May 11th, ‘08 was a great evening for Vancouver’s Thundering Word. We were delighted to have a special guest feature at our great venue, all the way from Australia, Mr. CJ Smith.
It was a lot of work, yet proved to be well worth it! We were prepared to hear a great Bluesman perform and that we did, but what he added to his solo show was above and beyond our highest expectations. We were treated to a total surprise in that he not only did some wonderful and original Blues songs as anticipated, but he also included ballads and love songs.
He held the audience’s attention all night. No one left as it grew late. No one made any sounds while he performed. Rapt attention was what he deserved and what he got. This was by far one of our best features in our long and proud history!
Bill McNamara
Thundering Word
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
Influences
Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, David Byrne, Conor Oberst, David Bromberg, Tom Waits.... the list goes on and on
Sounds Like
A different artist on every track
Record Label
Hear & Buy CJ Smith songs on iTunes & BROADJAM.COM
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MANY THANKS TO THE REVIEW PANEL AND TO EVERYONE WHO FORWARDED COMMENTS AND CRITIQUES ON THE THREE DEMO SONGS RECENTLY POSTED HERE... THE RESPONSE WAS OUTSTANDING AND THE 3 SONGS IN QUESTION WILL DEFINITELY APPEAR ON THE NEXT ALBUM!!
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CJ Smith has just returned from a solo tour of Canada, where he performed a mix of old songs and new songs from the album.
As a performer, CJ Smith brings a rare talent as a lyricist/storyteller to an eclectic grouping of material that includes love songs, ballads, blues, protest songs, serious folk songs, adult contemporary and the occasional lighthearted look at life. His voice ranges at will from Don Henley high through a kind of Elmore James, Lightning Hopkins style to a gravelly Tom Waits low.
The response to blues numbers on his last album, and the amount of radio airplay they are attracting around the world, including traditional blues hot spots like New Orleans has prompted Smith to sit down and write a series of songs for a new original blues album. He has endeavoured to keep the studio sessions as lo-fi and live as possible and to write the sort of material that working musicians like to play when they get together to relax and jam. The result is a RED HOT grouping of songs that includes a little bit of delta, a couple of traditional blues tracks, a couple of blues rock tracks and one very introspective slow blues ballad track titled Suburbia, which is a rework of song he wrote 2 or 3 years back.
The single "OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT" is receiving great airplay, and the early reviews on the new album have been outstanding.
"COLD OUTSIDE" was a showcase of new, original material covering a number of different genres including acoustic folk, rock, ballad, blues and blues rock. Two tracks from the album made it into the finals of the Australian Songwriters Association awards, with the title track, Cold Outside, making the grand final.
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Hey, C J... Greetings from a band of rock n' roll astronauts for peace. Thanks for letting us land our eco-spaceship on your cool planet of authentic old-school blues... kudos, bro. You are always welcome at dreamland11, our Cosmogaian outpost of social justice, activism, and rock. Peace and friendship, RE-VO
Ruby Jane and Mark O'Connor: Virtuosos of the American Fiddle: http://www.poptech.org/blog/mark_oconnor_and_ruby_jane_smith_virtuosos_of_american_fiddle
Ruby Jane Article in New York Times!! http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/who-do-these-guys-think-they-are/ AND Check out the new pictures and video! Let me know what you think! Ruby Jane
Hi CJ, Its been a while and we thought it was about time we updated you on what we've been up to. Our debut EP Little World is now available at our gigs and will soon be available from our myspace and facebook pages, you will also be able to download it from itunes, but we don't have a release date for this as yet. To celebrate the fact that we have now reached 25,000 plays on myspace, we are giving you a free MP3 of Rockabye Baby. All you have to do is send your email address to queen.elvis@yahoo.ie and we will send it to you. We have spent the last year rehearsing with a full band and are now ready to bring it on the road. You can get a look at us when we appear on Balcony TV this week with the full line up. We are currently taking bookings for gigs/concerts/festivals and can be contacted on the email above, or through our myspace and facebook pages. Thankyou for your continued support in what has been a great year for us! Best Wishes Caroline and Colin
Hi Friends, sailing round and droppin in to see what you're doing. We hope evrything is alright with you - hold on! Your friends from across the miles - J4F
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