Word: smither
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CHRIS SMITHER--Like Rush, Chris Smither is a local boy making it good in the musical diaspora. Smither has the studied loneliness of James Taylor, but a few things Taylor lacks--wryness, variety, a voice that can sing blues. He is, in short, talented. Like many of his cohorts who established quite a folk community here some years ago, Smither is heard in the neighborhood ever more rarely--all, the more reason to see him in the congenial atmosphere of Passim...
...Watson and Chris Smither. There may be a flatpicking bluegrass guitarist better than Doc Watson. Then again, there may not be. Doc and his son, Merle, a blazing banjo player in his own right, brought their repertoire of traditional ballads, mountain rags, re-interpreted standards and blues to Sanders Theater last Spring. Not even Paul Freund gets the ovations they got. The foot-stomping and clapping were too spontaneous to be corny, even with Doc's shaggy-dog stories thrown...
...never seen Chris Smither in concert, but on record he has everything James Taylor hoped to have (except Carly Simon). He's one of the few white folk-blues singers worth taking seriously, and a favorite son of Cambridge's slowly-dissolving folk community. --P.M.S...
...Merle Watson and Chris Smither, Symphony Hall...
...Down In The Flood." Smither and background pianist Eric Kaz turn in a performance that out-stomps the high-spirited Dylan original. My favorites among Smither's songs include the title cut and "I Feel The Same," both of which are dominated by Smither's acoustic and John Bailey's electric guitars. Smither is about the only folk writer I've heard who writes about loneliness without ever reverting to romantic drivel or embarassing self-pity. One key to his success over a wide range of moods is a sense of humor that keeps him from taking his crises...