SmokeStack, born March 23, 1978, originally hails from the great corn state of Iowa, but soon after ended up a Navy brat, and called Florida home. By age seven he ended up in Georgia, and stayed there for the most part, save a couple of extended trips to Iowa and eight months in North Carolina.
He dropped out of High School at age 16, getting GED, and diving into the construction/carpentry field. Now a journeyman carpenter, and putting all his time into the great art of song writing and performing(his shows, are the best damn live shows, a dirty one-man-band can put out). This is no frill and pretty faces original country-punk-blues. He plans on finding or making his niche'.
MADE IN AMERICA .
Basically a self-made man. Taking care of what is needed to get by, and barely doing so sometimes. He has managed to create and learn some hard-earned knowledge rarely even cared about today. Always having to fix his own cars and trucks through-out life. Farming what little land in hand and doing work for rent has kept everything modest and humbling. Prepared for change, but remembering the great things of the past has always been the way he has led his life.
SmokeStack and the Foothill Fury or just Smokey himself have shared the bill with some mighty fine acts, famous touring bands and the festival bands circuit.
Colonel Bruce Hampton, The Derek Trucks Band, Jeff Coffin, Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt of Leftover Salmon, Rev. Jeff Mosier, Grease Factor, Jeff Sipe, MudCat, Johnny Neel, Derek Jones, King Johnson, Donna Hopkins Band, Big City Sunrise, Barry Richman, Ralph Roddenberry, Beverly Guitar Watkins, Frankie's Blues Mission, Lola Gulley, Sammy Blue, Donnie McCormick of Eric Quincy Tate, the Rib Tips, Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies, Ben Prestage, Jeff Fedora(man behind the Daytona Blues Society), Eddie Tigner, Lil' Joe from Chicago, Cathy Carlisle, Scott Biram, Black Diamond Heavies, Bob Log III, Left Lane Cruser, Hillstomp, Calamity Cubes, Cletus Got Shot, Larry and his Flask, Billy Joe Shaver, and many others. Some memorable moments are:.Any given moment at the Northside Tavern. The rockin' out of his somewhat home town of Gainesville, Georgia every Mule Camp Market weekend for the past five years, Sage Fest in Georgia, Moon Mountain Zambifest, Hemlock Festival, Deep Blues Festival, Hamline Folk Festival, Muddy Roots Festival, Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion,and many benefits for the ones he loves. Including Beverly Guitar Watkins at Darwin's, Cora Mae Bryant's Sweet Petunia day, and Mr. Frank Edwards Chicken Raid at the Northside Tavern.
ALL IN GOOD FUN
