More about Syd Straw.
To date, Syd has appeared on more
than 50 albums with such artists as Rickie Lee Jones, Richard Thompson, Daniel Lanois, Wilco...and the list
goes on.
Raised in California and Vermont and schooled in New York, Syd Straw started her career as a
back-up singer for Pat Benatar, then joined the eclectic Golden Palominos (featuring Michael Stipe, Matthew
Sweet, and Anton Fier). In 1989, Syd released Surprise, her first solo album. Her most
recent album, War and Peace, features the Skeletons from Springfield, Missouri,
"the greatest bar band of all time" according to Rolling Stone.
In between and during all of this, Syd has maintained an acting career
(Pete & Pete, Tales of the City), and continued to collaborate with a slew of other artists, including
Freedy Johnston, Phranc, Chris Stamey, The dB's, David Sanborn, and Loudon Wainwright III, just to name
a few.
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