AACLive! is once again pleased to welcome Chris Smither to our stage at the intimate and smoke-free 801 Media Center in downtown Fort Smith. According to the Associated Press, “Smither is an American original – a product of the musical melting pot and one of the absolute best singer-songwriters in the world.”
Chris Smither grew up in New Orleans where he first started playing music as a child. He was taught the rudiments of instrumentation by his uncle on his mother’s ukulele. “My Uncle Howard,” Smither says, “showed me that if you knew three chords, you could play a lot of the songs you heard on the radio. And if you knew four chords, you could pretty much rule the world.” With that bit of knowledge under his belt, he was hooked. “I love acoustic music – specifically the blues.”
Smither’s impressive career spanning almost 50 years includes eighteen albums, seven books, several film projects, and his songs have been covered by Diana Krall, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Esther Phillips, John Mayall and Rosalie Sorrels. He’s shared the stage with countless renowned musicians and we are thrilled to have him once again on ours.