Birth name Will Robinson Sheff Name Will Sheff Years active 1998–present | Instruments Vocals
Guitar
Piano Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter Role Songwriter | |
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Genres Rock, Folk rock, Indie rock Associated acts Okkervil River (1998-present)
Shearwater (2001–2009) Music groups Okkervil River (Since 1998), Shearwater (2001 – 2009) Movies The Comedy, Down Down the Deep River Albums Black Sheep Boy, True Love Cast Out All Evil, Palo Santo, Don't Fall in Love with Ever, The Stage Names | ||
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Will Sheff (born July 7, 1976) is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter (along with former Okkervil bandmate Jonathan Meiburg) for Shearwater (2001–2009), another Austin band. Sheff writes and performs many songs as a solo artist while juggling his commitments to Okkervil River and Shearwater, but has released just one single as a solo artist. As well as writing and singing songs, he plays the guitar, the piano, the banjo, and the harmonica.
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Sheff attended Kimball Union Academy, where his creativity was encouraged by a teacher named Simon Harrold, and was an English major at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Sheff has collaborated with The Mendoza Line on the duet "Aspect of an Old Maid" and played piano on the Palaxy Tracks album Cedarland. With Okkervil River, he produced Roky Erickson's 2010 album True Love Cast Out All Evil and provided backing musicianship. He has produced an upcoming album by Brooklyn-based band Bird of Youth along with Phil Palazzolo.
Sheff contributed a large amount of original music writing to the articles section of Audiogalaxy before the service was shut down.
He also contributed background vocals to The New Pornographers' 2010 album, Together.
