Jenny Lewis (born January 8, 1976 in Las Vegas) is an indie folk singer / songwriter / guitarist who is best known as singer and guitarist of indie rock band Rilo Kiley, she has released two solo albums 2006's "Rabbit Fur Coat" (with The Watson Twins) and 2008 "Acid Tongue" She is also a former child actor
Music
In 1995 she formed the indie rock band Rilo Kiley with her friends Pierre De Reeder Blake Sennett and Dave Rock (later replaced by Jason Boesel) begins with a country sound Rilo Kiley was on a downbeat indie rock sound with their 2004 album More Adventurous found great success as Pitchfork Media critics attributed this to the "wise" decision to front Lewis on most of sonengs (on earlier albums Sennett contributed about half ofsong) The song "Portions for Foxes" was a hit and in 2005 the band was taken up by Warner Bros. to put them in a large company for the first time they opened for Coldplay on their U.S. tour in 2005
2002 Lewis was asked to help with female vocals The Postal Service, whose album Give Up was an international hit Lewis performed in the video for the hit "We Will Become Silhouettes" and toured with the band in 2003, Lewis also contributed vocals to several tracks on the 2004 Cursive album The Ugly Organ
In 2004 Conor Oberst invited Lewis to record a solo album for record label Team Love Described by Lewis as "a kind of soul album" Rabbit Fur Coat was released in January 2006 features kontributions from musician Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes M Ward Maroon 5 guitarist JamesValentine and Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie on a cover of The Traveling Wilburys song "Handle With Care" The Watson Twins provide accompaniment and the album is described as Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins Lewis toured with the Watson Twins in support of the album in early 2006
September 2008 sees are received by a second solo album called Acid Tongue
She has also provided vocals on tracks for the elected and Johnathan Rice
Infamous for her quirky clothing and all the constant red hair Lewis has become a fashion icon in the indie music world
Lewis was an "Esky" for Best Temperature Raiser in Esquire's 2006 Esky Music Awards in the April issue
Influences
In enAPRIL 2006 issue of Spin magazine lists Lewis' music that changed my life "in a full page article noting mainlygene late 1980s and early 1990s hip-hop as a major influence on his musical development albums that NWA's Straight Outta Compton De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising and the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, see the article as well as music by Too Short Jungle Brothers Black Sheep Souls of Mischief and Freestyle Fellowship In the same article she have said "I'm an Easy-E girl" shows her admiration for the deceased hip-hop producer and former member of the group NWA ... She remembers a meeting with Freestyle Fellowship member Aceyalone "I actually saw them in the early 90s at a Hollywood club, I went myself, and Aceyalone picked me and freestyled if maybe I was part of his FINESSE - DIS to the enthusiastic but lonely white girl I must have looked like a trick question "
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She made her debut in Jell-O commercial then participated as a child in a number of films in the 1980s, Jenny was in was in 1996-for-TV movie Talk To Me with Yasmine Bleeth Three of her more notable screen credits was Troop Beverly Hills and The Wizard Pleasantville She also had small roles on such TV shows as Baywatch Golden Girls Growing Pains Roseanne Mr. Belvedere, and Brooklyn Bridge, she continued acting until 2001
