Rob Smith - songwriter, guitars, vocals; (former bandmates and co-conspirators while in Vancouver) Steve Vickery - bass, guitars; Sean Lavoy - drums, Neal Ryan - guitars; Aaron Cadwaladr - guitars Mutiny recording, nicole scoffield - violin on Mutiny recording; curtis dubray - guitars on Mutiny; Terry Townson - horns on hood; in addition to Steve and Aaron, Andrew Leonard - harmonica, chromatic harmonica; Jason Overy - drums played at the Mutiny release gig.
Influences
nick cave, david sylvian, tom waits, ron sexsmith, bruce cockburn, frank black, the rheostatics, wilco
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Bio
I'm a singer-songwriter and guitarist from Peterborough, ON. I've been writing music for 20 years.
I have four recordings 1991-Doghouse, 1993-Dry as a Desert, 2000-Incubator, and 2005-Mutiny.
The first two were mainly acoustic guitar and vocals, while Incubator and Mutiny had more cohesive sonic support from a cast of accomplished musicians. I played a whole bunch of shows in Vancouver between 1999 and 2003 with Neal Ryan on lead guitar, plus drumming by Sean Lavoy, Jerry Benniger (bass) for a short time until Steve Vickery took over. This four piece was known as RAY. My tunes, backed by RAY in fine form, drew comparisons ranging from The Cult to David Sylvian, and developed a small but devoted Vancouver following. With the band pursuing different creative tangents, RAY stopped after a final show at the Silvertone September 26, 2003. Over the next couple years, I played a number of duo gigs with Steve Vickery providing backup on guitar, and pieced together the final RAY recordings culled from a handful of sessions. 7 of the songs would later become my most recent release, Mutiny. Mutiny was released July 13, 2005 in Vancouver to a full house at the Anza Club.
I'm now living in Kitchener, ON. I play the occasional show with some local acts, but have yet to find a new band. Blew a tendon in one finger, and I'm waiting for that to heal. Expect to be recording some of my newer tunes in July 2008.
Look for "He-man Woman Hater's Club" on Heyday Records Compilation, Music for the Open Road, available through www.heyday.com
take care...
Rob, thanks for the add, really like your sound!
Saw the blood-splattered Taylor....nothing worse than a pigeon flying head first into your guitar!
Filthy vermin!!haha
Hope all is well in your musical world,
Brett
Hey!
Merry Christmas and happy day after Hanukkah to ya!
If Kwanza is your thing, we wish you a great Kwanza too. for the rest of us, happy Festivus
Love
The Genders
Wow! all your influences sound great. We obviously share the same influences! Unfortunately the player isnt working right now, so if you could leave acomment so I can find you and then come back!
Hey Rob. Thanks for being our friend. We really do appreciate/need all the support we can get. If you get a chance, check out our brand new cd on LTMR Records called, "Three Rings and a Dagger" at the link below. Take it easy.
ROB! Your tunes sound awesome. Great to see you man. All these months have passed since playing with you at the Anza here, and now we can talk again. Hope all's well in your life.
Many thanks for finding a bit of space in this godforsaken place for me and my assorted musical Greeks and whatnot. It's good to make your acquaintance...
Great music!
Sorry I am only getting a chance to add you back now...thanks a mill for the friend request...really appreciate it:) I hope you are having a great 2006 and it gets even better
