Fernando Saunders
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| Born | January 17, 1957 |
| Genres | Rock |
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Fernando Saunders (born 17 January 1957) is an American musician, singer and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is perhaps best known for his longtime partnership with rock musician Lou Reed, from 1982 to 1987 and again from 1996 to 2008.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Fernando Saunders has performed all around the world with music legends such as Marianne Faithfull, Joan Baez, Slash, Gavin Friday, Tori Amos, Pat Benatar, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Page, John McLaughlin, Heart, Jan Hammer, Luciano Pavarotti, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Ron Wood and Charlie Watts from The Rolling Stones, Robert Quine, Anohni, Steve Hunter, Kevin Hearn, Julieta Venegas, Grayson Hugh and Suzanne Vega. He is also a long-time collaborator with Kip Hanrahan[1] Special EFX and Lou Reed (as a bass player, vocalist and producer).
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Fernando's son, András Kállay-Saunders (born January 28, 1985) represented Hungary in the 2014 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Running".
Fernando's daughter, Marisa Saunders (born September 16, 1996), is also a bassist in the band No Vacation.
Selected discography
[edit | edit source]Solo
[edit | edit source]- Cashmere Dreams (1989; Grudge/BMG)
- The Spin (1993; A&M)
- I Will Break Your Fall (2006; Summit/Sony Red7)
- Plant a Seed (2011; EMI)
- Happiness (2012; Videoradio)
with Larry Young
[edit | edit source]- Fuel (1975)
with Jan Hammer
[edit | edit source]- Oh Yeah? (1976)
- Melodies (1977)
- Black Sheep (1979)
with Jeff Beck
[edit | edit source]with John McLaughlin
[edit | edit source]- Electric Guitarist (1978)
- Electric Dreams (1979)
with Pat Benatar
[edit | edit source]- Wide Awake in Dreamland (1988)
with Grayson Hugh
[edit | edit source]- Blind To Reason (1988; RCA)
with Deborah Henson-Conant
[edit | edit source]- Caught in the Act (1990)
- Talking Hands (1991)
with Heart
[edit | edit source]- The Road Home (1995)
with George Jinda
[edit | edit source]- Between Dreams (1995)
with Special EFX
[edit | edit source]- Special EFX (1984)
- Just Like Magic (1990)
- Peace of the World (1991)
- Global Village (1992)
- Here To Stay (1996)
- Masterpiece (1999)
with Chieli Minucci
[edit | edit source]- Renaissance (1995)
- Sweet on You (2000)
with Kip Hanrahan
[edit | edit source]- Tenderness (1990)
- Piñero Soundtrack (2002)
- Beautiful Scars (2007)
with Lou Reed
[edit | edit source]- The Blue Mask (1982)
- Legendary Hearts (1983)
- Live in Italy (1984)
- New Sensations (1984)
- Mistrial (1986)
- Set the Twilight Reeling (1996)
- Perfect Night: Live in London (1998)
- Ecstasy (2000)
- The Raven (2003)
- Animal Serenade (2004)
- Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (2008)
Film
[edit | edit source]- A Night with Lou Reed (1983)
- Coney Island Baby: Live in Jersey (Lou Reed) (1987)
- Lou Reed: Rock and Roll Heart (1998)
- Lou Reed: Live at Montreux (2000)
- Prozac Nation (2001)
- Spanish Fly: Lou Reed Live in Spain (2005)
- Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (Lou Reed-Julian Schnabel) (2008)
- CZizinci (2011)
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Fernando Saunders discography at Discogs
- The video production website Springo Studio Archived August 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, producer of the music video "Where Did You Go"
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