Jump to content

Tony Thunder Smith: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
m v2.05 - Fix errors for CW project (Missing end bold/italic)
 
(29 intermediate revisions by 23 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Tony "Thunder" Smith
| name = Tony "Thunder" Smith
|image = Lou Reed and Tony Thunder Smith.jpg
| image = Lou Reed and Tony Thunder Smith.jpg
|caption = Tony "Thunder" Smith (on drums) with Lou Reed
| caption = Tony "Thunder" Smith (on drums) with [[Lou Reed]]
|landscape = yes
| landscape = yes
| birth_name =
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name =
| alias =
|alias =
| birth_date =
|birth_date =
| birth_place =
| death_date =
|birth_place =
|death_date =
| instrument = [[Drums]]
|instrument = [[Drums]]
| genre = [[Rock music]], [[jazz fusion]]
|genre = [[Rock music]], [[jazz fusion]]
| occupation = Musician, record producer
⚫
| years_active =
|occupation = Musician, record producer
⚫
| label =
⚫
|years_active =
⚫
| associated_acts = [[Lou Reed]], [[Jan Hammer]], [[Serge Gainsbourg]]
⚫
|label =
⚫
| website = {{URL|tonythundersmith.com}}
⚫
|associated_acts = [[Lou Reed]], [[Jan Hammer]]
⚫
|website = {{URL|http://www.tonythundersmith.com/}}
}}
}}
'''Tony "Thunder" Smith''' is an American drummer best known as a member of the [[Lou Reed]] backing band.<ref>http://www.tetedechou.com/les-interviews-exclu/tony-qthunderq-smith.html</ref> He was former member of [[Jan Hammer|Jan Hammer Group]] with whom he recorded the albums ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'' and many others.<ref>http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/tony_smith.php</ref>
'''Tony "Thunder" Smith''' is an American drummer best known as a member of the [[Lou Reed]] backing band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tetedechou.com/les-interviews-exclu/tony-qthunderq-smith.html |title=Tony Thunder Smith |accessdate=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111205013540/http://www.tetedechou.com/les-interviews-exclu/tony-qthunderq-smith.html |archivedate=2011-12-05 }}</ref> He was former member of [[Jan Hammer|Jan Hammer Group]] with whom he recorded the album ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'', and was the drummer for French music icon Serge Gainsbourg in the eighties, and many others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vicfirth.com/artists/tony_smith.php|title = Vic Firth Home page}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
* 1971 - ''[[Papa John Creach (album)|Papa John Creach]]'' ([[Papa John Creach]])
* 1971 - ''[[Papa John Creach (album)|Papa John Creach]]'' ([[Papa John Creach]])
* 1973 - ''[[Welcome (Santana album)|Welcome]]'' ([[Santana (band)|Santana]])
* 1973 - ''[[Welcome (Santana album)|Welcome]]'' ([[Santana (band)|Santana]])
* 1976 - ''[[Oh Yeah?]]'' ([[Jan Hammer|Jan Hammer Group]])
* 1976 - ''[[Oh Yeah? (Jan Hammer album)|Oh Yeah?]]'' ([[Jan Hammer|Jan Hammer Group]])
* 1977 - ''Melodies'' (Jan Hammer Group)
* 1977 - ''Melodies'' (Jan Hammer Group)
* 1977 - ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'' (Jan Hammer Group with [[Jeff Beck]])
* 1977 - ''[[Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live]]'' (Jan Hammer Group with [[Jeff Beck]])
* 1978 - ''Black Sheep'' (Jan Hammer Group)
* 1978 - ''Black Sheep'' (Jan Hammer Group)
* 1978 - ''[[Electric Guitarist]]'' ([[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]])
* 1978 - ''[[Electric Guitarist]]'' ([[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]])
* 1979 - ''[[Electric Dreams (John McLaughlin album)|Electric Dreams]]'' ([[John McLaughlin (musician)|John McLaughlin]] with The One Truth Band)
* 1985 - ''Gainsbourg Live'' (Casino de Paris) (Serge Gainsbourg)
* 1986 - ''[[Charlotte for Ever]]'' ([[Charlotte Gainsbourg]])
* 1986 - ''[[Charlotte for Ever]]'' ([[Charlotte Gainsbourg]])
