No small point there, either. But for now, let us zero in on a love song of uncommon depth, feeling and range. "I can't not do it, " he once told an interviewer regarding his footwork, which involves both feet, heel and toe, tapping out the often syncopated rhythms that are but one of the qualities that give his music its distinct, "Oh, that must be Chris Smither" feel. With his new album Leave The Light On, Chris Smither has created a work that keeps the spirit of these legends alive while taking their blues-rooted music in breathtaking new directions with his smart lyrics and distinctive musical grooves. If I were young again, I'd pay attention - To that little-known dimension.
Chris Smither's pace and sound is as comfortable as a well worn coat. The road is littered with those, like friend and '70's labelmate Townes Van Zandt, or inspirations like Tim Hardin or Tim Buckley, who found it simply too much to bear. You'd wonder if it would work right throughout his set, but, yes, it does, putting both Chris and the audience into a kind of trance as each song progresses. Seulement à la même époque, la découverte inattendue d'un enregistrement de Mississipi John Hurt allait contrecarrer sa vocation scientifique. It is presumably written to his wife Carol Young, who was running a music management company in the mid-1980s, had seen Smither perform in the past, had noticed his absence from the music scene over quite some time, and gave him a call to find out what was up with that. What is immediately recognizable to anyone who has encountered Smither on record or in live performance during the course of the last four decades are his been-there, done-that voice and the crystalline, wordlessly eloquent sounds of his fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of More From The Levee, Call Me Lucky, Still On The Levee, Hundred Dollar Valentine, What I Learned In School, Time Stands Still, Leave The Light On, and Another Way to Find You., and,. Very good sounds indeed.
Chris & Elliott Murphy. Now we hardly see ′em, they don't walk, they run. Taught the rudiments of instrumentation on his mother's ukulele. The song "Leave The Light On" by Chris Smither is about making the most of life's precious moments and not taking them for granted. Libération par Serge LOUPIEN. What is the tempo of Chris Smither - Leave the Light On? "The other interesting thing is that I had to go through all the horrible stuff to get where I am now. The chorus of the song reiterates the idea of perseverance and strength despite the inevitability of life's struggles, and to leave a proverbial light on when things seem to be darkest. It's part and parcel of the animal that's walking around today. What was up was that Smither had been carrying on a love affair with bourbon for about a decade, had floundered in the way that people too besotted with alcohol tend to do, and, it turned out, was in desperate need of someone to help him get back on track. With Matt Lorenz you were hoping he'd play some more. Bonnie Raitt, who made her reworking of Smither's "Love You Like A Man" a staple of her repertoire, has famously called Chris Smither "my Eric Clapton, " and one listen to STILL ON THE LEVEE makes her meaning abundantly clear.
She don't argue, she don't ever lie. Sympathique folkeux-bluesy porté sur l'acoustique et les ambiances laid-back, Chris Smither est à ranger dans la catégorie des songwriters avachis tels qu'on en rencontre des quantités, passé minuit, dans les bars à bière d'Austin, Texas, depuis que ce cossard de Jerry Jeff Walker, chef de file reconnu du mouvement (et influence manifeste du paisible Chris) a choisi de s'installer dans la région. But the race we're running now is never ending. His recording of "Hold On" was used in the indie feature film Love From Ground Zero. I've been blind, she's been kind. Leave the Light On, Smither's masterful twelfth album—the first he's released on his own Mighty Albert label—stands as the quintessence of his life's work while throwing in some new wrinkles that reflect where he's been and what he's encountered since the last time around. It's like a party, but you don′t get invitations. And there's just one destination, you better be on time. Since space and time are bending. Streaming and Download help. If I say it's so, it's so. But I've got plenty left, I′ve set my sight on.
To that little known dimension, a taste of endless time. 12/ Statesboro' Blues. I keep her in my mind and in my eye. When you write a song, you've got three or four minutes to get a-hold of somebody, and if they can remember one phrase or line when they walk away from it, you've won. Find more lyrics at ※. Later this year, Signature will release LINK OF CHAIN, a disc of Smither material interpreted by a who's who of musicians, including Josh Ritter, Bonnie Raitt, Tim O'Brien and many more. While the world was out chasing glamour and flash in the second half of the twentieth century, Chris Smither settled into his groove, mining a vein of American music he has made purely his own. The new elements introduced on Leave the Light On—the second album produced by Smither's cohort, David "Goody" Goodrich, after 2003's Train Home—provides the new recording with its particular flavor. They don't walk, they run. Get all 8 Chris Smither releases available on Bandcamp and save 10%. Like a rich, red wine. Link Of chain / No Love Today / Rock 'n Roll Doctor / Shake These Blues / Never Needed It More. "Time Stands Still" is from his 2009 album of the same name. After coming on the radar in 1970 with the well-received debut album I'm a Stranger Too!
Loading the chords for 'Chris Smither - Leave The Light On'. "I guess I'm making it clearer, because people don't often ask me what the songs are about anymore. He has plenty of classics and crowd favourites in his back catalogue. With a career that spans four decades, Chris Smither was one of a handful of musicians on the scene during the blues renaissance of the mid '60s. When asked about his career-long predilection for mixing in outside songs with his own material, Smither says, "This may sound a little self-important, maybe, but I like to hold these things up and say, 'These are the people I consider my peers, and my stuff stands up to this. The effect is extraordinary; strength compounds strength, and leaves the listener feeling touched by grace, or an almost otherworldly wisdom. In addition to his thorough blanketing of the US and UK, he toured New Zealand and Japan, returned to the venerable Jazz & Heritage Festival in New Orleans, and joined John Prine and Joan Baez on tour. Help Me Now / Ouside Looking In / Duncan & Brady / Magnolia. Little wonder, given the "musician's musician" label that Smither, now 76, has earned over a half-century of crafting songs that combine lyrical depth, humor, virtuoso guitar picking and a driving beat he keeps going with the slightly amplified foot-tapping that serves as his own rhythm section. Le Hautement Fréquentable. The veteran bluesman was in terrific form, playing a combination of oldies and songs from his new album, Call Me Lucky, in his own, inimitable style. Chris Smither has a unique guitar playing style. It is true from the first track, "Devil Got Your Man, " which Smither wrote when he first started playing out five decades back, to the last on this two-disc set.
Smither, on the other hand, actually had Carol, in the flesh, right there in his house. I might think I did, but it wouldn't be the same. Here he reconnects with his New Orleans roots, recording at The Music Shed where guests like Allen Toussaint could stop by with longtime right-hand-man David Goodrich at the helm. Chris Smither Amherst, Massachusetts. "He got sidetracked, and he learned a lot, but it's definitely the same guy, " he says. Drive You Home Again, Chris's 1999 release, added a few new continents to his touring schedule. So, let's have a listen, then peruse the lyrics a stanza at a time (you can read them afterwards in full here if you're inclined), then wrap up with another video of him discussing this song and his creative process before signing off until #12 in this series.