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Rick Smith
Rock / Roots Music / Acoustic

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Austin, Texas
United States

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Member Since8/20/2005
Band Websitehttp://home.earthlink.net/~richardfsmith/ricksmith
Band MembersRick Smith / voice and guitar
InfluencesMy musical influences and inspiration are, Bob Dylan, John Lennon, Patti Smith, David Gray, Mike Scott, Hank Williams, Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Van Morrison . Other influences include Charlie Chaplin, Vincent VanGogh, Lao Tzu, Ralph Waldo, poets Billy Collins, Sylvia Plath, Lewis Carroll, Blake, Poe and on and on .
Sounds LikePam Lillig of Bug Music once called me a cross between Mike Scott of the Waterboys and Steve Earle, And I'll just take her word for it . After all who am I to disagree .
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Type of LabelIndie


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History is what it is, and this is mine . I started playing in Bands as a teenager in Seattle in the late seventies . My first band "The Girls" was a mix of Northwest garage band and New York punk . The Girls lasted for about three years, we had a lot of fans and saw many changes in the way Seattle bars and clubs responded to original cutting edge music . Befor then Seattle was all cover bands doing Zeplin, BTO, and Foghat . The next band I was in was "The Lonesome City Kings" the kings were a little more polished and a lot more serious then "The Girls" the Kings broke up after a few years and I headed for L.A. In L.A. I worked with producer / engeieer Ed thacker, Ed has worked with everyone, including Tom Petty, Lucindia Williams, Cindi Lauper, Marianne Faithful and many more . MCA gave us money to record but nothing ever came of it . After a few years of watching the music industry throw money at every trendy goofball that came along I headed for Austin, which is where I am to this day . Austin lives up to it's good reputation, this city takes care of it's artists . Joe Ely took me under his wing and produced all of my first recordings in Texas, I've written songs with Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and I've had a song writer / artist deal with Warner/Chappell publishing . I've written in the song mines of Nashville, and wrote songs with the late great Doc Pomus . These days I mostly play solo voice and guitar, around Austin, I have a CD in the works and I hope to support it heavily by touring and through my space . I'm always looking for gigs in and around Austin, if you know of any please contact me through myspace . Thank you for supporting independent music . Peace and Grace . Rick Smith

   


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*Ms Rasco*

*Ms Rasco*



Dec 25 2008 4:57 PM

Merry Christmas Rick!

~Karen
Marlow

Marlow Harris



Dec 22 2008 5:41 PM

Happy Holidays from Marlow and JoDavid!

Das Erlenkint

Das Erlenkint



Dec 12 2008 7:35 AM

Sonett 116 (William Shakespeare)

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments, love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come,
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom:
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

I think I never said 'hello' properly. So I want to do it now.

With a wispered laughter
Das Erlenkint
PENTA SWANSON

PENTA SWANSON



Dec 8 2008 8:11 PM

Hey Rick,
I enjoyed the music. I especially liked the title "I've Been Cheated." Sounds great. Glad to be in touch with you and the Seattle Syndrome...and it is a syndrome!
OX,
Penta
Jill

Jill



Dec 8 2008 6:41 PM

Thanks, they have my heart.......
Erin

Erin



Dec 5 2008 10:55 PM

Wow, so I can't believe we have known each other since we were in Elementary School in good old Seattle, Washington. Glad to hear from you again. If you head back up there let me know, although this weather in California is a lot warmer.
:) Take care!
Jill

Jill



Dec 3 2008 10:08 PM

Do you have "Darlin'" somewhere?
Jill

Jill



Dec 3 2008 9:27 PM

Your music can still bring a tear
Chris Spedding

Chris Spedding



Dec 2 2008 11:59 AM

Jackie

Jackie



Dec 1 2008 3:56 AM

Check out his paintings...amazing. http://www. myspace. com/stevenlawler
Barbara

Barbara



Oct 30 2008 8:53 PM

thanks great sounds
love and success
keep in touch maybe sometimes
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Mitch Olivier

Mitch Olivier



Oct 30 2008 8:39 PM



Thanks for the add
keep on rocking
cheers
Mitch
Cynova - Rock it up

Cynova - Rock it up



Apr 25 2008 11:57 PM

Hey Rick Smith,
Just stopping by to say Hello. Hope you're having a great day!

~Cynova
Chrissy Flatt

Chrissy Flatt



Mar 12 2008 6:54 AM

Hey Rick,

Sounded great at Opal Divine's last night! It was fun hanging out afterwards as well - your realism leaves a smile dangling from my serious landscape : )
Nando Palé

Nando Palé



Mar 5 2008 2:38 PM

hola Rick
thanks for your friendship amigo, and the great sound over there. love it really. take care and keep in touch. un abrazo. Nando
The Divine Miss ~B~

The Divine Miss ~B~



Jan 3 2008 2:35 PM

Hi Rick...hoping 2008 holds lots of great things for you!! Happy New Year!! Cheers (clink)!!
Boom Boom

Boom Boom



Jan 1 2008 5:00 PM

Happy New Year, Sweetie. I hope this year brings you much peace and happiness.
Bridgit Smith

Bridgit Smith



Dec 2 2007 11:48 PM

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=60684892

you HAVE to listen to the Bob Dylan song on this.
Machan

Machan



Nov 20 2007 12:23 PM

THOMAS KIEFFER Studio album out MAY 2009

THOMAS KIEFFER Studio album out MAY 2009



Nov 7 2007 12:51 PM

Hello Rick Smith !!
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Julean and the Rai

Julean and the Rai



Nov 5 2007 1:41 PM

Just wanted to stop in to say hey and to invite you to you to grab a copy of the new CD ;)




We've also got tracks from the recent show on the page, too so we'd love for you to come by and have a listen.

Thanks as always for being a friend and hope to see you soon.

Julean and the Rai
Dave Crossland

Dave Crossland



Oct 20 2007 7:30 PM

hey, muchas gracias for being myspace pals. i am honored and humbled~

life is beautiful,
dave
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