Ellen Lorraine Reid (born 14 July 1966) is a Canadian musician. She provides backing vocals, piano, keyboards and

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for the Canadian rock band Crash Test Dummies.

Early life and education

Reid was born and grew up in Selkirk, Manitoba. She studied piano as a child, and later attended the University of Winnipeg.

Career

While studying in Winnipeg in the late 1980s, Reid joined a band "Brad Roberts and the St.James Rhythm Pigs" who were playing in local taverns. She mainly played piano and sang backup vocals behind lead singer

Brad Roberts Bradley Kenneth Roberts (born January 10, 1964) is the lead singer and guitarist for the Canadian folk-rock band Crash Test Dummies. He sings in the bass-baritone range. The band is best known internationally for their 1993 album God Shuffl ...

. The group, renamed "Crash Test Dummies", performed at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 1989, and released an album, ''The Ghosts That Haunt Me'', in 1991.Kevin King
"MORE THAN JUST ANOTHER DUMMY"
''Selkirk Journal'', via Newspaper Archives. 6 November 1995 - Page 18. Reid recorded with the Crash Test Dummies on all of their albums; on the band's fourth album, she sang lead vocals on "Just Chillin'", " Get You in the Morning" and "A Little Something". She also shared lead vocals with Roberts on the single B-sides, "Filter Queen" and "Party's Over". She also sang lead during some concerts on " Samson and Delilah (If I Had My Way)" and on the hit, "

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", a cover of the XTC song. In 2001, Reid released a solo album, ''

Cinderellen ''Cinderellen'' is the 2001 debut solo album by Canadian recording artist Ellen Reid. Reception The album received fairly positive reviews. Allmusic writer Jason MacNeil gave the album 3 out of 5 stars and states that the "softer, gentler voca ...

''. and toured in support of the album in early 2002. In 2002 Reid took part in the recording of the Crash Test Dummies' Christmas album, entitled '' Jingle All the Way''. In 2004 she was also involved in the recording of the Dummies' '' Songs of the Unforgiven'' album. Reid, Brad Roberts and Stuart Cameron continued to record together, and toured throughout 2010/2011 in support of The Crash Test Dummies album ''Oooh La La!'' The band came together again for tours in 2017 and 2018."Weather Turns Perfect Just In Time for Barenaked Ladies at Burls Creek"
''Jewel 88.5 Toronto'', 23 July 2018

Discography

Crash Test Dummies

* '' The Ghosts That Haunt Me'' (1991) * ''

God Shuffled His Feet ''God Shuffled His Feet'' is the second album by Canadian band Crash Test Dummies, released in 1993. It features their most popular single, "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm". The cover art superimposes the band members' faces over the figures of Titian's paintin ...

'' (1993) * ''

A Worm's Life ''A Worm's Life'' is the third album by Canadian band Crash Test Dummies, released in 1996. It was the follow-up to the band's triple-platinum ''God Shuffled His Feet''. By February 1999, ''A Worm's Life'' had sold more than 1 million copies wor ...

'' (1996) * ''

Give Yourself a Hand ''Give Yourself a Hand'' is the fourth album by Crash Test Dummies, released in 1999 through ViK. Recordings. It is their final album for BMG. The album spawned a quirky hit " Keep a Lid on Things". The Times review of the album described it a ...

'' (1999) * '' I Don't Care That You Don't Mind'' (2001) * '' Jingle All the Way'' (2002) * '' Puss 'n' Boots'' (2003) * '' Songs of the Unforgiven'' (2004) * '' Oooh La La!'' (2010)

Solo

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'' (2001)

References

External links

My Complete Lack of Boundaries Blog
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