Since 2000, Smythe and Taylor (TC Smythe and Gary Taylor) have played in hundreds of venues, within and beyond Texas. They recently returned to Houston after a successful 2006 tour through London, England, (at the Guildford Music Festival), The Hague, Netherlands and Warsaw, Poland.
Audiences will enjoy a wide variety of acoustic music, from the traditional to the contemporary, including originals, country, folk, rock, blues and bluegrass. The duo is known for their symbiotic harmonies, humorous lyrics and unique brand of '3D' guitar playing. They've released 5 CDs since 2000 and their latest, “Maybe it’s Because I’m Missing You” won the 2005 Woody Guthrie Songwriting Award. In 2006, the duo was nominated for "Song of the Year", "Songwriter of the Year", "Female Vocalist of the Year" and "Vocal duo of the Year" by the Academy of Texas Music.
The duo met while working at an oil company in Houston, Texas. TC had just learned to play the guitar and was offered her first gig at a coffeehouse, but she didn't have enough material to fill the night. She heard through the corporate grapevine that a co-worker, Gary Taylor, played guitar, so she called him to help out, and he's been answering the phone ever since.
