Edie Brickell

Singer + Songwriter + Guitarist

Female

Born Mar 10, 1966

Age 47

Hometown Dallas

Genres Neo-psychedelia +...

Performed With Edie Brickell & N...

Record Label Geffen Records

Edie Arlisa Brickell is an American singer-songwriter best known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went #4 on the US Albums Chart.

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EDIE BRICKELL Quantum Shift benefit concert in aid of South Asian earthquake survivors

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Nov 29, 2005

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Sd12/08/2002 the Kennedy Center Honors 2002 at the Hall of States Kennedy Center,washington,d.c E...

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Dec 8, 2002

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Edie Brickell at the 2002 Kennedy Center Honors in the Hall of States at the Kennedy Center in Wa...

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Oct 28, 2002

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Sd0801 "Back at the Ranch" Edie Brickell & Paul Simon Photo by: Bruce Cotler/Globe Photos, Inc.

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Sep 11, 2000

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Paul Simon
Married 1992 - Present

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Edie Brickell

Age 47

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Eddie Brickell

Father

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Binky Philips: I Meet The King In 1956 And Paul Simon Meets Two Stewardesses In 1992
Huffington Post - May 03, 2013

It's 1956, I am 3 and a half years old. My best friend is Corky. His dad is taking us, along with Corky's two utterly fascinating sisters, to the Central Park Zoo in his green Packard "woodie" station wagon. Corky and I were in the back seat. I can still see our little oxblood purple shoes on the seat in front of us. Corky and I were so tiny there was no leg dangling back there. In the front seat, next to the driving dad, sat Corky's older sisters, Omeara and Thebe (cool and unusu...
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Steve Martin, Edie Brickell Head For 'Asheville' On 'Letterman'
Rolling Stone - Apr 24, 2013

Classic theme modern touch Steve Martin and Edie Brickell made their joint TV debut last night performing "When You Get to Asheville" with the Steep Canyon Rangers on the Late Show With David Letterman It's a song about leaving that also mentions e-mail putting a latter-day spin on a timeless...
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Not 'Your Grandfather's Banjo Record'
Huffington Post - Apr 22, 2013

Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, "Love Has Come For You" (Rounder Records) It's clear from the opening line on the first song "When You Get To Asheville" that "Love Has Come For You" isn't your grandfather's banjo record. "When you get to Asheville," singer Edie Brickell intones after a beguiling banjo introduction by Steve Martin, "please send me an email." Mixing the traditional with the modern, B...
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Steve Martin And Edie Brickell Talk New Lp 'Love Has Come For You'
Rolling Stone - Mar 28, 2013

Steve Martin and singer-songwriter Edie Brickell are set to release their first collaborative LP Love Has Come for You on April 23rd through Rounder Records Comprising 13 new songs that combine Martin's banjo work with Brickell's lyrics and vocals you can now get a taste of the record's unique sound...
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1966 Birth Born on March 10, 1966.

TEENAGE

1985 19 Years Old 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 would join the band as lead singer. After the band was signed to a recording contract, the label changed the group's name to Edie Brickell & New Bohemians. Their 1988 debut album Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars became a critical and commercial success, with the big hit, "What I Am". … Read More

TWENTIES

1989 23 Years Old Brickell had a role as a folk singer in the 1989 film, Born on the Fourth of July. … Read More

1990 24 Years Old She also sang a cover version of Lou Reed's Walk on the Wild Side in the 1990 film Flashback. … Read More

1992 26 Years Old Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992. … Read More

FORTIES

2006 40 Years Old In 2006 she reunited with some of the original members of New Bohemians and they released the album Stranger Things.

2007 41 Years Old 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.

2010 44 Years Old In 2010, Brickell became a founding member of new band The Gaddabouts, consisting of Steve Gadd - drums, Edie Brickell - lead vocal, guitar, Andy Fairweather Low - electric & acoustic guitars, background vocals, Pino Palladino - bass, guitar, also featuring Dan Block, Ronnie Cuber, Joey DeFrancesco, Gil Goldstein, Marcus Rojas.

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