A profound songwriter, Chris Smither draws deeply from the blues, American folk music, modern poets, and philosophers. Reviewers continue to praise his dazzling guitar work, gravelly voice and songwriting. “Smither is an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.”—Associated Press. Born in Miami, during World War II, Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. “I’d loved acoustic music – specifically the blues – ever since I first heard Lightnin’ Hopkins’ Blues In My Bottle album. At first I thought it was two guys playing guitar. My style, to a degree, came out of trying to imitate that sound I heard.” What quickly evolved is his enduring, singular guitar sound – a beat-driven finger-picking, strongly influenced by the playing of Mississippi John Hurt and Lightnin’ Hopkins, layered over the ever-present backbeat of his rhythmic, tapping feet. Honing a synthesis of folk and blues for more than 40 years, Chris Smither is truly an American original. Smither sings about “the big things - life, love, loss – in a penetrating and poetic yet unpretentious way" ACOUSTIC GUITAR
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