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Kendra Smith
Musical artist

Kendra Smith (born 14 March 1960, San Diego, California) is an American musician who was a founder member of Dream Syndicate, a member of Opal, and later recorded as a solo artist.

Biography

After one privately pressed release with The Suspects in 1979, Smith formed Dream Syndicate in 1981 with Steve Wynn, and went on to record two albums and an EP as bassist with the group before leaving in 1984 to join former Rain Parade guitarist David Roback in Rainy Day (she had worked with Roback before, providing backing vocals on the Rain Parade album Emergency Third Rail Power Trip). Rainy day released an album and a single in 1984, before Roback and Smith became a duo in the psychedelic-tinged band Opal. Opal only released one record before they split up, the "Northern Line" EP, but recorded enough material for two compilation albums, Happy Nightmare Baby and Early Recordings. Smith left Opal during the band's final tour and was replaced by Hope Sandoval, with Opal changing its name to Mazzy Star after the tour. Smith formed a new band, The Guild of Temporal Adventureers, with Jonah Corey and A. Philip Uberman, who released an eponymous mini-LP in 1992, with Smith playing the pump organ, but her next release would not be until 1995 when her solo debut, Five Ways of Disappearing was issued on the 4AD label, and was described by Trouser Press as "an impressive — and colorful — achievement". According to 4AD she moved to the woods of Northern California in the early 1990s, living in a small cabin with no electricty, and returned there after making two appearances to promote the album.

Discography

With The Suspects

  • "Talking Loud" 7" (1979)

With Dream Syndicate

  • The Dream Syndicate mini-LP (1982) Down There
  • The Days of Wine and Roses (1983) Ruby/Rough Trade
  • "Tell Me When It's Over" 12" EP (1983) Rough Trade

With Clay Allison

  • "Fell From the Sun" 7" (1984) Serpent

Kendra Smith and David Roback and Keith Mitchell

  • Fell From the Sun EP (1984) Serpent/Enigma

With Rainy Day

  • Rainy Day (1984) Llama/Rough Trade
  • "I'll Keep It With Mine" (1984) Rough Trade

With Opal

  • "Northern Line" 12" EP (1986) One Big Guitar
  • Happy Nightmare Baby (1987) SST
  • Early Recordings (1989) Serpent/Rough Trade

With The Guild of Temporal Adventurers

  • Kendra Smith Presents the Guild of Temporal Adventurers mini-LP (1992) Fiasco

Solo

  • "Valley Of The Morning Sun" (1992) Warner Bros. (promo only)
  • Five Ways of Disappearing (1995) 4AD

External links

References

  1. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1 84195 335 0
  2. ^ Phares, Heather "Kendra Smith Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
  3. Strong, Martin C. (1999) The Great Alternative & Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 0 86241 913 1
  4. Ankeny, Jason "The Guild of Temporal Adventurers Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
  5. Schoemer, Karen & Robbins, Ira "Kendra Smith", Trouser Press
  6. "Kendra Smith" at 4AD
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