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Sonic's Rendezvous grew out of the Scott Morgan Group. As I said before, Fred was adament about starting without the constraints of the MC5 and refused to play any MC5 material. In retrospect, the end of the 5 must have taken it's toll on him and as he grew stronger and regained his bearings and confidence, he began to assert himself more.
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 performs live in 1969
1. Looking at You. "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.
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 performs live in 1969
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.
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The MC5 (which stands for "Motor City" in honor of their Detroit hometown) formed in 1964 with Kramer, his friend Fred "Sonic" Smith (guitar), Rob Tyner (vocals), Dennis "Machine Gun".
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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..
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Fred Sonic Smith of MC5 Home / GUITARISTS / Fred "Sonic" Smith 11/1994 Posted on November 6, 2015 by Macamba0 — Leave a comment Fred "Sonic" Smith 11/1994 November 4, 1994 - Fred "Sonic" Smith was born on September 13, 1949 in West Virginia, but raised in Detroit.
Fred 'Sonic' Smith and Dennis Thompson of the MC5, Free Concert in the
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.
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August 24, 2018 The rock group MC5 (L-R 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 1967.
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Background Sonic's Rendezvous Band was formed by members of four Michigan rock bands: Fred "Sonic" Smith, formerly of the MC5 - guitar, vocals Scott Morgan, formerly of The Rationals, a soul -influenced Detroit band of the 1960s - guitar, vocals Gary Rasmussen, formerly of The Up - bass Scott Asheton, formerly of The Stooges [1] - drums
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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.
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September 7, 1948), and bassist Michael Davis (b. June 5, 1943, Detroit—d. February 17, 2012, Chico, California). Other articles where Fred Smith is discussed: Patti Smith:.she raised a family with Fred ("Sonic") Smith, founder of the band MC5. Although she recorded an album with her husband in 1988 (Dream of Life) and began working on.
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Fred "Sonic" Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, was born in the Harts Creek area of Lincoln County and grew up in Detroit. He began playing guitar when he was 12, performing in a number of local bands before co-founding the MC5 in the mid-1960s.
Guitarist Fred "Sonic" Smith of The group MC5 performs live at the
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.
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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.
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Fred (Sonic) Smith, a guitarist for the influential rock band the MC5, died on Friday, Nov. 4, at St. John's Hospital in Detroit. He was 44. The cause was heart failure, said his wife, Patti Smith, the poet and musician.Smith was born in West Virginia but soon moved to Detroit.
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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.