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Smiling Jack Smith
Blues / Roots Music / Jazz

"I never felt This Blue Before..."

Fresnedillas de la Oliva, Madrid
Spain

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Member Since1/24/2007
Band Websitesmilingjacksmith.com
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THE STUDIO PLAYERS
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SMILING JACK, Vocals and guitar
DAVE VIDAL, Lead guitar
MILES BLACK, Piano,clavinet and B3
QUIQUE VILLAFANE, Drums
KEN LISTER, Double bass
MIKE HERRIOT, Trumpet and trombone
MONIK NORDINE, Baritone sax
PHIL DWYER, Tenor sax
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THE SPANISH BAND
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SMILING JACK, Vocals and guitar
ANTONIO TOLEDO, Lead guitar
QUIQUE VILLAFANE, Drums
JESUS RODERO, Double bass
MIGUEL MOYA, Trumpet
WILLIAM GIBBS, Tenor sax
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Crossroads Blues Society Reviews,

June 28, 2007-07-10

This Blue Before, by Mark Thompson

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Every once in awhile a dedicated music fan will discover an unexpected gem. These recordings have escaped widespread attention despite being innovative or just plain great !! The latest by Jack Smith is just such a surprise. It is a blast of fresh sounds and outstanding musicianship from a cast of unknowns. At least they are until you're done reading this review. Smith is a former native of New Jersey who now resides in Madrid, Spain after a lengthy residence in Vancouver. He wrote all of the tunes, plays guitar and handles all of the vocals. Jack worked out the arrangements with his Spanish band, and then travelled to British Columbia to record with production help from his friend, Pat Coleman. The project certainly proves that blues music has indeed become an international art form. Several elements contribute to the success of This Blue Before. Smith writes in a variety of styles and displays a knack for adding humour through a witty turn of a phrase. He sings with deep-toned, powerful voice with a bit of a rough edge to it. The tunes are fleshed out by a phenomenal three-piece horn section consisting of Phil Dwyer on tenor sax, Monik Nordine on baritone and Mike Herriot on trumpet & trombone. The trio play Coleman's brilliant horn charts with gusto and elevate each track with their fine work, as does lead guitarist Dave Vidal. Another key player is Miles Black. Whether on piano, clavinet or the B-3 organ, Black fills in the arrangements with inventive and tasteful displays of his keyboard mastery. All of the instrumental solos throughout the disc are compact and to the point - no grandstanding to detract from the proceedings. Smiling Jack lays down a funky opening track as he tells the sad tale of having the "Deja Blues" all over again. Black establishes the tone on the clavinet with the horn section accenting Jack's vocal and Dave’s biting guitar solo. Smith has several tracks that examine different aspects of the blues. "The Blues Comes Back Again" explores the brief escape that comes from playing on stage. Black contributes several rocking piano solos on "I Found The Blues Again", which cautions not to get to comfortable with the good times. On "I Could Live with the Blues", Smith offers to make peace, if only "..the blues could live with me." In what has to be a first, Smiling Jack manages to build a song with a boogie beat around the Latin legal phrase "Mea Culpa". The title track closes the disc. It is a lengthy, dark meditation on the trials of life and love that serves as a contrast to the abundant good -time feel to the rest of the disc. Vidal unleashes a burning guitar solo before Black calms things down with his swirling organ phrases. You owe to yourself to get a copy of this marvellous recording. It easily surpasses many of the blues releases on larger labels that I have heard in the last six months. Check out Smith's website to get a copy - and to help keep a smile on Jack's face !!!

