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Big Smith
Americana / Folk / Rock

Ozarks Raucousness



SPRINGFIELD, Missouri
United States

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Last Login:  7/9/2009
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Member Since4/26/2006
Band Websitewww.bigsmithband.com
Band MembersMark Bilyeu -acoustic guitar, electric guitar, heartstrings, kazoo

Jody Bilyeu -mandolin, keyboard, electric guitar, mouth bow, jaguarundi

Jay Williamson -washboard, drums, bones, spoons, sudoku

Bill Thomas -upright bass, resonator bass, maracas filled with the teeth of dead hee-haw alumni, boiled chicken

Rick Thomas -guitar, mando, tenor banjo, his little shiny johnson

Molly Healey -fiddle, cello, salad tongs

Everybody sings!

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Big Smith documentary Homemade Hillbilly Jam DVD now available!

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InfluencesGrandma, Grandpa; Led, Zeppelin
Record LabelMayApple Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jul 8 2009 8:00P
Oskar Blues Lyons, Colorado
Jul 9 2009 7:00P
Avogadro’s Number Fort Collins, Colorado
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
Rock Inn Estes Park, Colorado
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Dulcinea’s 100th Monkey Denver, Colorado
Jul 17 2009 8:30P
128th Annual El Dorado Springs Picnic El Dorado Springs, Missouri
Jul 18 2009 6:00P
Bogart Music Festival at Cedar Hill Amphitheatre Urich, Missouri
Jul 21 2009 7:00P
Seven at Cherokee Casino West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma
Jul 24 2009 9:00P
Cartoon’s with Brother Wiley Springfield, Missouri
Jul 25 2009 9:00P
Revolution Music Room with Cropdusters Little Rock, Arkansas
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Gramophone with Cropdusters St. Louis, Missouri
Aug 1 2009 8:00P
The Blue Note with Cropdusters Columbia, Missouri
Aug 15 2009 12:00P
MULBERRY MOUNTAIN HARVEST MUSIC FESTIVAL Ozark, Arkansas
Aug 16 2009 5:00P
Shadowrock Bandstand Forsyth, Missouri
Aug 21 2009 9:00P
Trouser Mouse with Two Man Gentleman Band Blue Springs, Missouri
Aug 29 2009 9:00P
The Kitchen Pass Joplin, Missouri
Sep 13 2009 1:00P
Ozarks Celebration Festival at Missouri State University Springfield, Missouri
Sep 15 2009 7:00P
Seven at Cherokee Casino West Siloam Sprtings, Oklahoma
Sep 25 2009 8:00P
Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Jasper, Arkansas
Sep 27 2009 6:00P
Second Baptist Church Springfield, Missouri
Oct 10 2009 9:00P
Knuckleheads Kansas City, Missouri
Oct 14 2009 11:00A
National Harvest Festival Branson, Missouri
Oct 15 2009 11:00A
National Harvest Festival Branson, Missouri
Oct 16 2009 11:00A
National Harvest Festival Branson, Missouri
Oct 17 2009 11:00A
National Harvest Festival Branson, Missouri
Oct 18 2009 11:00A
National Harvest Festival Branson, Missouri
Oct 27 2009 7:30P
Hot Springs Village Concerts Association Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Oct 28 2009 7:30P
Hot Springs Village Concerts Association Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Oct 29 2009 7:30P
Hot Springs Village Concerts Association Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Oct 30 2009 7:30P
Hot Springs Village Concerts Association Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Oct 31 2009 8:00P
Lindberg’s Springfield, Missouri
May 1 2010 8:00P
Private Event Fayetteville, Arkansas
Jun 12 2010 8:00P
Private Event Southern, Missouri

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   About Big Smith
Big Smith is a band from Springfield, Missouri composed of five cousins, including two sets of brothers: Mark and Jody Bilyeu, Bill and Rik Thomas, and Jay Williamson. The newest member, fiddle player Molly Healey, brings the total to six creative individuals bound together by blood and harmony.

After coming together professionally in the fall of 1996, they quickly earned a devoted following playing raucous acoustic music that captured the spirit of their native Ozarks, equipped only with an acoustic guitar, mandolin, bass fiddle and washboard. These early gigs demonstrated to unsuspecting audiences what joy and liberation could be found in the raw mojo of indigenous, authentic Ozarks culture; albeit a culture interpreted through the eyes of modern, intellectually astute neo-hillbillies, if you will.

The ten plus years they’ve been together have borne witness to an evolving instrumentation and sonic palate. The original acoustic lineup is still there as a tether to their legacy, but anymore it seems Big Smith simply aspires to be a great American band, regardless of whether the guitars are solid and amplified or woody and earthen.

