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TOM'S PERFORMANCES TAKE AUDIENCES ON A CREATIVE TOUR THROUGH THE WORLD OF THEIR OWN IMAGINATION.
Listen to and buy cuts from Tom's CDs (and read his wonderful stories) at http://www.TomSmithGuitarist.com/listen.html.
Tom's Music is Innovative -- Amazing Style With Guitar and Banjo -- Music that communicates with today's generation and those to come. It Speaks! The way Tom plays, makes the guitar sound like a voice -- very progressive!
"American Guitar," the Italian author and composer Maurizio Angeletti said that Tom is "completely free from the barriers of commercial music.the playing is, and couldn't be other that a reflection about life, and the conceptual transcription of it into music."
Tom tends to call it "Contemporary Guitar." It could as easily be called "Neo-Impressionism," "Real Interesting," or just plain "Good Guitar Playing" judging from comments made by members of his audiences.
"Experimental Acoustic" seems to work just fine, too.
"The City Paper" has described Tom as "One of the nation's premier guitarists.[his] playing has been ranked right alongside that of such acoustic masters as Leo Kottke and John Fahey.".
Tom is a contemporary of and has played with, Tuck and Patti and Michael Hedges among many others. In their early days in Palo Alto, Tom, Michael and Tuck learned from each other as well as played the same stages. Hear Tom tell a Provo audience a story about having tuning wars with Hedges - http://www.TomSmithGuitarist.com/liveclips.html
Since he began playing in 1966, Tom has performed in 30 states and three countries. His musical career has taken him from coffee houses in North Carolina and bars in San Francisco to concert halls and festival audiences of 10,000. He has done PBS shows, and shared the stage with such artists as John Hammond Jr., Odetta, Livingston Taylor, Melanie, Tuck and Patti, Michael Hedges, Robin Ford, Dave Van Ronk, Jesse Winchester, John Fahey and Todd Phillips. He has five records, "Still Lifes," "Musical Pictures," "On Any Given Night," Little Dog," and "Juliet's Window" out on Lone Oak Records.
Tom is currently working on his newest project, "Letters from Dawn," which he considers his best work so far.
While there are similarities to and influences from these legends, you'll find Tom is a master in his own right.
Tom's performances take audiences on a creative tour through the world of their own imagination. From dancing leprechauns and rose-scented evenings in Spain, to images perhaps darker and more mysterious, Tom uses his guitar, banjo and anecdotes to paint musical pictures for his listeners' enjoyment. Tom has a style all his own. This style shows the influences of Jazz, Country, Classical, Blues as well as other contemporary guitarists. While existing clearly in a universe unique onto itself, his music is increasingly being enjoyed by audiences worldwide.
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"SMITH CONVINCES." Sing Out Magazine
>NEW NEWS from Tom:
"Thank you all for coming to listen and for you support on the Fingerstyle Style Guitar website.
Tom's music is also on http://www.mp3.com/TomSmithCreates.
Support an artist by clicking the CD artwork for JULIET'S WINDOW, ON ANY GIVEN NIGHT, LITTLE DOG and MUSICAL PICTURES.
Again, get your copy of Tom's critically acclaimed, "Juliet's Window" or all 4
of his CDs at CD Baby or at http://www.TomSmithGuitarist.com/listen.html
Tom is great live. For booking information, drop us a line at tom@tomsmithguitarist.com, or call (615)969-8298.
