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(left) of Sonic Youth ]] Lee M. Ranaldo (born February 3 1956 ) is an American Singer , Guitar ist, writer and record producer, best known as a co-founder of the Rock band Sonic Youth . BIOGRAPHY Ranaldo was born in Glen Cove , Long Island , New York , and graduated from Binghamton University . He has three sons, Cody Linn Ranaldo , Sage Ranaldo and Frey Ranaldo and is married to the Experimental Artist Leah Singer , with whom he has performed many live installation pieces with Improvised music under the name Drifting . Among Ranaldo's solo records are ''Dirty Windows'', a collection of Spoken Texts with music, ''Amarillo Ramp'' (for Robert Smithson ), pieces for the guitar, and '' Scriptures Of The Golden Eternity ''. His books include ''Bookstore'', ''Road Movies'', and ''Jrnls80s'' (published by Soft Skull Press ). A full-length book of writings on Moroccan travels and music, as well as a book of new Poem s, ''Lengths & Breaths'', are out now. Recent visual work has been included in exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery in London , the Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art and Mercer Union in Toronto . Ranaldo has produced albums for artists including Babes In Toyland , You Am I , Deity Guns, and Dutch Art Rock -ensemble KLEG . He has edited a volume of tour journals from the 1995 Lollapalooza Tour written by Thurston Moore , Beck , Stephen Malkmus , Courtney Love , and others. Ranaldo has also worked with Jazz Drum mer William Hooker on Improvise d music, and reading and improvising Poetry . In 2007 Ranaldo collaborated with British punk rock band The Cribs on their third album '' Men's Needs, Women's Needs, Whatever ''. The track "Be Safe" is a Ranaldo spoken word piece performed by the artist, and backed with The Cribs music. EQUIPMENT Ranaldo usually uses Fender Jazzmaster , Telecaster Deluxe Electric Guitar s and sometimes Gibson Les Paul 's, with radically Alternate Tunings , and Modifications . One of his guitars (built by a fan in 1990 when he described the design) has a single coil pickup installed between the bridge and the tailpiece to exploit the resonating chiming Third Bridge sounds on that area of string. TOP 100 BEST GUITARIST In 2004, '' Rolling Stone '' ranked Ranaldo and Thurston Moore , of Sonic Youth, the 33rd and 34th best guitarists of all time. Both are known for their extensive use of Extended Techniques , such as their 3rd Bridge screwdriver technique. DISCOGRAPHY - SOLO RECORDINGS
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