Steve Smyth
The Slaughtered Lamb
Wednesday 14 March 2012
The Slaughtered LambWednesday 14 March 2012
Steve Smyth
34-35 Great Sutton Street
London EC1V 0DX
United Kingdom
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London EC1V 0DX
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44-(0)20-7253 1516
Web: www.theslaughteredlambpub.com
Given that his early wanderlust was so strong that, as a child on family picnics, his family felt it necessary to tether him to a tree, it’s perhaps no great surprise that Steve Smyth would go on to become something of a wild rover. Growing up and beginning a musical journey that brings him now to his own brilliant debut, Nirvana were his early guide.
His dad brought him to the wonders of Neil Young, while a grown-up neighbour, spying the teenage Smyth’s enthusiasm, was to teach him all he knew about bluegrass, blues and country music. Together, the pair would sit in the garden, drink vats-full of coca cola and “learn to sing from the heart, and LOUD.”
A process of musical discovery thus began, bringing artists from Sam Cooke to Tom Waits, Leadbelly to Dave Van Ronk, more Neil Young and (naturlich) Bob Dylan, into Smyth’s world. Finishing an apprenticeship in carpentry at 21, the nascent songsmith went on to build and demolish, scrap and polish songs the way he had previously done houses, buildings, schools and furniture. With a motley gang, he formed a band called The Midnight Express, and together they gave it hell. But his mind was on travel and distant lights.
Steve Smyth hit the road, moved to London, and toured with Angus and Julia Stone, Avi Buffalo and Ben Harper. A convivial chap of boundless energy, his musical diversions thus far have also included his joining Operation Juliet, a roving group featuring Sean Lennon and Mark Ronson, amongst others. But it’s with his own solo work that he will become known by the wider world.
A process of musical discovery thus began, bringing artists from Sam Cooke to Tom Waits, Leadbelly to Dave Van Ronk, more Neil Young and (naturlich) Bob Dylan, into Smyth’s world. Finishing an apprenticeship in carpentry at 21, the nascent songsmith went on to build and demolish, scrap and polish songs the way he had previously done houses, buildings, schools and furniture. With a motley gang, he formed a band called The Midnight Express, and together they gave it hell. But his mind was on travel and distant lights.
Steve Smyth hit the road, moved to London, and toured with Angus and Julia Stone, Avi Buffalo and Ben Harper. A convivial chap of boundless energy, his musical diversions thus far have also included his joining Operation Juliet, a roving group featuring Sean Lennon and Mark Ronson, amongst others. But it’s with his own solo work that he will become known by the wider world.
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