Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:03:59 -0800 (PST) From: ShakinSmith web Subject: Shakin Smith's new CD (featuring Robert Lockwood Jr.)
Hello! I am writing to announce the release of a new CD by longtime bluesman, Shakin Smith. If you have an interest in blues harmonica, or great harmonica in general--(why else would I be posting to this list?!?)--I think you would be very interested in this artist. Titled "Wizard of the Harmonica,” the new album features contributions by legendary blues guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr.
Shakin Smith has been playing the harmonica since he was 5 years old, and has been heavily influenced by harmonica legends Sonny Boy Williamson (a.k.a. Aleck “Rice” Miller) and Little Walter. He has been playing at clubs since he was a teen in the 1960's, and has shared the stage with many blues greats, including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Junior Wells, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Buddy Guy, Jimmy Rogers, Albert Collins, James Cotton, and others. In 1985, he became the first blues artist to be inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame.
Although Shakin Smith has established a great reputation in the Western New York and southern Ontario regions, he is not well known to the greater music world. Moreover, his latest effort is an independent release—but the music certainly speaks for itself. So I would like to invite you to check out the band’s new website (http://www.shakinsmith.com) which features audio clips from this new album, in addition to news, biographical information, and club listings.
If you express a further interest after checking out the website, please let me know, and I will be happy to supply you with additional information. Thanks in advance!
http://www.shakinsmith.com
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