Fred Smith

b: September 13, 1949 in Harts Creek, West Virginia, U.S. d: November 4, 1994 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., from heart failure. Fred "Sonic" Smith was an American guitarist, best known as a member of the band MC5. Later, he founded Sonic's Rendezvous Band, which released one single, "City Slang", during Smith's lifetime. In 1980 he married singer Patti Smith.