* 1987 - ''[[You're Under Arrest (Serge Gainsbourg album)|You're Under Arrest]]'' ([[Serge Gainsbourg]])
* 1987 - ''[[You're Under Arrest (Serge Gainsbourg album)|You're Under Arrest]]'' ([[Serge Gainsbourg]])
* 1989 - ''Le Zénith de Gainsbourg'' (Serge Gainsbourg)
* 1989 - ''[[Le Zénith de Gainsbourg]]'' (Serge Gainsbourg)
* 1994 - ''Mann to Mann'' (The Mann Brothers)
* 1994 - ''Bad Boys of the Arctic'' ([[Gary Lucas]])
* 1994 - ''Bad Boys of the Arctic'' ([[Gary Lucas]])
* 1994 - ''Voyage of Dreams'' (Jephte Guillaume & the Tet Kale Orchestra album) ([[Jephte Guillaume]])
* 1996 - ''[[Set the Twilight Reeling]]'' ([[Lou Reed]])
* 1996 - ''[[Set the Twilight Reeling]]'' ([[Lou Reed]])
* 1998 - ''[[Perfect Night: Live in London]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 1998 - ''[[Perfect Night: Live in London]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 2000 - ''[[Ecstasy (Lou Reed album)|Ecstasy]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 2000 - ''[[Ecstasy (Lou Reed album)|Ecstasy]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 2003 - ''[[The Raven (Lou Reed album)|The Raven]]'' (Lou Reed)<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/ecstasy-r470499/credits</ref>
* 2003 - ''[[The Raven (Lou Reed album)|The Raven]]'' (Lou Reed)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/ecstasy-r470499/credits|title = Ecstasy - Lou Reed &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic| website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
* 2005 - ''Live at the BPC'' (Tony "Thunder" Smith)
* 2005 - ''Live at the BPC'' (Tony "Thunder" Smith)
* 2008 - ''[[Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 2008 - ''[[Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse]]'' (Lou Reed)
* 2011 - ''[[Cloud Maintenance]]'' ([[Kevin Hearn]])<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/cloud-maintenance-r2330094/credits</ref>
* 2011 - ''[[Cloud Maintenance]]'' ([[Kevin Hearn]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/cloud-maintenance-r2330094/credits|title = Cloud Maintenance - Kevin Hearn &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic| website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
Line 45: Line 49:
{{Lou Reed}}
{{Lou Reed}}


{{authority control}}
{{Persondata

| NAME = Smith, Tony
⚫
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Tony Thunder}}
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American drummer
| DATE OF BIRTH =
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
⚫
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Tony}}
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:American drummers]]
[[Category:American drummers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]


⚫
{{US-drummer-stub}}

⚫
{{US-musician-stub}}

[[cs:Tony Smith (hudebník)]]

Latest revision as of 12:12, 2 October 2024

Tony "Thunder" Smith
Tony "Thunder" Smith (on drums) with Lou Reed
Tony "Thunder" Smith (on drums) with Lou Reed
Background information
GenresRock music, jazz fusion
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
InstrumentDrums
Websitetonythundersmith.com

Tony "Thunder" Smith is an American drummer best known as a member of the Lou Reed backing band.[1] He was former member of Jan Hammer Group with whom he recorded the album Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live, and was the drummer for French music icon Serge Gainsbourg in the eighties, and many others.[2]

Discography

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Tony Thunder Smith". Archived from the original on 2011-12-05. Retrieved 2012-03-18.
  2. ^ "Vic Firth Home page".
  3. ^ "Ecstasy - Lou Reed | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Cloud Maintenance - Kevin Hearn | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This article on a United States drummer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tony_Thunder_Smith&oldid=1248957078"