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   About Smiling Jack Smith
Jack Smith was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and grew up in Staten Island, New York. Starting out as a tap-dancer and a singer, he traded in his tap shoes for a guitar at the age of twelve and began writing and composing his own songs almost immediately. He spent the sixties as a folk singer, working with a vocal group called The Smith Brothers (there was one woman singer in the group, but what the heck), that reached its peak when they made a demo for CBS with the legendary John Hammond, Sr.
The decade drew to a close with the formation of the now mythical band Orville Dorp, which migrated to Vancouver in the early seventies. The band had it..s share of fame with a song called Jesus Marijuana which they released as a 45 rpm single, and then passed into history around the time that Jack was given the name Smiling Jack by some friends from a band called Stallion Thumrock.
The name stuck, and Jack stayed in Vancouver for 20 years, becoming a Canadian citizen and raising a son, MacKenzie. During this 20 years Jack formed a number of interesting groups, from Smiling Jack and the Sparklers through Delta Airtight and ending up with a four piece vocal group called Party Fever, which released an album titled ..Ahh... Capella.. in 1990.
Then Jack moved back to the States for a while, singing a bit of country music in Florida and then living in New Jersey again where his focus finally settled on the blues. His first solo album, ..Direct To Dat Jack.., was recorded in Hoboken in 1994.
A visit to Spain opened up a world of new possibilities and later that year Jack moved his blues to Madrid, where he has been living for the last 12 years with his wife Carmen and their daughter Maria. During this period Jack released 3 CDs in Spain, ..First Night With The Blues.. in 1996, ..Second Chance.. in 1997 and ..Three Seconds to Love Me.. in 2003.
He has just finished recording his fourth CD, ..This Blue Before.., in Canada, using an all-star line-up of Canadian musicians as well as his Spanish drummer, Quique Villafane. The recording was produced by the internationally famous jazz guitarist Pat Coleman and features a brillant horn section led by Phil Dwyer.
Over the course of some 40 years as a working musician, Jack has had the great fortune to work as an opening act for some of the biggest names in show business, including B.B. King, John Mayall, Bonnie Raitt, Charlie Musselwhite, Johnny Clyde Copeland, John Hammond, Jr, and the Reverend Gary Davis.
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Europe

La hora del Blues-Vicente Zumel-Barcelona-http://www.lahoradelblues.com/

La Ser-Madrid-La Hora 14 - http://www.cadenaser.com

Backstage Radio News - Salvatore Baldacchino, Radio TQV Belgium 87.7 fm

Classic Blues -www.classic21.be ..Belgium- Francis Delvaux

FM Brussel , Belgium - 98.8 FM

Radio Tusla- Bosnia Herzegovina-Jeans Generation-www.BARIKADA.com 94.00 MHz - Kalesija, Lukavac, Tuzla, Zivinice 96.5 MHz - Banovici, Brcko, Derventa, Modrica, Odzak, Orasje / Djakovo, Slavonski Brod, Zupanja 103.8 - Maglaj, Teslic, Tesanj, Zavidovici, Zenica, Zepce 105.1 - Doboj, Gracanica

Helsinki Blues Cafe- Finland -http://www.live365.com/stations/catnadja

Radionotte-Franco-Radio Nova FM 93.5. -North-West Sardinia -www.radionotte.net

Midnight Special Blues Radio-Paul Bondarovski-Paris-http://www.live365.com/stations/bonda6974?play

Bobtje Blues Podcast-Bobtje & Vasco-www.bobtjeblues.com

Rock Oko (Rock –Eye)-Rattko Matic & Mladen Loncar - Mike -Radio/Krizevci 96,60 MHz -Croatia

Rockin’XXL- Bernd - EVW 95.6 and 99.3 FM- Ems-Vechte-Welle, Lingen, Germany

Bluestimen, -Bjorn Wiksaas -Radio Ung, -FM 106,9 -http://www.radioung.no -Kristiansand, Norway

RADIO HOLSTEBRO -Kjell Andreassen -97,4 MHZ -CABLE 89,0 MHZ

Bluespower- Erhard Albrecht -Radio Bremerhaven/Germany- 08.00 - 10.00 pm CET- Bremerhaven area- 90.7 MHz (Antenna) or 96.95 MHz (Cable) or http://www.ok-Bremerhaven.de/studio/

