J.D. Smith

J.D. Smith is a one man, Essex raised, London based Blues slide player that over the past four years has played more than 600 shows nationwide including support slots with Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley, Duane Eddy, Wanda Jackson, C.W. Stoneking, Boz Boorer, Vic Ruggiero and William Elliot Whitmore.
J.D.'s debut album, 'A Jukebox Riot,' was released in August 2007 and was produced by Darrell Higham while also featuring a guest spot from Imelda May. The follow up, 'Hey, Rube!!!,' was released in February 2009 and he is currently in the process of finishing up his third album to be released in early 2011.
J.D. has a fresh take upon an old style that brings something different to the music scene and with the aid of some Blues, Punk, slide and stomp J.D. will play anywhere, anyplace and anytime.
J.D. also wrote a successful music industry guide called 'How to Make it in Music.' For further details click on the link in my top friends to go to the 'How to Make it in Music' Myspace page or send over an e-mail (address below).
J.D. Smith can be contact via Myspace, Facebook (click on the above link) or on e-mail at:
smith_stuj@hotmail.com
Thank you
JDS



''Everbody deserves a little rockabilly in their lives.and if twang's your thang, Mr Smiths got it in buckets. From the lowdown, honest-to-goodness stomp of ' This Violent Heart' and ' Kicking Machine' to the tender strumming of 'Time', JD Smith's take on old-fashioned rock and blues is charming and toe-tappin', delivered with a directness and honesty that tips it's hat to the spirit of Charlie Feathers and other long-gone knee-tremblers.''-Bizarre Magazine
''J.D. Smith was astounding, a Rockabilly and blues one man guitar wunderkind. Not only was his guitar work, vocals and songs top notch, but he seemed at ease to play through his set of bareboned Rockabilly-Country. The crowd was equally appreciative too, and he - for me - was the surpise package of the night.'' Distorted magazine, review taken from the Vic Ruggiero (Slackers) gig at the Windmill on the 3rd November 2008.
'' Nobody that I have seen recently does this stuff like JD; this stuff being blues/rockabilly. The pace is relentless as he rocks his way through one after another powerful rockabilly gem, pausing this time only for the slightly more sedate "Doghouse Blues". His guitar style is a mixture of slide and chord and his vocals earthy and wild. An experience not to be missed.''Peter Coulston - Seatwave
'' The warm-up act had been a refreshing acoustic Country-Rockabilly set from J.D. Smith, who had, apparently, obligingly come off the street that afternoon to play the opening slot as the support band had cried off! The tone for the gig had thus been set by this energetic one-man-band who filled the stage from the floors to the vaulted rafters with his jangly wall-of-noise slide-guitar. ''-livemusic.fm



'' Sounds like an Elvis for the modern era'' - 8/10 - The Music Magazine
'' Fascinatingly bareboned rockabilly gothique.'' - Bugbear bookings
''These tracks jitter along with a barely contained energy and excitement and real passion to match Smith's technically faultless playing. You sort of imagine this is what it must have been like to hear this music for the first time before it got tired with use and reuse.'' - Bubblegum Slut
'' Combining acoustic rockabilly with a punk sensibility this is acoustic artistry at it's finest. '' - The List
J.D. Smith has played at the following venues:
JD Set at the Clapham Grand with Jarvis Cocker, Richard Hawley and Duane Eddy
The Luminarie ( in support of Wanda Jackson )
The 12 Bar Club (including a support slot with Boz Boorer)
The Windmill (Including support slots with William Elliot Whitmore and Vic Ruggiero)
The Barfly ( upstairs and downstairs )
ULU
The Dingwalls
The Fly
Purple Turtle ( Camden )
The Cafe de Paris
The Dublin castle
The Hope and Anchor
The Bull Gate
The Notting Hill Arts Club
The New Cross Inn
The Water Rats
The Jericho ( Oxford )
The Actress and bishop ( Birmingham )



To contact me via the non-myspace world please feel free to e-mail me at
smith_stuj@hotmail.com