Ellen Reid

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Ellen Reid
Born July 14, 1966 (1966-07-14) (age 41)
Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada
Genre(s) Rock music
Occupation(s) Musician
Instrument(s) Vocals, keyboards, accordion
Years active 1989–present
Label(s) Arista, ViK. Recordings, Cha-Ching, Deep Fried Records
Website www.crashtestdummies.com

Ellen Reid (born 14 July 1966, Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada[1]) provides backing vocals, piano, keyboards, and accordion for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies.

On the band's fourth album, Reid sang lead vocals on "Just Chillin'", "Get You in the Morning", and "A Little Something". She also shared lead vocals with Brad Roberts on the single B-sides, "Filter Queen" and "Party's Over". She also sang lead during some concerts, on "If I Had My Way", and on the hit, "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" - a cover of the XTC song.[1]

In 2001, she released her debut solo album, Cinderellen.[1]

Reid took part in 2002 in the recording of the Crash Test Dummies' Christmas album, entitled Jingle All The Way. In 2004 Reid was also involved in the recording of the Dummies' Songs of the Unforgiven album.

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