Drew Smith's Lonely Choir

In chronological order: grew up an Army brat, wharped the ribbon on a Moondance cassette tape, bought first guitar from 7th grade math teacher, learned Country Roads, first performance at the St. Francis of Assisi 1030am mass, joined a band in Omaha, cooked at a martini bar in Kansas City, moved to Austin, obsessed over Abbey Road for about a year, recorded an EP, assembled a band that never gets a chance to rehearse, learned that records are cheaper than compact discs, realized that God Only Knows is probably the prettiest song ever written … , tricked Matt Russell into being the official musical arranger of the Drew Smith world, decided that the Can’t Buy A Thrill album is a masterpiece, recorded “In the rain, In the sand, In the cold…we will love” and put it on credit, recorded the “To: You, From: Me” EP and “The People Sing La La La” EP and put those on credit, started singing some gang vocals with Dustin Welch’s House Band, spent a lovely day in NYC and wrote a song about it, recorded “Drew Smith’s Lonely Choir” at the beginning of 2008 and had it mastered by a wizard, current obsession with Harry Nilsson has lead to the development of a time machine that will transport to the exact moment the cover for “Nilsson Schmilsson” was being photographed.