Views : 6,790
Genre: Entertainment
Date of upload: Streamed live on Jun 15, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.96 (2/196 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2023-11-04T21:25:29.845425Z
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Like many of you only recently discovered Chris through Spotify but then saw him in Chichester in England about a year ago, Brilliant guitarist and lovely man. Been learning to play Leave the Light On - and thrilled to be just about there but can't yet sing at the same time - but I'll get there.
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There are simply not enough superlatives to describe the brilliance of this man. The poetry and melodies are pure genius, let alone the playing and even the toe-tapping. Unsurpassed master of acoustic blues, with a nod to the giants of the past like Mississippi John Hurt. The river of that tradition flows on, with Chris Smither at its crest.
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just in case anyone is wondering about the song titles
1. open up
2.make room for me
3. time stands still
4. don't call me stranger
5. down to the sound
6. hundred dollar valentine
7. train home
8. what it might have been
9. get a better one
10. small revelations
11.link of chain
12.no more cane on the brazos/ seems so real
13. leave the light on
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@waldbo1
2 months ago
There are simply not enough superlatives to describe the brilliance of this man. The poetry and melodies are pure genius, let alone the playing and even the toe-tapping. Unsurpassed master of acoustic blues, with a nod to the giants of the past like Mississippi John Hurt. The river of that tradition flows on, with Chris Smither at its crest.
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Dateline Spring 1966 NOLA. I was living in the quarter playing guitar and living fast and loose. I had gone to Tulane with Chris for a couple of years and had a casual musical friendship with him. I heard about this uptown party at Chris and his sister (Kits) house and dragged my D 28 up there( free booze and music right). we got into some sort of guitar pulling but i ended staying at his house overnight and awoke the next morning. We started talking about my record collection and he wanted to hear part of it. We hopped on his motor scooter and went down to the Quarter to get my records. He was driving up town with me when we got stopped by the New Orleans police. Chris had inadvertently left his license back at the house and believe me they took it way too seriously. So Chris is pleading with them to just let him go get the license but they did not want to unless they kept me as a "hostage". So we drove back with me waiting with the police and they let us go after he went in and retrieved his credentials. As i recall Chris sang a good deal of music with a gut string guitar; hard to believe with the fire shooting out of his ax now.
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@robertcronin6603
1 month ago
Hard to believe I missed hearing this guy for so long....such great stuff.
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