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Frederick Dewey Smith (September 14, 1948 – November 4, 1994), known professionally as Fred "Sonic" Smith, was an American guitarist and member of the rock band MC5. He married and raised two children with poet and fellow rock musician Patti Smith .
Smith also co-produced his wife's 1988 album Dream of Life and co-wrote all the songs with her, including the single "People Have the Power." Wayne Kramer recruited Mark Manko on rhythm guitar, Tim Schafe on bass, Bob Schultz on organ, and Frank Lowenberg on drums for a new lineup of the MC5 in 1974, with Kramer singing most of the vocals.
Smith was born on December 30, 1946, at Grant Hospital in the Lincoln Park section of Chicago, [6] [7] to Beverly Smith, a jazz singer turned waitress, and Grant Smith, a Honeywell machinist. [8] Her family is of partially Irish ancestry, [ 9 ] and Patti is the eldest of four children, with siblings Linda, Kimberly, and Todd.
Sonic's Rendezvous Band was formed by members of four Michigan rock bands: Fred "Sonic" Smith, formerly of the MC5 – guitar, vocals; Scott Morgan, formerly of The Rationals, a soul-influenced Detroit band of the 1960s – guitar, vocals; Gary Rasmussen, formerly of The Up and more recently, Broken Arrow [2] – bass
Gone Again is the sixth studio album by Patti Smith, released June 18, 1996, on Arista Records.The production of the record was preceded by the deaths of many of Smith's close friends and peers, including her husband Fred "Sonic" Smith, her brother Todd, Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Sohl and Kurt Cobain, with whom Smith had sympathized.
The band's classic line-up included Kramer, Smith, vocalist Rob Tyner, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson. At the time of Kramer's death in February 2024, the band consisted of Thompson, vocalist Brad Brooks, rhythm guitarist Stevie Salas , bassist Vicki Randle , and drummer Winston Watson (all since 2022).
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In 1980, Smith got married to Fred “Sonic” Smith of MC5, moved to Michigan, and left public life for 16 years to raise a family. Around this time, Smith tells me, a drawing of her appeared in ...