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- Syd Straw
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- Female
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- United States
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Syd Straw is an American rock singer and songwriter. She began her career singing backup for Pat Benatar, then joined the Golden Palominos (also including Michael Stipe, Matthew Sweet, and Anton Fier). She released her first album, Surprise, in 1989; it featured contributions by Stipe, Fier, Richard Thompson, Peter Blegvad, and a number of other well-known musicians. A second album, War and Peace, appeared in 1996. Recorded with a relatively obscure Midwest rock group called the Skeletons, it ch
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- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- rock music
- Image
- Syd Straw at the Orpheum 3.jpg
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- Syd Straw
- writing language
- English language
- date of birth
- 1958-00-00
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