Rachel Haden
American musician
Rachel Haden (born October 11, 1971 in New York City) is an American musician and one of the triplet daughters of the jazz bassist Charlie Haden and Ellen David.
Career
In the early 1990s, Haden played bass guitar for That Dog, a band that also included her sister Petra. Her sister Tanya also contributed cello on several That Dog recordings, but did not tour as an official member of the band. Around this time Haden also played drums and performed backup vocals for Beck on the songs "Totally Confused" and "Steve Threw Up". She also played drums for Beck's "Pink Noise (Rock Me Amadeus)".
Later, Haden became one of the four early members of the band the Rentals, along with Rod Cervera and Weezer's Patrick Wilson and Matt Sharp. In 1996, she sang on the Weezer song "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams".
The Weezer songwriter, Rivers Cuomo, planned Haden to perform the part of Laurel on Weezer's rock opera album Songs from the Black Hole. After Weezer abandoned the album, Haden recorded vocals for "I Just Threw Out the Love of My Dreams", released in 1996 as a B-side to Weezer's single "The Good Life".
In 1999, Haden contributed a cover of the song "Poems, Prayers, and Promises" to the album A Tribute to John Denver.
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