Elliott Smith (book)

Elliott Smith

Author	Autumn de Wilde
Cover artist	Autumn de Wilde
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Music
Publisher	Chronicle
Publication date	October 25, 2007
Media type	Print
Pages	224
ISBN	978-0-8118-5799-4
OCLC	77504364
Dewey Decimal	782.42166092 B 22
LC Class	ML420.S668 W55 2007

Elliott Smith is a book about the musician Elliott Smith that was compiled by photographer Autumn de Wilde. The foreword was written by Beck and Chris Walla. The book was released in November 2007.^[1]

Interviewees

Those interviewed for the book include:

• Joanna Bolme, Elliott's ex-girlfriend
• Neil Gust, Smith's friend and former bandmate
• Ashley Welch, Smith's sister
• Beck, musician
• Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie
• Matthew Caws of Nada Surf
• Mark Flanagan, owner of Club Largo
• Sam Coomes, Smith's Heatmiser bandmate and bassist during the XO and Figure 8 tours
• Rob Schnapf, co-producer of XO and Figure 8
• Jon Brion, co-producer of Figure 8

Accompanying CD

A five-song CD featuring previously unreleased live recordings of Smith performing acoustically at Club Largo in Los Angeles on 1998-04-11 is included with the book. The track listing is as follows:

1. "Angeles" (2:59)
2. "Between the Bars" (2:27)
3. "Clementine" (2:40)
4. "Clouds" (Quasi cover) (2:29)
5. "All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down)" (Hank Williams, Jr. cover) (3:39)

References