Jeremy Smith (musician)

Jeremy Smith
Birth name Jeremy Stuart Smith
Genres rock
Occupation(s) Musician
Instruments French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
Associated acts Hunters and Collectors, Ghostwriters

Jeremy Stuart Smith is an Australian rock musician; he was a founding member of Hunters & Collectors on French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, and backing vocals (1981–1998).[1][2][3] Smith worked on Ghostwriters's 1996 album, Second Skin.[4]

Biography

Jeremy Smith is a Melbourne-based musician; he was a member of Hunters & Collectors on French horn, guitars, keyboards, programming, and backing vocals (19811998) and worked on Ghostwriters's 1996 album, Second Skin.

He provided percussion elements for some Midnight Oil tracks and recorded horns on their album, Redneck Wonderland. He also composed the Wolf Blass theme music. Later in life Jeremy found himself retiring in Fitzroy, Melbourne. He found solace in being amongst some incredible musical prowess. Jeremy spent many evenings enjoying the creations of the basement studio next door, later to be recognised as one of the most innovative studios of 2012, Fritzel Monster Mash. Jeremy would later describe this studio as 'in no way a sound proof room'.

References

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Specific
  1. McFarlane (1999). Encyclopedia entry for 'Hunters and Collectors'. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  2. Spencer et al, (2007) HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS entry. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, NSW: Australian Chart Book Ltd. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. NOTE: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until ARIA created their own charts in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.
  4. Spencer et al, (2007) Smith, Jeremy entry. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  5. "Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry". catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 4 January 2010.


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