#chris smither

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The Singers

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[cosmogyros]

Diplomacy

Provided to YouTube by Redeye WorldwideDiplomacy · Chris SmitherLeave The Light On℗ 2014 Signature Sounds RecordingsReleased on: 2014-03-18M

In my opinion, Chris Smither wrote one of the greatest, pithiest, most brutally critical songs about the American empire of all time:

Diplomacy

We're getting edgy, we'd better find a war There must be something worth fighting for Peace is so peaceful, it ain't no way to survive When nobody hates you, nobody knows you're alive

We got the guns, we got the oilmen too They're like a choir, they wanna sing for you Wham! Bam! Slip slidin' away You know, the less you got, the more you gonna pay

You want it, you'll get it We got what you need You ain't got to sweat it We gonna make you bleed

We got some freedom, we got the iPod store We got the savior, you couldn't ask for more Take it or leave it, that's the deal of the day But if you leave it, you'll get it anyway

You want it, you'll get it We got what you need You ain't got to sweat it We gonna make you bleed

Get your coat on, you ain't supposed to laugh This ain't a joke, it's an epitaph It's the rise and the fall, that's the name of the game It's the land of the free, the blind leading the lame It's the land of the free, the blind leading the lame

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Chris Smither - “Down in Thibodaux”

Chris Smither remembers his childhood neighbor, Boudreaux - and makes up the rest of the story - on “Down in Thibodaux.”

A patchwork of styles as only Smither threads them, the track announces the May 3 release of All about the Bones. It finds Zak Trojano’s drums tangling with Smither’s mic’d shoes while Chris Cheekus’ sax spirals outward and Smither sings alone and in harmony with BettySoo:

Don’t bring him any money, bring him beer instead/he looks a little strange, that’s not a possum on his head/that’s a chapeaux/down in Thibodaux

“Down in Thibodaux” sounds like no one but Smither. And Smither sounds like no one else. So while the track breaks no new ground, it doesn’t have to - Smither, at 79, remains on his own path.

Grade card: Chris Smither - “Down in Thibodaux” - A

2/23/24

[thesundanceghost]

I got okra, enough to choke ya,

Beans of every kind,

If hungry is what's eatin' you

I'll sell you peace of mind,

[digital-ayatolah]

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don’t drag it on chris smither, 1972

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Reverberation #367 1. Jimmie Rodgers - Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes 2. John Philips - America 3. Bill Wilson - Ballad of Cody 4. Jack Kittel - Psycho 5. John Stewart & Buffy Ford - Nebraska Widow 6. Johnny Darrell - Meanwhile Back In Memphis 7. Chris Smither - Statesboro Blues 8. Shirl Milete - I'll Be Here In The Morning 9. Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through the Night 10. Boondoggle Banderash - I've Been Delayed 11. Henry Schifter - Long John

[llekei]

I'm a Stranger Too 

Chris Smither, 1971

[krispyweiss]

Former Morphine, Treat Her Right Drummer Billy Conway Dies at 65

- “He (was) the time, the rhythm, the pulse of the life-blood in the music,” collaborator Chris Smither says

Billy Conway, the former Treat Her Right and Morphine drummer, has died of cancer at age 65.

His Dec. 19 death was announced by his former bandmates in Vapors of Morphine.

“We are devastated to learn of the passing of Morphine/Treat Her Right drummer Billy Conway,” Vapors said on social media.

“One of the best drummers and most stalwart friends, Billy succumbed to a long battle with cancer. We love you, Billy. Give (late Morphine frontman) Mark (Sandman) our love. RIP.”

After Sandman’s 1999 death and Morphine’s disbandment, Conway went on play with a number of artists, including Jeffrey Foucault, John Statz and Chris Smither. The latter recalled telling his sister the drummer was “a prince,” and her asking what Smither meant by that honorific.

“I said, ‘He’s someone who makes you feel good just by being around,’” Smither wrote on Facebook “ … ‘Because … he is the time, the rhythm, the pulse of the life-blood in the music. He deals in matters of the heart.’

“We’ve lost him now, and my heart is heavy, indeed,” Smither said. “Rest in peace, Billy.”

12/20/21