Steven Paul «Elliott» Smith, (on August, 6th 1969 on October, 21st 2003) the American composer, Portland, the author of lyrical texts and the musician. Stephen Paul Smith was born on August, 6th, 1969 in hospital Klarkson of the city of Omaha, the State of Nebraska. His mother Bunny Welch, in girlhood Bunny Kay Berryman was the music-master, and the father, Gary Smith the medical student of University of Nebraska. After a year parents of Elliotta have divorced. Gary has been called on service of the Air Forces and sent to Philippines.

Smith with mother Dankanvill where in July, 1973 Banni has married for English Charlie Welch have got over in suburb of Texas. Welch cruelly addressed with the wife and the son (he has told about it in the letter to Smith in 1998), but Welch completely denied these charges. Smith has visually reflected this period of the life in the song text «Some Song»: ‘ Charlie beat you up week after week, and when you grow up you’re going to be a freak.

Elliott has ended Hempshirsky college in Amherste, Massachusetts, in 1991 with the diploma in philosophy and political science. «I think, I have proved to myself that I can be engaged in something, than I do not want be engaged, within four years. Here only I just liked that I studied. Then it was something like ‘ It is your unique chance to arrive in college, and you should to them use, because differently once you can regret about it ’. Besides, my girl, and by then as we have left on the eve of the first day of study was the reason on which I in general have submitted documents, me have already accepted». Having ended college, Elliott worked in a bakery in Portland with degree of the bachelor on philosophy and the legal theory. Hide review