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Syd Straw ( - )

Female Person - United States

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. Surprise Jun 1989
  2. War and Peace 07 May 1996
  3. Whole Wide World: Uncollected Songs 2005
  4. Pink Velour 2008

Relationships (1)

Support For

  1. Sugar Fight

Recordings by (56)

  1. Think Too Hard 3:05 (Jun 1989)
  2. Heart of Darkness 4:24 (Jun 1989)
  3. Almost Magic 4:15 (Jun 1989)
  4. Crazy American 4:02 (Jun 1989)
  5. Hard Times 7:00 (Jun 1989)
  6. The Unanswered Question? 4:34 (Jun 1989)
  7. Sphinx 6:17 (Jun 1989)
  8. Racing to the Ruins 3:49 (Jun 1989)
  9. Chasing Vapor Trails (His Turn to Cry) 4:14 (Jun 1989)
  10. Future 40's (String of Pearls) 4:31 (Jun 1989)
  11. Golden Dreams 2:55 (Jun 1989)
  12. Heart of Darkness (LP version) 4:24 (1990)
  13. (I'm Always Touched by Your) Presence, Dear 3:51 (1993)
  14. The Christmas Twist 3:19 (1994)
  15. The Toughest Girl in the World 3:49 (07 May 1996)
  16. Million Miles 4:06 (07 May 1996)
  17. Time Has Done This 3:37 (07 May 1996)
  18. Love, and the Lack of It 3:57 (07 May 1996)
  19. CBGB's 5:31 (07 May 1996)
  20. All Things Change 5:38 (07 May 1996)
  21. Madrid 5:44 (07 May 1996)
  22. Almost as Blue 3:46 (07 May 1996)
  23. Water, Please 3:34 (07 May 1996)
  24. X-Ray 3:16 (07 May 1996)
  25. Howl 3:59 (07 May 1996)
  26. Static 3:35 (07 May 1996)
  27. Black Squirrel 3:47 (07 May 1996)
  28. The Train That Takes You Away... 4:12 (07 May 1996)
  29. What I Heard 0:53 (09 Jul 1996)
  30. People of Earth 4:21 (12 Nov 1996)
  31. Love and the Lack of It 5:14 (1996)
  32. Meeting Across the River 3:41 (23 Sep 1997)
  33. I Was Made to Love Magic 4:12 (25 Nov 1997)
  34. Pink Moon 2:09 (25 Nov 1997)
  35. The Man With the Child in His Eyes 3:12 (1998)
  36. Learning the Game 3:27 (2000)
  37. If You Don't Want My Love 3:35 (2000)
  38. My Daddy (Flies a Ship in the Sky) 3:59 (02 Oct 2001)
  39. A Christmas Twist 3:19 (2004)
  40. Taken 3:40 (2005)
  41. I Must Be in Love 2:33 (2005)
  42. Blue Shadows on the Trail 3:50 (2005)
  43. Pink Velour 7:47 (2008)
  44. My Ship Comes In 4:19 (2008)
  45. Marry Me 3:47 (2008)
  46. The Stranger I Live with 4:28 (2008)
  47. Floaty Wafter 5:23 (2008)
  48. Unraveling 8:35 (2008)
  49. Papier Mache 3:25 (2008)
  50. Harvest 3:31 (2008)
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On Recordings (35)

