Bee and Flower is a band founded in New York City in 1999[1] by singer-songwriter, bassist, animator, illustrator, composer and producer Dana Schechter. Schechter formed the band while also a member of Michael Gira's band Angels of Light.
Bee and Flower's co-founding band members include Ani Cordero on drums and backing vocals, Roderick Miller (Richard Ruin, Kitty Solaris) on piano and keyboards, Jon Petrow (Cordero, And the Wiremen) on viola and violin, and Lynn Wright (James Hall, And the Wiremen) on guitar. They recorded their first demo in 1999 with Sam McCall. Later members include Ethan Donaldson (And the Wiremen) on drums, Joni Heine (The Ocean) on bass, and Thomas Fietz (Richard Ruin) on drums.[2] Touring members included Jeff Conaway (The Psychic Paramount) and Rainer Baumgartner (The Durgas) on drums, Thimo Sander (Poems for Laila) on guitar, Martin Wenk (Calexico) on percussion, guitar and trumpet, and Simon Goff (Aidan Baker) on violin.[3]
- ^ See Bee and Flower's untitled release from 1999.
- ^ Sourced via published photographic images of the band's releases (not relying solely on user contributions) and releases on individual artist's pages on Discogs.
- ^ Band biographies from 2003 and 2006 archived on the Internet Archive.