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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Donald Kerr |
| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, record producer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Drums,cello,vocals,guitar |
| Years active | 1983–present |
Don Kerr is aCanadianmulti-instrumentalist[1] andrecord producer. He is the drummer, lead singer and front man of Toronto band,Communism. He plays inRon Sexsmith's band,[2] and sometimes withThe Kelele Brothers andDan Mangan.
Kerr studied guitar as a child; he experimented with a number of instruments as a teenager, and later studied drumming with Jim Blackley.[3]
Kerr was a member ofRheostatics from 1995 to 2001; he recorded on several of their albums, and performed on a number of instruments, including cello and bass.[4]
He and Sexsmith released an album together,Destination Unknown, in 2005;[5][2] the album, which features their vocal harmonies, was produced by Kerr.[6]
He has also played with and mixed forThe Hidden Cameras, Minotaurs,BidiniBand andBahamas.
Kerr also acted in the Canadian independent film,Amy George (2011), alongside his wife,Claudia Dey.
Kerr was producer for Karyn Ellis' 2010 albumEven Though The Sky Was Falling.[7] He set up a recording studio, "Rooster", in his home; In 2012 he produced the albumLetters Home for Amy Campbell.
In 2014, along with guitarist Paul Linklater and bassist Kevin Lacroix, Kerr founded the Toronto-based bandCommunism.[8] Their debut album,Get Down Get Together, was released in 2016.[9][10] The band has performed at theHillside Festival,[11]Fuji Rock Festival,[12]Atlin Arts & Music Festival and Farms for Change Festival.[13]
In 2016 Kerr produced Toronto songwriter Charlotte Cornfield's second album,Future Snowbird,[14] and later Shawna Caspi's albumForest Fire.[15]
In 2017 Kerr drummed for Tamara Lindeman's albumThe Weather Station.[16]
Kerr and Canadian writerClaudia Dey married in 2005.[17] They live inToronto and have two children.
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