Please answer the following question: Facts: - instrument: guitar , drums , organ , accordion , vocals , bass , keyboards , harmonica , piano - years active: 1978 -- present - caption: jandek in montreal , canada in 2007 performing at the suoni per il popolo festival - birth name: sterling richard smith - origin: houston , texas , united states - label: corwood industries - genre: folk , blues , experimental , rock , outsider - birth date: 26 october 1945 - name: jandek - background: solo_singer - image: jandek june2007.jpg - occupation: singer-songwriter , musician Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jandek .
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jandek is the musical project of sterling richard smith , an outsider musician who operates out of houston , texas .since 1978 , jandek has self-released over 70 albums of unusual , often emotionally dissolute folk and blues songs without ever granting more than the occasional interview or providing any biographical information .jandek often plays a highly idiosyncratic and frequently atonal form of folk and blues music , often using an open and unconventional chord structure .jandek 's music is unique , but the lyrics closely mirror the country blues and folk traditions of east texas .the name '' jandek '' is most commonly used to refer specifically to the main -- often sole -- performer , rather than to the project .