Artis The Spoonman Soundgarden
Artis the spoonman the seattle street performer immortalized in soundgardens 1995 hit spoonman awoke to word of cornells death at the age of 52 after a friend called him at 530 am.
Artis the spoonman soundgarden. This song is about a street artist named artis the spoonman who played the spoons on the streets of seattle where soundgarden formed. When we spoke with artis in 2013 he said that he earned a flat fee of 1000 for performing on the song and another 7000 to appear in the video. He is also featured in the video. Spoonman is a song by the american alternative rock band soundgarden.
Artis the spoonman tribute to chris cornel soundgarden oregon country fair july 2017. Written by frontman chris cornell spoonman was released on february 15 1994 as the first single from the bands fourth studio album superunknown 1994. Spoonman is a song by american rock band soundgardenwritten by frontman chris cornell spoonman was released on february 15 1994 as the first single from the bands fourth studio album superunknown 1994. To the theatresof broadwaythe stages of international and national television and therecording studios of frank zappa and soundgarden his spellbinding faster than the eye can trackspoonplaying has been a.
Since 1972 he has created a state of the artcultural legend. Artis played his spoons on the song and is credited on the album spoons. The song title came from the name of a seattle street performer artis the spoonman who would bang out complex patterns using spoons and other metallic objects rather than conventional percussion. Spoonman is often credited as one of the songs that launched soundgardens career into the mainstream.
He frequents the pike place market accompanying singersongwriter and guitarist jim page with his collection of spoons of different shapes and sizes and materials spread out on a blanket. Roger leroy wensel known professionally as artis the spoonman born october 3 1948 is an american street performer and musician from seattle washington who uses spoons as a musical instrument. The song peaked at number three on the billboard mainstream rock tracks chart.