Elliott Smith

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Location:
US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Rock / Pop / Acoustic
Site(s):
Label:
Kill Rock Stars/Domino
Type:
Indie
Elliott Smith’s

intensely personal music has left a deep mark on a generation of fans and musicians.

Now Chronicle Books is releasing Elliott Smith by Autumn de Wilde, a collection

of rare photographs and one-of-a-kind interviews taken, and conducted, by one

of Smith’s close friends, acclaimed photographer Autumn de Wilde. De Wilde was

one of the few photographers with whom Smith loved working, and the photos in

Elliott Smith are remarkably intimate and revealing, showing previously unseen

sides of his personality. In addition to these startling, beautiful images,

the book features conversations with many of Smith’s closet confidantes and

collaborators—many of whom have never spoken on-record about Smith before—as

well as musicians who never knew Smith but were deeply influenced by his music.

Also included in the book are personal ephemera, handwritten lyrics, an exclusive

CD featuring five songs from small shows in Los Angeles in 1997 that are all

previously unheard, and a foreword by Beck Hansen and Chris Walla. A portion

of the proceeds from the book will be donated to the Sims Foundation in Austin

and the Portland-based charity Outside In.

Autumn de Wilde

worked closely with Smith as a friend and photographer for years, as well as

directed the video for his song "Son of Sam," and designed the package

and cover for his album Figure 8. After Smith’s death, fans turned the Silver

Lake, California wall used on the cover’s background into a memorial site, leaving

notes, flowers, and other items of personal connection.

Elliott Smith’s

three independent solo albums (and earlier work with the band Heatmiser) earned

him a devoted following that was greatly expanded by the use of his music in

the film Good Will Hunting, his nomination for an Academy Award for his

song "Miss Misery" in 1997, and his next two major-label releases

on Dreamworks. After his death in 2003, his fan following has only grown and

his absence is keenly felt, with the release of two posthumous collections (most

recently the double album New Moon on Kill Rock Stars) and four tribute albums.

Conversations with

friends, family, and musicians in the book include:



Ben Gibbard, Matthew

Caws, Neil Gust, Ashley Welch

Sam Coomes, Dorien

Garry, Jon Brion, Sean Croghan

Rob Schnapf, Alyssa

Siegel, Chris Walla, Mark Flanagan

Joanna Bolme, Margaret

Mittleman

The previously unreleased

5-track CD of Smith playing live, solo acoustic at Largo in L.A. circa 1997

includes the following songs:



Between the Bars

Angeles

Clementine

Clouds (a Quasi

cover)

All My Rowdy Friends

Have Settled Down (a Hank Williams, Jr. cover)

As a photographer

or director, Autumn de Wilde has worked with Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon,

the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Raconteurs, The White Stripes, Eels, Modest Mouse,

Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Miranda July, and many others. She lives in Los Angeles.

She has been documenting the award-winning fashion designers Rodarte for the

past three years and plans to release a book about their work together. Her

work has been featured in the pages of Vanity Fair, The New York Times Magazine,

The Los Angeles Times Magazine, Elle, Res, V, Filter, Nylon, Teen Vogue, Rolling

Stone, Spin, Dazed and Confused, and Zoo, to name a few.

Beck Hansen has

collaborated with Autumn de Wilde since the early 1990’s, including on the cover

for his album Sea Change; photo shoots for Mutations, Sea Change,

and Guero; and photographs and videos for The Information.



Chris Walla is a

guitarist and producer for Death Cab for Cutie and has worked as a producer

with Hot Hot Heat, Nada Surf, the Prom, the Decemberists, Tegan and Sara, and

other bands.

A portion of the

proceeds of this book will be donated to The SIMS Foundation and Outside In.



www.simsfoundation.org

www.outsidein.org
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