Sonny Smith (Sonny and the Sunsets) is a San Francisco songwriter and artist. We discuss the therapy of creating clay dog heads, touring Alaska, and his creative process as he works on album art for an upcoming country project.
Of course I had to ask about his ambitious art/music project from 2010 "100 Records" where 100 artists produced artwork for the record covers of fictional bands! Sonny then wrote and recorded 200 songs for the a and b sides of the records. Only 200?
100 records
Cabezas Cortadas - Teen Age Thugs
(artwork: Juan Luna Avin)
Petite Lafitte - Black Orgy / Reflections On Youth
Versatile Kyle - Get Some Control / Are You A Believer In Love?
(artwork: Souther Salazar)
Merriweather Bradley - Calling Distiny / Is This All You Got?
(artwork: Nathaniel Russel)
In April 2010 GALLERY CRAWL checked out Gallery 16s new exhibit 100 RECORDS and interviewed creator, artist, and musician Sonny Smith, who invented and wrote 100 songs for several fictional musicians and bands and invited fellow artists to create matching album covers.