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Chris Smither: I’m a Stranger Too!

Chris Smither: I’m a Stranger Too! (Poppy PSY 40013)

I’m a Stranger Too!
Chris Smither

Poppys PYS 40013 (LP, USA, 1970)
Tomato TOM 2050 (CD, UK, 2002)

Chris Smither: I’m a Stranger Too! (Tomato TOM 2050)
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Produced by Michael Cuscuna;
Engineered by Brooks Arthur and Jay Tropp;
Photography by Jim Bogin;
Graphic design by Milton Glaser

Musicians

Chris Smither: vocals, acoustic guitar;
John Baley: acoustic rhythm guitar, backing vocals;
Russell George: acoustic bass guitar, fiddle [10];
Richard Davis: electric bass guitar;
Al Rogers: drums, tambourine

Tracks

Side 1

  1. A Short While Ago (2.35)
  2. A Song for Susan (3.08)
  3. I Am a Child (3.51)
  4. Have You Seen My Baby (2.55)
  5. Devil Got Your Man (3.49)

Side 2

  1. Hommunculus (3.12)
  2. Love You Like a Man (2.36)
  3. Lonely Time (3.23)
  4. Look Down the Road (2.38)
  5. Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine And Dandelion Wine) (2.30)
  6. Time to Go Home (5.35)

All tracks written by Chris Smither except
Track 3 Neil Young;
Tracks 4, 10 Randy Newman

> Folk Music > Records > Chris Smither: Another Way to Find You

Chris Smither: Another Way to Find You

Chris Smither: Another Way to Find You (Flying Fish FF 70568)

Another Way to Find You
Chris Smither

Flying Fish FF 70568 (CD, UK, 1991)

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Recorded and produced by John S. Nagy;
Recorded live in the studio at Soundtrack Studios, Boston, 28-29 December 1989;
Project coordinator Carol Young

Musicians

Chris Smither: vocals, guitar

Tracks

  1. High Heel Sneakers / Big Boss Man (2.28)
  2. Another Way to Find You (3.34)
  3. Down in the Flood (3.12)
  4. Lonely Time (2.33)
  5. Lonesome Georgia Brown (2.25)
  6. Statesboro Blues (3.04)
  7. Catfish (2.03)
  8. Every Mother’s Son (3.35)
  9. I Got Mine (2.56)
  10. Don’t It Drag On (3.32)
  11. Love You Like a Man (2.03)
  12. I Feel the Same (3.39)
  13. Friend of the Devil (3.11)
  14. Shake Sugaree (4.10)
  15. Tulane (2.23)
  16. Have You Seen My Baby (2.26)
  17. A Song for Susan—Part One and Two (4.49)
  18. Homunculus (3.05)

All tracks written by Chris Smither except
Track 1a Tommy Tucker;
Track 1b Luther Dixon, Al Smith;
Track 3 Bob Dylan;
Track 6 Blind Willie McTell;
Track 7 Danny O’Keefe;
Track 13 Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter;
Track 14 Elizabeth Cotten;
Track 15 Chuck Berry;
Track 16 Randy Newman

> Folk Music > Records > Chris Smither: Happier Blue

Chris Smither: Happier Blue

Chris Smither: Happier Blue (Flying Fish FF 70622)

Happier Blue
Chris Smither

Flying Fish FF 70622 (CD, UK, 1993)

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Produced and arrange by John Nagy;
Recorded by John Nagy at Soundtrack Studios, Boston, MA, second engineer Andy Blakelock;
Mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeast Digital;
Cover, tray and inside photos by Marc Norberg;
Back cover photo by Robert Tobey;
Design by Hunter Studio

Musicians

Chris Smither: vocals, guitar, feet;
Robin Batteau: violin:
Bill Bookheim: percussion:
Mark Egan: fretless 4 and 8-string bass:
Bob Gay: saxophone:
Brad Hatfield: keyboards:
Bill Urmson: bass

