Christopher Todd Feinstein (May 26, 1967 – December 15, 2009) was an American bass guitarist, record producer, and songwriter from

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. Feinstein's career began at the age of 15, recording and touring in bands (Shadow 15, The Questionnaires, Bedlam, Iodine), which led him to widen his studio skills where he became interested in production and recording artist development. In 1997, Feinstein moved to

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to pursue his career in production. He became a partner in a production team based at the infamous TMF Studios in the East Village. While at TMF, he teamed up with Detroit native, producer/engineer

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to co-produce a series of recordings of New York rock bands such as The Astrojet (featuring Jody Porter of

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), Clara Venus and Mikki James. Together, Feinstein and Tudor co-produced material for the Beatles-based

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to the 2001 drama film '' I Am Sam'', featuring

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and Sean Lennon's " Across the Universe" and Howie Day's " Help!". They also co-produced

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's singles "South Side" (featuring

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) and ''We Are All Made of Stars''. During this time, Feinstein also contributed musically to several artists' albums such as

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's ''

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'', Chantal Kreviazuk's

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-winning '' Color Moving and Still'', Tim Finn's ''

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'' and Patty Griffin's ''Flaming Red''. In 2006, Feinstein was sought-after to play

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for

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& The Cardinals. During this time he also became known as Space Wolf. As a Cardinal he recorded three albums, '' Easy Tiger'' (2007), '' Follow the Lights'' EP (2007) and '' Cardinology'' (2008) and toured extensively worldwide through 2009. The last album he recorded playing bass guitar was New Zealand artist

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's '' Holy Smoke'' produced by

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and engineered by Joe Chiccarelli. Growing up, Feinstein enjoyed listening to

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, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements,

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, The

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and

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Death

On December 15, 2009, Feinstein was found dead in his New York City apartment. He was 42 years old. Feinstein's death was ruled an accident by the coroner, stemming from prior health issues and adverse reaction to over-the-counter cough medicine"http://www.ryanadamsarchive.com/showthread.php?t=19916

Discography

References

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