Career
[edit] Music
Brickell attended high school at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[1] in Dallas, and then attended Southern Methodist University for a year and a half before, in 1985, she made the decision one night in a bar to get up on stage with a local folk rock group, New Bohemians. She joined the band as lead singer and the group became Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Their 1988 debut album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars became a critical and commercial success. The band's follow-up album, Ghost of a Dog (1990), did not fare as well.[2] As a solo artist, Brickell released Picture Perfect Morning (1994) and Volcano (2003). In 2006 she reunited with some of the original members of New Bohemians and they released the album Stranger Things.[3]
In late 2007, Brickell and her stepson Harper Simon formed the band The Heavy Circles. They released a single on iTunes entitled "Hands On". The Heavy Circles released a debut album on February 12, 2008, featuring Sean Lennon, Martha Wainwright, and members of Cibo Matto.[4]
[edit] Films and Video
Brickell had a role as a folk singer in the 1989 film, Born on the Fourth of July. Her version of Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is featured on the film's soundtrack. She also sang a cover version of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side in the 1990 film Flashback. Her "Good Times" video was included as part of the multimedia samples on the Windows 95 installation CD-ROM[5]. In the American Dad episode "Roger 'N Me" Francine, after rejecting an offer from Klaus for help, plays for him upon his request a brief section of the song "Circle".
[edit] Family
Her father, Eddie Brickell, "the Fort Worth Southpaw", was posthumously inducted into the Texas State Bowling Association Hall of Fame in 1988.[6]
Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992.[7] Brickell was performing "What I Am" on NBC's Saturday Night Live when she noticed Simon standing in front of the cameraman. "He made me mess the song up when I looked at him," she said with a smile. "We can show the kids the tape and say, 'Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.'"
[edit] Discography It's Like This (1986) Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars (1988) US #4, 2x platinum Ghost of a Dog (1990) Picture Perfect Morning (1994) The Live Montauk Sessions (2000) The Ultimate Collection (2002) Volcano (2003) Stranger Things (2006)
[edit] Other contributions WFUV: City Folk Live VII (2004) - "Take a Walk" Microsoft Windows 95 (1995) - "Good Times" Video
[edit] References ^ Larson, J. Louise (2008-02-16). "Dallas performing, visual arts school set for Taste of the Arts". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved on 2008-05-01. ^ "Edie Brickell". MTV Networks / VH1. Retrieved on 2007-11-05. ^ David Dye (2006-09-07). "Edie Brickell & New Bohemians: Starting Over". World Cafe. NPR. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. ^ "Brickell Finds New Sound in The Heavy Circles". Weekend Edition Sunday. NPR. 2008-02-10. Retrieved on 2008-02-10. ^ MANES, STEPHEN (1995-08-01). "PERSONAL COMPUTERS; Personal Computers: What Is Windows 95 Really Like?". New York Times. Retrieved on 2008-10-24. ^ "Hall of Fame". Texas State Bowling Association. Retrieved on 2007-11-05. ^ Dixon, Ken (2007-04-26). "Music Hall of Fame Proposed for State". Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT). Article ID 5761094 (fee required).
