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Richard Shannon Hoon (September 26, 1967 – October 21, 1995) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He was the lead singer of the band Blind Melon from 1990 until his death in 1995. Early life
Blind Melon released two albums on Capitol Records – Blind Melon (1992) and Soup (1995) – before their original lead vocalist Shannon Hoon died of a drug overdose on the band's tour bus in New Orleans on October 21, 1995. After four years of unsuccessfully searching for a replacement for Hoon, Blind Melon dissolved in 1999. [2]
All I Can Say is a 2019 documentary film about Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon, consisting largely of footage he shot on his camcorder during the last five years of his life, from 1990 to 1995. The film, directed by Hoon (and directed after Hoon's death by Danny Clinch , Taryn Gould, and Colleen Hennessy), documents Hoon and his band's ...
Soup is the second studio album by American rock band Blind Melon, released on August 15, 1995, through Capitol Records.It is the band's last album released during the lifetime of vocalist Shannon Hoon.
In 1990, lead singer Shannon Hoon moved from Indiana to Los Angeles. Soon he met guitarist Rogers Stevens and bassist Brad Smith, both Mississippi natives who had come to Los Angeles a year earlier. They began playing together and then recruited a second guitarist, Christopher Thorn.
The song uses the main subject matter of Blind Melon lead singer Shannon Hoon's 1963 Ford Galaxie to also explore the deeper themes of his first love and break-up. He had originally bought this car used in New Orleans, for rather cheap, as the doors wouldn't even open.
Nico is a compilation album by American rock band Blind Melon, released in 1996 by Capitol Records.The album was released after lead singer Shannon Hoon's cocaine overdose that resulted in his death in 1995.
Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon sang it briefly at a concert in 1995, which can be seen/heard at the ending of the DVD Letters from a Porcupine. Meg White of the White Stripes covered the song on December 31, 2000 to conclude their New Year's Eve concert and was available as a limited release by Third Man Records as Vault Package #44.