Joost van Steen, Jazz & Blues Tour- Alphen Stad FM 105.4 FM 103.4 Cable- Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands

Rock ’n’ Blues Today -Italy-Simone -RCC -www.radiorcc.com/launch.html

MOJO DREAMS -Mark Verbert--Radio ZRO -106.2 FM Zelzate -Belgium

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LE COLLECTIF DES RADIOS BLUES, Radio in France y Quebec:

All Blues & Dixie Rock - Luc Brunot-on RCF Corr..ze (Ussel 102 / Brive 91.4 / Tulle 106.9 / Argentat 89.3) http://perso.orange.fr/all-blues-dixie-rock/

Radio Blues Intense on RBA FM Auvergne Limousin (104.4 / 98.2) http://perso.orange.fr/all-blues-dixie-rock/RBI.htm

CROSS..BLUES STATION .. Michel Faton-sur la R.A.M.(radio Alpine Meilleure)

Shotgun Blues ..Frederic Briout-tous les lundi de 18h .. 19h sur Fr..quence Amiti.. Vesoul 91.3 FM

MOJOBLUES- Joelle Maraton- SUR O2 RADIO 91.3 www.o2radio.net

VIRUS DE BLUES Propos.. par Jean-Pierre Savouyaud Sur MDM RADIO (101.1) .. Mont-de-Marsan

Maxwell St. .. Alain Enjalbert- on Terre Marine www.terremarinefm.com

B.L.U.E.S. NEWS -Serge Levet - BEAUB FM Mercredi 18h/19 Redif. Samedi 15h LE BLUES VOUS VA SI BIEN KAOLIN FM Jeudi 21/23h Redif. Dimanche 12h En collaboration avec CLOVIS l’AMERICAIN

Le Blues Caf..-Cedric Vernet et Francis Rateau -SUR COULEURS FM - 97.1 FM (Nord Is..re) Tous les 1ers mardis du mois en direct de 20H .. 22H- > SUR LA WEBRADIO W3 BLUES RADIO http://bluesradio.free.fr

Rue D..Auteuil- Michel Dubois-CKRL-fm 89.1 Quebec

Baker Street - Xav-http://www.radiobakerstreet.com/

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UK

Digital Blues-www.phoenix.com

Blues Radio UK - www.bluesradio.co.uk

Hambone’s Blues Rumshack-Lerwick, Scotland - www.shetlandpodcaster.co.uk

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Australia and New Zealand

Salty Dog Blues N Roots Podcast- Australia -www.salty.com.au

Tess’s Blues Groove- Australia http://www.live365.com/stations/tesstify2

Saturday Night Blues Tess Coleman -BBB FM, Tanunda, South Australia

The Blues Man- Railway Blues -Brisbane Australia- 101.1 fm www.101fm.asn.au

CoastFM 963 -Highway 49 Blues- Bill Dewdney- streaming www.coastfm.org-Tuesday 24/4/07 10pm--Midnight streaming -www.ozblues.net

Sugar City Blues- Canadian Cath - 4CRM- 107.5 FM- Mackay, Queensland-Saturday, 5-8 PM -http://www.4crm.com.au/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx

Sidestream- 99.7FM-4RED -Arthur Elliott- Redcliffe,Queensland, Australia

Dave’s Blues Mix STAR FM Community Radio,St.Helens,Tasmania,Australia-93.7fm, 100.3fm and 98.5fm -www.starfm.org.au

Blues for Hippies- Mike Butler-The Studio Fm 107.4-Tauranga,New Zealand

Tuesday Blues- Mark Ryding- 2RRR 88.5FM-2-4pm- Sydney, Australia

Red Hot and Cool- Anthony Moulay-BayFM 99-Byron Bay,Australia- www.bayfm.org -Noon–2pm,Saturdays

The Blues Room- Nate- Hamilton Community Radio, New Zealand- AM 1206-FM106.7 http://www.communityradio.co.nz/index.asp?pageid=2145835508

Headless Chickens- Garry Dalton -3 WAY FM Warrnambool

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Israel

Eli’s Blues- Israel public radio 88FM- http://88fm.iba.org.il/

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USA

Blues Cafe-WRSW 107.3FM in Warsaw, Indiana

Paul Parello’s Blues Power-http://www.chicagobluesman.com/

Sittin.. At The Crossroad with Big D WWOZ Radio 90.7FM- New Orleans, La.

