Liz Phair
| Liz Phair | |
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Phair performing in October 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Elizabeth Clark Phair |
| Born |
April 17, 1967 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Matador, Capitol, ATO, PAX AM |
| Associated acts | |
| Notable instruments | |
| Fender Duo-Sonic II | |
Elizabeth Clark "Liz" Phair (born April 17, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
She began her career in the early 1990s by self-releasing audio cassettes under the name Girly Sound, before signing with the independent record label Matador Records. Her 1993 debut studio album Exile in Guyville was released to acclaim; it has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Ten years after the release of her debut, Phair's fourth album, Liz Phair, was released on Capitol Records and her music began to move in a more pop rock-oriented direction. Phair has sold nearly three million records worldwide. Her latest album, Funstyle, was released on July 3, 2010.
Phair was born in New Haven, Connecticut on April 17, 1967, but raised in Cincinnati, and later Winnetka, Illinois, by upper middle-class adoptive parents, Nancy, a historian, and John Phair. Her father was an AIDS researcher and head of infectious diseases at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; her mother, a docent who worked at the Art Institute of Chicago. She graduated from New Trier High School in 1985. During high school, Phair was involved in student government, yearbook, and the cross country team, and took AP Studio Art her senior year, among many other advanced-level classes. She attended Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, and majored in art history.
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