Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 [1] [a] - November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred " Sonic " Smith, was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the influential Detroit rock band MC5. [3] At age 31, he married and raised a family with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith. MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1963. [5] [6] The classic line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson.
Fred Sonic Smith, of the MC5, at the Grande Ballroom, Detroit MI
Today we pay homage to Fred 'Sonic' Smith, rhythm guitarist and songwriter with the revolutionary '60s Detroit band MC5: a Visionary Motherfucker who died of ill health at the age of just forty-five. Fred "Sonic" Smith was the archetypical quiet one of the group, yet he was the main architect of their sound, entirely taking over the direction of the MC5's radical final album High Time.. Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44 and lived in St. Clair Shores, a suburb of Detroit. The. Nov. 13, 1994 12 AM PT Fred (Sonic) Smith, original guitarist for the rock band MC5 and several other groups, including his Sonic's Rendezvous Band, has died. He was 44. He died Nov. 4 of.
Fred 'Sonic' Smith of the rock band MC5 poses for a portrait on... News
June 8, 1972 The rock group MC5 (Fred 'Sonic' Smith, Dennis 'Machine Gun' Thompson, Rob Tyner, Wayne Kramer and Michael Davis) pose for a photo in front of an American flag in Detroit,. "They were the two smartest, most talented guys I knew," said MC5's Wayne Kramer of fellow bandmates Rob Tyner and Fred "Sonic" Smith, in a key scene from unreleased documentary about the. Fred "Sonic" Smith was one of the key architects of the Detroit High Energy rock sound as guitarist and co-founder of the legendary MC5, and while his work after the band's breakup was sporadic,… Read Full Biography STREAM OR BUY: Active 1960s - 1990s Born September 14, 1949 in West Virginia Died November 4, 1994 in Detroit, MI Genre Pop/Rock Frederick Dewey Smith(September 14, 1948[1][lower-alpha 1]- November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred"Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the influential and politicalDetroit rock band MC5.[3] At age 31, he married and raised a family with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith.
MC5's Wayne Kramer Talks About Music, Drugs, and Not Being
MC5 is shown at a 1969 performance in its native Michigan. From left are drummer Dennis "Machine Gun" Thompson, lead guitarist Wayne Kramer, rhythm guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith and lead. Music Book Review: Two Dueling Narratives Pick Through the Wreckage of the MC5 Guitarist Wayne Kramer and bassist Michael Davis offer differing takes on a revolutionary band's tragic story. By.
In late 1994, her husband, Fred "Sonic" Smith, guitarist with '60s agit-rockers the MC5, died of heart failure. A few weeks later, Smith's brother Todd, who was her road manager, suffered. On High Time the MC5 cut loose. From the aching heartache of Miss X to the garage rock frenzy of Gotta Keep Movin' and Future Now, the band gelled as never before, propelled forward by Dennis Thompson's clattering drums, while the lightning-fast guitar interplay between Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith was a wonder to behold. Stream on Spotify
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 smashes his guitar on
fred "sonic" smith. As guitar heroes go, Fred "Sonic" Smith was one of the best, his musical legacy firmly established by his time spent as one half of the dual guitar arsenal that fueled the legendary MC5, and later fronting his own Sonic's Rendezvous Band and collaborating with his wife, Patti Smith. In the late '60s and early '70s, the Motor. Singer Rob Tyner died in 1991, guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith died in 1994, and bassist Michael Davis died in 2012. Kramer has kept the band touring over the past several years and published his.
