Robert Quine
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Someday Quine will be recognized for the pivotal figure that he is on his instrument — he is the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places by obsessive attention to On the Corner-era Miles Davis."--Lester Bangs |
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Robert Wolfe Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Deming wrote that "Quine's eclectic style embraced influences from jazz, rock, and blues players of all stripes, and his thoughtful technique and uncompromising approach led to rewarding collaborations with a number of visionary musicians."
His collaborators included Richard Hell & the Voidoids, Lou Reed (notably on The Blue Mask), Brian Eno, John Zorn, Ikue Mori, Marc Ribot, Marianne Faithfull (Strange Weather), Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet and Tom Waits.
Lester Bangs wrote that he was a "pivotal figure" and "the first guitarist to take the breakthroughs of early Lou Reed and James Williamson and work through them to a new, individual vocabulary, driven into odd places by obsessive attention to On the Corner-era Miles Davis." Quine was ranked 80th by Rolling Stone magazine's David Fricke in his list of "100 Greatest Guitarists".
Quine was a nephew of the philosopher W. V. Quine and cousin of The Black Keys' guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach.
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Discography
Solo
- Escape (with Jody Harris) (1981)
- Basic (with Fred Maher) (1984)
- Come Together: Guitar Tribute to the Beatles, Vol. 2 (with Jody Harris) (1995)
Richard Hell and the Voidoids
- Blank Generation (1977)
- Destiny Street (1982)
- R.I.P.: The ROIR Sessions (1984)
- Funhunt (Live at CBGB & Max's) (1990)
- Oh (2000)
He is also featured in the 1980 film Blank Generation.
Richard Hell
- Time (2002)
Lou Reed
- The Blue Mask (1982)
- Legendary Hearts (1983)
- Live in Italy (1984)
- Between Thought and Expression: The Lou Reed Anthology (1992)
Matthew Sweet
- Earth (1989)
- Girlfriend (1991)
- Altered Beast (1993)
- Son of Altered Beast (1994)
- 100% Fun (1995)
Lloyd Cole
- Lloyd Cole (1990)
- Don't Get Weird on Me Babe (1991)
- Love Story (1995)
- Etc. (2001)
Material
- Temporary Music (1981)
- Red Tracks (1982)
- Secret Life (1998)
- Best of Material (1999)
John Zorn
- The Big Gundown (Elektra/Nonesuch, 1984)
- Spillane (Elekra/Nonesuch, 1986)
- Filmworks 1986-1990 (Toys Factory, 1992)
- Filmworks III: 1990-1995 (Toys Factory, 1996)
- Filmworks V: Tears of Ecstasy (Tzadik, 1996)
- Filmworks IV: S&M + More (Tzadik, 1997)
- Filmworks VII: Cynical Hysterie Hour (Tzadik, 1997)
- Great Jewish Music: Burt Bacharach (Tzadik, 1997)
- The Bribe (Tzadik, 1998)
- Godard/Spillane (Tzadik, 1999)
- Taboo & Exile (Tzadik, 1999)
Other artists
- Let It Blurt – Lester Bangs (1977)
- Queen of Siam – Lydia Lunch (1979)
- Off White – James White & the Blacks (1979)
- Get Crazy – film soundtrack (1983)
- Rain Dogs – Tom Waits (1985)
- Cupid & Psyche 85 – Scritti Politti (1985)
- Dirtdish – Wiseblood (1986)
- Strange Weather – Marianne Faithfull (1987)
- Quilt – The Shams (1991)
- Dim Stars – Dim Stars (1992)
- Nerve Net – Brian Eno (1992)
- To Hell With Love – Suzanne Rhatigan (1992)
- Weird Nightmare: Meditations on Mingus – Hal Willner (1992)
- Bedbugs – The Odds (1993)
- I Don't Like Myself – Sion (1993)
- John Henry – They Might Be Giants (1994)
- El Abrazo Del Erizo Mikel Erentxun (1995)
- Love is Wild... Life is Violent... – Katy Clements (1996)
- Don't Tell Me – Eddie Skuller (1996)
- Valdun—Voices of Rumantsch- Corin Curschellas (1997)
- Painted Desert – Ikue Mori (with Marc Ribot) (1997)
- Vibe of Life – Reiss (1998)
- Cold Tube – Kazuyoshi Saito (2000)
- Singles: Individually Wrapped – The Odds (2000)
- Songs – Sion (2000)
- Michael Maxwell – Michael Maxwell (2000)
- dust! – Dusty Wright (2000)
- Presents Beyond Cyberpunk – Wayne Kramer (2001)
- Bait and Switch – Andre Williams (2001)
- Bootleg Series Volume 1: The Quine Tapes – The Velvet Underground (2001)(Recorded by Quine, though he did not play on it himself.)
- Lustro – Michael DuClos (2002)
- Cross-Eyed and Bow-Legged – Tom Clark and the High Action Boys (2002)
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Sonny Vincent (2003)
- Nowhere Land – Kazuyoshi Saito (2003)
- Lys Guillorn – Lys Guillorn (2003)