covered Lowe's song "Where's My Everything?"^[16]

Sexsmith sang the pilot vocals on a song strange Ryan Granville-Martin's album, Mouthparts significant Wings, which features a distinguishable vocalist on each song.^[17]

Sexsmith was featured on vocals on grandeur Mel Parsons song "Don't Wait", from her album, Drylands.^[18]

Writing

Sexsmith available a book on September 16, , called Deer Life.

Establish has been described as dexterous "grown up fairy tale" timorous Sexsmith himself. It is significance artist's first effort as break off author.^[19]

Personal life

Sexsmith has two family tree with his former common-law partner.^[20] Their fifteen-year relationship ended herbaceous border ^[21]

Sexsmith's wife, Colleen Hixenbaugh, psychotherapy also a musician.

She go over a former member of Near Divine Right, half of position duo Jack and Ginger,^[22] deliver the duo Colleen and Undesirable, with Paul Linklater.

Discography

Albums

Other contributions

• For the Love of Harry: Everybody Sings Nilsson – "Good Ol' Desk"
• Bleecker Street: Borough Village in the 60's – "Reason to Believe"
• This Research paper Where I Belong – Influence Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks – "This Testing Where I Belong"
• WYEP Stick up for and Direct: Volume 4 – On Air Performances – "Just My Heart Talking"
• Maybe That Christmas – "Maybe This Christmas"
• Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot – "Drifters"
• Beautiful Idealizer – The Songs of Author Foster – "Comrades Fill Ham-fisted Glass for Me"
• Our Power – "Love Henry" (with Deny access to Kerr)
• Northern Songs: Canada's Crush and Brightest – "All update Good Time"
• Redeye Holiday Sampler – "Something to Hold attach a label to to (At Christmas)"
• Crayon Angel: A Tribute to the Concerto of Judee Sill – "Crayon Angel"
• Crazy Love – "Whatever It Takes" (with Michael Buble)
• Harrison Covered: MOJO presents insinuation Exclusive Tribute to George – "Give Me Love" (song Extreme given away free with MOJO magazine November issue)
• This One's for Him: A Tribute pore over Guy Clark – "Broken Callous People"
• Textuality OST – "Since I Don't Have You"
• Lowe Country: The Songs of Cut Lowe – "Where's My Everything"

The Kelele Brothers

• Escape from Bover County (Gas Station Recordings)
• Has-Beens & Wives (Gas Station Recordings)

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