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==Early life==
==Early life==
Brickell was born in the [[Oak Cliff]] neighborhood of [[Dallas, Texas]], to Larry Jean (Sellers) Linden and Paul Edward Brickell.<ref>[http://www.paul-simon.info/PHP/showarticle.php?id=32&kategorie=4 Paul Simon profile], paul-simon.info; accessed March 17, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD4P-YP3 Profile], familysearch.org; accessed March 17, 2016.</ref> She was raised with her older sister, Laura Strain. She attended [[Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]]<ref>
Brickell was born in the suburbs of [[Oak Cliff]], a neighborhood of [[Dallas, Texas]], to Larry Jean (Sellers) Linden and Paul Edward Brickell.<ref>[http://www.paul-simon.info/PHP/showarticle.php?id=32&kategorie=4 Paul Simon profile], paul-simon.info; accessed March 17, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VD4P-YP3 Profile], familysearch.org; accessed March 17, 2016.</ref> She was raised with her older sister, Laura Strain. She attended [[Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts]]<ref>
{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-ocfocus_16met.ART.West.Edition1.45648b9.html|title= Dallas performing, visual arts school set for Taste of the Arts|date=February 16, 2008|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=May 1, 2008}}</ref> in Dallas, and later studied at [[Southern Methodist University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/event/cGVnYXN1czpldmVudA-Mjg5MTkz-TWpnNU1Ua3o/Edie-Brickell-and-New-Bohemians-Two-Shows/ |title=Edie Brickell and New Bohemians [Two Shows] |work=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> until she joined a band and decided to focus on songwriting.
{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-ocfocus_16met.ART.West.Edition1.45648b9.html|title= Dallas performing, visual arts school set for Taste of the Arts|date=February 16, 2008|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|access-date=May 1, 2008}}</ref> in Dallas, and later studied at [[Southern Methodist University]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dallasnews.com/event/cGVnYXN1czpldmVudA-Mjg5MTkz-TWpnNU1Ua3o/Edie-Brickell-and-New-Bohemians-Two-Shows/ |title=Edie Brickell and New Bohemians [Two Shows] |work=The Dallas Morning News |access-date=May 8, 2020}}</ref> until she joined a band and decided to focus on songwriting.


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=== Solo career ===
=== Solo career ===
Brickell had a role as a [[folk music|folk]] singer in the 1989 film ''[[Born on the Fourth of July (film)|Born on the Fourth of July]]''.  Her version of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "[[A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall]]" is featured on the film's soundtrack.  She also sang a cover version of [[Lou Reed]]'s "[[Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)|Walk on the Wild Side]]" in the 1990 film ''[[Flashback (1990 film)|Flashback]]''.


As a solo artist, Brickell released ''[[Picture Perfect Morning]]'' (1994) and ''[[Volcano (Edie Brickell album)|Volcano]]'' (2003). The video for ''Picture Perfect Morning'''s "Good Times" was included as part of the multimedia samples featured on [[Microsoft]]'s ''[[Windows 95]] Companion'' CD-ROM.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB1631F932A3575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502161219/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/01/science/personal-computers-personal-computers-what-is-windows-95-really-like.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-access=limited |archive-date=2012-05-02 |title=Personal Computers: What Is Windows 95 Really Like? |last=Manes |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Manes |date=August 1, 1995 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1992, she worked with producer [[Bob Wiseman]] in New York and [[Toronto]] on a collection of songs, utilizing a wind ensemble, unusual keyboards, and [[Ron Sexsmith]]. The songs were rejected by the record company and remain unreleased.
As a solo artist, Brickell released ''[[Picture Perfect Morning]]'' (1994), ''[[Volcano (Edie Brickell album)|Volcano]]'' (2003) and ''[[Edie Brickell (album)|Edie Brickell]]'' (2011). The video for ''Picture Perfect Morning'''s "Good Times" was included as part of the multimedia samples featured on [[Microsoft]]'s ''[[Windows 95]] Companion'' CD-ROM.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DB1631F932A3575BC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502161219/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/01/science/personal-computers-personal-computers-what-is-windows-95-really-like.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-access=limited |archive-date=2012-05-02 |title=Personal Computers: What Is Windows 95 Really Like? |last=Manes |first=Stephen |author-link=Stephen Manes |date=August 1, 1995 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 1, 2023}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 1992, she worked with producer [[Bob Wiseman]] in New York and [[Toronto]] on a collection of songs, utilizing a wind ensemble, unusual keyboards, and [[Ron Sexsmith]]. The songs were rejected by the record company and remain unreleased.


