![]() ![]() Josh describes both Saadiq and Jagger as consummate professionals. At this year’s Grammys, Josh was on stage and rocking with Saadiq and Mick Jagger as they performed “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love”. That work has offered some unique and memorable opportunities. Over the last few years Smith has played in support of Taylor Hicks, Raphael Saadiq, and Jennifer Hudson, among others. The European tour also signals Josh’s intent to strike a new balance between doing “my own thing” and his work as a sideman. It’s kind of my calling card.”įrom the album “Inception”, a Josh Smith original – “Penance” So you’re going to get that feeling from me no matter what I’m playing. Says Josh, “I don’t feel like I will ever get that far from blues in fact I kind of think that’s what after all these years, defines me as me…….everything that I play, be it some straight ahead rock and roll tune or jazz tune comes from the heart of a blues guy, you know. ![]() While his songwriting offers original music across a range of genres, the overall approach is from the perspective of a bluesman. Guitar great Jimmy Thackery once said of the young talent, “Josh is three heartbreaks away from being a true blues guitar genius.” Josh has been playing guitar and writing music since childhood, playing lead guitar in adult bands from the age of thirteen. The headlining tour allows Smith the opportunity to introduce his original blues and roots music to a new and interested audience. That does not include scheduled appearances on radio and television. The trio plan thirteen appearances at clubs and blues festivals within a sixteen day span in Germany. ![]() Touring with Josh will be two longtime friends and musicians, John Yarling and Jeff Young, on drums and organ, respectively. A bonus CD of four songs from Josh’s new all instrumental album “Inception” will be included with the first three thousand purchases. Later this month that music will be made available to the European market for the first time, reissued as “I’m Gonna Be Ready” on the CrossCut Records label. The new album will be familiar to some as the 2006 release “Deep Roots”. Come mid May, Josh will headline his own European tour in support of the soon to be released album “I’m Gonna Be Ready”. There he’ll back soul singer Raphael Saadiq at several performances throughout western Europe. That tour will soon take the in-demand guitarist across the Atlantic. Somehow and somewhere, a certain Samurai Power Ranger must be found before Dad can go on tour. There’s the interviewer on the telephone, and his young son by the musician’s side. He adeptly handles requests on both sides of the phone line while moving hurriedly through the mall. Josh Smith is a very busy man.įortunately, Josh is also a multitasker. He’s just back from London, and will be leaving on tour in two days. I can hear both the fatigue and the determination in his voice. ![]()
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