Lee Ranaldo at Ilosaarirock 2003

Lee Ranaldo (b. February 3, 1956) is an American singer and guitarist, probably best known as a cofounder of the rock band Sonic Youth. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (358x630, 66 KB)Lee Ranaldo onstage with Sonic Youth at Ilosaarirock 2003. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (358x630, 66 KB)Lee Ranaldo onstage with Sonic Youth at Ilosaarirock 2003. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert For other senses of this word, see singer (disambiguation). ... The acoustic archtop guitar, used in Jazz music, features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Sonic Youth are an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. He has one son, Cody Linn Ranaldo, and is married to the experimental artist Leah Singer, with whom he has performed many live installation pieces with improvised music. Glen Cove is a city located in Nassau County, New York. ... This article is about Long Island in New York State. ... State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² or 54,556 square miles (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water... Improvisation is the act of making something up as it is performed. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia The Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Distionary, with definitions, pronunciations, examples...

Among Ranaldo's solo records are Dirty Windows, a collection of spoken texts with music, and Amarillo Ramp (for Robert Smithson), pieces for the guitar. His books include Bookstore, Road Movies, and Jrnls80s. A full-length book of writings on Moroccan travels and music, as well as a book of new poems, Lengths & Breaths, will be out soon. Recent visual work has been included in exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery in London and the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art. Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Hayward Gallery, London The Hayward Gallery is an art gallery within the South Bank Centre, situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, in central London, England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...

Ranaldo has produced albums for Babes in Toyland, You Am I, Deity Guns, and others, including Dutch art rock-ensemble KLEG. He also released a book of his poetry (published by Soft Skull Press), and has edited a volume of tour journals from the 1995 Lollapalooza Tour written by Thurston Moore, Beck, Stephen Malkmus, Courtney Love, and others. Ranaldo worked with jazz drummer William Hooker on improvised music, and reading and improvising poetry. Babes in Toyland were a riot grrl band, formed in Minneapolis in 1988. ... You Am I is an Australian alternative rock band, fronted by vocalist/guitarist Tim Rogers. ... Art rock is a sub-genre of rock music that is characterized by ambitious lyrical themes and melodic or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard pop song forms and toward influences in jazz, classical, or the avant-garde. ... Art-rock-ensemble (1984-1995) from Groningen, Holland. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Official logo Lollapalooza is an American traveling music festival featuring alternative rock, rap, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... Thurston Moore Thurston Joseph Moore (July 25, 1958 – ) is an American musician, probably best known as a singer and guitarist for Sonic Youth. ... Image:Beck. ... Stephen Malkmus performing in Battery Park, New York City. ... Courtney Love The Rev. ... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... William Hooker (born 1946) is a jazz drummer and composer. ... Improvisation is the act of making something up as you go along. ... Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is traditionally a written art form (although there is also an ancient and modern poetry which relies mainly upon oral or pictorial representations) in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ...

Ranaldo usually uses Fender Jazzmaster electric guitars, with radically altered tunings, and modifications. The Fender logo, often called the spaghetti logo. ... 1962 Fender Jazzmaster Sunburst The Fender Jazzmaster electric guitar was introduced in 1958 and was designed as a more upmarket instrument than the Fender Stratocaster, which itself was introduced in 1954 as a higher-priced product than the companys Telecaster series. ... An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electromagnetic pickups to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical voltage. ...

See also

• Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time