BluzNdaBlood Podcast- Star City Virginia http://bluzndablood.com

KMBH Radio-88 FM- Harlington, Texas (Chris Maley)

BLUES DELUXE (syndicated radio show) www.freeworldradio.com

The Big Break Music Podcast-Don D. Lewis- Kansas City-http://www.thebigbreakpodcast.com/

KRVM 91.9 FM, Eugene, Oregon-Breakfast With the Blues- BoogieKing Steve

"General Eclectic"-Tom Bingham -WCVF-FM -Fredonia, NY

EIGHT TO THE BAR WITH TARR-Les Tarr -KMFB 92.7 FM / 96.7 FM - http://www.kmfb-fm.com -Mendocino, California ’Radioactive Blues Programming for the Tragically Hip & Twisted’

The UpperRoom with Joe Kelley and Gi Dessault -www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com (24/7)- WVOF 88.5 FM, Fairfield, CT, Mondays from 4-8 pm EST - http://www.wvof.org.

Chittlin Circuit Radio -Arizona -http://radio.chittlincircuit.com/

The Midnight Flyer Network, with Norman Davis
KEGR-FM, Concord, CA 97.7 Saturday 8 a.m.-12n (stream)- KKIT-FM, Taos, NM 95.9 Thursday 8 p.m.-12m- FATMUSICRADIO.COM Sat Midnight & Mon 10pm Eastern (stream)

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Canada

CHMR FM 93.5 - St Johns, Newfoundland- The Blind Lemon Blues Show-Terry Parsons-www.www.chmr.ca

CFRO 102.7 FM -Vancouver, B.C.- ’ONE O’CLOCK JUMP’ -Paul Norton-www.coopradio.org

CHLY-101.7 FM- Nanaimo B.C.

CFBX 92.5 FM -Kamloops, BC- Steve Marlow, Music Director

At The Crossroads-Brant Zwicker-ATC Blues Network-www.atcblues.ca (CFFM-FM .. Cariboo Network)(98.3 CIFM Network) Online at -myspace.com/atcblues

CFFF 92.7 FM (95.3 cable)- Peterborough, ON -Blue in the Face-Al Kirkcaldy- Tuesdays 8 pm to 10 pm-www.trentradio.ca -

CIUT-FM, 89.5, Toronto- Let The Good Times Roll- Every Thursday- 3-5 pm

AM 1430. Mississauga, Ontario- Sunday Night Soul- Johnny Max- www.sundaynightsoul.com

JAZZ.FM91 -BLUZ.FM -Toronto-Danny Marks

CKLN 88.1 FM, Toronto- Lowdown 2 Uptown-Blues Doctor Julie Hill & Dr. Feelgood-Wednesdays 8 to 10 PM ET-www.ckln.fm- Rogers digital cable channel 947

10,000 Blues- CKIA-FM 88,3 Mike Rochette-Quebec City, Canada

“Sunday Night Soul”- Johnny Max “Playing The Music That Radio Forgot” Sunday night-10pm AM1430 -www.fairchildradio.com





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Patty Benson





Jul 1 2008 7:35 AM

Hey You,
All is well with me and I'm still smilin' with my blues. Thanks for checking up on me and for caring.

