Daved Hild (1951-2024) was an American drummer,

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

ist and singer-songwriter. He is perhaps best recognized for his collaborations with David Thomas and Kramer.

History

In the late seventies, while studying art history at the Museum of Fine Arts in

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, Hild formed the experimental punk band The Girls with Robin Amos,

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and Mark Dagley. Their first and only studio release was the seven-inch single "Jeffrey I Hear You"/"The Elephant Man", produced by David Thomas of

Pere Ubu Pere Ubu is an American rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. The band had a variety of long-term and recurring band members, with singer David Thomas being the only member staying throughout the band's lifetime. They released their ...

fame. Eventually Hild joined Thomas in his band The Wooden Birds and played on '' Monster Walks the Winter Lake'', released in 1986. He released several albums on

Shimmy Disc Shimmy-Disc is a New York City–based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Low, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, W ...

with

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and Kramer, serving as the primary lyricist, vocalist and drummer for the compositions.

Discography

;The Girls *"Jeffrey I Hear You"/"The Elephant Man" (Hearthan, 1979) ;The Wooden Birds * '' Monster Walks the Winter Lake'' (

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, 1986) ;Collaborations *with

and Kramer: '' Happiness Finally Came to Them'' (

, 1987) *with

and Kramer: ''

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'' (Shimmy Disc, 1994) *with Kramer: '' Rubber Hair'' (Shimmy Disc, 1997)

References

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