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Origin
Omaha, NB
Genre
Acoustic
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Rock/Pop
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1 MaleOrigin
Omaha, NBGenre
AcousticStyle
Rock/PopMood
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Born
1969
Active
1994 to 
2003
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Elliott Smith - Between the Bars4 users
Elliott Smith - Between the Bars4 users
Elliott Smith - Angeles4 users
Elliott Smith - Angeles4 users
Elliott Smith - Say Yes
Music Video Links Between the Bars |  Miss Misery |  Baby Britain |
 Angeles |  Coming Up Roses |  Son of Sam |
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Steven Paul “Elliott” Smith (August 6, 1969 – October 21, 2003) was an American songwriter and musician. Smith was born in Omaha, Nebraska, raised primarily in Texas, and resided for a significant portion of his life in Portland, Oregon, where he first gained popularity. His primary instrument was the guitar, but he was also proficient at piano, clarinet, bass, drums and harmonica. Smith had a distinctive vocal style characterized by his “whispery, spiderweb-thin delivery” and use of multi-tracking to create vocal harmonies.
After playing in the rock band Heatmiser for several years, Smith began his solo career in 1994 with releases on the independent record labels Cavity Search and Kill Rock Stars. In 1997 he signed a contract with DreamWorks Records, for which he recorded two albums. Smith rose to mainstream prominence when his song “Miss Misery”, included in the soundtrack for the film Good Will Hunting, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Original Song category in 1997.
Smith battled with depression, alcoholism and drug addiction for years, and these topics often appeared in his lyrics. At age 34, he died in Los Angeles, California from two stab wounds to the chest. The autopsy evidence was inconclusive as to whether the wounds were self-inflicted. At the time of his death, Smith was working on his sixth studio album, From a Basement on the Hill, which was released posthumously on October 19, 2004.
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