Bruce Smith Band
Austin, Texas, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | SELF
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Press
“... Austin's Bruce Smith Band impresses on its debut, Another
Day in Texas, with a mix of twang, blues, and ballads.”
- Austin Chronicle
"Nice roots rock." - KGSR
"The record is ringed with stains from the folksy, lyrically acute music of old-school Texas beer joints." - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
"... powerful folk songs with a conscience." - Washington Post
“…literate, descriptive lyrics…a unique point of view articulated in a way that’s intelligent and accessible.” - Performing Songwriter Magazine
“Keep your ear on Bruce Smith. Learn his name well, so that in five years you won’t have to ask who wrote that great song when you hear it on the radio.” - The Bottom Line - New York City
"The record is ringed with stains from the folksy, lyrically acute music of old-school Texas beer joints." - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
Bruce Smith is a "great singer/songwriter." - KGSR Austin, TX
"The new record mixes Texas country with plenty of R&B and blues, giving Mr. Smith a rugged roadhouse kind of vibe."
- Dallas Morning News
Bruce Smith is a "great singer/songwriter." - KGSR Austin, TX
"Just as Buddy lives on in his music and the lives he touched and continues to touch, that spirit fills Bruce Smith's song "'59 Stratocaster", a poignant tribute to Buddy's beautiful spirit and promise." - Buddy Holly Education Foundation
Discography
-Get the Picture - Featured in Performing Songwriter Magazine
-Lovers Vow - National College, Americana, AAA radio air-play
-Another Day in Texas- produced by Grammy Award Winner Randy Caballero radio play on 107.1 FM KGSR Austin TX
-"Christmiss" (single) - play on KGSR
-The Fighter (Kristi) single- raised $3000 for Breast Cancer
-See You Walkin - produced by David Z (Prince, Etta James...)
'Til The Wheels Fall Off - set for January 2014 release
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Bruce Smith's original Americana/Roots music is featured in a new full length motion picture "In Search of the American Dream", his holiday song, "Christmiss", was selected for Austin's Holiday HAAM Jam Fundraising effort and single The Fighter (Kristi), has raised thousands of dollars for fighting Breast Cancer.
Bruce's new CD, "'Til The Wheels Fall Off", is scheduled for January 2014 release. Featuring an homage to Buddy Holly ('59 Stratocaster), a rousing blues/rock requiem (30 Days) and a soulful New Orleans stomp (Time is Ours), the new CD continues the highly acclaimed sound of his previous works with Grammy Award Winner Randy Caballero and the legendary David Z (Prince, Etta James, Fine Young Cannibals...). As Bryan Beck of KGSR proclaimed "a great songwriter", Eric Brace of the Washington Post described as "powerful folk songs with a conscience" and Neal Fagan of Performing Songwriter magazine called “literate, descriptive lyrics with a unique point of view articulated in a way that’s intelligent and accessible”.
The Bruce Smith Band has performed with Gary Clark, Jr., Robert Earl Keen, Charlie Sexton, James McMurtry, Gary P. Nunn, Dale Watson and Carolyn Wonderland at ACL-Live Moody Theater, Antone's, Threadgill's and The Saxon Pub.
Bruce has also enjoyed a 5 year acoustic residency at Austin's Historic Driskill Hotel.
The Bruce Smith Band features Matt Hubbard (7 Walkers, Willie Nelson) on keys/harmonica/accordion, Jasper Cronym (Calvin Russell, The Vanguards) on lead guitar, Will Landin (Guy Forsyth, Jimmy LaFave, Gary P. Nunn) on bass, Bryan Austin (David Grissom) on drums and Bruce Smith on lead vocals and rhythm guitar.
Check out “'Till The Wheels Fall Off’” and hear why KGSR, HAAM, The Austin Chronicle, The Washington Post and Performing Songwriter Magazine are tuning into Bruce Smith.
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