Don Kerr is a

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multi-instrumentalist A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays two or more musical instruments at a professional level of proficiency. Also known as doubling, the practice allows greater ensemble flexibility and more efficient employment of musicians, where a ...

and

record producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure. Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

. He is the drummer, lead singer and front man of Toronto band,

Communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society ...

. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band,"Don Kerr / Ron Sexsmith Destination Unknown"
''AllMusic'' review by Mark Deming and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers and Dan Mangan.

Early life

Kerr studied guitar as a child; he experimented with a number of instruments as a teenager, and later studied drumming with Jim Blackley.

Career

Kerr was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to 2001; he recorded on several of their albums, and performed on a number of instruments, including cello and bass. He and Sexsmith released an album together, ''Destination Unknown'', in 2005; the album, which features their vocal harmonies, was produced by Kerr. He has also played with and mixed for The Hidden Cameras, Minotaurs,

BidiniBand Dave Bidini (born September 11, 1963) is a Canadian musician and writer. Originally from Etobicoke, Ontario, he was a founding member of the rock band Rheostatics, and currently performs with Bidiniband. In addition, he has published several ...

and

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to 88% of the archi ...

. Kerr also acted in the Canadian independent film, Amy George (2011), alongside his wife, Claudia Dey. Kerr was producer for Karyn Ellis' 2010 album ''Even Though The Sky Was Falling''. He set up a recording studio, "Rooster", in his home; In 2012 he produced the album ''Letters Home'' for Amy Campbell. In 2014, along with guitarist Paul Linklater and bassist Kevin Lacroix, Kerr founded the Toronto-based band

. Their debut album, ''Get Down Get Together'', was released in 2016. The band has performed at the

Hillside Festival The Hillside Festival is an annual three-day, five-stage (including one kids' stage) summer festival occurring in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, hosting musicians, spoken word artists, workshops and more. The Hillside Festival occurs in late July on Gue ...

, Fuji Rock Festival, Atlin Arts & Music Festival and Farms for Change Festival. In 2016 Kerr produced Toronto songwriter Charlotte Cornfield's second album, ''Future Snowbird'', and later Shawna Caspi's album ''Forest Fire''. In 2017 Kerr drummed for Tamara Lindeman's album ''The Weather Station''.

Personal

Kerr and Canadian writer Claudia Dey married in 2005. They live in

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and have two children.

Discography

Bahamas

*'' Sad Hunk'' (2020)

BidiniBand

*''The Land Is Wild'' (2009) *''In The Rock Hall'' (2012) *''The Motherland'' (2014)

Communism

*''Get Down Get Together'' (2016)

Minotaurs

*''The Thing'' (2010)

Rheostatics

*'' Music Inspired by the Group of Seven'' (1995) *'' The Blue Hysteria'' (1996) *'' Double Live'' (1997) *'' The Nightlines Sessions'' (1998) *'' The Story of Harmelodia'' (1999) *''

Night of the Shooting Stars ''Night of the Shooting Stars'' is a 2001 album by Canadian rock band Rheostatics, released on Perimeter Records. It is the band's first traditional studio album since 1996's ''The Blue Hysteria''. It is also Don Kerr's final album with the ban ...

'' (2001)

Sexsmith & Kerr

*'' Destination Unknown'' (2005)

The Hidden Cameras

*'' Mississauga Goddam'' (2004) *''

Awoo ''AWOO'' is the fourth studio album by The Hidden Cameras, released in 2006. The album was released on EvilEvil in Canada in August. It was released on September 4 on Rough Trade in the UK and was also released on Arts & Crafts in the Uni ...

'' (2006) *'' Origin:Orphan'' (2009)

Solo

*''The Sniffing Princess'' (1999) *''Carny'' Soundtrack (2008)

References

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