In 2007 music became the full-time profession for Big Smith, as their expanded touring schedule attests – 2008 will see them playing upwards of 110 shows. They are still adored in their native Ozarks, but years of travel have earned them a place as a Midwest institution. They have made their mark outside their region with several forays to Chicago, Nashville, Austin and Colorado; several tours to the West Coast including two in 2007; and along the length of the Mississippi from the Twin Cities to New Orleans. They have recently enjoyed high-profile opening gigs for the likes of Emmylou Harris, Doc Watson, The Avett Brothers and the Del McCoury band. Summer of 2008 finds them traveling to Europe for the 21st Annual Country Rendez-Vous Festival in Crappone, France.

The documentary "Homemade Hillbilly Jam," profiling the band and the music of their extended family, has garnered rave reviews and a legion of new fans through numerous screenings at film festivals around the world. Much anticipated is the release of the DVD in Europe and the U.S.A with distribution from First Run Features.

"...a bunch of seriously good pickers in overalls playing what can only be described as evangelical-turn-of-the-century-electrified-acoustic-rock-and-roll hymns to a bunch of seemingly godless hippies in tie-dyes, and everybody gets off. The crowds following Big Smith are so intense that the fire marshall actually suggested they literally take out all the furniture." - Nightflying

"Big Smith gives you that certain hootenanny in your nook and cranny with a bluegrass style that is unbelievable." -Little Rock Free Press

"Their strengths abound in the array of instruments that chisel out country-fried melodies. And then there are the lyrics-fun and flavorful, a real kick in the pants...Big Smith delivers big time." -Music Row Magazine, Nashville

questions about booking? contact Liz at: bookbigsmith@bigsmithband.com




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Madahoochi





Jul 9 2009 6:56 AM

last time we'll be through town in '09, hope to see you!!
IZZY





Jul 9 2009 2:15 AM

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Jul 8 2009 9:58 AM

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Please submit your artist news and events to CountryHome Forum to help your artists to get well known better in Europe. If you do not have the time to submit your artist news and events by yourself, please send it me to: Ch.Lamitschka@t-online.de and I will submit them by myself to CountryHome Forum.

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Jul 8 2009 4:01 AM

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Jul 8 2009 3:53 AM

Call for entries for the 2nd annual FourFourFest!
16 bands, 2 stages PLUS compilation CD featuring 16 bands playing festival! 

Please take a moment and hit http://bit.ly/kMb5T for more info and to submit your entry!

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Jul 8 2009 12:39 AM

Thanks for the add!  LOVE the show.
Annie Fannie





Jul 7 2009 9:32 PM

My husband and I just discovered you guys while watching 'Homemade Hillbilly Jam'...WE LOVE YOU!!!  And i was intrigued that there are so many of you who are Bilyeus--that's my mother's maiden name :)

We look forward to buying your albums and hopefully seeing you live one day!
Virginia Kacey





Jul 7 2009 7:30 PM

i didn't want to go with you anyway!!!

hope y'all have a safe and wonderful trip!
Dan Wilhite





Jul 7 2009 6:40 PM

Hi, thanks for the add!
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Jul 7 2009 4:12 PM

Working on the friendship with Zach.. Sent him a message that you want to be his friend. Flip flops and roller skates? Do you have a shoe fetish.. or is it much deeper.. a foot fetish?
pollyanna





Jul 7 2009 3:51 PM


Joe





Jul 7 2009 3:31 PM

yeah about a month and a half ago I threw down an entire bottle.. told my friend's daughter she was gonna make her mom cry because she was eating all the Cheerios... she calls the the Cheerios Dude now.
Sarah





Jul 7 2009 3:29 PM

July 21 but im gatherin some folks to celebrate at cartoons on the 24th! U should play the quarry song for me that night!
Sarah





Jul 7 2009 3:20 PM

Howdy! Youll be back from colorado just in time for my bday! Have a safe trip
Joe





Jul 7 2009 3:18 PM

tequila is the DEVIL!!!
pollyanna





Jul 7 2009 2:54 PM

honey.
Courtnie





Jul 7 2009 1:46 PM

Your silly! Hope you all are doing well!
IZZY





Jul 6 2009 11:32 PM

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Jul 6 2009 7:00 PM

Muchas gracias, lol!
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Jul 6 2009 5:29 PM

word.

what'd you do for the 4th? i was busy setting off illegal fireworks and drinking too much vodka and making bad decisions.
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Jul 6 2009 4:44 PM

What? Who's sasquatch? I don't get it. What's happening? Oscillating huh? What the hell is going on?
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Jul 6 2009 2:23 PM

Wish u could hear my 3yr old right now singin Big Rock on the way to school! LOL
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