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Frederick Mark Linkous / ˈ l ɪ ŋ k ə s / (September 9, 1962 – March 6, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as leader of Sparklehorse.He was also known for his collaborations with such artists as Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Daniel Johnston, Cracker, Radiohead, Black Francis, Julian Casablancas, Nina Persson, David Lynch, Fennesz, Danger Mouse, and Sage Francis.
Before forming Sparklehorse, Linkous fronted local bands Johnson Family and Salt Chunk Mary. Only one song, "Someday I Will Treat You Good", survived from these earlier bands to be played by Sparklehorse. Linkous said he chose the name Sparklehorse because the two words sounded good together and could be a loose metaphor for a motorcycle.
"Sick of Goodbyes" was co-written with Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse, and was later re-recorded and released as a single from that band's album, Good Morning Spider. [26] [27] The final song on the album proper, "Loser," is a Grateful Dead cover. Jerry Garcia once told Lowery and Hickman that he approved of their version of the song. [28]
Matt and Melissa knew Linkous’s music better than anyone. Before Sparklehorse, Matt played with his brother in a long-forgotten band called Salt Chunk Mary. “It was a bit more aggressive than ...
The album's title came from a sound that Sparklehorse singer-songwriter Mark Linkous once heard from an old pump organ that reminded him of a spider building a web. He was later told about an old folk superstition in which seeing a spider in the morning is an omen for a sad day. [ 6 ]
The very first recordings made under the name Sparklehorse occurred when Lowery went on tour and left an eight-track recorder at Linkous' house. [ 7 ] Vivadixie featured a mix of old songs that Linkous had written years before ("Someday I Will Treat You Good") and others that were reportedly written just hours before they were tracked ("Cow ...
The album features a hand-numbered 100-plus-page book of photos taken by David Lynch, said to be a visual narrative for the music. [7] This book was limited to 5,000 copies. This was the final album that Sparklehorse leader Mark Linkous completed before his suicide on March 6, 2010, although In the Fishtank 15 —recorded in 2007—was released ...
"Cagayake! Girls" is a single used as the opening theme for the first season of the anime K-ON!. Sung by Aki Toyosaki as Yui Hirasawa on vocals with Yōko Hikasa as Mio Akiyama, Satomi Satō as Ritsu Tainaka, and Minako Kotobuki as Tsumugi Kotobuki as backup, it was released on April 22, 2009 in Japan by Pony Canyon where it debuted at fourth in the rankings on the Oricon weekly singles chart ...