Tracks

  1. Happier Blue (4.16)
  2. Memphis in the Meantime (3.43)
  3. The Devil’s Real (4.58)
  4. No More Cane on the Brazos (Roud 10063) / Mail Order Mystics (6.06)
  5. No Reward (5.32)
  6. Already Gone (Flatfoot Blues) (3.26)
  7. Killin’ the Blues (5.24)
  8. Rock ’n Roll Doctor (3.09)
  9. Magnolia (3.06)
  10. Honeysuckle Dog (3.25)
  11. Take It All (3.58)
  12. Time to Spend (3.14)

All tracks written by Chris Smither except
Track 2 John Hiatt;
Track 4a trad.;
Track 7 Rowland Salley;
Track 8 Lowell George;
Track 9 J.J. Cale

> Folk Music > Records > Chris Smither: Still on the Levee

Chris Smither: Still on the Levee

Chris Smither: Still on the Levee (Signature SIG 2066)

Still on the Levee
A 50 Year Retrospective
Chris Smither

Homunculus Music / Signature Sounds SIG 2066 (2 CD, UK, 2014)

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Produced by David Goodrich;
Recorded by Ben Lorio at The Music Shed in New Orleans, LA, in June 2013;
Overdubs and additional studio engineering work by Mark Thayer at Signature Sounds in Pomfret, CT;
Mixed by David Goodrich and Ben Lorio at The Music Shed in January 2014;
Mastered by Ian Kennedy at New Alliance in East Cambridge, MA;
Design by Meghan Dewar;
Package photos by Emma Manners and Chris Bence;
Interior photos by Jason Kruppa, Carol Young, David Goodrich, Chris Smither, David Schriver, and others;
Drawings by Carol Leake

Musicians

Chris Smither: vocals, guitar, feet

The Motivators:
Billy Conway: drms, percussion, vocals;
Jimmy Fitting: harmonica, vocals;
David Goodrich: guitars, diddley bo, piano, vocals;
Anita Suhanin: vocals

Mo’ Motivation:
Allen Touissint: piano [11, 16];
Loudon Wainwright III: guitar, vocals [17];
Jeremy Moses Curtis: bass;
Kris Delmhorst: cello;
Ian Kennedy: violin;
Catherine Norr: vocals [9];
Barry Rothman: random events, phonographs;
Robin Smither: violin [13]

Ever-expanding waste band featuring members of Morphine [15, 23]:
Dana Colley: baritone saxophone;
Jeremy Lyons: slide bass, noise guitar

Rusty Belle [7, 13, 24-25]:
Kate Lorenz: vocals, percussions;
Matt Lorenz: guitar, suitcase, hi hat, vocals;
Zak Trojano: guitar, bass drum, hi hat, vocals

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Devil Got Your Man (4.36)
  2. Don’t It Drag On (3.10)
  3. No More Cane on the Brazos (Roud 10063) (1.55)
  4. Love You Like a Man (2.30)
  5. Rosalie (4.19)
  6. Lonesome Georgia Brown (2.24)
  7. A Song for Susan (3.55)
  8. Another Way to Find You (3.28)
  9. ’Deed I Do (3.32)
  10. Link of Chain (4.14)
  11. Train Home (4.15)
  12. Lola (3.50)
  13. Leave the Light On (3.25)

CD 2

  1. Hold On (3.51)
  2. Shillin’ for the Blues (4.02)
  3. No Love Today (4.43)
  4. What They Say (2.41)
  5. Slow Surprise (3.12)
  6. Can’t Shake These Blues (3.51)
  7. Call Time (3.21)
  8. Up on the Lowdown (3.36)
  9. Seems So Real (4.41)
  10. Small Revelations (4.06)
  11. Winsome Smile (4.12)
  12. Leave the Light On (4.22)

All tracks written by Chris Smither except
Track 3 trad.

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Other records with Chris Smither

People on the Highway (Market Square MSMCD106) Various Artists, People on the Highway: A Bert Jansch Encomium, 2 CD, Market Square MSMCD106, 2000

Steve Tilston: Reaching Back (Free Reed FRQCD 70) Steve Tilston, Reaching Back, 4+1 CD, Free Reed FRQCD 70, 2007

Trades Roots Live (Trades Roots TR001) Various Artists, Trades Roots Live, CD, Trades Roots TR001, 2009