=== The Gaddabouts ===
=== The Gaddabouts ===
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=== Heavy MakeUp ===
=== Heavy MakeUp ===
In 2023, Brickell became the founding vocalist of new band Heavy MakeUp, alongside brass player [[CJ Camerieri]] and trumpeter Trever Hagen. The band combines vocals, synth, brass, and drum machines in their music. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2023, and their sophomore album, ''Here It Comes'', was released in 2024.
In 2023, Brickell became the founding vocalist of new band Heavy MakeUp, alongside brass player [[CJ Camerieri]] and trumpeter Trever Hagen. The band combines vocals, synth, brass, and drum machines in their music. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2023, and their second album, ''Here It Comes'', was released in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meredith |first=Kyle |date=2024-09-26 |title=Edie Brickell: "I just follow the music." |url=https://www.lpm.org/music/2024-09-26/edie-brickell-i-just-follow-the-music |access-date=2025-09-30 |website=Louisville Public Media |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Scott |date=2024-07-17 |title=Heavy MakeUp on their album 'Here It Comes' |url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043654/heavy-makeup-on-their-album-here-it-comes |access-date=2025-09-30 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Brickell married singer-songwriter [[Paul Simon]] on May 30, 1992.<ref name="marriage">{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Dixon|title=Music Hall of Fame Proposed for State|newspaper=Connecticut Post|location=Bridgeport, CT|id=Article ID 5761094 (fee required)|date=April 26, 2007}}</ref> It was her first marriage and Simon's third. Brickell was performing "[[What I Am]]"<ref name="meetcute">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1988/11/13/bricknells-bohemian-debut/9fd732e8-dcd1-463b-9f01-de95f0963f35/ |title=Bricknell's Bohemian Debut |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 13, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19108687.edie-brickell-life-paul-simon-working-willie-nelson-steve-martin/ |title=Edie Brickell on life with Paul Simon, and working with Willie Nelson and Steve Martin |work=The Herald |date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |author=Purden, Richard}}</ref> 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.<ref name="express">{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/914761/Paul-Simon-tour-2018-retirement-wife-Simon-and-Garfunkel-tickets-Hyde-Park |title=Paul Simon tour 2018: Who is the Simon & Garfunkel star's wife? |work=[[Daily Express|Express]]|date=Feb 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Agrawal 2022 o918">{{cite web | last=Agrawal | first=Vandita | title=Who Are Paul Simon's Children? | website=Grunge | date=2022-09-05 | url=https://www.grunge.com/990062/who-are-paul-simons-children/ | access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref>
Brickell married singer-songwriter [[Paul Simon]] on May 30, 1992.<ref name="marriage">{{cite news|first=Ken|last=Dixon|title=Music Hall of Fame Proposed for State|newspaper=Connecticut Post|location=Bridgeport, CT|id=Article ID 5761094 (fee required)|date=April 26, 2007}}</ref> It was her first marriage and Simon's third. Brickell was performing "[[What I Am]]"<ref name="meetcute">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/1988/11/13/bricknells-bohemian-debut/9fd732e8-dcd1-463b-9f01-de95f0963f35/ |title=Bricknell's Bohemian Debut |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 13, 1988}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19108687.edie-brickell-life-paul-simon-working-willie-nelson-steve-martin/ |title=Edie Brickell on life with Paul Simon, and working with Willie Nelson and Steve Martin |work=The Herald |date=February 27, 2021 |access-date=December 17, 2022 |author=Purden, Richard}}</ref> 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.<ref name="express">{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/914761/Paul-Simon-tour-2018-retirement-wife-Simon-and-Garfunkel-tickets-Hyde-Park |title=Paul Simon tour 2018: Who is the Simon & Garfunkel star's wife? |work=[[Daily Express|Express]]|date=Feb 5, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Agrawal 2022 o918">{{cite web | last=Agrawal | first=Vandita | title=Who Are Paul Simon's Children? | website=Grunge | date=2022-09-05 | url=https://www.grunge.com/990062/who-are-paul-simons-children/ | access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref>


==Discography==
==Discography==
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 31 December 2025

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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 singer-songwriter Paul Simon.

