The Thin Man

Cabaret\Americana singer/songwriter Kennedy Greenrod relocated from England to California at the age of 17. In his early twenties, after stints in Bay Area rock outfits like Erasergun and the Vulvettes, he acquired an accordion, moved to Chicago, and assumed the pseudonym the Thin Man. Greenrod assembled a collective of some of the Windy City's more eclectic musicians -- Jessica Billey (Smog), Tim McConville (We Ragazzi), and John Stanton (Martian Electric) -- to record his debut, A Cloud in Trousers. The album was a hit with critics and local audiences, resulting in a flurry ...