Edie Brickell

Rock Singer

Edie Brickell was born in Dallas, Texas, United States on March 10th, 1966 and is the Rock Singer. At the age of 58, Edie Brickell biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Edie Arlisa Brickell
Date of Birth
March 10, 1966
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Dallas, Texas, United States
Age
58 years old
Zodiac Sign
Pisces
Networth
$10 Million
Profession
Composer, Guitarist, Singer, Singer-songwriter
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Edie Brickell Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 58 years old, Edie Brickell has this physical status:

Height
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Weight
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Hair Color
Dark brown
Eye Color
Hazel
Build
Slim
Measurements
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Edie Brickell Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas, Texas, USA; Southern Methodist University, University Park, Texas, USA
Edie Brickell Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Paul Simon ​(m. 1992)​
Children
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Dating / Affair
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Parents
Eddie Brickell
Edie Brickell Life

Edie Arlisa Brickell (born March 10, 1966) is an American singer-songwriter widely known for 1988's Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the debut album by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians, which went to No. 4 on the Billboard albums chart.

She is married to Paul Simon.

Early life

Brickell was born in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas to Larry Jean (Sellers) Linden and Paul Edward Brickell. She was raised with her older sister, Laura Strain. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, and later studied at Southern Methodist University until she joined a band and decided to focus on songwriting.

Personal life

Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992. It was her first marriage and Simon's third. Brickell was performing "What I Am" on NBC's Saturday Night Live on November 5, 1988, when she noticed Simon standing in front of the cameraman. "Even though I'd performed the song hundreds of times in clubs, he made me forget how the song went when I looked at him. We can show the kids the tape and say, 'Look, that's when we first laid eyes on each other.'" Brickell and Simon have three children: Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel.

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Edie Brickell Career

Music career

Brickell's 1985, she was invited to sing one night with friends from her high school in a local folk rock band, New Bohemians. She joined the band as the band's lead singer. Edie Brickell & New Bohemians was the band's name before being signed to a recording contract. Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, the band's 1988 debut album, became a critical and commercial success, with the Top Ten single "What I Am." Ghost of a Dog (1990), the band's follow-up album, was a deliberate effort to showcase the band's eclectic identity and move away from the pop sound of their first album.

After the album Ghost of a Dog in 1990, the band performed on a few gigs in 2006, including Stranger Things. They also announced dates for a US tour in 2018. Rocket is their new album, as well as dates for a US tour. Hunter and the Dog Star, the band's fifth studio album, is available on CD and vinyl.

In the 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July, Brickell appeared as a folk singer. On Bob Dylan's "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" soundtrack, she appears. In the 1990 film Flashback, she appeared in a cover version of Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side."

Brickell created Picture Perfect Morning (1994) and Volcano (2003) as a solo artist. As part of Microsoft's Windows 95 Companion CD-ROM, Picture Perfect Morning's "Good Times" was included in the sample. She collaborated with producer Bob Wiseman in New York and Toronto on a line of songs, combining a wind ensemble, unusual keyboards, and Ron Sexsmith. The songs were not released by the record company and were largely unreleased.

Brickell formed the New Gaddabouts in 2010, with Steve Gadd on drums, Edie Brickell on guitar, Andy Fairweather Low on electric and acoustic guitars and background vocals, Pino Palladino on guitar, Marcus Rojas, and Marcus Rojas as lead vocalist and guitarist, Steve Brickell on drums, Edie Brickell on drums, Steve Brickell as lead vocalist and guitar, and Marcus Rojas as lead vocalist and guitars Brickell created "The Meaning of Life" in 2011 for Tamar Halpern's film "Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life.

Love Has Come for You was first published on April 23, 2013. Steve Martin's album is a result of his collaboration. Both appeared on talk shows, such as The View and Late Show with David Letterman, to advertise the album in April 2013.

She toured with Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers throughout North America beginning in May 2013.

The musical Bright Star, to which she contributed music, lyrics, and story, opened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in 2016.

Brickell and Martin appeared in Bernard MacMahon's documentary film The American Epic Sessions. On the first electrical sound recording device from the 1920s, they recorded "The Coo Bird," a traditional English folk song. The track appeared on the accompanying soundtrack, Music from The American Epic Sessions.

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