Vocals

  1. Buenos Aires 3:43 The Golden Palominos (1985)
  2. Silver Bullet 4:57 The Golden Palominos (1985)
  3. Boy (Go) 5:19 The Golden Palominos (1985)
  4. (Kind of) True 4:43 The Golden Palominos (1985)
  5. Faithless Heart 4:05 The Golden Palominos (1986) background vocals
  6. Angels 5:01 The Golden Palominos (1986)
  7. (Something Else Is) Working Harder 5:18 The Golden Palominos (1986) background vocals
  8. I’ve Been the One 3:17 The Golden Palominos (1986)
  9. Something Becomes Nothing 5:06 The Golden Palominos (1986) background vocals
  10. Brides of Jesus 3:36 The Golden Palominos (1986)
  11. Work Was New 4:10 The Golden Palominos (1986) background vocals
  12. Diamond 4:44 The Golden Palominos (1986)
  13. His Children Think He Is in Heaven 4:28 Mark Bingham (1989)
  14. You! You! You! 3:28 Was (Not Was) (03 Jul 1990) guest, lead vocals
  15. Swim 5:06 Peter Blegvad (28 Nov 1990) background vocals
  16. King Strut 5:10 Peter Blegvad (28 Nov 1990)
  17. Ghostly 5:34 Roy Nathanson Quartet featuring Syd Straw (1990) lead vocals
  18. Hobbies 4:59 David Sanborn (1991)
  19. Jesus 3:35 David Sanborn (1991)
  20. Naomi's Dream (ナオミの夢) 5:23 ホッピー神山 (20 May 1992)
  21. My Dear Sight 8:19 ホッピー神山 (20 May 1992)
  22. Au Naturel 16:34 ホッピー神山 (20 May 1992)
  23. Alter of Heaven 3:39 ホッピー神山 (20 May 1992)
  24. A.M. 0:29 ホッピー神山 (20 May 1992)
  25. Don't Let Me Down 3:47 Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot, Syd Straw, Joey Baron & Greg Cohn (1992)
  26. A Woman's Got a Right 4:58 Dave Alvin (1993) background vocals
  27. Sleeping Man (Syd Straw version) 4:45 Vic Chesnutt (1993)
  28. What Am I Worth 3:20 Dave Alvin (1994) guest, lead vocals
  29. The T.B. Is Whipping Me 3:42 Wilco with Syd Straw (1994) additional
  30. Faithful Shooter 2:40 Richard Buckner (1998) background vocals
  31. Eloda 4:45 Christy McWilson (2000) background vocals
  32. Lap Dog 3:58 Rickie Lee Jones (07 Oct 2003)
  33. Made to Break Your Heart 4:46 Los Lobos (25 Sep 2015) background vocals
  34. Knock That Statue Down 3:50 Marc Ribot & Syd Straw (14 Sep 2018) background vocals
  35. Ecstacy 4:57 Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog (14 Jul 2023) guest

Credited as (23)

  1. Syd Straw
  2. Syd Straw and Evan Dando
  3. Syd Straw & Marc Ribot
  4. Suzanne Vega, Bill Frisell, Wayne Horvitz & Syd Straw
  5. Arto Lindsay, Marc Ribot, Syd Straw, Joey Baron & Greg Cohn
  6. Syd Straw & The Skeletons
  7. Wilco feat. Syd Straw
  8. Syd Straw feat Los Lobos
  9. Wilco with Syd Straw
  10. Bill Wells feat. Syd Straw with The Karen Mantler Trio
  11. Marc Ribot & Syd Straw
  12. Arto Lindsay/Marc Ribot/Syd Straw/Joey Baron/Greg Cohn
  13. Roy Nathanson Quartet featuring Syd Straw
  14. Eric Andersen, Barry Reynolds, Gary Lucas, Syd Straw & Shelley Hirsch
  15. Syd Straw, Barry Reynolds, Chris Cunningham, G.E. Smith, Cheryl Hardwick, Greg Cohen & Hank Roberts
  16. G.E. Smith, Syd Straw, Elliott Sharp, Greg Cohen, Cheryl Hardwick, Anthony Coleman & Yuval Gabay
  17. Jimmer Podrasky featuring Syd Straw
  18. Suzanne Vega / Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz / Syd Straw
  19. Syd Straw with Marc Ribot
  20. Syd Straw with Dave Alvin
  21. Syd Straw with The Skeletons
  22. Syd Straw with Joe Ely
  23. Roy Nathanson Quartet featuring Bill Ware, Brad Jones, E.J. Rodriguez and special guest Syd Straw

Works (6)

Wrote

  1. People of Earth
  2. Silver Bullet
  3. (Kind of) True
  4. Buenos Aires

Composed

  1. The Christmas Twist

Lyrics

  1. The Christmas Twist

Events (4)

Main Performer At

  1. Lilith Fair 1998: Mansfield, 2nd show
  2. Lilith Fair 1998: Mansfield, 1st show
  3. Deutschtown Music Festival 2017 Saturday @ Casellula
  4. 1996‐09‐29: Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, USA

Links (10)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.sydstraw.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/syd_straw

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Syd%20Straw

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/106910

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000050770

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/159384602

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7659729

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/250308
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Zcl1FeBmIw22Ytdr27l1Q

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/2212390