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<rss xmlns:ps="http://trailfire.com" version="2.0"><channel><title>"Dead Obscure Singers" by ebenson</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/trails/3763</link><category>ebenson/trails</category><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Nick Drake</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5105</link><description><![CDATA[English folk singer, Nick Drake, died in 1974 at the age of 26. It is claimed that his death from an overdose of anti-depressants was a suicide. The three albums he produced during his lifetime were &quot;Five Leaves Left&quot;, my favorite &quot;Bryter Layter&quot;, and &#39;Pink Moon&#39;. The track &quot;Pink Moon&quot; was used in a Volkswagen commercial and the track &quot;One of these things first&quot; is on the soundtrack for the movie &quot;Garden State.&quot;]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 09:05:36 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5105</guid></item><item><title>Jeff Buckley</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5103</link><description><![CDATA[Jeff died in 1997 at the age of 31 in a drowning accident. While he was alive he released just one full length album called &quot;Grace.&quot; His mother continued to release new albums after he passed. His rendition of Leonard Cohen&#39;s &quot;Hallelujah&quot; on &quot;Grace&quot; is not to be missed!]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:09:33 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5103</guid></item><item><title>Elliott Smith</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5106</link><description><![CDATA[Elliott, who grew up in Portland, Oregon, died in 2003 at the age of 34. He released five solo albums that garnered modest commercial success. His album &quot;From a basement on the hill&quot; is my favorite. One of his pieces, &quot;Miss Misery,&quot; was in the movie &quot;Good Will Hunting.&quot;]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 20:55:15 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5106</guid></item><item><title>Chris Bell</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5107</link><description><![CDATA[Chris Bell died in a car crash in 1978 at the age of 28. He was half of the duo Big Star together with Alex Chilton. In addition to the three Big Star albums (the first two of which are must have&#39;s for your collection), Chris produced a solo album &quot;I Am the Cosmos&quot; which wasn&#39;t released until 1992.]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:09:23 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5107</guid></item><item><title>Eva Cassidy</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5108</link><description><![CDATA[Eva died in 1996 at the age of 33. According to a BBC Radio 2 jury, Eva Cassidy possessed one of the best singing voices of all time. I agree. Start with either her &quot;Live at Blues Alley&quot; or &quot;Songbird&quot; albums.]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 18:06:42 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5108</guid></item><item><title>The Boswell Sisters</title><link>http://trailfire.com/ebenson/marks/5135</link><description><![CDATA[Martha, Vet and Connee Boswell hail from New Orleans and are often confused for the more famous Andrews Sisters. Get the compilation CD &quot;That&#39;s How Rhythm Was Born&quot; on Amazon.]]></description><category>Dead Obscure Singers</category><author>ebenson</author><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2006 13:03:45 -0700</pubDate><guid isPermalink="false">trailfire:markId:5135</guid></item></channel></rss>
