Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith (born 8 January 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Sexsmith started his own band when he was 14 years old and released recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.
Biography
Early career
Sexsmith was seventeen when he started playing at a bar, the Lion's Tavern, in his hometown. He would gain a reputation as "The One-Man Jukebox" for his aptitude for playing requests. However, four to five years of this led him to play original songs and more obscure music his audience did not favour. He decided to start writing songs after the birth of his first child, Christopher, in 1985. That same year, still living in St. Catharines, he collaborated on recording and releasing a cassette, Out of the Duff, with a singer-songwriter friend named Claudio. Side one of the cassette contained five songs written and performed by Sexsmith; side two featured Claudio.
A year later, Sexsmith and his family moved to Toronto, living in an apartment on Woodbine Avenue in The Beaches neighbourhood. Still in 1986, Sexsmith recorded and released the full-length cassette There's a Way, which was produced by Kurt Swinghammer. Meanwhile, he worked as a courier, and befriended Bob Wiseman whom he met at an open stage. They became friends, and Wiseman agreed to produce and arrange Sexsmith's next release in between his tours with the band Blue Rodeo. Because of Wiseman's busy schedule, work on the album stretched out over several years, overlapping the birth of Sexsmith's second child, Evelyne, in 1989.
Ron Sexsmith (album)
Ron Sexsmith is the second album and major label debut album of Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, released in 1995.
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Sexsmith, Ron Filmography
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2014, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2011, role: actor , character name: Guest
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2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2010, role: actor , character name: Garage Sale Guy
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2010, role: composer
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2010, role: composer
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2006, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
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2001, role: composer
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1998, role: actor , character name: Himself
Ron Sexsmith
ALBUMS
- Forever Endeavour released: 2013
- Long Player Late Bloomer released: 2011
- Exit Strategy of the Soul released: 2008
- Time Being released: 2006
- Destination Unknown released: 2005
- Retriever released: 2004
- Cobblestone Runway released: 2002
- Blue Boy released: 2001
- Other Songs released: 1997
- Ron Sexsmith released: 1995
- Whereabouts released:
Wishing Wells
Wishing wells are fine in fairy tales
But they've got no business here
Where evil's very real and children are known
To just disappear
Magic spells still hold no currency
Where people are lining up
To sell their dignity when reality's a show
They'll crawl through mud
I fear sometimes, we ain't got a hope in hell
I've half a mind to hang the next fool
To wish me well, to wish me well
It comes as no surprise
All that rises to the top
Before our very eyes
With each generation expectation drops
They'll crawl through mud
I fear sometimes, we ain't got a hope in hell
I've half a mind to hang the next fool
To wish me well, to wish me well
Tell me when, when will the truth prevail
To clear away all the smug and smirking juveniles
And save us from all the blood thirsty thugs
I fear sometimes
We ain't got a hope in hell
I've half a mind to hang the next fool
Ron Sexsmith
Ronald Eldon "Ron" Sexsmith (born 8 January 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Sexsmith started his own band when he was 14 years old and released recordings of his own material in 1985 at age 21. He was the subject of a 2010 documentary called Love Shines.
Biography
Early career
Sexsmith was seventeen when he started playing at a bar, the Lion's Tavern, in his hometown. He would gain a reputation as "The One-Man Jukebox" for his aptitude for playing requests. However, four to five years of this led him to play original songs and more obscure music his audience did not favour. He decided to start writing songs after the birth of his first child, Christopher, in 1985. That same year, still living in St. Catharines, he collaborated on recording and releasing a cassette, Out of the Duff, with a singer-songwriter friend named Claudio. Side one of the cassette contained five songs written and performed by Sexsmith; side two featured Claudio.
A year later, Sexsmith and his family moved to Toronto, living in an apartment on Woodbine Avenue in The Beaches neighbourhood. Still in 1986, Sexsmith recorded and released the full-length cassette There's a Way, which was produced by Kurt Swinghammer. Meanwhile, he worked as a courier, and befriended Bob Wiseman whom he met at an open stage. They became friends, and Wiseman agreed to produce and arrange Sexsmith's next release in between his tours with the band Blue Rodeo. Because of Wiseman's busy schedule, work on the album stretched out over several years, overlapping the birth of Sexsmith's second child, Evelyne, in 1989.
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