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| Smith's newest release, "Juliet's Window" has been receiving international airplay and critical acclaim. (Translated from Germany's Akustik Gitarre Magazine) "Full and rich is his playing, powerful in sound, with open chords and open strings, counterpoints set into play. His finger style keeping a great tempo going and are colored by his slides. In his compositions, he makes use of his rich experiences with Blues, Folk, Country and Jazz. "Musical Pictures"; that is what he likes to present his public and he succeeds in doing that... Tom Smith; a common name, an uncommon talent." Akustik Gitarre Magazine "Smith Convinces." Sing Out Magazine Since he began playing in 1966, Tom has performed in 30 states and three countries. His musical career has taken him from coffee houses in North Carolina and bars in San Francisco to concert halls and festival audiences of 10,000 and to the big island in Hawaii. He has performed on programs on PBS and shared the stage with such artists as John Hammond Jr., Odetta, Livingston Taylor, Melanie, Tuck and Patti, Michael Hedges, Robben Ford, Dave Van Ronk, Jesse Winchester, John Fahey and Todd Phillips. He has five records, "Still Life," "Musical Pictures," "On Any Given Night," Little Dog," and "Juliet's Window" out on Lone Oak Records. While there are similarities to and influences from these legends, you'll find a difference in his playing that puts him in a unique, new category that Ben Cole of GHS Strings dubbed, "Experimental Acoustic." Four out of five of Tom's releases are available on CD at http://www.TomSmithGuitar.com/listen.html. (Still Lifes (c. 197  is a collector's item and is only available in vinyl.)http://www.TomSmith Guitar.com |
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