Don Kerr

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Don Kerr
Don Kerr performing with the Rheostatics at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, 2007
Don Kerr performing with the Rheostatics at Massey Hall in Toronto, Ontario, 2007
Background information
Birth nameDonald Kerr
OriginCanada
GenresIndie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Drums, cello, vocals, guitar
Years active1983–present
Websitewww.donkerr.ca

Don Kerr is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist and record producer.

He is the drummer, lead singer and front man of Toronto band, Communism, founded in 2014. He was a member of Rheostatics from 1995 to May 2001. He plays in Ron Sexsmith's band, and sometimes with The Kelele Brothers. He and Sexsmith released an album together, Destination Unknown, in 2005.[1] He has also played with and mixed for The Hidden Cameras, Minotaurs, BidiniBand and Bahamas.

He and Canadian writer Claudia Dey married in 2005, and they have two children.[2] They live in Toronto, Ontario.

Discography

Communism

  • Get Down Get Together - 2016

Sexsmith & Kerr

Rheostatics

The Hidden Cameras

BidiniBand

  • The Land Is Wild - 2009

Minotaurs

  • The Thing - 2010Solo
  • The Sniffing Princess – 1999
  • Carny Soundtrack - 2008

Solo

  • The Sniffing Princess – 1999
  • Carny Soundtrack - 2008

References

  1. ^ Levack, Chandler (September 1, 2005). "Sexsmith & Kerr", Now 25 (1). Retrieved May 11, 2010.
  2. ^ Goddard, John (September 20, 2008). "The poor man's Banff Centre: A former school on the Island serves as a unique artists' retreat at city's edge", Toronto Star. Retrieved May 11, 2010.