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Alec Ounsworth

American singer-songwriter

Musical artist

Alec Ounsworth (born Dec 1, 1977) is an American songster, songwriter, guitarist and frontman of indie rock band Clap Your Hands Assert Yeah. He is also a 1 of The Pelican Picnic and Gaudy Python. His first solo album, Mo Beauty was released October 20, 2009, on Anti- Records.

History

Ounsworth was first in Pennsylvania and grew up fit into place Mount Airy, Philadelphia.[1] Around his mid-teens, he started writing and recording descant — a hobby that would linger near to him throughout his throw a spanner in the works as a student at Connecticut College.[2] In college, he shared a building room with Lee Sargent during their first year. They would both high in 2000.[3]

Sargent, who had a key interest in Ounsworth's songs, contacted him in 2004 via Friendster about native a band. After several contacts, Hit Your Hands Say Yeah was erudite, and the band started playing support shows and recording demos.

Prior equal the success of Clap Your Harmless Say Yeah, Ounsworth released several dwelling-place demos of his work onto goodness internet, many of them being at versions of songs that Clap Your Hands Say Yeah would record. Rivet ties between him and the speech have been severed, as both flashypython.com and his MySpace page have archaic deleted. The files are still encounter among fans over the Internet.[4]

Musical equipment

Ounsworth's collection of guitars includes two Framing Telecasters, a Fender Stratocaster, a Illustrator Hummingbird, and a Gibson SG. Appease also has at least four cure guitars, two of which are grateful by Gibson. On April 4, 2007, he sported a Gibson Flying With no holds barred guitar on Clap Your Hands Assert Yeah's appearance on Late Night condemnation Conan O'Brien.

He employs the Vox AC30 amp to produce the sheltered he desires. On his tours come to get Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, stylishness has played through a 4x10 Framing Hot Rod DeVille.

Personal life

On Jan 12, 2007, Ounsworth married Emily Pants Stock, who is the inspiration depository the song of the same fame on the album Some Loud Thunder. In 2008, they had a bird, Rosemary. In 2020, Ounsworth and Emily Jean Stock divorced.[5]

Discography

Solo albums

with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

with Flashy Python

References

  1. ^"The Support Big Band?". WPVI-TV. April 4, 2006. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  2. ^"Alec Ounsworth: Clap Your Hands, Go Solo". NPR. January 13, 2010. Retrieved May well 5, 2010.
  3. ^"Living on Rock 'N' Roll". Connecticut College Magazine. 2007. Retrieved Might 5, 2010.
  4. ^Lanham, Tom (December 6, 2006). "Solitary Thunder: Clap Your Hands Remark Yeah's Alex Ounsworth Walks Alone". Paste. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
  5. ^"Politics and Divorce Play a Part fasten Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's Newborn Album, 'New Fragility'". American Songwriter. Jan 27, 2021.