Early life

Brickell was born in the suburbs of Oak Cliff, a neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, to Larry Jean (Sellers) Linden and Paul Edward Brickell.[1][2] She was raised with her older sister, Laura Strain. She attended Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts[3] in Dallas, and later studied at Southern Methodist University[4] until she joined a band and decided to focus on songwriting.

Music career

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

In 1985, Brickell was invited to sing one night with friends from her high school in a local folk rock group, New Bohemians. She joined 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, including the Top Ten single "What I Am". The band's follow-up album, Ghost of a Dog (1990), was a deliberate effort to highlight the band's eclectic personality and move away from the pop sound of their first record.[5]

In these first two albums and subsequent tours Brickell became known as a singer who could create lyrics on the spot. Of this talent she said, "It's nothing special...strange thoughts are always running through my head."[6]

The band sporadically played gigs after the album Ghost of a Dog in 1990, and in 2006 released Stranger Things.[7][8] In 2018 they announced their latest album, Rocket, along with dates for a US tour.[9] The band released their fifth studio album Hunter and the Dog Star in 2021 available on CD and vinyl.[10]

Solo career

As a solo artist, Brickell released Picture Perfect Morning (1994), Volcano (2003) and Edie Brickell (2011). The video for Picture Perfect Morning's "Good Times" was included as part of the multimedia samples featured on Microsoft's Windows 95 Companion CD-ROM.[11] In 1992, she worked with producer Bob Wiseman in New York and Toronto on a collection of songs, utilizing a wind ensemble, unusual keyboards, and Ron Sexsmith. The songs were rejected by the record company and remain unreleased.

The Gaddabouts

In 2010, Brickell became a founding member of new band The Gaddabouts, consisting of Steve Gadd on drums, Edie Brickell as lead vocalist and guitar, Andy Fairweather Low on electric and acoustic guitars and background vocals, Pino Palladino on bass and guitar, and featuring Dan Block, Ronnie Cuber, Joey DeFrancesco, Gil Goldstein, and Marcus Rojas.[12] In 2011, Brickell wrote the title track, "The Meaning of Life", for Tamar Halpern's film, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life.

Edie Brickell and Steve Martin

Love Has Come for You was released on April 23, 2013. The album is a collaboration with Steve Martin.[13] Both appeared on talk shows, such as The View and Late Show with David Letterman, to promote the album in April 2013.[14][15][16][17]

Starting in May 2013, she toured with Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers throughout North America.[18]

In 2016, the musical Bright StarTemplate:Spndto which she contributed music, lyrics, and story[19]Template:Spndopened on Broadway at the Cort Theatre.

In 2017, Brickell and Martin appeared in the documentary film The American Epic Sessions directed by Bernard MacMahon. They recorded "The Coo Coo Bird", a traditional English folk song,[20] live on the first electrical sound recording system from the 1920s.[21] The track appeared on the accompanying soundtrack, Music from The American Epic Sessions.

Heavy MakeUp

In 2023, Brickell became the founding vocalist of new band Heavy MakeUp, alongside brass player CJ Camerieri and trumpeter Trever Hagen. The band combines vocals, synth, brass, and drum machines in their music. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2023, and their second album, Here It Comes, was released in 2024.[22][23]

Personal life

Brickell married singer-songwriter Paul Simon on May 30, 1992.[24] It was her first marriage and Simon's third. Brickell was performing "What I Am"[25][26] 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.Template:'" Brickell and Simon have three children: Adrian, Lulu, and Gabriel.[27][28]

Discography

Albums

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians

Solo

Other

Singles

  • "What I Am" (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) (1988) No. 7 on Billboard Hot 100 |UK No. 31
  • "Circle" (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) UK No. 74
  • "Love Like We Do" (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) UK No. 139
  • "Little Miss S." (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) (1989)
  • "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians) (1990) UK No. 83
  • "Mama Help Me" (Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
  • "Good Times" (Edie Brickell) No. 60 on Billboard Hot 100
  • "Pretty Little One" (Steve Martin and Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell)[33]
  • "Like to Get to Know You" (duet with Paul Simon) (2014)[34]

Other contributions

References

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