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Dashiell Hedayat

key, voc, 1947-2013 FR, Paris
Rock
A.k.a. Daniel Theron Jack-Alain Léger Melmoth

French musician and author who worked under various pseudonyms throughout his career. He was born 5 June 1947 and died 17 July 2013 He started out writing for the Rock & Folk magazine. His musical career was brief and he recorded under the names Melmoth and Dashiell Hedayat [a tribute to Dashiell Hammett and Sadegh Hedayat]. He also used the Hedayat name for his first books before taking on the name Jack-Alain Léger in 1974. He published most of his book under the name Léger and had a best seller with "Monsignore". Later he also wrote books under the names Eve Saint-Roch and Paul Smaïl.

     
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
Popular Tracks   
Long Song For Zelda on Obsolete by Dashiell Hedayat
Chrysler on Obsolete by Dashiell Hedayat
Cielo Drive / 17 on Obsolete by Dashiell Hedayat
Fille de L'ombre on Obsolete by Dashiell Hedayat

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
ChryslerDashiell Hedayat1971Single
ObsoleteDashiell Hedayat1971Album
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