Patty
Ulrich





Jun 30 2008 4:45 PM

Hi, best wishes from bad oeynhausen - germany. Have a good time and all the very best. Thank´s for the friendship and ROCK ON!!!!
Ulli
*Blues Mama*





Jun 29 2008 4:24 PM

Hey Jack!
Stopping by to hear your styly tunes.. havnt caught up with you for ages! Gosh aussie must be getting close now? August or oct?.. The way the year is going, it will be here before you know it!
Freezing here at the moment, but beautiful days, snow is down on the mountains so making the mornings certainly crisp! Hope your well my friend, take care of you.
Peace & Hugs
Kris x
Arsen Shomakhov





Jun 29 2008 2:41 PM

Many thanks for the add!
Your music is great!
Arsen
ponygyrrl





Jun 29 2008 6:06 AM

how hot is it where you are? got to 90ish here yesterday, supposed to be 90ish again today, @ 6AM its a nice 61F, sending a cool breeze from Vashon...
Cole Emerson Higgins





Jun 29 2008 5:27 AM

Stopping by to say hey, hope you have a great Sunday.
Keeping it low.
Cole
Monica Dupont





Jun 22 2008 10:16 PM

Hi Jack ! I'm very impressed with your style ! Some good blues, man-and you have a distinctly original and soulful sound !!!!
francesco





Jun 18 2008 2:26 PM

Hi thanks for the add.
Leo





Jun 13 2008 2:08 PM

Thank you for the add :) , kra, Leo
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Jun 8 2008 12:25 PM

Grazie per la tua amicizia e per la tua grande musica!!!
Jez Taylor





Jun 6 2008 5:05 PM

Hello! Thanks a lot for the add, it's much appreciated. Your music's great! Hope you have a great weekend! Take care. Jez.
Bad Music Blues





Jun 2 2008 10:07 AM

Smiling Jack Smith en Bad Music Blues, programa nº 21. Gracias!
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Jun 1 2008 4:50 AM

Saludos desde el sur, te he escuchado bastantes veces en la La Coquette y siempre me ha encantado tu musica. Un abrazo. Iñaki (de los Stormy)
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May 30 2008 6:30 AM

Thanks for the Birthday wishes Jack.

Keep smilin' ; )

Mary
MOJO MORGAN.





May 23 2008 9:06 AM

Thanx for the Birthday comment jack....Respect...Mojo!
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May 18 2008 9:09 AM

Thank you! All the BEST,
Elmore Magazine
Edouard Gabriel





May 16 2008 1:16 AM

Hi Jack,thank you for your virtual friendship here on myspace.Its my pleasure to meet you on there.Sounds greai,keep up the great work.Cheers from BELGIUM EDOUARD GABRIEL
*Blues Mama*





May 14 2008 4:58 PM

Hey Jack
Stoping by with some bluesy love for your page! Hope your weeks going great, sounding awesome as usual!
*hugs*
kris :)
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May 13 2008 8:31 PM

Thanks for the add & email!!

Are the Number One in the world. The best of the best.

See you in the Irish Rover.

Kisses.
PRONÓSTICO RESERVADO





May 7 2008 7:57 AM

Buen, buen sonido redondo el vusetro. Saludos con Blues desde Caceres de los PReservados. Preservando blues
Sue Leonard





May 6 2008 9:40 AM

Howdy Jack ..
It's great to hear from you ....
I'm In Idaho .... trying to break the sound barrier! hahahahaaha
I'd love to chat .... If you have sometime In the next day or two ....
sue leonard
;-)
*Blues Mama*





May 6 2008 4:36 AM

Hey Jack
Great to hear from you!
Certainly sounds like life is full on and busy for you. Australia in October, awesome.. how long are you going there for? What a shame you cant zip on over to kiwiland and play up a storm over here lol! *wishful thinking of course*
Mothers day here is this sunday, so you have yours a week earlier.. Im taking my mum and my daughter out for brunch, just the girls.. then we are going to watch a festival of the dances.. all sorts mixed up.. salsa, jazz, ballet, belly dancing, rumba, every kind.. be great!
Have a great week ahead my friend, and take some time out to relax when you can.
Kris xx
*Blues Mama*